Starrville Kids Sports Epilogue

I Should Coco · Jan 29, 2024

@Starman, I lived and covered HS sports in Michigan long enough ago that volleyball was still played in the winter -- unlike just about every other state.

I realize why it was moved to fall, but if it still was a winter sport, your nieces would have had more time to recover and get ready for the season.

micropolitan guy · Feb 11, 2024

Starman said: ↑

Starrville Epilogue 2024 (first of probably a couple chapters)

It's two years later and the StarrTwins are heading down the final runway of senior year.

Sportswise, they both recovered from their knee surgeries and returned to action, but SisA felt she had missed too much practice time and quit softball to concentrate on volleyball entering her junior year.

Sis B missed the entire volleyball season her junior year during rehab and returned to action for her junior softball season.

The (previous) softball coach quit at the beginning of the school year in August 2022, officially notifying the athletic director so a search for a new coach could begin.

The Starrville HS softball job is not exactly a plum, the program has struggled for many seasons, so they weren't overrun by stellar applicants. However a couple members of the previous staff did apply, so certainly a decision could have been made.

MEANWHILE, varsity volleyball season was starting,

The problem was ... due to their injuries, both twins had fallen behind the development curve. They were both regular starters on JV and got plenty of PT among their class group, then they each missed a full season.

The Starrville volleyball program is also not a traditional powerhouse, they've paddled around the middle of their league in the 8 years since StarSis22, the oldest sister now finishing up college at Chippewa State, entered as a freshman. The coach (who's been there the whole time) quite frequently gives PT to rising young players from travel teams yet she shows little interest in getting a recreational program going in the grade schools. As a result Starrville girls usually don't start organized volleyball until about sixth grade (disastrous for long term development).

Anyway, heading into the summer before their senior season, there was considerable doubt as to whether either of the twins would make the team, or if not, which one.

My suspicion as a semi detached observer of the whole situation was that they'd probably both get cut.

MORE COMING, but it's late.

Rest assured, there is a storybook ending of sorts coming for all this.
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Love the Chippewa State reference for CMU. Chippewa State, Microville Tech and Three Chopt Tech are all outstanding universities.

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