Back as Bulldogs

I sat down with the duo to learn more about their plans for Brighton High School’s JV program and the team’s upcoming season. Here are ve things I learned:

1. If you hadn’t guessed, the two are sisters Growing up, Keilani Infante said the two did everything together. So when Kiahna Infante-Escamilla joined the coaching sta back when Infante was a freshman at Brighton, Infante said she knew she wanted to eventually get involved.

Getting to learn from her sister and help teach others was something she had to be a part of.

“I’ve always just been used to doing everything with my sister, so we’re like ‘Well, yeah let’s coach together.’” Infante said. “We already do so much, and this is just kind of the cherry on top.”

2. Both went to Brighton and played on the volleyball team Infante-Escamilla has been on the coaching sta at Brighton for six years, and is now the head coach of the JV team. Her sister Infante is joining her this season for the rst time as an assistant coach.

But both are very familiar with the program and facilities. Infante-Escamilla graduated in 2013, and joined the coaching sta when Infante was a freshman during the 2017-18 season.

Infante then graduated in 2021 and wanted to return to high school volleyball considering her senior season was shut down due to the pandemic.

“I had gone out of state for school, and then you always just come back home, back to your roots,” Infante said. “It’s good to be able to do that and stand by my sister.”

“We both went there, so it’s pretty awesome to be a part of things like the homecoming parade and support the other sports,” Infante-Escamilla said. “We go to the football games and basketball games and just try to do hometown things.”

3. Both are passionate about making an impact on and o the court

Both told me the desire to get into coaching goes beyond the wins and losses on the record at the end of the year. ey already spoke about supporting the community in Brighton and attending the other sporting events at the school.

But it’s all about how they can impact those closest to them on a daily basis — their players.

“I know how much of an impact my coaches made on me, so I’m hoping that we can do the same for our girls now,” Infante said. “I’m excited to be back in high school volleyball.”

4. They’ll have a very young team in 2023 After losing seven seniors to graduation, development will be the name of the game this season, InfanteEscamilla said. But she’s looking forward to teaching fundamentals and technique again.

“I think this year is de nitely going to be more development-based, so I’m kind of excited to get back to teaching the game of volleyball,” she said. “Because usually — I do JV — so I usually get the girls who already pretty much know the foundation of volleyball. But we have a very young crowd and group of girls I’m excited to teach and reteach to get them to that next level.”

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