Wildcat girls will contend in NCC volleyball
Returning letter winners for the Humboldt volleyball team, front row (l-r): Claire Varangkounh, Carlie Thompson and Jori Hajek. Back row: Macy Becker, Mady Lange, Kyah Arnold and Ashlyn Clark. Independent photo.
If last year is any type of indication, good things should be in store for the 2018 Humboldt High volleyball team.
Last year Humboldt entered the year with just two senior letterwinners, but head coach Justin McDaniel and his staff were able to guide the squad to a regional final, where they lost to a talented Sioux Center team for the right to advance to state.
Humboldt returns seven letterwinners from last year’s squad that went 26-8 overall, 5-2 and runner-up in the North Central Conference.
“I’m really looking forward to this season. We came into last season very inexperienced but I’m very happy with what we able to do. We showed good things. It was exciting to reach the regional finals. We played the No. 1 rated team tough but came up short,” McDaniel said.
“This year we come back with more experience overall and seven letterwinners, that will certainly help us here in 2018,” McDaniel said.
Humboldt’s letterwinners include first-team all-conference picks in Ashlyn Clark (senior) and Jori Hajek (sophomore). Also back is senior hitter Kyah Arnold, senior Macy Becker and juniors Carlie Thompson, Mady Lange and Claire Varangkounh.
“We have those girls returning and we also had awesome JV and freshman seasons last year. Our freshmen were undefeated at 24-0 and our JV went 21-1,” McDaniel said. “We are very balanced right now going in and so our starting lineup could change from week to week.”
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