Volleyball hopes to reload after success last fall
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The Lady Pioneer squad lost five seniors to graduation, Heather Frazier, Alysa Lankford, McKenna Rhea, Kara Youngblood and Bethany King. On Monday, Fisher held tryouts for his 2006 squad in the Charlie Dalton Gym with 20 girls vying for one of 15 spots.
Fisher had the girls go through several drills, including bump passing, overhead passing, serving and hitting. Each girl went through each drill four times and were graded on their abilities to perform the task at hand.
With a strong and experience group of up coming juniors and sophomores coach Fisher was looking for several players to fill specialty rolls on the Lady Pioneer team, such as serving and in the back court as defensive specialist.
?I wish I could keep them all, but unfortunately their are a few who aren?t ready,? Fisher said. ?My main focus right now is filling the need for back court defensive players. Since the middle school program has been in place it?s been easier to rebuild each year. Before we had to take girls who had never played the sport, and now they come up to the high school level with experience and more ready to play at this level.?
Fisher will make his final decision over the next two day and will have the names of the 2006 squad posted and in the paper by the weekend.