By Selin

On Saturday the 17^th of October, 2009, the Middle School Gold Volleyball Team went to Bush School for our first and last tournament of the season. We all went to the Bush School about a half hour early and watched the morning division. After that, we played. We were first up against SAAS and we lost the first two games. In the third game, I got 5 serves over, then we rotated and Riley, a seventh grader, got all five of her serves over, then we rotated again and Sara got two serves over. We got 12 serves over in a row. We were supported by Mrs. O and Ms. Tantoco, who came to watch our game!

In the next game, against Cedar Park, we won. Mrs. O and Ms. Tantoco were still watching our game. They became our good luck charms.

In the last game against the Bellevue Christian Vikings, we won again. Our good luck charms had left, though. We still won. In the end, we won more games then we lost.

By Paul D

As the short soccer season ends the teams play their final games up against our rival teams. Paul D (Me!) is moving positions on the field, he was the team captain and starting goalie, he is now playing in the action and Grey is playing goalie. “Paul is a great goalie and all, but I want Grey to earn his wings,” Coach Price said at the end of season party.

 Cooper is moving from his position in the defense line to the attack line. “Cooper hasa great kick to move the ball up field, and I want to use that to score,” Price explained. The final change is moving Aneesh from his position as a goalie to the defense line, “Wow, Aneesh is a great and aggressive player,” Coach said on the sidelines.

The games we have been playing have been pretty even. We lost a game against S.A.A.S. (Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences), the final score was 4-3. Then we played Northwest and won 6-2. After that we played Bear Creek and lost 1-7. Our second to last game was against Northwest and we won 6-0. Finally after a long and hard season we played our final game against U-Prep; we won 7-1.

George scored 4 out of the 7 goals, and George kicked a perfect corner kick to Sheldon to head-butt in but it came just inches away from going in. “I don’t care if it didn’t make it in, it was the best shot of the game,” Coach Price said.
After the game coach gave us all certificates and thanks for being a good team. All and all it was a great season and I hope I have Coach Price for lacrosse!

By Selin

On Tuesday the 13^th of October, 2009, the MS Volleyball Gold Team played against Cedar Park in the Overlake New Gym, it was a home game. The score was very close in the first game, 22-25, Cedar Park win. In the second game it was 25-14, Overlake win. In the last game though, the score was tied at 24-24 and the Cedar Park team got the serve. They scored two points and won the whole game. We also played in a tournament on Saturday the 17^th of October, 2009.

Photos courtesy of Ms. Otis