Volleyball 8th Grade Results

The brave 8th grade girls played the first St. Mary's volleyball game in years, but lost Friday night in 2 sets.

St. Mary's actually got on the scoreboard first after SVDP faulted on a serve. But experienced prevailed and St. Mary's lost the first set 25-11.

The second set was a lot closer and even tied half-way through, with St. Mary's ultimately falling 25-16 in their loss.

A lot of times I tend to sugarcoat things, and make things better than they seem, because...well...everyone playing is young and inexperienced. Mistakes are supposed to happen. We're not pros.

In previous newsletters, you might not see a score or a record, fearing that I'd embarrass whoever played.

I won't do that on this blog. You'll read things that will never make it to the newsletter.

So I start with that tonight. The girls played a phenomenal game. The thing EVERYBODY could tell, including the people at Mission Dolores that I speak to frequently...experience. The other team has probably played for years, and had the chance to since they were in 3rd grade. Our girls started 2 weeks ago.

The star of the game would have to be Iris, who transferred in to St. Mary's last year. Other players, in any grade, need to look at her as an example. She called out the balls she was going to hit and had the confidence to hit them over. Everybody needs to develop that and in time, I'm sure it will happen.

To have a volleyball team is a big accomplishment for a school like ours, so be proud of that. I have nothing negative to say about tonight.

Tomorrow morning will be the first look at the 6th/7th grade team as they play their first game, also at Mission Dolores. The game is set to start at 10 a.m. Hope to see you there.

Good night.