MS volleyball players improving

Thermopolis Middle School volleyball is off and running with the eighth grade team going to Worland last Saturday for a Quad Tourney with Cody, Powell and Worland, while the seventh graders were at home, facing the same teams on their own court.

The eighth grade A team started their morning against Cody, 22-24, 21-18 and 21-14.

Coach Aimee Kay said the girls played well against Cody and are starting to get comfortable running a 6/2.

The B team also played Cody, 23-21, 21-7 and 12-21.

Up against Powell, the A team struggled a bit with assessing the other team’s harder serves in three games, 13-21, 13-21 and 15-21.

The B team also had some issues with Powell’s heavy hitters, 8-21, 9-21 and 16-21.

“Overall, the girls improve every time they take the floor,” coach Kay said. “We are running a 6/2, which is pretty complicated, but the girls are getting much more comfortable with it.

“We are now focusing on improving our serve receive and adding defensive coverage.”

The seventh grade A/B teams were fighting a bit of nervousness as they started out the day.

“Once their nerves got out and they just played the game, they did great,” said coach Dhestinny Rangle. “Both A and B played their best games of the season so far. I know what we need to work on and we’ve worked on them this week.

“I’m going to start running a new rotation with my A team, and by this coming Saturday’s game, we’ll put it into action. I’m proud of all the girls.”

The score was not available for the first game against Cody’s A team since it wasn’t marked down, Rangle said, however, the A team lost to Powell in three, 16-21,13-21 and 9-21.

The B team met Powell first, winning one of the matches, but lost in three, 13-21, 21-14 and 7-21.

They did win against Cody’s B team, 22-20, 12-21 and 21-13.