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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 362 - 2025 Volleyball Preview · Whatcom Preps Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is squalcom senior Joey Paz and you're listening to
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five volleyball preview on Block and Preps
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  Speaker 1: podcast with Tyler Anderson Roll storm A.
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  Speaker 2: Greetings and welcome into the Walkham Preps podcast. This is
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  Speaker 2: episode three hundred and sixty two. It's the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: five volleyball preview. I am Tyler Anderson of Walkham Preps
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  Speaker 2: and let's get to it with some volleyball. It's been
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  Speaker 2: a lot of fun this last week going out to
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  Speaker 2: all ten schools watching practice, getting pictures of the of
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  Speaker 2: the new players and all the players, not just the
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  Speaker 2: new ones. And yeah, it's exciting. I mean, volleyball is
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  Speaker 2: so fun to go to. I've learned so much in
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  Speaker 2: the last couple of years watching it. This will be
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  Speaker 2: my I mean I've been covering it for about, you know,
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  Speaker 2: five or six years, but really this will be my
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  Speaker 2: third year of really diving in and reporting on every game.
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  Speaker 2: So really really excited. I want to give a thank
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  Speaker 2: you to squal coom senior Jolie Paz for the intro.
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  Speaker 2: What a dynamic athlete she is. And it's it's funny
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  Speaker 2: because as we're recording this Squalkum is playing against Archbishop
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  Speaker 2: Murphy right now. I got that on another screen off
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  Speaker 2: to the side, so I'm gonna try not to be distracted,
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  Speaker 2: but i want to watch the game. And yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: it's it's crazy Squalicum plays that early game meet the
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  Speaker 2: last few years now against Archbishop Murphy and and the Wildcats.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's a pretty it's a pretty darn good
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  Speaker 2: team going to state tournament stuff like that. So so
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  Speaker 2: I'm rooting on the storm here as it's going. As
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  Speaker 2: I'm recording, I want to give it thank you to
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  Speaker 2: So this is really cool because there's a few Volleyball
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  Speaker 2: Spence sponsors that I want to mention, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: they're not sponsoring this podcast per se, but because there
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  Speaker 2: are a few of them, I'm really excited to talk
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  Speaker 2: about that now because this is a volleyball podcast. The
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  Speaker 2: first one is APEX Northwest Volleyball Club. You know they
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  Speaker 2: sponsored last year, they're back again this year. They're sponsoring
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  Speaker 2: the weekly stat Leaders. They'll be doing the Top fifty
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  Speaker 2: list as well at the end of the year. Apex
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  Speaker 2: Northwest Volleyball Club is a nonprofit that has practice facilities
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  Speaker 2: in Bellingham, Linden, and Ferndale. Offers opportunities and learning volleyball
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  Speaker 2: skills and competitive play for girls ages ten through eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: A large part of their goal includes or involves building
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  Speaker 2: an inclusive volleyball program and community that desires to further
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  Speaker 2: the love of the game. They welcome athletes from all
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  Speaker 2: over to come and join APEX Northwest Volleyball Club as
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  Speaker 2: they continue to grow, travel to competitive tournaments, and provide
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  Speaker 2: opportunities for athletes to play club volleyball. They emphasize playing
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  Speaker 2: in a positive nerd uring environment, teaching the concepts of teamwork, sportsmanship,
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  Speaker 2: and having fun. Their goal is to support Apex Northwest
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  Speaker 2: athletes and reaching their goal of playing at the middle school,
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  Speaker 2: high school, and collegiate levels. Such a great UH partnership
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  Speaker 2: with them, it's UH, you know everything has been fantastic. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: They jumped on last year. It was one of those
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  Speaker 2: things where I get a call late at night on
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  Speaker 2: a Sunday night and we get it wrapped up, you know,
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  Speaker 2: send over an invoice and the next day their graphic
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  Speaker 2: is on their their their logos on graphics and it
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  Speaker 2: was as quick as that, So you know, I love it.
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  Speaker 2: You can visit them online at Apex North Apex NW
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  Speaker 2: Volleyball Club dot org. So Apex NW Volleyball Club dot
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  Speaker 2: org and you can find out you know, times for
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  Speaker 2: tryouts and what you know, the years and age groups
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  Speaker 2: and all that stuff, so really really cool. Another one
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  Speaker 2: is Acceleration Driving School in Lindon. They're going to be
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  Speaker 2: sponsoring thevolleyball defensive Player of the Week and yeah, this
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  Speaker 2: is another great one. And Kevin Austinc He partnered with
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  Speaker 2: Walkham Preps last year at about this time and has
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  Speaker 2: been a steady supporter ever since then. He's always supporting
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  Speaker 2: a boys and girls sport at the same time throughout
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  Speaker 2: each season that passes. Many of you out there are
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  Speaker 2: learning to drive and I strongly advise you to check
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  Speaker 2: out Acceleration Driving School and Lynden give Kevin a call
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  Speaker 2: at three six zero seven four six four five six seven,
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  Speaker 2: tell him you heard about them on the Walkham Preps podcast.
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  Speaker 2: And that's another great partnership because you know he wants
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  Speaker 2: to jump right in there. Boys and girls' sports really
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  Speaker 2: really cool and I love that sponsoring the defensive Player
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  Speaker 2: of the Week because defensive driving is key, so really
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  Speaker 2: really cool deal there. And then a brand new sponsor
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  Speaker 2: that I'm really excited about. It's the print House Design
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  Speaker 2: and Inc. They're going to be sponsoring the daily recaps
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  Speaker 2: so that every single you know, every single day, when
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  Speaker 2: the story comes out about the games from night before,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be right on there. They are your
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  Speaker 2: one stop custom shop. They equip your business, school or
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  Speaker 2: sports team with custom gear. At the print House, they create,
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  Speaker 2: a personal website. High quality custom designs, printing for any
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  Speaker 2: project size, backed by excellent customer service and it's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: You can visit them on the website. The website is
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  Speaker 2: the print housedesign dot com. That's thche print housedesign dot com.
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  Speaker 2: Really cool deal. I'm thinking about doing some fun stuff,
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  Speaker 2: getting some Walking Preps gear set up, something like that.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a really really cool deal. I strongly
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  Speaker 2: advise you to go check them out. They're supporting youth sports, right,
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  Speaker 2: they're supporting volleyball, so you know it's time to give
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  Speaker 2: back as well. So those are the three main sponsors.
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  Speaker 2: There are still a few sponsorships that are open for volleyball.
