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Summer volleyball camp set (Jackson County Floridan)
Marianna High School volleyball coach Belinda Christopher will be hosting a summer volleyball camp for girls in grades 5 through 12 in June. The camp is designed to help players with volleyball fundamentals, such as passing, setting, blocking, serving and defensive skills.

High school volleyball teams seen as a possible route of flu bug (The Japan Times)
KOBE (Kyodo) Some high schools in Hyogo Prefecture whose students have contracted the H1N1 flu have at least one thing in common — their volleyball teams played in some of the same tournaments and even had matches against each other earlier this month. With the infection routes yet to be determined, school officials involved in the matches are complaining that the volleyball teams are being ...

With last recruits, Lake Land volleyball remodels it team (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
MATTOON -- Dieterich’s Jessie Westjohn is signing with Lake Land’s volleyball team today, the 10th of 11 recruits expected to rehabilitate a program that pursued serious change in the offseason.

Boys Volleyball: Bears again find ways to beat Vikings (MyCentralJersey.com)
There's a saying in baseball that sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the pitcher. If that saying apllied to boys high school volleyball, then it's time for the South Brunswick Vikings to waive their caps at the East Brunswick Bears.

Defending Western Mass. volleyball champion Chicopee Comp wins East Division title (The Republican)
The reigning Western Massachusetts high school boys volleyball champions have taken the first step in defending its title.

Former UH volleyball star pleads no contest to assault (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
A former University of Hawaii women's volleyball standout, charged with felony assault, gave up her court fight Monday...

Olympic volleyball silver medalist pleads no contest (Boston Herald)
HONOLULU - Olympic silver medalist and former University of Hawaii volleyball standout Kim Willoughby has pleaded no contest to assault. Under a plea agreement with prosecutors,...

Volleyball worlds to go ahead despite swine flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
A high-profile women's volleyball championship will go ahead this summer in Mexico despite concerns about swine flu.

Bears good as gold on volleyball court (Canada.com)
With redemption in their collective minds, the NAVC Gold Bears did something they could not do last spring at this time, under the Olympic Oval big top — win a national volleyball title.

Volleyball player Willoughby pleads no-contest in assault case (Honolulu Advertiser)
Kim Willoughby, a member of the silver medal-winning U.S. volleyball team at the Beijing Olympics and a former star for the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine, pleaded no contest this morning to a felony assault charge and will be sentenced to five years of probation.


Volleyball Commentary

Game, Set or Match?
I admit it. I'm a purist. I want the old game of volleyball back. You know, the one where you could only earn points when you served, where you couldn't...

Narrowing the Gender Gap
I’m loving watching the NCAA men’s volleyball playoffs lately. I finally realized why. Somewhere along the line, the rally found its way to men’s volleyball.As much as I hate most...

Bring Back the Heckler!
Is it me or are the crowds at volleyball games getting more and more tame?I watched the #1 Pepperdine men's team take on UCLA at Pauley Pavilion and heard announcer/legend...

Welcome Back, USAV!
Volleyball may have been invented on the East Coast, but it was definitely Californians that first ran with it. So it is only fitting that Southern California will have both...

Mike Whitmarsh and the Plight of the Retired Athlete
On February 16, former AVP star and Olympic Silver medalist Mike Whitmarsh was found dead in a car inside a friend’s garage. Two days later, the San Diego County Medical...

NCAA Sand Volleyball
Colleges may be seriously considering the idea of adding sand volleyball to their athletic programs. A very interesting development indeed. And not just because of the debate over what they’ll...

Eye on 2012: Keeping U.S. Teams on the Podium
Does it get any better than Beijing for USA Volleyball? I mean, who could have predicted that our indoor teams would tie their best finishes since 1984 with the men’s...


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