The Whidbey Fury celebrate their tourney win. (Photos courtesy Konni Smith)
Some between matches team bonding.
Skipping out on the endless pre-Super Bowl hype, a collection of some of Whidbey Island’s best young volleyball players spent Sunday delivering their own hard hits.
The Whidbey Fury’s 16-year old squad, which features five Coupeville High School players, captured first place in their flight at a tourney at Franklin Pierce.
Wolf freshman Ashley Menges, a veteran of the select spiker world, said her team dominated.
“Emma (Smith) and Maddy (Hilkey) did very well today,” she said. “Emma had really good kills and really good blocks.
“Maddy had some really good digs and got a few really nice kills.”
While she was busy talking up her teammates, Menges was being a bit modest in not mentioning that it was she who delivered the winning kill in the team’s first-place game.
“I actually got a few kills and blocks too,” Menges finally admitted. “So overall we had a very exciting and loud day!”
Menges and her fellow frosh (Smith and Hilkey) are joined by CHS sophomores Kenzi LaRue and Katrina McGranahan on the Fury squad.
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