The clock ticks toward 6:30 p.m. and one athlete after another files into the high school gym. Laces tighten. Shoulders loosen. The chatter fades as the young women drop into stretches and partner passing. It’s volleyball season, and this year could be a big one.
“We only lost three,” assistant coach Brian Herman said. “We’ve got 20 students on the team, and we’re looking at possibly getting a junior varsity squad together. We’ve never had that before.”
Herman credits the surge to momentum built before these players ever set foot on a varsity court.
