She’s a shutout machine and he’s a superb hitter: Meet Juneau’s all-star siblings<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n“It’s really cool,” she said. “Especially when she tells me stories from when she was in high school about them.”<\/p>\n
Stadt and Mitchell said they’ve most enjoyed the program’s welcoming culture.<\/p>\n
“Coming in freshman year, it was intimidating starting out on a varsity team as a 14 year old (on) a very senior-dominant team,” Stadt said. “But everyone was super welcoming and very honest to me. They always pushed me and wanted me to be better and that’s built up every year of high school.”<\/p>\n
Mitchell said the volleyball is the one sport that’s always been able to lighten her mood.<\/p>\n
“Volleyball was a defintely a place to relieve stress and it was always a happy place for me,” Mitchell said. “Regardless of not making varsity the other years it was just so much fun that I just kept coming back, and eventually, hard work paid off.”<\/p>\n
JDHS plays Thunder Mountain in the Thunderdome on Friday at 8 p.m. The Falcons will also be celebrating their senior night. The TMHS seniors are Tara Dymock, Lani Eshnaur, Hannah Harvey, Kellie James, Kyra Jenkins Hayes, Sydney Lee, Alex Murray, Kiley Stevens, Marssa Tanuvasa-Tuvaifale and Audrey Welling. Read about the Falcons senior class on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Region V Volleyball Tournament is next Friday and Saturday at JDHS.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com. Follow Empire Sports on Twitter at @akempiresports.<\/b><\/p>\n
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