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Thursday’s Volleyball News

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 Posted in Florida, Florida volleyball, Florida Sports, High School Sports, volleyball, High School Volleyball | No Comments »

Today brings us a story on the increased focus on serving, which hasn't always been the focus of volleyball coaches judging by the poor serves I've witnessed over the years. Undoubtedly, a strong serve is a huge bonus. Just ask ...

Florida Prep Volleyball News

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Florida volleyball, volleyball, High School Volleyball | No Comments »

Volleyball teams are well into the heart of their seasons, and we have lots of coverage to share with you today. We're between the normal Tuesday and Thursday games. So we'll review what happened earlier this week and look ahead to ...

Volleyball Poll Released

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Florida, Florida volleyball, Florida Sports, High School Sports, High School Volleyball, volleyball, Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Florida Sports Writers Association released its second weekly poll of the season on Tuesday afternoon. In 6A, Timber Creek rules again. In 5A, Tampa Plant and Venice are 1-2, and both were still undefeated heading into Tuesday's games. In 4A, ...

Double Duty For Oak Hall Athlete

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Florida Running, Florida volleyball, Florida Cross Country, Florida, High School Sports, Florida Sports, volleyball | No Comments »

There's an enjoyable story on Emily VanGelder, an eighth-grader from Gainesville Oak Hall over at the Gainesville Sun's Web site. It appears that she's going to be one to watch for a number of years. Her 5K run in 22:24 ...

Berkeley Prep Premier This Weekend

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 Posted in Florida volleyball, Florida, High School Sports, volleyball, High School Volleyball | No Comments »

The latest in a series of early-season weekend volleyball tournaments arrives this weekend with dozens of teams traveling to Tampa for the Berkeley Prep Premier. Tampa Plant and Gainesville Buchholz, both top-rated in their class by the Florida Sports Writers ...

Quick Hits—Durant High’s Alexa Donini

Monday, September 24th, 2007 Posted in Florida volleyball, Florida, High School Sports, volleyball, High School Volleyball | No Comments »

The Tampa Tribune sat down with Durant High's Alexa Donini, a senior captain for the volleyball team. Donini plays an important role for the team. She sets for teammates Kelsey Horton and Stephanie Eukovich, who each average 2.6 kills per ...

Volleyball Season Spikes Up

Friday, September 21st, 2007 Posted in Florida volleyball, volleyball, High School Volleyball | No Comments »

Despite our focus on football in this, our inaugural month, we haven't forgotten about volleyball. In fact, we witnessed a fine match Thursday that saw DeLand rally from a 2-0 deficit to win a five-game match with rival Deltona. That's ...