Spikefest 201

By Shelby Clark

On the 16th of October the high school volleyball team was off on a 1000 mile trip to Ninilchick for the Spikefest tournament and to Nikolaevsk  for a co-ed vollleyball game.

In Nikolaevsk the net was 4 inches higher, making blocking and hitting more difficult for our girls. Our setters quickly adjusted their sets to make it easier for our hitters to get their hits over, though.

On Friday they traveled back to Ninilchick and played Su-Valley, Birchwood and Ninilchick. All the games were close, but they lost to Su-Valley and Birchwood and won against Ninilchick.

Annaliese Thurneau, Brittney Alsup, Michelle James and Hattan Mollnow had some great hits and some great saves. Kiara Young and Alexa Peet had lovely sets and radical serves. Jesse Fix-Nelson, Kiara Nelson, Marrin Peet and Rylee Williamson had some perfect passes too- a great way to start the season. 

The following day the brackets began and Tok’s first game was against Cook Inlet Academy (CIA), which they won victoriously. 

Then they were in the semi-championships and they were up against Birchwood again. Birchwood won the first set and in the next set everyone put up a good effort, in the end making the score 23-25 Birchwood. 

All in all it was a good, exhausting weekend and a great way to start out the 2014 High School Volleyball season.