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Experienced Putnam County volleyball hopes to contend for regional title · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Experienced Putnam County volleyball hopes to contend for regional title.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Kevin Schlum, this article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Putnam
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  Speaker 1: County volleyball team returns a strong core of players from
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  Speaker 1: last year's team that went twenty one to sixteen to
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  Speaker 1: one and lost in three sets in a regional final.
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  Speaker 1: Junior setter slash right side hitter Maya Richardson is a
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  Speaker 1: two time News Tribune All Area First team selection, while
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  Speaker 1: senior liburo Sarah Weezbrock, junior setter slash right side hitter
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  Speaker 1: Britney Trinidad, senior middle hitter Chloe Partcher, and junior outside
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  Speaker 1: hitter Kennedy Holocker all saw a significant time last fall.
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  Speaker 1: I think this year we really need to use the
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  Speaker 1: experience that we bring to the court and build off
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  Speaker 1: where we left off last year, Putnam County coach Amy
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  Speaker 1: Bell said, I feel like the girls communicate well together
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  Speaker 1: and we have some great leaders. Richardson led the team
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  Speaker 1: with three hundred and nineteen kills last season and also
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  Speaker 1: contributed one hundred and seventy assists. She'll again be one
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  Speaker 1: of the Panthers' top hitters Hollocker eighty three kills in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, Trinidad sixty five kills, two hundred and
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  Speaker 1: sixty two assists, and Parcher forty one kills. Junior Avery
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  Speaker 1: Grasser will step into a middle hitter or outside hitter spot,
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  Speaker 1: while senior outside hitter Emberland Quickla and senior middle hitter
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  Speaker 1: Cadence Breckinridge will have larger roles this season. Richardson Trinidad
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  Speaker 1: and senior a Leberlin will share the setting duties. We
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  Speaker 1: hope to be diverse and have multiple options. Bell said
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  Speaker 1: passing is always the key to setting up a good offense.
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  Speaker 1: The Panthers have experience at Libero with Weesbrock returning. Last season,
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  Speaker 1: Weesbrock had six hundred and three digs and was named
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  Speaker 1: All Tri County Conference second Team. I look forward to
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  Speaker 1: her being a leader on the court this year again,
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  Speaker 1: Belle said. She really helps keep us in a lot
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  Speaker 1: of matches with her ability to make some great plays
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  Speaker 1: in the back row. Seniors Alexis Marcus and Brooklyn Brown
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  Speaker 1: also will be key contributors in the back row. I'm
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  Speaker 1: excited to see the girls play defense this year. As
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  Speaker 1: they are a feisty bunch and have really refused to
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  Speaker 1: let a ball fall at practice. Bell said, we are
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  Speaker 1: working on synchronizing our blocking and filling some holes in
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  Speaker 1: the back row, but I think the girls are ready
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  Speaker 1: to fight and put up a solid defense. Bell said
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  Speaker 1: she expects the Panthers to work hard and be competitive
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  Speaker 1: in every match, finish in the top half of the conference,
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  Speaker 1: and contend for a regional title.