Soda Springs Volleyball

If you only look at wins and losses one may view last year's Lady Cardinal volleyball team as a failure.  But that is not how second year head coach Cedar Johnson see’s it.  “I felt like it was a good rebuilding year.  We really increased the love and passion for the sport and the team grew in leaps and bounds.”  Coach Johnson herself played for Soda Springs in high school before spending some time playing for Dawson Community College in Montana.  When she returned to Soda she was hired as the c-team coach for the high school and from there worked her way up to eventually becoming the varsity head coach.  This year's Cardinal volleyball team will be one with an even mix of experience and youth.  With only three seniors and four juniors some of the younger girls will have to step up to help the team be successful.  Due to the low number of total girls the Cardinals will not have a c-team schedule this year but they do have some good building blocks in place for the program to grow.  Some key players to watch on the cardinal team this year are Soleil Somson who will be a middle hitter as well as co-captains Tara Vetter and Maily Whitworth playing libero and setter.  In response to where the team is sitting, Coach Johnson responded, “We’ve had lots of open gyms and workouts.  I like where we are at this early stage of the season.”  The Cardinals wrapped up their opening week of practice with a midnight madness practice where they started practice at about 10 p.m. and went until about 1 a.m.  Johnson went on to say, “We hung out in the high school all night playing games and then watched the sunrise on Friday morning.”  The Cardinals will kick off their season with a home match against Logan Ut. on August 28th.  Coach Johnson finished with, “We would love for people to come and fill up the bleachers.  It makes the atmosphere more fun and helps the intensity of both teams.”