Volleyball Report
by: Braxten Johnson
The volleyball team is off to a great start this year. We went undefeated and won the East-West Tournament in SLC! Other schools in the tournament included, Granger, Timpview, Highland, East High, Cyprus, Hillcrest, Payson, West, and Weber High Schools
We had a final final record of 9-0. When we were playing Weber to defend our undefeated standing MMHS was were down 16-24 and Weber only needed one more point to win. We battled back 12 points to win 28-26. That was incredible! The team this year includes:
Kylee, CeLin, Sam, Dani, Amanda, Kalli, Braxten, Kecia, Katelee, Rachel, Jezni, Ashlyn, Sarah, Cortney, Josee, Shelby, Mikayla, Kylee P, Ronnie, Caroline and Sophia! GO EAGLES!
Maple Mountain wins 39th Annual East-West Varsity Volleyball Tournament
Maple Mountain Girls Volleyball competed this weekend in the 39th Annual East-West Varsity Volleyball Tournament at East High School in Salt Lake City. On Friday, they won their first four matches against Granger, Timpview, Highland, and East High Schools.
They follow up these wins by defeating the other five teams in the tournament on Saturday. These teams included Cyprus, Hillcrest, Payson, West, and Weber High Schools. Maple Mountain posted a perfect 9-0 record to be crowned champions of the pre-season tournament.
The win against Weber High School included a first game comeback. The team was down 24-16 when they caught fire. They put together nine straight points and ended up on the winning note at 28-26. They went on to win the second game handily to end the tournament with an unblemished record.
The team played without their two senior centers. They were led by Kalli Collier, junior setter; Kylee Bendtschneider, senior outside hitter; Sam Porter, senior outside hitter; and Dani Esplin, senior libero.
Bendtschneider and Esplin have been attracting the attention of multiple universities for the class of 2012. Likewise, Kalli has been scouted by numerous coaches around the country for the class of 2013.
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