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  Speaker 2: The nightly scoreboards are still available to sponsor, as is
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  Speaker 2: the weekly volleyball offensive Player of the Week. So if
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  Speaker 2: you're interested in sponsor sponsoring youth sports, specifically volleyball, you
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  Speaker 2: can find me on any social media platform under the
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  Speaker 2: name Walkham Preps. From there, you can send me a
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  Speaker 2: message and we can just go from there. Like I
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  Speaker 2: said with Apex, it was a quick turnaround. It happened fast,
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  Speaker 2: and it can happen fast for you too. So let's
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  Speaker 2: get right into it. And we're gonna go kind of
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  Speaker 2: through all ten teams in Walkham County, and we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: go through them in alphabetical order. So we're gonna start
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  Speaker 2: off with Bellingham. The head coach is Crimson Rector. It's
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  Speaker 2: our first year at Bellingham taking over. Last season they
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  Speaker 2: went two to fifteen, but they return a lot. They
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  Speaker 2: return a lot of players that have varsity experience. You're
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  Speaker 2: talking eight players that played quite a bit, so that's
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's a huge thing they have going for them,
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  Speaker 2: and only three seniors on the team this year. The
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  Speaker 2: main players, these are players that made the top fifty
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  Speaker 2: last year. You start out with Mary Lockhart. She was
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  Speaker 2: number twenty two on the Top fifty last year. She's
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  Speaker 2: a five to eleven senior middle slash pin. She's going
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  Speaker 2: to be playing in the front line. She'll be serving
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  Speaker 2: a lot as well. Last year she had seventy nine kills,
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  Speaker 2: thirty nine blocks, twenty six aces thirty nine blocks. That's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of blocks and twenty six aces too. You
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  Speaker 2: don't see a ton of middles that are really good
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  Speaker 2: and behind the service line as well, and there's a
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  Speaker 2: few of them, and she's definitely one of the best ones.
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  Speaker 2: You know, she's been doing this a long time at
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  Speaker 2: the varsity level. Now it's her senior year. Really excited
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  Speaker 2: to see her do her thing. Sonoma Smith she was
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  Speaker 2: ranked number thirty seven last year. She's a five to
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  Speaker 2: seven sophomore pin. Talk about one of the best overall
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  Speaker 2: athletes I've seen out there. She could just jump out
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  Speaker 2: of the gym, eighty eight kills last year, one hundred
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  Speaker 2: and twenty three digs, twenty four eight and ten blocks,
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  Speaker 2: so she could do a little bit of everything. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you can expect some highlight reel stuff out of her.
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  Speaker 2: Really really fun to watch. And just a sophomore as well.
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  Speaker 2: Jada Knutson was number forty last year. She's a five
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  Speaker 2: foot nine senior pin hitter, another one that can jump
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  Speaker 2: out of the gym, really good high jumper for the
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  Speaker 2: track team, and you know, very steady and probably the
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  Speaker 2: best pure overall player. Seventy seven kills, ninety eight digs,
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  Speaker 2: twenty one aces and man, just a delight to be around.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, everyone just speaks so highly of her and
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  Speaker 2: and so's that's a really awesome thing. Another senior is
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  Speaker 2: Olivia Simanowski. She was number forty five last year on
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  Speaker 2: the top fifty. She's a five to eleven senior middle.
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  Speaker 2: She had eighty kills and a whopping thirty four blocks.
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  Speaker 2: So those are the big four that are coming back.
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  Speaker 2: There's also a handful more that have a lot of
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  Speaker 2: VARs the experience. Lulu Monroe is a five to nine
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  Speaker 2: junior setter. She had forty six assists last year. They
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  Speaker 2: kind of went through a handful of setters last year.
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  Speaker 2: She returns as one of them with probably the most
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  Speaker 2: setting experience. Maybe Vasquez is a five to seven junior
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  Speaker 2: right side player. She had ten kills and fourteen digs
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  Speaker 2: in limited action there. Indie Shaver is a five to
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  Speaker 2: six junior defensive specialist. She had eighteen digs. And Bailey
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  Speaker 2: Burge is a five to seven junior liberro so you
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  Speaker 2: know she she had ninety two digs last year. But
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  Speaker 2: she also had seventy nine aces I'm sorry, seventy nine assists,
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  Speaker 2: so she she had she did some setting last year,
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  Speaker 2: but probably he's gonna be putting that libero spot. And
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  Speaker 2: she also had eighteen aces, so a lot of stuff done. There.
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  Speaker 2: A couple of players that are going to be new
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  Speaker 2: to the varsity level. Gwen Hayden, a five to five
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  Speaker 2: junior setter, and Merritt Jensen, who we've seen on the
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  Speaker 2: basketball court since she was a friend. Bushman a five
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  Speaker 2: to nine junior middle. So those that's your Bellingham BayHawks.
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  Speaker 2: I expect a pretty big improvement this year. I think
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna be They're gonna be a force. There's a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, there's a lot of varsity experience here.
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  Speaker 2: Uh only two wins last year. I really think that's
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  Speaker 2: gonna go up. And yeah, so really excited. Uh you know,
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  Speaker 2: like last year they got into the district tournament and
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  Speaker 2: then they made a little they made a little run there.
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  Speaker 2: It made it really really exciting. I expect that kind
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  Speaker 2: of same thing to happen this year. Let's move on
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  Speaker 2: to Blaine. Now, the Blaine Border Rights head coaches kJ Ossink.
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  Speaker 2: Last year they went four and fifteen, But I tell
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  Speaker 2: you what, so many times they would win that first
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  Speaker 2: set against really strong teams, but you know, something would
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  Speaker 2: click or something would happen, and then they they would
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  Speaker 2: end up losing the overall matt you know, the overall match.
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  Speaker 2: But uh man, it was it was it was heartbreaking
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  Speaker 2: to see because you saw so many good things early
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  Speaker 2: on and and but it was just hard to sustain
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  Speaker 2: that for them. Now, they did graduate quite a bit.
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  Speaker 2: They do return Tea Dubay, who was number forty one
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  Speaker 2: on the top fifty last year. She's a five to
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  Speaker 2: nine junior outside hitter, superbly athletic. He went to the
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  Speaker 2: state for high jump. Just one of those kind of
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  Speaker 2: athletes that you know stands out when you watch them
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  Speaker 2: in practice, and she could really really get off her
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  Speaker 2: feet into the air. She had one hundred and sixty
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  Speaker 2: one kills last year, one hundred and ninety digs and
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  Speaker 2: seventeen aces, so she'll be leaned upon as kind of
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  Speaker 2: their you know, star player. They do return, however, six
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  Speaker 2: other players with varsity experience. Hannah Phelps McDonald returns to
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  Speaker 2: the liberro. She's a four to eleven senior. She had
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty six digs last year, so played
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  Speaker 2: a lot of sets last year. She was on the
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  Speaker 2: court all the time, so she brings back a lot
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  Speaker 2: of experience. There's also some size in the middle. Carly
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  Speaker 2: Saunders is a six foot senior middle. She can also
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  Speaker 2: play on the outside. She had eighty kills, ninety seven digs,
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  Speaker 2: twenty one aces and eighteen blocks. That is quite a
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  Speaker 2: stat line someone that could do a lot of things.
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  Speaker 2: And then she's joined by junior Olivia Wieda, who's a
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  Speaker 2: five to eleven middle who had twenty seven kills, thirty
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  Speaker 2: three digs and sixteen and a half blocks. So a
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  Speaker 2: lot of experience there up front and in the back line.
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  Speaker 2: With Hannah Phelps McDonald. Paige Dominic also comes back. She's
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  Speaker 2: a five to seven senior right side player. She had
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  Speaker 2: thirty three kills, forty five digs, and sixteen aces. A
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  Speaker 2: left handed player, sometimes that left handed serve can be
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  Speaker 2: hard to you know counter, you know when that's Kaminatchez.
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  Speaker 2: So she had sixteen aces last year, So that's really cool.
