| Sunday, October 29, 2006 |
| Switzer's Sidelines |
 Hey there and welcome to another exciting adventure with coach.
Volleyball was the name of the game for this weekend, and what an exciting weekend it was. One full of grit and hard work, a little disappointment and celebration, and a little history making. When it comes to Storm volleyball, the past years have been full of defeat and disappointment. But this weekend we had a chance to change the history of the past couple years.
We went in with a few key players missing, Brad Quist, who is one of our team captains and an all-star middle. And also we were missing Phillip Vanderberg, who is hands down our best setter. Even though we were missing some big players, some of our rookies stepped up to the plate and filled the gap tremendously. Our biggest surprise was Simon Golom, who played one of his first games, really came through with some timely blocks and some big hits. And also with the leadership of the Deano Drinnan, and Gregory Moore, we were able to squeak out a key victory against one of our rivaling schools, Millar.
There was a seven-team draw in the tourney, with a new team that came out of Brandon Manitoba. Our first five games, although close in the score were all losses. And with one game left, we decided as a team that we were going to still leave it all on the court, and have some fun. So we came out with big smiles, and decided that we would finish with those smiles. With that attitude we came out in the first set with a commanding lead, and went on to win the first set 25-18. With a little headway we came out slow in the second set, and a few frustrating errors lead to a loss in the second set 17-25. But with one set left in the tournament and with our fans behind us we decided in our hearts that the victory was ours for the taking. Storm came out strong in the third and deciding set, and found ourselves up 13-9. Calling a timeout, Millar tried to get us off our game. But it didn’t work so well, as we brought the score closer to home at 14-10. It was Millar’s serve and we rallied and threw up a prayer, sent the ball back to their side and won the final point. Victorious! We felt as if we were little gophers that had just abolished a four-year-old wolf. (Zach)
Anyways, we look to the future now, with a victory under our belt, our next goal is to make the playoff round in a tournament. So stay tuned to see how we do! I must run now and do my duties. So keep yer chin held high, and keeper tight! That’s all for now.
Coach |
posted by Matt @ 10:09 PM  |
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Man, you guys are having a hootinanny! I'm sad I'm not there with yah matt, I promise I will write. We'll see yah around again. Love yah Bro.
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Hey great work on the blog man. Looks like your doing great. Ramblers won hey? Im so pumped. Good work.
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Man, you guys are having a hootinanny! I'm sad I'm not there with yah matt, I promise I will write. We'll see yah around again. Love yah Bro.