Middle School Volleyball - 12-6-2011 NWMS vs Anacortes

The middle school volleyball season is a little more than half over, and if you haven't been to watch any of the matches, you've missed some free entertainment. While their skills are still developing, the girls' enthusiasm is fully developed. The work hard and play hard and it shows.

Tuesday afternoon the Anacortes Seahawks came to the North Whidbey Middle School gym for 7th and 8th grade matches.

The NWMS Cougars won their first game 25-20, but stumbled a bit in the second, falling 23-25. The third game had to end in a 16-16 tie as the allotted time ran out, and the match ended in a tie with one win, one loss and the tie for each team.

79 photos, including team photos taken before the match, are posted HERE.

Click HERE for 7th grade video highlights.


It was total domination by NWMS in the first game of the 8th grade match. At one point the Cougars had game point, 24-6, but a few late Seahawks serves got by and the match ended in a 25-10 score. The Cougars were especially dangerous from the service line, with the first two servers being forced to rotate after getting 5 serves in a row into play.

In the second game, the girls lost some of their confidence, and it showed in their defense as Anacortes pulled out a 25-15 win. The Cougars recovered somewhat in the final game but lost 25-19.

HERE are 8th grade video highlights.

97 photos of the 8th grade match, also including group and buddy photos, are posted HERE.