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  Speaker 2: Ainsley Ellis was the backup setter last year. She's gonna
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  Speaker 2: she's gonna get a little bit more, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: lot more playing time now as the main setter. She's
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  Speaker 2: a five to seven senior that had thirty eight assists,
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  Speaker 2: seven digs and three aces. And they also bring in
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  Speaker 2: Ari Johnson who played at Seahome last year. She's a
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  Speaker 2: transfer into Blaine. She's a five to four senior outside hitter.
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  Speaker 2: She had she had limited time at Seahome. She did
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  Speaker 2: have seven digs, but that was a loaded team that
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  Speaker 2: she was, you know, involved with there. So she's gonna
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  Speaker 2: get a lot more playing time i think this year
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  Speaker 2: now as a senior. So that's that's really really exciting too.
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  Speaker 2: Then there's three other players that are going to be
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  Speaker 2: new to the varsity program. Riley Ann Granstrom is a
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  Speaker 2: five to five freshman. She's gonna be she's gonna get
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  Speaker 2: some time on the court as well as kind of
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  Speaker 2: the setter in waiting. She's gonna, you know, learn from
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  Speaker 2: Ainsley Ellis and she's gonna be like that future setter.
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  Speaker 2: I tell you what, it's the setter position. It's a
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  Speaker 2: lot like the quarterback in football. I mean, you will
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  Speaker 2: go as far as your as your setter will take you.
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  Speaker 2: And it's one of those unique positions that it's really
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  Speaker 2: hard to just throw somebody in at. So I always
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  Speaker 2: noticed that there's always kind of that backup just in
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  Speaker 2: case it's needed, and there's always someone grooming the next one, right,
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  Speaker 2: So Riley Ann Grandstrom is that next setter for Blaine.
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  Speaker 2: Caitlin Phelps McDonald is a five foot freshman defensive specialist,
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  Speaker 2: and then Carly Wollen is a five to five junior
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  Speaker 2: middle and right side player. So that rounds up the
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  Speaker 2: varsity ten for the Blaine Border Rights. I was just
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  Speaker 2: out of practice today, so it's kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of fun talking about them right now because that's
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  Speaker 2: kind of a you know, that's what I have fresh
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  Speaker 2: in my head. Let's jump over to the Ferndale Golden Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: They're coached by Mikhayla Tannis. Last year they went thirteen
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  Speaker 2: and nine. They got to the state tournament by you know,
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  Speaker 2: doing so well in districts and they had that kind
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  Speaker 2: of one and done game against Bellevue over there in Yakama.
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  Speaker 2: It was just it was crazy. The pass was insane
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  Speaker 2: and go over there and play an early game and
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  Speaker 2: get knocked out and that was it. But it was
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  Speaker 2: a really strong season for Ferdale, very heavy senior class
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  Speaker 2: though a lot of seniors that graduated. There's some big
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  Speaker 2: time players returning, but they're gonna be but there's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a lot of new varsity players, a very very
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  Speaker 2: big handful of new varsity players. They do return three
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  Speaker 2: players that were in the top fifty. Heck, they returned
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  Speaker 2: three that were in the top thirty. It all begins
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  Speaker 2: with Brooklyn Lrabe, who was number ranked number three last
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  Speaker 2: year on the top fifty. She's a five to seven
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  Speaker 2: junior setter and she does a little bit of everything.
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  Speaker 2: It's like she's one of those players that if you
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  Speaker 2: put at any position, she would be one of the
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  Speaker 2: best in the county. And for my money, she is
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  Speaker 2: the best setter in Walkham County. She had five hundred
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  Speaker 2: and eighty four assists. But then you look at the
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  Speaker 2: two hundred digs, ninety kills, fifty aces and ten and
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  Speaker 2: a half blocks. Those are huge numbers, even if for
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  Speaker 2: players that play those positions, and she's you know that
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  Speaker 2: would you know, like the libero and digs and an
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  Speaker 2: outside hitter and kills and she's up there with the leaders.
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  Speaker 2: She doesn't even play that position, so and fifty aces
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  Speaker 2: that is near the top in Walkham County. So just
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  Speaker 2: talking about great overall volleyball player that's definitely going to
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  Speaker 2: be playing at the next level. She's very, very special.
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  Speaker 2: Katrina Ferry returned. She was ranked number ten last year
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  Speaker 2: on the Top fifty list. She's a five to four
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  Speaker 2: senior libero and she's the rock of that defense. Ferndale
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  Speaker 2: is a defensive team and it all starts with her.
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  Speaker 2: There's so many digs that she had that were not
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  Speaker 2: a lot of players could get to. And she's just
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  Speaker 2: so good at keeping plays alive. Three hundred and twenty
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  Speaker 2: two digs, thirty seven assists and she's not even the center.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, sometimes, right you have to get in
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  Speaker 2: there and do that and she did it thirty seven times.
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  Speaker 2: She also had thirty six aces, so she's a weapon
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  Speaker 2: behind the line as well. So she returns and like
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  Speaker 2: I said, she's one of the best liberos in the county,
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  Speaker 2: So that one two punch right there is pretty amazing.
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  Speaker 2: And then they also returned spent Lana Badak, who was
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  Speaker 2: ranked number twenty eight last year. She's a six foot
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  Speaker 2: junior outside hit. Her one hundred and sixty eight kills
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  Speaker 2: and forty eight digs a lot of a lot of
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  Speaker 2: upside with her. I mean there were moments when you
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  Speaker 2: know she would have she would have a kill where
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  Speaker 2: it was like you kind of look to the person
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  Speaker 2: next year and go, did you see that? You know,
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  Speaker 2: But there were some growing pains as well. But I
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  Speaker 2: think as her game improves, she's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: major weapon for the Ferndale Golden Eagles. They also returned
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  Speaker 2: Caitlyn Berg, who had a lot of playing time last year.
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  Speaker 2: Came on really strong during the year. A five to
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  Speaker 2: three senior defensive specialist. Had a one hundred and forty
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: two digs forty one aces that is a lot and
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: also seventeen kills. But yeah, really good at the service line,
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: really really strong defensive player, one of the better defensive
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: players in the county. Adel Overson is a six foot
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: sophomore middle that had fifteen kills. And Kristen Solomon is
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: a five to seven senior right side player that had
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: eight kills, seven aces and six digs in her limited
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: varsity time. New to the varsity. There's a lot of them,
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: and I just hope I can get some of these
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: names right because I have not. I do not know
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: some of these athletes. Sarvir Baktu is a five eight
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: junior outside hinter. Ashley Paiitig is a five to three
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: junior defensive specialist. Jillia Fox, who of course we know
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: from basketball, is a five to ten senior middle blocker
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: and I love that she came back out for volleyball,
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: and uh, I think Brooklyn Larrabie had a little something
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: to do with it. If you come out and play volleyball,
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: I'll keep playing basketball. And I tell you what, that's
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: a you know who, that's a win for That's a
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: win for the Ferndale community right there, because you're getting
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: both these athletes to play both these sports. I think
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: it's a great, great thing. Sienna Brionez is a five
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: to ten junior outside hinter h Here's one of my
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: favorite names. Arena at Kala Kova is a five to
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: six junior middle Ari Gilde five to nine sophomore outside hitter.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: Of course we know Ari from basketball and softball. Jordan
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Tweedtle a five to nine junior right side player, and
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Grace o'breen is a five to four senior defensive special.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: So a lot of new names. Some of them are
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: new as far as you know volleyball goes that we
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: know from other sports, but it's a lot of new
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: varsity faces. So it's a lot of faces too. There
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: are some swing players in there. But Ferndale, I mean,
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: last year spent Lona Baydak. I didn't know anything about her.
