Volleyball

October 2018

   Before Freshman year academics got going the sports teams were on the fields and courts. Megan decided to check out volleyball. She went to the clinics over the summer and then got ready to try out for the volleyball team.  Sadly Megan came down with a fever again (she had a series of high fevers over the summer and fall, the doctors said it was probably virus) and had to miss the first few days of tryouts. Her fever subsided and even though she wasn't 100% the next morning she went to the last day of tryouts. She came home looking terrible and spiked a fever again. Megan didn't make the team and we weren't surprised because she was sick and was new to the sport, but she was disappointed. They offered her a JV manager position but somehow she didn't get on the email list. We had a few days of confusion but soon she got the schedule and began the daily practice schedule.

School started and the practices were either until 4:30 or they had study hall after school and they practiced until 6:00. They wound up being long days but she was forging relationships and getting homework done. Megan always came home starving and never packed enough to eat.

I went to their breast cancer charity game and the normal blue and gold uniforms were replaced by pink jerseys. Megan ran the score board and kept stats for JV. The team also had special dress days for team spirit and they played a game throughout the school day called Spoon Assassin that involved tagging an assigned teammate and collecting spoons. The last game of the season, Jim brought the sisters to go cheer on the team at Western Tech high school.

Being a part of the team was a good way to start the year and maybe it will carry to years to come.