It’s Volleyball Mania season! One of Mountain Lakes High School’s favorite long-standing traditions, Volleyball Mania, occurs during the second marking period in gym. On the slim chance that you don’t know what Volleyball Mania is, it is a huge volleyball tournament that runs in each of the gym periods. Each gym period splits into teams of 5-6 people, with each team being drafted by two captains. After playing within the class periods to determine the seeds, elimination rounds will start. Only one team will make it out of the class, and the 8 teams will play each other for a spot in the Volleyball Mania finals, which take place this year on December 23rd.
As of the time this article was written, the teams that have the best records in their respective classes are below.
Period 1:
Team 10: Captains: Gabi Spina and Oliver Bush
- Vidhi Patel, Andrew Adams, Esa Ellahi, Justin Lee, Dunsin Femi-Akanbi
- 1 loss and 1 tie
Period 2:
Team 4: Captains: Adriana Pop and Anthony Fisher
- Jaime O’Connell, Ismaeel Ellahi, Owen Hatton, Arya Shah, Sabrina Burke
- 7 losses, 1 tie
Period 3:
Team 9: Captains: Sam Ulan and Dylan Sawransky
- Collin Masters, Sebastian Ariano, Lukas Dequina, Tyler Dequina
- 4 losses, 2 ties
Period 4:
Team 6:
- Kieran Christy, Nate Holliday, Sophia Holynsky, Izzie DeFazio, Ekaterina Angeles
- 2 losses, 2 ties
Period 5:
Team 1: Captains: Julia Peterson and Kyle Maute
- Sara Tarkanpour, Brendan Sentiwany, Michael Catallo
- 4 losses, 3 ties
Period 6:
Team 5:
- Andres Mena, Kaylee Zhang, Lindsey Mirda, Noah Nussbaum, Arunima Paul, Neal Gupta
- 8 losses, 1 tie
Period 7:
Team 6: Captains: Alexia Pop and Nico Dunn
- Lilly O’Shaughnessy, Adrian Lagravere, Ludvig Larsen, Leela Amarasiri
- 3 losses, 3 ties
Period 8:
Team 8: Captains: Joey Sluck and Juliana Rafferty
- Ben Miniter, Naomi Kleiner, Adrika Rai, Troy Purnell
- 3 losses, 0 ties
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