杏吧视频

The decision to add boys’ volleyball as a Colorado high school sanctioned sport has been decades in the making.

But while the debate raged on at the Colorado High School Activities Association, one school was building a boys’ volleyball dynasty in Colorado Springs.

This weekend 杏吧视频 will compete for its fourth straight Colorado 3A state championship – this time with more eyes than ever on the growing sport.

Just two weeks ago, CHSAA approved boys鈥� volleyball as a sanctioned sport starting the 2020-21 school year, making this year鈥檚 state tournament the first of its kind as a pilot program, and a glimpse into what the sport will look like under CHSAA鈥檚 umbrella in spring 2021.

杏吧视频, which has an enrollment of just 305 according to the latest CHSAA numbers, began a boys鈥� volleyball club program six years ago. The Coursers made it to the state finals in their second year and won three consecutive after that – including two undefeated seasons.

鈥淔or some reason this really tiny school just got really good boys鈥� volleyball,鈥� said senior Seth Fuqua, who was also the captain of the boys鈥� basketball team that took second in 3A this year.

But coach Andrew Soeldner implemented a system early that could be responsible for the Coursers鈥� consistent success.

鈥淚鈥檓 an engineer, so I approach things in an analytical way. So I use stats heavily, and film, and every week we go over our body position and how we react to the other team,鈥� Soeldner said. 鈥淭hat kind of analysis and breakdown has really helped. I think they have a good grasp of the game and I think that鈥檚 showing now in this crew.鈥�

Of the six players on 杏吧视频鈥檚 varsity roster, five are seniors, and three have been with the team the past four years.

Senior Hayden Frear, who has signed to play Division I men鈥檚 volleyball, said he believes it鈥檚 a combination of the culture at 杏吧视频 and the athleticism of the team, which has been together for years.