Winning is a good feeling, but it passes and what lasts is what you have learned and the great memories you have made. Winning is not the point.  Wanting to win is the point.  Working to win is the point.  Not giving up is the point.  Never being satisfied with what you have done is the point. Wanting to learn, grow, and improve is the point.  Always making your best effort is the point.

- Quote by Pat Summitt (awesome coach, Google her) with some additions by Coach Salisbury

PRESEASON and SEASON INFORMATION

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE REGISTERED TO PLAY.  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

A PLAYER MUST HAVE A PHYSICAL ONFILE WITH THE SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE.  THIS PHYSICAL MUST BE LESS THAN A YEAR OLD.  For example:  a phyisical in November is only good to the next November.  There will be physicals offered at Midlakes on Thursday, August 17 from 8am - 12pm.  Call 315-548-6320 or email hderuyter@gmail.com to sign up for a physical through the school.

Preseason Practices for the Varsity and JV volleyball teams will start on Monday, August 21, 2023.

GIRLS VARSITY and JV Teams will have practice from 7am to 9:30am in the HS gym

BOYS VARSITY and JV Teams will have practice from 10am - 12:30pm in the HS gym

BOYS and GIRLS MODIFIED will start preseason practices on Thursday, August 31st and Friday, September 1st from 1 - 3pm in the HS gym

WHAT YOU NEED FOR PRACTICE:  appropriate athletic shoes, athletic clothes, towel, personal water bottle, knee pads (optional), anything else you need

A master TENTATIVE master schedule of all practices and matches can be found at this link: CLICK HERE

Coaching staff for MODIFIED, JV, and VARSITY can be found at this link:  CLICK HERE

There will be a MANDATORY PARENTS/PLAYERS MEETING for the VARSITY, JV, and MODIFIED VOLLEYBALL TEAMS on THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 at 6:30PM in the HS GYM.

NOV. 7, 2022 — The Midlakes girls volleyball team defeated top-seeded Aquinas Institute in a back-and-forth match for the Class C1 Championship that featured a huge swing in the closing sets to bring the Screaming Eagles its first sectional title since 2014.

Already down 2-1, Midlakes found itself trailing 16-12 in the fourth set when it sparked a six-point rally to take the lead and eventually the set, 25-20. The Screaming Eagles kept up the pressure to win the fifth set, 15-13, and the sectional title.

"I told them we haven't taken a team to five sets all year,” said senior co-captain Callie Walker. "It's gotta be this team. This is not going to be our last game. It might be a fight, but let’s take them to five."

Third-year head coach Matt Marchaesi led the No. 2-seeded Screaming Eagles into the championship game after finishing the regular season 14-7 and then defeating Bath-Haverling and Wellsville in sectionals.

"Our team is such a fun team to coach," Marchaesi said. "We definitely improved. We got more skill, but our mental game is so much stronger. We can come back. We can work together and that is the biggest piece this year."

Senior libero and co-captain Nauvoo Dorr was named tournament MVP. Hanna Godkin, Midlakes third co-captain, was named to the All-Tournament team along with senior Kayla Nurse.

Nurse said a key to the game was simply trying to stay positive and keeping their energy, even when it looked bleak.

"We did it. We made it," Nurse said after the game. "This team is my second family. I just really love them so much … It's not over yet."

2022 Varsity Girl’s Volleyball Team

• Kayla Nurse
• Chloe Collett
• Savanna Thomas
• Callie Walker
• Laura Rugiero-Altez
• Kianna Naval
• Clara Bond
• Katelyn Martin
• Cameron Walker
• Hanna Godkin
• Danielle Cartwright
• Nauvoo Dorr
• Kendall Ridley
• Alexis Ridley

LINK TO ARTICLE:  CLICK HERE