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Conference Championship

Saturday, December 4, 2010

St. Francis 7th Graders Run the Volleyball Table

Volleyball a big success at St. Francis De Sales as the team wins 14 matches in a row.

Volleyball teams are always looking for setters. That didn't prove true this year for the St. Francis De Sales seventh-grade squad. This team had so many setters they could have formed a few more teams. This team had a special season. Included was a 14-game winning streak and a conference championship. Now back to this team of setters. "Setters are usually rare at such a young age,'' said St. Francis coach Carly Young. "But this team had about four or five girls with great hand control so I ran the team a little unconventionally and opted not to have one or two designated setters but rather almost everyone be a setter." Whether this was unorthodox of not, this team was rarely threatened as no more than five matches went to three sets. So …

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