VolleyBall!

This was a big volleyball night for the eighth grade Lady Chargers.  Tonight it was Forest Meadow Jr. High –vs.- Westwood Jr. High.  And believe you me, both the A and B team girls really played some outstanding v-ball. 

The B team girls decided to take their time inflicting damage on their opponents and ended up playing three games.  Games one and two were your typical win one lose one, back and forth type of games.  Forest Meadow won the first and Westwood won the second.  There were some good volleys, some incredible spikes and of course some heartbreaking misses. 

The third game, however, is what kept us on the edge of our seats.  The Lady Chargers burst out of the gate with quick four nothing lead, but Westwood answered right back with four of their own.  They started trading point again and it looked this game was going to be more of the same. 

At 16 to 16 Forest Meadow took off, scored ten unanswered points, and showed everyone why they’re called “Chargers!” 

Sitting in the stands, doing my best to ignore the pearls of volleyball wisdom that was spewing from the mouth’s of some of the parents, (especially this one dad who kept mumbling things about "Smart Plays") I gained a new since of Charger pride!

 

The Lady Chargers eighth grade B team played equally as impressively against Westwood. 

The first game started off great with two quick points.  Westwood came back and took the lead and made the score 11 to 5.  Then Forest Meadow rallied and made the score Lady Chargers 14, Westwood 13.  After that is was a true give and take.  The teams stayed neck and neck with a score of Westwood 20, Forest Meadow 19.  The Lady chargers couldn’t hold on, and Westwood went on to win by a score of 25 to 21.

Game two was filled with amazing rallies, incredible saves and spectacular spikes.  However, after all was said and done, the Lady Chargers weren’t able to pull the winning rabbit out of their hat.  Maybe we didn’t get the win, but Westwood had to fight for every single point.