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: She came right in and and was dominant. So there
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: could be some players like that. They're gonna come in.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: There's gonna be a lot of players on this team
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: that are gonna get a chance, you know, right away.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: So so yeah, Fale, Ferndale subs a lot, They use
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: a lot of players, at least they have in the past,
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: so you can expect a lot of these girls to
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: get some playing time. Let's go to Lyndon now head
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: coaches Chris Elsner, and last season they went sixteen and four,
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: and uh, boy, could not get into the state tournament.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: That those pesky you know, Burlington Edison Tigers and Archbishop Wildcats.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: Those were really good teams that you know, represented the
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: two way out of the Northwest District. And it was
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: too bad that no walking county teams from two way
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: got in because there were some really good ones Lynden included.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: And they return boy, almost everybody from a sixteen and
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: four team from last year, five players that made the
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: top fifty list and a few others that to get
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: some varsity playing time. So it's really really impressive. And
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: from you know, again, they're probably just gonna suit up
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: eight players. So that's that's Linden for you right there.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: It starts off with who I had number ranked number
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: one last year, and that's Finley Parcher. She's a six
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: to one junior outside hitter, two hundred and fifty two kills,
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: two hundred and fourteen digs, forty one aces, six and
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: a half blocks. You know, gonna go play Division one
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: basketball somewhere. But holy cow, as far as a volleyball
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: player like I said, I had her number one last year.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: She was special and just a junior now, so really
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: really impressive to see that. Ryan Stephen was ranked number
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: eight last year. She's a six to one senior pin.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: She has committed to the University of Washington on a
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: volleyball scholarship, so that is fantastic as well. You see
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: that every once in a while. It's been you know,
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: since I've really jumped into the sport, I haven't seen
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: something like that. So it's really cool to watch her
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: career keep evolving as she gets better and better. And
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: and she had one hundred and ninety four kills, two
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: hundred and eighteen digs, five blocks, and a whopping fifty
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: three aces. And I tell you what, she's so good
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: at serving. You know, I don't know where you call it.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: I know there's a number for it and all, you know,
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: all that stuff, and the coach is showing a number
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: and everything, but she can put it right on the line,
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: like right down the left line, serving and they can't
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: get to it and it's in bounds, and it's it's
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: amazing how she does that. Ranked number thirteen last year
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: was Campbell to Young, the five to two senior liberro.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: Holy cow, what an athlete again, these are just big
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: time athletes here. She could really go after and get
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: the ball. Two hundred and sixty seven digs twenty five
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: aces and how about forty six assists from the libero spot,
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: so she can get the job done there if called upon.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: When you know if the setter is if the ball
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: has hit to her instead of the ctter, is he
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: Stephan is that center by She came in last year
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: and didn't miss a beat. You know, after Grace Rice
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: was so great for so long. She came in as
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: a freshman last year, had an amazing season. I had
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: her ranked number seventeen. Now she's a five to eleven sophomore.
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: She had five hundred and eighty two assists last year,
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty five digs, forty nine kills, thirty
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: three aces and fifteen and a half blocks. When you
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: get a setter that you know, we talk about the
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Brooklyn Therabies and and Ella Fritz is like this too,
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: where you know they can just do every single thing.
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: Is man that will take your team far and right now,
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: and I think Lindon's got some pretty high aspirations after
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: what they accomplished over the summer, so Izy Stephan's gonna
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: be a big, big part of that. Lexi Hermanuts was
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: ranked number thirty one last year. She's a five to
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: eleven junior pin you played a little bit in the middle,
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: I think last year as well. She had one hundred
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: and twenty nine kills, thirty one digs, twenty two and
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: a half blocks. Again, what a great athlete that we've
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: seen on the basketball court, and yeah, just a junior.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: So all five of those were ranked in the top
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: fifty last year. Also returning is Sarah mcvee, a five
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: to six junior middle outside hitter. She had sixty kills,
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: twenty four digs, and eleven and a half blocks. Brooklyn
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: McDonald is a six foot sophomore middle that had a
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: little bit of arsty time last year. She had five
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: kills and she's you know, there's an injury going right now.
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: She's on crutches. I'm hoping she'll be good to go soon,
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: but yeah, we'll just have to wait and see. And
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: then Olivia Holmes is a five to eleven senior middle
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: that is getting some varsity run for the first time.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: So it's a small roster from what I have, but boy,
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: they pack a punch a lot of athletes in there,
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: with state champions on the basketball side, multiple state championships
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: for some of them, and so really really impressive. They
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: know how to get the job done when the lights
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: are bright, so I expect some big, big things there.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: Let's go to Lyndon Christian Now, where the head coach
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: is Dennis Jansen, the College Hall of Fame coach. Last
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: season they went fifteen to nine. They finished seventh in state,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: and they returned five players that were in the top
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: fifty from last year. They would have returned six, but
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: Ellie Meyer suffered an injury and she'll be out for
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: the year, which is really really too bad because they
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: would have been the only team I believe that be
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: returning six players in the uh IN from the top fifty.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: But hey, they still return some really good ones. Starts
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: with Ella Fritz. She was ranked number six last year.
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: A five to ten senior setter, another one of those
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: setters that does everything extremely well and a tremendous athlete.
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: Six hundred and ninety two assists, one hundred and sixty
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: two digs, seventy five kills, thirty seven aces and forty
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: two blocks, forty two blocks for a setter. I know
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: the setter's right up there, but boy, you gotta you
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: gotta do so much. And she never leaves the court.
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: I don't think she ever ever, ever left the court.
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: Last year, I just I just do not recall it.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: And boy, she's she is a joy to watch, so
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: much fun. Also from the top fifty list, Ali Wright
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: was ranked number fourteen. She's a six foot two senior middle,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: one hundred and thirty six kills, fifty six blocks. She's
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: a she's a heck of a player, big time college prospect.
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: There so a lot of fun to watch her as well.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: Joscelyn Eshseis was ranked number twenty seven last year. Another middle.
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: She's a six to one junior. She had one hundred
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: and ten kills and sixty and a half blocks. That
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: might have been the most last year in Walking County.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: That is quite a bit. They also returned Lyla Pereira.
