<\/a>Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s Everlyn Richards hits the ball during their 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 victory over Ketchikan High School at the Clarke Cochrane Gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Christopher Mullen\/ Ketchikan Daily News)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Richards totaled four kills, three blocks, two digs and one kill in four games at Kayhi. Ma’ake totaled nine points on serve, five aces, nine kills, four digs and two blocks in six games.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“We all have so many ideas and just continue to build on them,” Ma’ake said of the consolidation. “We’ve had many team meetings to discuss what’s working and what needs improvements. It’s the same school, but a new team, and we get to start new traditions. The upside of our team is the combining of our talents. Our personalities compliment each other so well on and off the court. And playing in Ketchikan this weekend, we were just having fun, showing off our skills and the hard work we’ve put in from the start of the season. We’re just getting started.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS head coach Jody Levernier said the Crimson Bears served well Friday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“We only had five missed serves for all three sets so that was really good,” she said. “We had a handful of aces, that was nice.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a>Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s June Troxel serves the ball during their 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 victory over Ketchikan High School at the Clarke Cochrane Gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Christopher Mullen\/ Ketchikan Daily News)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS had a lot of attacks on the ball in the first set and got ahead early.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Sophomore Leila Cooper served the first 10 points of the game, including three aces, and added 15 assists and 12 digs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“That was a great confidence booster for the kids,” she said. “They just continued to play pretty solidly the rest of the game.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Crimson Bears struggled slightly in the second and third sets, but their serves and net play kept them in the contests.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Our middles are really starting to block up better so that is always exciting when a kid blocks the ball and puts it to the floor,” Levernier said. “I don’t think anyone surprised me. I think as a team each weekend they play a little bit better and a little bit better because we went through the consolidation and the kids are great. They all got along super well. I was actually super surprised by the beginning of the season. I thought, ‘This is going to be great.’”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“But it doesn’t necessarily translate to the court. So they struggled a little bit with just the dynamics on the court. It wasn’t anything mean or malicious they just were getting to know each other and trust each other and what kind of volleyball player each other are and how are we going to work together. It kind of surprised me the struggles they went through on that but the last couple of weekends they’ve just been starting to play more and more like a team. I don’t know if that is a surprise. It is expected they would improve in that area, but it is just really nice to see them starting to really play as a team and communicate on the court and have fun playing volleyball.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a>Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s team celebrates after scoring a point during their 25-15, 25-21, 25- 18 victory over Ketchikan High School at the Clarke Cochrane Gymnasium on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Christopher Mullen\/ Ketchikan Daily News)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Junior libero Cambry Lockhart had 24 digs on Friday and 16 Saturday. She also had 19 points scored on service including five aces.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It was really fun,” Lockhart said. “I thought we played really good together and our program as a whole. It was really fun to hear everybody cheering, and I thought it was a really supportive weekend, and we ended up with the wins, too, which was really nice.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
This is Cambry’s second year in volleyball. Last season she played junior varsity for TMHS and said the transition to JDHS has been smooth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I think we are doing great,” she said. “It is really fun to be with the best people from both schools, and I think we are on track for a really good year. And I think it is really fun being with a bunch of different people.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Sophomore setters Leila Cooper, also from TMHS, and Brie Powers have a lot riding on their young shoulders as they are the “two” in the JDHS 6-2 rotation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Crimson Bears run two setters, who set from the back row.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t