North Gem Volleyball Preview

Last season the Lady Cowboys volleyball team finished in the middle of  the pack in the Rocky Mountain Conference but under the direction of head coach Camille Yost and assistant Raini Hayden they will look to improve on that standing.  Coach Yost commented, “We expect to do better than last year but we are still building.”  

They will have their work cut out for them as the Cowboys only return five players from last year's team.  North Gem has thirteen total girls out this year with six of them being new freshmen.  With no seniors on the team coach Yost is hopeful that the girls will continue to get better with each week and improve each season, “Next year everyone should be a little worried about us.”  

Last season, conference foe Grace Lutheran dominated the league on their way to a district championship and will likely be favored to repeat going into the season.  That being said, Coach Yost sees the district as wide open.  “I think we're going into the year with the trophy up for grabs.  I don't see a team that scares me.”  

When I asked the coaches which girls are standing out to them early in this season coach Yost answered, “They are all striving for the same goal.  There is not one girl that would be the one to watch.  They play as a team.”

The Lady Cowboys open up the season playing Challis on homecoming week.  When asked why the public should come out and watch them play, Coach Yost responded, “This group of girls is giving everything they have and when they give everything that they have, good plays happen and wins are made.”  Coach Hayden added, “Because Cowboys have grit.”  There is no better way to describe the effort that this North Gem volleyball team will be putting in this season so come out and watch them play Thursday evening at home starting at 5:30.