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: She was ranked number thirty last year. A five to
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: four junior liberro. She had three hundred and one digs,
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: fifty one aces and forty seven assists. And then Edda
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: Deyong returns on to the front line. She was ranked
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: number thirty four last year. She's a six foot senior
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: pin with one hundred and eighty nine kills, one hundred
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: and twenty four digs, twenty two aces, and twenty three
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: and a half blocks. I tell you what, losing Ellie
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: Myers is really gonna help. Are really gonna hurt the
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: defense on the on the back end there, but they
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: have so much size up front that getting it past
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: them is going to be a chore. So you know,
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: we'll have to see you who's gonna step in? I could,
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: I would imagine Ellie Pierce will probably step into that role.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: She returns. She's a five to five junior defensive specialist
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: that had one hundred and thirty eight digs and you
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: can keep her in the rotation when it's her time
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: to serve as well. She had twenty seven aces, So
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: that's a really that's a that's something that Ellie's gonna,
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: you know, probably take advantage of it and play a
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: lot more than she did last year. Tyradikster return She's
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: a five to eight sophomore outside hitter with major hops,
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: ninety eight kills, forty eight digs and eight blocks. And
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: then Sadie Meyer returns as well. Played a little bit
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: of varsity last year, a five eight sophomore outside hitter
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: with two kills and two aces. They also have a
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: trio of juniors on the team that are new to
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: the varsity program five to nine outside hitter Sophie Senti,
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: five to eleven middle Reagan Lenson, and five to seven
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: defensive specialist Charlotte Miller. So Elsie returns a lot for
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: a team that got seventh in state last year at
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: the one A level, So expect some big, big things
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: there as well. Let's talk Meridian Trojans now head coaches
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: and Short. Last season they went seventeen and nine, finished
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: eighth in state. They played against Lennon Christian in that
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: final game of the year to see who would finish
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: seventh and who would finish eighth. So that was cool
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: because they played each other a lot during the year.
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: So and they returned five players that made the Top
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: fifty list from last year. See you're seeing a trend here.
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: It's gonna be some big time talent. There's that's still
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: around here. Starts with Melanie Short. She was ranked number
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: five last year in the Top fifty list. She's a
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: five to six sophomore outside hitter that is a unique
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: athlete as far as just hop's competitiveness, power, but knows
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: when to have the touchkill. She's just the more she
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: learns the sports, she's just getting better and better, and
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: she's she's on the trajectory of like, you know, big
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: time stuff as far as league MVP kind of stuff.
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: Just a sophomore right now, but last year three one
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: hundred and thirty two kills, two hundred and twenty nine digs,
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: and forty five aces. She did that as a freshman. Yeah,
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: finding ways to stop her is difficult. Every team will
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: tell you that Eden Bernardi was ranked number eighteen last
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: year in the top fifty. A five to seven junior
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: outside hitter with crazy athleticism, two hundred and twenty four kills,
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: two hundred and ninety nine digs, and I believe what
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: led everybody in the county seventy five aces and boy,
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: you get that that is a lot and sometimes those
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: you know you can get on a run, get you know,
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: two or three in a row in one shot, really
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: gives your team a boost there. And that's one thing
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: that Meridian does really well as a team. They pick
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: they get a lot of aces. Also, returning is Gracie Papps.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: She was ranked number twenty four last year in the
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: top fifty. She's a five to eleven senior middle that
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: had one hundred and fifty eight kills and twenty and
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: a half blocks. Big time hops there in the middle.
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: I've said it before. When she goes up in the air,
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: it looks like she hangs there for a while. It's
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: really really unique and really really fun to watch, especially
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: when you're sitting right at the net when like I am,
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: usually taking pictures. It's She's different, and boy, Meridian uses
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: her in a great, great way. They also have Taya
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: Benson in the middle. She was ranked number thirty five
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: last year. A five to ten senior middle. She had
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: ninety kills, twenty one digs and twenty one blocks. Not
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: a lot of players in the twenty twenty there with
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: digs and blocks, so she can do a little bit
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: of everything on defense. And speaking of defense, they also
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: returned Kinsley Neil, who was ranked number forty seven last
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: year a five to three senior, will probably be taking
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: over as the liberro for Rylan Bernardi who graduated. She
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: had ninety six digs and twenty two aces. They also
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: returned Chloe Bresler, who played quite a bit of varsity
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: last year. She'll probably be moved to the center spot
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: this year, which that was gonna be my big question
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: out of the whole county. That was my big question
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: was who's gonna be the setter for Meridian because I
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: feel like they kind of have everything there. Grace Wells graduates,
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: so who's gonna take that spot? And Chloe Bresler, who
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: has played setter and club teams and stuff like that,
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: she was gonna fit right in. She's played with these
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: girls for a while. She's a five eight senior. Last
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: year forty two kills, eighteen digs, twelve blocks, and so
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: that's another nice thing is having a setter that's pretty tall.
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: She can get in there on the defensive side to
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: get some blocks. She'll be on the court a lot
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: more now, so those blocks are probably gonna jump way up.
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: Also returning is Amelia Koning, another one of those kids
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: that you look at and go, that's one of the
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: best athletes in the county right now. A five to
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: five junior defensive specialist. I mean, she could play any
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: position that She's just that kind of athlete. Fifteen kills
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: eighty seven digs eighteen aces and she is, like I
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: said she is. She is special state champion in the
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: triple jump, you know, really good basketball player and just
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: a junior. So the future is bright for her. They
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: also returned three more athletes that are kind of new
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: to the varsity level. Kendall Stacey a five to ten
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: sophomore setter. She did make the trip to state last
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: year when their backup setter got hurt, so they know
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: they needed another setter just in case Grace would get hurt.
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: So she has that experience as far as traveling with
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: the team going to state, and so that's really cool.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: And then also Madden Klein Mallers as a five to
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: nine sophomore right side player, and Sierra James there is
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: a five to nine junior pin. Saw both those players
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: on the basketball court do some good things. So yeah,
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: I think it's a really well rounded team from Meridian. Boy,
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: don't ask me to pick a winner in the one A.
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: I think there's you know a few teams that could
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: really you know, it's gonna be one of those where
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: one team might beat the other one in league and
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: then they might flip it in districts and you know,
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: it's just it's about getting this right. So we'll have
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: to see. Next up are the Mount Baker Mountaineers head
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: coaches Jennifer Gilbreth. Last year, they they did go winless,
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: but they returned quite a bit from last year. So
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: that's a really really good thing really trying to you know,
• 33:14
  Speaker 2: turn the identity as a program there. Jennifer Gilberth is
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: a really really good coach, knows her stuff and you
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: know it's just about getting the consistency and stuff like that.
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: They do return Mattie Lewis, who was ranked number forty
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: six in the top fifty last year. She is their
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: overall best player, five seven senior. She could be the setter.
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: She might play up front, she could she could play middle,
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: she could be an outside hitter. She could really do
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: anything on that team. And wherever she goes, she's just
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: gonna make the players around her better. She had seventy
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: eight kills last year, twenty nine aces and twenty two
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: and a half blocks. You know, just a great overall
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: volleyball player that you know they're going to really depend
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: upon this year. Now as a senior, there's you know,
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: there's five other players on the team that got got
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: a lot of varsity experienced Last year, Rhyes Brown as
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: a five to ten senior outside hitter, middle player. She
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: had twenty eight kills, seventeen and a half blocks, you know,
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: a really good height there. Played in the post on
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: the basketball team, ran track, so saw her do a
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: lot of things last year. Kylie Bruin returns as the
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: five to four senior liberro. I don't have I don't
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: have stats for digs, but she would be way up there.
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: That was just one of those stats that Mount Baker
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: It was tough for them to keep track of throughout
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: the season, but boy, she would definitely be up there
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: quite a ways as the liberro last year and probably
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: returning again this year. Kaya guess Mundo five to four
• 34:48
  Speaker 2: senior outside hitter. And whenever I see a five to
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: four outside hitter, that always intrigues me because I'm thinking,
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: I wonder she could probably jump out of the gym,
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: much like Jolie Paz who gave us the intro Kayak
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: can jump. She can really jump. She had thirty six
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: kills last year in ten aces, so she could be
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: a weapon on the outside. Rebecca Sores returns. We saw
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: her obviously dazzle in the basketball court. She gave volleyball
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: a try last year. She was on the JV for
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: most of the season. She got bumped up to varsity
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: last year, still learning the sport, and there's sparkles there,
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: right because she is just so athletic and at six
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: foot three and just a junior, you know, I expect some,
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: you know some her game to be upped even more.
