It’s Wednesday September 23, 2015, the Lions’ side of the gym is packed with anticipating fans ready for the Lady Lions’ Varsity Volleyball game against our rivals, the Kennedy Cougars. As Legion begins to assemble, our girls warm up and prepare for the game. After the national anthem is sung beautifully by our own volleyball player, Camilla Covington, Legion arranges a tunnel, the players run through, and the game begins.
As always, Legion is roaring and our Lady Lions are working tremendously hard and earn the first set win with a score of 25-20. The next two sets are extremely intense because our players are only a few points behind but unfortunately, the Cougars win two sets with scores of 25-20. With Kennedy needing one more win to steal the victory, the fourth set begins. At this point the Lions’ side is going crazy: everyone is cheering, Legion is going wild, and CKM is holding their ground gracefully, but the Cougars win the last set, thus winning the game.
Despite the score, the match was full of intense rallies and our Lady Lions worked very hard. Some key players included Madi Pearce,’17, and Kate Widman, ’17. Madi saved us several of points by making fearless dives while Kate earned us points with her excellent serves.
This game only gives us more power and motivation to take them down next time. Legion member, GG Castaneda says, “It was an unfortunate loss but we will beat them on Kennedy turf and ultimately defeat them.” Though we lost this battle, we will not lose the war, after all, we are the kings of the jungle.