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  Record Newspaper's Athlete of the Week. Newark's Rayleigh Carlson. Written by Skylar
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  Cassellus This article is being read by an automated voice, brought to
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  you by Everlet. Name Riley Carlson School, Newark Sport, Volleyball Year, Junior.
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  Why She was selected. Carlson racked up fifty kills last week as
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  Newark went five two in the span. At the Williamsville Bullet Invite,
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  the junior outside hitter notched her five hundredth career kill, finishing the
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  tournament with thirty four as the Lady Norseman won the bronze bracket.
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  Riley is a kid who loves to work to get better, Newark
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  coach PJ McKinney said, always finding ways to improve and make herself
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  the best she can become, but also a tremendous teammate who pushes
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  them to be their best. Carlson was selected as the Athlete of
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  the Week in an online vote. Other nominees were Yorkville Volleyball's Cameron
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  Carter, Oswego East Flag Football's Aviya Kitling Turner, and Oswego Flag Football's
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  Sophie Augustine. Here is Carlson's Canada with sports reporter Skylar Kisilis. The
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  Lady Norsemen are now 13-4 after four consecutive wins. What’s
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  been working for your team this season? Carlson: I think we just
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  work really well together. And everyone just does their job. I think
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  everyone plays really well next to one other What’s
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  it like playing volleyball with your younger sister Zoe? Carlson:
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  it's definitely interesting. I feel like we work well together. And we
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  know each other, so we know how to help each other and
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  make each other better. Definitely. What's it like having your mom coaching
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  your team as an assistant? Carlson, that's a hard question. It's fun
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  playing for her, but it gets a little hard sometimes because she's
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  my mom, so I feel like there's a lot of pressure to
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  that. But I feel like that also makes me better. What is
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  your favorite moment of your volleyball career so far? Carlson, I think
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  our first match against Moleen was my favorite moment. I think we
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  really started out strong for sure. What's your go-to hype song before
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  a match? Carlson. It was our run-out song last year. It's called
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  Swag Surfin, and so I think that would be my song. If
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  you
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  had to play another fall sport, which one do you think you'd
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  be best at? Carlson, I think I would play flag football. I
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  used to play softball, and so I think I would be a
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  good quarterback from throwing the ball. Do you watch college or professional
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  volleyball? And if so, which teams do you root for? Carlson. I'm
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  definitely a Nebraska fan. Is there any match you were or after
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  looking f uh forward to most this season? Carlson:
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  I was actually really looking forward to playing Cole City, who we
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  played Monday, because I play with a lot of the girls on
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  that team. We're on the same club team, so that was definitely
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  fun playing against them. What's on your bucket list for your last
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  two years of high school? Carlson. I am excited to go to
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  prom this year and next year. I haven't gone yet, so I
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  guess that's a big thing.