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: Played a lot of basketball over the summer, but now
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: it's back to volleyball. Sixteen kills and fourteen blocks last
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: year and playing not a whole lot, maybe the last
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: two and a half weeks of the season, three weeks
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: of the season on the varsity, but she does return
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: with that experience. And Mariah Netting last year five seven
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: senior outside hitter, she had twenty eight kills and eight blocks.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: So all these players returned with firsty experience. There's a
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: hand full of players that are new to the varsity level,
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: but some of them we know from other sports. Cadence Kloninger,
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: a five to five senior defensive specialist. Obviously we know
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: her from from softball and uh, you know, playing center
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: field and and doing those things. Now she's a senior
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: on the varsity level for volleyball. Violet Fox, a five
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: to seven junior middle slash outside hitter. Uh saw her
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: do with great things on the basketball court as a freshman,
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: went to Lindy Christian as a sophomore. She's back at
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: Mount Baker now, and uh so that's really really exciting.
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: That's gonna help the program, not just in volleyball, but
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: when basketball comes around as well. I think there's a
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: lot of potential with her. She's just that kind of
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: athlete and one of the few underclassmen really on this team.
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: It's very very senior heavy. One of the seniors is
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: Maggie Williams, a five to two liberro. She's at the
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: varsity level for the first time. And then and then
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: the one sophomore on the team is five to six
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: setter porter, and I haven't seen much of her yet,
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: but I tell you what, like I always say, your
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: team will go as far as your setter will take you.
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: So really excited to see what she does. And I'm
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: hoping for some, you know, some big improvements that the
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: Mount Baker varsity volleyball team, and I think there will
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: be some Nooksack Valley head coach Hally Saint Marie. Last
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: year they broke even ten to ten, but they returned
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: basically their entire squad. They did not have a senior
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: on the team last year, and they returned five players
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: that were in the top fifty, plus four more that
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: had you know, varsity playing time. So that is again
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: one of those teams that returns a lot of varsity experience.
• 37:42
  Speaker 2: Starts off with Elizabeth Delang, who was ranked number nine
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: in the top fifty list last year. She is a
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: six foot two junior middle. She had two hundred and
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: sixteen kills, forty blocks, twenty eight digs, and thirty five aces.
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: That's that number of blocks and aces. Like I said
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: earlier about Mary Lockhart, very similar, Elizabeth de Lange is
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: like that, it's a rarity to see a lot that
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: many blocks and that many aces coming from the same player.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: She's a weapon big time. You're looking at someone who's
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: probably gonna play at the next level, at the college
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: level as a volleyball player, and for really good reason.
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: Six foot two can jump out of the gym and
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: a lot of fun to watch. She is a weapon,
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: that's for sure. Her running mate right there is Grace d'hoague,
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: who she was ranked number eleven last year. She's a
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: six to one senior outside hitter. Two hundred and twenty
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: nine kills led the team, one hundred and eighty two digs,
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: which is a lot of digs. I think that led
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: the team too. Thirteen aces, fourteen blocks. That's another one
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: of those players that rarely leaves the court. Very very
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: good athlete be you know, seeing her do great things
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: in multiple sports ever since she was a freshman. Now
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: she's a senior. It's crazy how fast things go like that,
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: but that's just the way it is, right. Peyton Bartell
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: was ranked number thirty two last year, the five to
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: seven senior setter and man when you return your setter.
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: We have talked about this with a few of these
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: other ones. It's such a luxury to have five hundred
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: and twenty five assists last year, one hundred and twenty
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: one digs, twenty four kills, forty aces and seven blocks
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: again forty aces. She's left handed as well. You get
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: that left handed serve gets the ball, kind of does
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: some different things than you're used to at times. Gracie
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: Rutgers is ranked number thirty six from last year she's
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: a five to eleven senior outside hitter. She had ninety
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: seven kills, one hundred and thirty digs and thirty aces.
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: And again, just a lot of size up front here.
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: So she's the third tallest player on the team and
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: she's five eleven. There's some teams that don't have a
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: player that's five eleven, So Nooksack brings a lot of
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: size to the front line there. And then Avery Jurgens returns.
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: She was ranked number forty eight last year. She's a
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: five to six senior liberro, one hundred and thirty eight
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: digs and twenty nine aces. Really really good defensive player,
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: and all these players so much varsity experience. Then also
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: adding experience or a handful of more players here, Annie Stremler,
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: a five to ten senior pin that had twenty one kills,
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: sixty eight digs, twenty aces and ten blocks, So a
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: lot of things to like up front there. Reagan Burke,
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: a five to ten junior middle got a little bit
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: of playing time last year. Had nineteen kills, eleven blocks,
• 40:30
  Speaker 2: and six digs. Carson One played a lot as a
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: defensive specialist. She returns as a five to three junior.
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: She had eighty five digs and eleven aces, and Hallie
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: Palumbo is a five to six senior defensive specialist. They
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: got a little bit of playing time earlier in the year,
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: three digs, two aces to assist, so a lot of
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: varsity experience there, which is great, great, great to see.
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: And then they also have three more players on the
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: team that will be new to the varsity level. Holly
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: Zilstra a five nine junior right side player and she's
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: also could play cetter. She could be like a backup setter.
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: Kendall Jurgens a five to five freshman defensive specialist, and
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: Finley Mitchell is a five to five junior that is
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: another backup cetter and could play some defensive specialists as well.
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: So it's gonna be a really well rounded team for
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: knucksac Valley. Can they break through with Meridian and lynnon
• 41:23
  Speaker 2: Christian Only time will tell. They had a couple of
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: big time runs at state the last not not not
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: last year, but the two years before, so so really
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: excited to see what they can do. I think that
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: you know, they have a big chance for a big
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: leap this year as well. Let's talk Seahome head coaches
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: Clayton sin Last year they went sixteen and four. They
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: were oh so close to go into state. That's this
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: is one of the best teams I've ever seen to
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: not go to State. Man. They were so good and
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: they returned a lot as well. They returned eight players
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: that varsity experience. They do lose some some big time seniors,
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: especially some defense upfront as well as their setter, but
• 42:09
  Speaker 2: they did a great job in kind of grooming their
• 42:11
  Speaker 2: setter for the future. She's an amazing athlete and we'll
• 42:14
  Speaker 2: talk about her in a little bit. But returning from
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: the top fifty list of last year, McKenna Andrews, who
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: was ranked number four last year as a five to
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: four senior liberro two hundred and seventy eight digs and
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: thirty one aces, probably the best libero coming back in
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: Walkham County. So you start right there with that. You know,
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: that help in the defense. You're losing some size up front,
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: you know, blocks and such with your defense, but when
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: you have a libero like her, that's really just that's
• 42:43
  Speaker 2: gonna help. You can overlook some of that because of
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: her great defense on the back end. Hayden Nevadomsky, boy,
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: he'd been talking about her for a long time. She is.
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: She was ranked number twelve last year a five ten.
