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Boys volleyball expands its base By Shanaon Russell The Cincinnati Enquiri!'T'
It happens every summer: Moeller student Derek Boeh introduces himself to other high schoolers at his seasonal waterpark job, and he's promptly asked whether he plays Crusaders sports. Yes, he says. Football, right? Nope. Basketball? Baseball? Uh-uh. Then what? Volleyball. The conversation goes cold unless Boeh keeps talking, and he does because the story is good. He picked up the sport cold as an eighth-grader and discovered in freshman gym class that he had potential.
He's a four-year Moeller player, a powerful outside hitter, and chances are he'll play club ball next season between his Xavier University studies. "I think a lot of people think volleyball is more of a girls sport and real guys do football or wrestling. Volleyball is tougher than it looks," Boeh said. "If more people knew about it, I think boys volleyball would become more popular." In Ohio, 78 schools sponsor boys volleyball programs. The sport is governed by the Ohio High ,School Boys Volleyball Association, which designates four regions: Central, Northeast, Northwest and See VOLLEY, Page D12