Tuesday, January 25, 2011

First Timer




Nicole has been gently suggesting that I spend some time contributing to our blog. I guess using my likeness on the blog in name and in pictures doesn't suffice. Therefore, I will tackle the most noteworthy event in our lives recently: We're pregnant with our second child! Just kidding. At least to my knowledge we're not. Okay, so in all seriousness we have done a lot since our last post including coaching another great season of volleyball at Broomfield High School.

The volleyball season started anew in August of 2010 and this year Nicole had the Freshman team while I coached the JV team for the 3rd time. Both teams were exceptionally talented and both teams benefitted from countless offseason hours of dedicated girls honing their volleyball skills at club practices, club tournaments, open gyms, individual camps and team camps. A big highlight for the Freshman team was placing second in the Douglas County Freshman Invitational Tournament. They played well, had a ton of support from exuberant fans (thanks parents) and left DCHS only having lost to the host team on their home court. JV saw the continued development of a number of talented players including the emergence of impressive underclassmen. Varsity fought it's way through an expectedly tough league schedule, playing well against some of the best competition in the state. They took 2nd at District Tournament beating a tough Sterling team to advance. Regional tournament proved to be a tall order as BHS drew undefeated (and eventual state champs) Cheyenne Mountain and (3rd place in state as well as league rival) Longmont. Nevertheless they beat an experienced and scrappy Pueblo County team who had only lost 2 matches all season coming into Regionals. We feel so fortunate to be associated with a program that has, over the years, drawn some of the most athletic, dedicated and talented youth that Broomfield has to offer. We have high hopes and expectations for our upcoming off-season events as well as the upper-classmen who will be looking to lead this program back to the State Tournament