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: She's finally a senior outside hitter boy, and she really
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: kicked on strong late in the district tournament. She played
• 43:02
  Speaker 2: her best against the best, which tells me a lot
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: about any athlete. Two hundred and forty one kills, one
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: hundred and seventy digs, forty seven aces and seven blocks.
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: Those are big time, outrageous numbers, and I think she's
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: poised to have a giant year this year. Bridget Adams
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: also returns. She was ranked number nineteen last year a
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: five to eight senior pin. She had one hundred and
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: sixty seven kills, one hundred and thirty one digs and
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: twenty five aces, big time numbers. She can really get
• 43:31
  Speaker 2: off her feet as well, so there's a lot of
• 43:33
  Speaker 2: attacking on the outside that they bring Anya Winter she
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: was ranked number thirty eight last year A five to
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: ten senior. She'll be moved to the middle. You know
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: they graduated their like their two main main middles, so
• 43:45
  Speaker 2: she'll be moved inside there. I believe fifty seven kills,
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: twelve digs, eleven aces and five and a half blocks,
• 43:51
  Speaker 2: you're going to see those block numbers jump way up
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: this year. And they also returned Age Florey, who was
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: ranked number forty two last year. A five to seven
• 43:59
  Speaker 2: junior outside hitter and defensive specialist. She finds a way
• 44:04
  Speaker 2: to stay on the court, like she she gets in
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: there when you know, when it calls upon for her
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: to serve. And she had fifty two aces last year,
• 44:11
  Speaker 2: which is, you know, the most on the team, I believe.
• 44:15
  Speaker 2: But then because she can do so many things, she's
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: it's hard to take her off. She had fifty four
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: kills and one hundred and seventy nine digs last year,
• 44:22
  Speaker 2: and she's gonna get some more time this year, and
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: it's gonna be it's gonna be a lot of fun
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: to watch, very very good player. They also returned Taylor Terrell,
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: who now will be the main setter. And she's one
• 44:33
  Speaker 2: of those players that even last year she is a
• 44:36
  Speaker 2: top fifty caliber player, but because she didn't play very much,
• 44:42
  Speaker 2: you couldn't really put her on the list. But like
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: if she was on other teams and if she would
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: have started a setter, she would have been on the list.
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: So now she's gonna start a five to nine sophomore.
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: I expect really great things from her. One hundred and
• 44:54
  Speaker 2: twenty nine assists last year and thirty three digs as
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: they were working her in from time to time. I'm
• 45:01
  Speaker 2: emmy Lee was such a great setter for so long.
• 45:03
  Speaker 2: Now Taylor Terrell takes over, and yeah, she's gonna she's
• 45:07
  Speaker 2: gonna do a great, great job. Jillian Parfette is that
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: also a sophomore, a five to six libero, defensive specialist,
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: thirty five aces, one of one of the great serve
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: another great serving player on the team, and thirty one digs.
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: Am I even saying that right, a great serving player. See,
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: I don't know the lingo, and don't throw things at
• 45:27
  Speaker 2: me while I'm at the game unless it's a volleyball
• 45:29
  Speaker 2: and I'll try to dig it. You dig and then.
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: And they also bring Lily jude In who played at
• 45:35
  Speaker 2: Bellingham last year. Really good athlete that we've seen play
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: volleyball basketball. She's a five to eight senior. She might
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: also help in the middle as well. She played. She
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: didn't play a ton on Bellingham last year. She was
• 45:49
  Speaker 2: only played. She only played like the first two weeks
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: or so. Ten kills, seven digs, but a really good
• 45:54
  Speaker 2: athlete that's gonna contribute quite a bit, I think. So
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: that's a really helpful player as well to bring in.
• 46:01
  Speaker 2: And then they have four new varsity players. Reed Sena
• 46:05
  Speaker 2: is a five to seven senior middle so another player
• 46:07
  Speaker 2: that can get some time in the middle there to
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: offset that seniors they graduated. Jacqueline Hurley is a five
• 46:13
  Speaker 2: to two junior defensive specialist. Catherine Stayton is a five
• 46:17
  Speaker 2: to seven freshman setter. Of course, you got to have
• 46:20
  Speaker 2: that second setter on the team just in case there's
• 46:23
  Speaker 2: an injury or anything like that. You gotta be ready.
• 46:26
  Speaker 2: And then Radler Rosellisen one of my favorite names, Radler
• 46:29
  Speaker 2: Roselleseson is a five to eight sophomore outside hitter who
• 46:34
  Speaker 2: you know, came up from the JV from last year.
• 46:36
  Speaker 2: We should be on the varsity this year. So I again,
• 46:39
  Speaker 2: this is another one of those teams where I could
• 46:42
  Speaker 2: see that could take a big step this year. And
• 46:45
  Speaker 2: they were sixteen and four last year for crying out loud,
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: But you know, I don't know that much about Burlington.
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: I think they had a lot of seniors last year,
• 46:54
  Speaker 2: so they might take a step back. So really you're
• 46:57
  Speaker 2: looking at Linden and Seahome. I believe that are looking
• 47:02
  Speaker 2: at each other for who's gonna take this Northwest Conference.
• 47:05
  Speaker 2: I think those are the main two teams. Boy, it's
• 47:08
  Speaker 2: gonna be a great, great matchup when they when they
• 47:10
  Speaker 2: play each other, I cannot wait. I saw it last
• 47:13
  Speaker 2: year in league. I saw it last year in the
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: district tournament, and they were just fantastic matches. And then
• 47:21
  Speaker 2: the last team we're gonna talk about here is the
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: Squalicum Storm. Squalicum the head coaches Kinsey Morris, and last
• 47:30
  Speaker 2: year they went five and thirteen. I'm I'm going over
• 47:34
  Speaker 2: and I'm going to see how they're doing here. They're
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: still playing, They're still playing against against Archbishop Murphy here. Yeah,
• 47:42
  Speaker 2: I know. This is fantastic radio, isn't it? Okay? So
• 47:45
  Speaker 2: last year Goby went five and thirteen. They return a
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: ton as well. They only had one senior on the
• 47:51
  Speaker 2: team last year, and and she was she was great.
• 47:57
  Speaker 2: She was a setter, but they you know, they had
• 48:01
  Speaker 2: another setter that she kind of split time with that
• 48:03
  Speaker 2: she's coming back. So you know, along with maybe Nooksack,
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: Valley and Linden, you return so much as far as
• 48:11
  Speaker 2: just experience on the court, and they had four players
• 48:15
  Speaker 2: last year that were in the top fifty. Number twenty
• 48:17
  Speaker 2: three was Bronwyn Jones. She's a five to three junior
• 48:22
  Speaker 2: defensive specialist. She played some libero. Last year. She had
• 48:25
  Speaker 2: one hundred and forty six digs, fifteen aces and fifteen assists,
• 48:30
  Speaker 2: so a really strong year for her. Came out as
• 48:32
  Speaker 2: a sophomore and really had a coming out party, played
• 48:35
  Speaker 2: really well. Now a junior Jolie Paz who gave us
• 48:38
  Speaker 2: the INJRO. I'm just sitting here shaking my head as
• 48:40
  Speaker 2: I say the name, because again, those those kind of
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: athletes that are elite athletes. She is one of those
• 48:47
  Speaker 2: elite athletes. A five to four senior outside hitter that
• 48:51
  Speaker 2: looks like she could hurdle the net. When she gets
• 48:53
  Speaker 2: a running start, she times it up so great and
• 48:56
  Speaker 2: it's hard to defend her. One hundred and thirty two
• 48:58
  Speaker 2: kills last year, one hundred and fifty digs, nineteen aces,
• 49:01
  Speaker 2: ten and a half blocks, and an ultra competitor. Penelope
• 49:05
  Speaker 2: Durius was ranked thirty nine last year. A five to
• 49:08
  Speaker 2: nine junior outside hitter, had seventy kills, ninety eight digs
• 49:12
  Speaker 2: and nineteen aces, and then as well, there's also archer Burns,
• 49:16
  Speaker 2: who was ranked number forty three last year, a five
• 49:19
  Speaker 2: to nine senior middle who had seventy five kills, thirty
• 49:23
  Speaker 2: three digs, twenty two blocks, and twelve aces. You're talking
• 49:26
  Speaker 2: about another one of those middle players that racks up
• 49:30
  Speaker 2: blocks but also is a threat behind the service line.
