Winnemucca Junior High School hosted a Bi-County volleyball tournament last Saturday against teams from Lovelock, Pyramid Lake and McDermitt.
The eighth-grade squad won both of their matches in straight sets against Lovelock and Pyramid Lake to end the regular season on their home court.
“Our season was really good," said eighth-grade WJHS coach Tawnya Root. "I think that the girls have grown a lot. They have a little more team cohesiveness, so they are playing better together. It doesn’t take them quite so long to wake up and realize that we are playing volleyball. “Belen (Barocio) has had a really good season as a setter; she and her sister Alex played really well together. Jada (Matheny) and Kailey (Franklin) as outside hitters, and my other setters, Megan (Cook) and Shelbie (Hoyt) have also stood out this year, getting the job done.”
The Warrior seventh-graders took down Lovelock, Pyramid Lake, and a McDermitt squad composed of mostly fifth-graders.
“I am really proud of these Seventh-graders," said WJHS Seventh-grade coach DaraLee Millikan. "They have shown so much improvement in such a short time. They play together and try to do all the right things. Their serves are killer and they really work hard every day in practice. Many of the other teams’ refs and coaches have given us much praise.”
When asked about her expectations for next season coach Root said, “That seventh-grade class is really good; as long as we can get our rotations worked out we should be all right next year.”
Winnemucca travels to Lovelock next Saturday, March 23 to compete in the Bi-County single-elimination Championships. The games will begin at 9 a.m.
Root said of the upcoming championship matches
“I hope we come out the same way next week; if we can keep serving tough we should come out on top. It has been a really fun season, the girls are really fun. Both teams are really good girls; this was a good group of kids coming through these seventh and eighth-grade classes. I am excited to see them play next year.”
