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CKM vs JFK Volleyball Game

By Kimaya Cole, Staff writer

On Monday, October 20th, our girl’s volleyball team battled against Kennedy in an intense game defining who would be one step closer to becoming the metro league champions. Kennedy came out strong the first set and beat our lions 25 to 17. With the help of Legion cheering our girls on and the hatred against Kennedy growing, CKM came back the second set to win. Rallying back and forth, having to go over the 25 point set limit, our lions pushed through to win 28 to 26. Trying to stay in the game, Kennedy came back to win the third set 26 to 24. CKM had to win the 4th set or the win would go to JFK, so our lions turned up the heat and won 25 to 18. Starting the last set off strong with a lead of 4-0, our CKM Lions just came up short on the last few hits. With a sad, unfortunate loss for our girls, the JFK Cougars left the Lion’s den with a 16 to 14 victory.

Even though we didn’t come through with a win, it was a very intense, exciting rivalry game. Key players that stood out were Nia Evans, ‘16, and Kelsey Wong, ‘16. These juniors made a great duo. With Kelsey’s perfect sets and Nia’s stellar spikes and blocks, JFK struggled to keep up. But overall, if anyone saw our girl’s volleyball team competing, they would agree that our team is stacked with strong, hard-working players.

November 3rd, our girls got the chance to go up against the Sac high Dragons to tie Kennedy for metro league champions, but unfortunately, they lost by 2 in the very last set. However, they still got the chance to be in playoffs, ending in 3rd place.

On November 10th, the girls got the chance to move on in playoffs, playing the competitive Pitman High School. Sadly, our lady lions lost all three games and Pitman ended up winning the Division 1 playoffs. Despite their loss, what a great season our McClatchy girl’s volleyball team had!

 

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