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: So there's a few of those players. Archer Burns is
• 49:36
  Speaker 2: another one of those great ones. Then there's a lot
• 49:39
  Speaker 2: of other returning players that will have a ton of
• 49:41
  Speaker 2: varsity experience. Gwen Foyd has played a lot of varsity volleyball.
• 49:46
  Speaker 2: A five to two senior liberro had seventy one digs
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: and six aces last year. I think she's looking to
• 49:52
  Speaker 2: have a comeback season. Sophomore year. It was she really
• 49:55
  Speaker 2: really had a great year last year. You know, it
• 49:58
  Speaker 2: wasn't her best year, but I think this year she's
• 50:01
  Speaker 2: really gonna improve and help this Squalicum Storm team. Hannah
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: Warner is a five to eight senior pin. She had
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: sixty one kills and fourteen digs. Tianna Thompson who we've
• 50:12
  Speaker 2: seen a lot on the basketball court. She's a five
• 50:14
  Speaker 2: to nine junior middle, forty four kills, and sixteen blocks.
• 50:19
  Speaker 2: Extremely athletic, so she can get the job done there
• 50:22
  Speaker 2: in the middle. Lissa Rosselli a five to three junior setter.
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: She kind of split time at Ceter last year with
• 50:29
  Speaker 2: Jazzy Prisola. She's gonna be the full time setter now.
• 50:32
  Speaker 2: She had one hundred and sixty seven assists, ninety seven digs,
• 50:35
  Speaker 2: and she's also a threat behind the line with twenty aces.
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: And then Reagan Wheeler joined the team late last year,
• 50:42
  Speaker 2: played some defensive specialists. She's a four to ten junior
• 50:45
  Speaker 2: or you know, it was hilarious because I've taken headshots
• 50:48
  Speaker 2: of all these players and they write down their height.
• 50:51
  Speaker 2: She wrote six foot seven and she were or four
• 50:54
  Speaker 2: to nine and a half or maybe four ten or
• 50:57
  Speaker 2: maybe four eleven. I'm gonna say four to ten, defensive specialist,
• 51:01
  Speaker 2: thirteen digs last year. She's gonna get a lot more
• 51:03
  Speaker 2: playing time this year. And there's also three more players
• 51:07
  Speaker 2: that are new to the varsity level. Campbell Tweeninga is
• 51:10
  Speaker 2: a five to six sophomore outside hitter. And I hope
• 51:15
  Speaker 2: I might. I mean, I don't hope, but I might
• 51:17
  Speaker 2: butcher this name. Cappuccin Rugny is a five to eight
• 51:21
  Speaker 2: freshman setter, so you got your next setter right that
• 51:24
  Speaker 2: you got to have on board and groom. And then
• 51:27
  Speaker 2: I'm really excited to see a six foot freshman middle
• 51:30
  Speaker 2: Avery Kentman. Of course, we know the Ketman last name,
• 51:33
  Speaker 2: and so you know, whenever there's a six foot freshman
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: on the varsity team, I take special interest, and so
• 51:40
  Speaker 2: I'm really excited to see what Avery Kentman does as well.
• 51:42
  Speaker 2: So I think there's gonna be improvement with Squalkum as well.
• 51:45
  Speaker 2: I mean that's the way I am. I think that
• 51:47
  Speaker 2: everyone's gonna improve, everyone's gonna go undefeated. It's gonna be
• 51:50
  Speaker 2: a fantastic year. I'm super excited. But I know that's
• 51:53
  Speaker 2: not always how it goes, but uh but yeah, I
• 51:56
  Speaker 2: mean there was there was some good seniors last year,
• 51:59
  Speaker 2: there just wasn't a ton of them. So you're seeing
• 52:01
  Speaker 2: a lot of the same athletes gonna they are going
• 52:03
  Speaker 2: to be out there this year. And obviously this year's
• 52:06
  Speaker 2: senior class is pretty heavy across the board. So I
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  Speaker 2: guess what that could mean is there could be some
• 52:12
  Speaker 2: great things that happened. But what it also means is
• 52:15
  Speaker 2: there could be some great things that happen at the
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  Speaker 2: state level, and I'm excited. I you know, I haven't
• 52:21
  Speaker 2: booked it yet, but I will book it again. Another
• 52:24
  Speaker 2: trip to state. I love it. I did, I did
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  Speaker 2: it did It doesn't matter to me that I missed
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  Speaker 2: the first week of state football. This is more important.
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  Speaker 2: It was such a great experience a couple of years
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  Speaker 2: ago when I went, and and I loved it last
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  Speaker 2: year as well. So I'm excited to go to the
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  Speaker 2: sun Doome again. And and I just hope the pass
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  Speaker 2: is okay. I might need to, you know, rent a
• 52:47
  Speaker 2: truck or something like that just so I can get
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  Speaker 2: through it. But but yeah, that's that's it. That's uh,
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  Speaker 2: that's uh. You know, that's the twenty twenty five volleyball preview.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I was really excited to bring this
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  Speaker 2: to you and and uh, boy, I'm really excited for
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  Speaker 2: the season. It's gonna be it's gonna be awesome. It's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be a lot of games every night. You're gonna
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: see me out in all these gyms, and uh, and
• 53:12
  Speaker 2: taking pictures of volleyball is really really tough, really really tough.
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  Speaker 2: So hopefully I'll do a better job and and bring
• 53:20
  Speaker 2: that info to you, and and uh again, I want
• 53:22
  Speaker 2: to thank Kurt Maybray Farm for sponsoring all the podcasts
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  Speaker 2: this year and uh so go visit them at kirtmaybray
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  Speaker 2: Farm dot com. And again, my name is Tyler Anderson
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  Speaker 2: with wakome Preps. And you've been listening to episode three
• 53:33
  Speaker 2: hundred and sixty two, the twenty twenty five of Volleyball Preview.
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: And I'll be talking to you tomorrow when Gatorade Game
• 53:41
  Speaker 2: Day comes out, the first episode of that, which will
• 53:44
  Speaker 2: be really exciting, and we'll be talking about that again,
• 53:47
  Speaker 2: like I said, tomorrow, so be ready for that and
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  Speaker 2: until then, that a good day, everybody,