{"id":112571,"date":"2024-10-05T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/home\/jdhs-volleyball-teams-find-their-new-grove-hosting-jive-tournament\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T05:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:56:21","slug":"jdhs-volleyball-teams-find-their-new-grove-hosting-jive-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/jdhs-volleyball-teams-find-their-new-grove-hosting-jive-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"JDHS volleyball teams find their new groove hosting JIVE tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
Combining Juneau’s two high schools into one meant 91 students signed up to play volleyball this season, 13 of whom were on the varsity roster for the Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza (JIVE) on Friday and Saturday. In addition, the merger means former crosstown rivals are now teammates after coming up under different coaches and levels of success.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Things were a little rough at first,” said Evelyn Richards, a senior at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé who was part of the Crimson Bears’ varsity last year, after a win against a high-seeded team Saturday afternoon to advance in elimination play. “We went to our first tournament in Sitka and we didn’t do too great up there. And I think it’s just because we were all warming up together and like learning how to be cohesive as a team here. But we’re kind of getting over that and building together more. So this tournament we’ve been doing really well.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The win was the varsity’s high point during a tournament with hits and misses for the team, which finished Friday’s pool play seeded fifth among six Gold Bracket teams with a 6-4 record (a total of 13 teams participated, with the top three in two divisions advancing to the top bracket Saturday while the others played in the Silver Bracket).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t