Volleyball recap

volleyball recap written by: Kirsten Zirjacks

The Women’s Varsity Volleyball team beat Liberty this year, which was a big accomplishment to the girls. But fell to them in the district championship. “The biggest game was playing Liberty. That was the first time in history our school’s volleyball team beat Liberty,” junior Allie Burkhalter said.

he school record-breaking Woman’s Varsity Volleyball team went 23- 10 overall, with a 10-2 record in conference, becoming Suburban Conference Gold Division Co-Champions. “At the beginning, we just sat down and asked ourselves what our goal was for this season. We said we wanted titles. So our mindset didn’t really change. I think I had the same mindset going all throughout but towards the end, it was like ‘Holy cow, we’re beating some good teams and we’re breaking records,’” junior Allie Burkhalter said. As the volleyball season came to an end, the team had some moments that may stick with them, one being beating the cross-town rivals, Liberty High School. “The Liberty game was kind of a historical game because we beat them instead of them beating us. This is one of our best seasons, so we weren’t really knowing what we were getting into. We were just like ‘okay, we’ll play to have fun because we love it,’ I’ll try to win but it’s nothing like we have T

to win or we’re gonna lose. We just had a loose mindset,” sophomore Isabel Zimmerman said. Starting the season, there were some challenges the volleyball team faced and overcame together. Working together may help the team communicate better and succeed. “We just worked really hard and didn’t let our challenges get us down or anything. We just kept working. I feel like we had done well. We prepared really well before the season started. A lot of us knew each other before going in, and as a freshman, they all encouraged me a lot which really helped,” freshman Abby Christian said. The team celebrates in many different ways together. They often celebrate after every win, at the end of the season, and certain mishaps. “If somebody hits others in the face or did something good, we have cake at practice. After districts, we thought we were in trouble. She was like ‘guys we need to talk in the field house,’ usually, we just go to our cars, but they threw us an ice cream party. So that’s cool and fun,” Burkhalter said.

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