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When I was defending our only senior, Mechael Guess, she hit the ball straight to where I was. It hit me in the face

and my nose bled for thirt y minutes.Hannah Oliver (10) |Weve had our ups and downs, but its altogether been

a really good season and Ive had a lot of fun.Gabriele Greenwald (10) | One practice we all had to run sprints

and we didnt want to, so we all planned to faint when the coach blew t he whistle. We ran more sprints. Sarah

Bircheld (10, #2)

1 TEAMWORK|Coming together before the game against Sacred Heart on Oct. 19, the

varsity players get pumped for the match. Nonetheless, the game resulted in a loss for the

girls. Photo by Miranda Thompson. 2 WORDS OF WISDOM|Congratulating the freshman

team after their win against Seneca on Oct. 5, varsity player Jasmyn Hamilton (10, #23) gives

them a condence boost.Photo by Miranda Thompson. 3 READY POSITITION |As the JV

squad plays Seneca, Jamila Bland (9, #17) bumps the ball back to Senecas side, effectively

scoring a point. Photo by Miranda Thompson. 4 DOUBLE TEAM|Varsity players Mechael

Guess (12, #7) and Maya McClendon (10, #3) work together to block the ball against a

defender from Sacred Heart. Maya and I feed off of one another on the cour t. We kind of

have the same mentality; she always has my back, Guess said. Photo by Miranda Thompson.

5 IN THE ZONE|Lowering herself into the ready position, Sarah Bircheld (10,#2) turns

to the referee, waiting for a mix up at the scoring table to be resolved. I love being the

defensive specialist for the JV team, although sometimes my legs and back begin to ache in

mid-game, Bircheld said. Photo by Sally George

The volleyball teams Senior

Night ended with entertainment in

the form of a team dance-off. The

freshman, junior varsity and varsity

teams each choreographed a dance

routine for the contest.

We were asked to come up

with a dance. I know that JV and

varsity practiced hard, but we

only came up with ours an hour

before the competition, Katherine

Stottmann (9) said.

Coach Kyle Wood announced

the winner: the freshman team.

We all saw the freshmen as a

quiet group, and they kept telling us

that their dance was horrible. They

denitely surprised us all, Hannah

Oliver (10) said.

Shakeup

Mechael Guess (12) had a lot on her plate. In

addition to balancing basketball and volleyball,

she was also a Theatre major at the Youth

Performing Arts School (YPAS). Guess felt

most dedicated to volleyball, as she would be

attending the University of Pittsburgh on a

volleyball scholarship the next fall.

Im still not sure what Im going to major

in, but I know Ill play volleyball, Guess said. Right now, I play for a KIVA (Kentucky

Indiana Volleyball Academy) travel team December through June.

Even though her academic future was still unknown, Guess planned to use

what her committed schedule has taught her.

Its really hard to balance my schedule, including learning lines, volleyball/

basketball games, and productions, but if theres one thing that Ive learned that

will help me the most, its the time management skills that will follow me the rest

of my life, Guess said.

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Bracing for

mpactITo a dedicated athlete, an injury could change his

or her athletic aspirations, but Emma Roberson (11)

wasnt willing to let two bulging discs and a tilted

pelvis get in the way.

I thought it would end my career, she said. A

torn muscle or a fracture can heal, but a bulging

disc is a lifelong problem. The injuries to her back

and pelvis could have ended her plans of attending

Xavier University for volleyball in the future.

Volleyball is who I am. Its what I do. I dont

know anything different, Roberson said.

She rst learned of her back problems after

injuring herself in P.E. freshman year. My right leg is

shorter than my left. I have a bulging disc in the L4

and L5 lumbar region of my back, and my pelvis is

tilted, she said of her diagnosis.

Robersons mother wanted her to quit playing

volleyball after learning of the permanent damage

that playing through the pain could cause, but for

Roberson, that was never an option.

I tried physical therapy for six months, but that

just made it worse. The doctors decided not to give

me surgery because of how young I was. They pretty

much said I could risk playing through the pain, or

I could quit, Roberson said. It bothers me all the

time, but I wil l never be able to describe myself as a

quitter. All I do is volleyball. I dont have a social life.

I have a team.

Dominique Jeffries | Design by Meagan Anderson |

Despite injuries to her spine and

pelvis, Emma Roberson will not

accept quitting as an option.

Photo by Miranda Thompson

Words by Christine Haley, Miranda Thompson &