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High school volleyball: Tigers learn about loyalty, forgiveness en route to team's first championship
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Way to go Tigers | 12:44 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
It has been a blast watching the tigers this year. Excellent work on a
memorable season. Happy to read that the girls have grown together and learned
together and sports have given a way to learn life lessons. Way to go tigers.
T19 | 1:04 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
ATTA BABY!!! Way to be ladies! you went up there for the trophy and by golly you
got it! Megs, Jordo love ya Congrats!! i wish i would have been there. HURRICANE
PRIDE WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!
Nice Job Lady Tigers!! | 5:54 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Way to work hard and reach your goal ladies! HHS's first ever vollyball
state championship. wow!! It has been great following you all this year. Now
if the HHS football team can just follow your example, things will be great here
in Tiger-land!!
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Tiger Football Player | 8:52 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Congratulations!!! Thanks for setting the precedent for us. Way to go!!
Lack of backbone. | 8:59 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Kalistina should have never been able to come back on the team. Congrats to the
girls that were dedicated to each other and loyal to each other and the schoool
and not just about themselves. You dropped the ball on this one coach.
Congratulations! | 9:21 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
I would like to thank Coach McKeehan and his staff for the sacrifices and
efforts made this season. The girls on this team have gone through a
refiner's fire and come out better.
I am so proud to be their principal.
Mr. Pedersem
I am so proud to be their principal.
Mr. Pedersem
Morgan Fan | 10:33 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Way to go!! CONGRATS on the big win!! You guys are a great team...I'm glad
you won state you desevered it!!
carbons #1 fan | 10:54 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Thank you Carbon volleyball team. It has been a pleasure watching you play. I
love you and appreciate the great girls that you all are on and off of the
court. Special thanks to the 6 seniors that have been together since jr. high.
It's been a great ride to be as involved with you as I have. You are great
girls and your personal integrity and guts go way beyond the ball court. Always
know that you are winners in my heart. To the remaining girls on the volleyball
team and the future girls on the team... please remember the example of the past
volleyball teams. Be your best on and off of the court and carry on the legacy
of good sprotsmanship and friendship into the future. Good luck future Carbon
volleyball team. Remember, I'll be there watching you.
Jax (delta) | 11:23 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
obviously who ever wrote the comment about how she shouldnt be able to come back
on the team has never played on a real team and should learn how to forgive.
Being on a team is tough and some times in a heated moment you can make stupid
decisions. She knew she messed up and she wanted to come back and support her
team so get off her and the coaches back. Congrats Hurricane! I was yelling for
you the whole playoff game!!!
Dixie Parent | 11:55 a.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Congrats to your team. you earned it. We are proud of all the Southern Utah
teams.
More than a game | 12:03 p.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Congratulations to the "team". Its about the team and never the
individuals and though its a cliche its the way it should be. Lessons learned
through sports are embedded for a lifetime. Hats of to Coach McKeehan and the
way he has conducted himself and taught the girls. It is well deserved and has
brought some pride to a community but more importantly to the kids. It is too
bad that some on the outside don't see the whole picture. No dropped balls
here, just aces.
Coach Dazzle | 12:29 p.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Way to Go TIGERS!!!!! I am so proud of the girls and all that they have
accomplished this season on and off the court. As for the comment above about
the lack of backbone, I beg to differ and am humbled by the girls showing such
compassion and togetherness in their decisions. I do not know of any other team
that would be so forgiving and hard working. A State Championship has qualities
further than just winning games, its about coming together and the Hurricane
Lady Tigers did just that!
In Kalistina's Defense | 4:13 p.m. Nov. 1, 2008
I am very proud of the courage Kalistina had to quit a sport that was the love
of her life. Kalistina has given her all to this team. The conditions which led
her to quit were significant. It wasn't a mistake, it was well thought out.
She handled herself with class. The compassion and forgiving spoken of, goes
both ways. When given the choice by her coach to come back, it was her
compassion and her love for her teammates and the school that changed her mind.
To set the record straight, she did not ask to come back. Not collecting the
details of the situation, exposes one's own ignorance. Kalistina did the
right thing to quit and did the right thing to come back. Sports aren't
just competions, contained in it are life lessons that can't be learned
anywhere else. I have learned the definition of courage from her.
Kalistina's Dad
Kalistina's Dad
Tigers Fan!!! | 4:18 p.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Good Job!!!
WAY TO GO! | 5:19 p.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Great job Tigers!
To: Lack of Backbone | 6:33 p.m. Nov. 1, 2008
To accuse coach of having dropped the ball and not having a backbone you clearly
know little about that young coach. What he teaches is about more then
volleyball, yes he is competive, that very drive has made the program what it
is. Perhaps if you were a part of the program and knew the details and way the
Kalistina issue was conducted you might have a different perspective. For me, I
couldn't ask for a better teaching and learning experience for all
involved.
I guess the choice of the kids and coaches must have been the right one because they played better at state then I saw in the games I attended during the season.
Hats off to you coach, come back for one more please.....
I guess the choice of the kids and coaches must have been the right one because they played better at state then I saw in the games I attended during the season.
Hats off to you coach, come back for one more please.....
The setter's sister!!! | 7:15 p.m. Nov. 1, 2008
This team has showed incredible heart and desire this entire season! They have
beaten the odds with people throwing excuses in their faces and making comments
they never deserved. I have watched my sister (#4) work hard with the other
senior to keep the team upbeat and positive and yes, to forgive and move on.
This team DESERVED the win and won it fair and square! I am and always will be
proud to call myself a HURRICANE TIGER! This team and school has HEART and
DETERMINATION that even goes beyond a state championship! And, coming from a
former volleyball player myself, we all take great pride in this title now. WAY
TO GO, TIGERS!!! You ARE #1!
YEE HAW | 11:54 p.m. Nov. 1, 2008
Rock on Coach McKeehan. Its all about the players but championships don't
happen without a Captain to guide the ship. One lesson that continuously needs
to learned: Players-Play, Coaches-Coach and Parents-need to back away and just
be Parents.
Former Tiger...Always a Tiger | 1:05 a.m. Nov. 2, 2008
I played for Hurricane and one thing I always knew, coach loved me enough to
demand more from me. He pushed me daily, I hated him for it then but love what
I have learned from him. His idea of "team" took me a while to
accept, once I did I became the player he told me I was. I am so happy for this
team, one thing I know is that they worked so hard to get where they are, why
try to take away from what was accomplished? To the girls, WOW, to coach, thank
you.
To "Lack of Backbone" | 3:21 p.m. Nov. 2, 2008
When a team decides to approach the coach and ask to make the decision, it
cannot be a bad decision. The team came first. They knew the situation. They
know the young lady. All involved felt that their relationship with her was
more important than pride, envy, selfishness, etc.
The one who dropped the ball is the one without the backbone and had the audacity to make that comment in the wake of their celebration of a state championship. To all the naysayers, move on. The team, the coach, and the principal endorsed the return of a lovely young lady and friend.
The one who dropped the ball is the one without the backbone and had the audacity to make that comment in the wake of their celebration of a state championship. To all the naysayers, move on. The team, the coach, and the principal endorsed the return of a lovely young lady and friend.
Thumper's Rule | 3:25 p.m. Nov. 2, 2008
To quote the line from Disney's classic, Bambi:
"If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
99% of the comments are positive. Only one was negative. Ignorance of the facts, people, and the lack of compassion are no excuse to make rude comments on decisions that are not yours to make.
"If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
99% of the comments are positive. Only one was negative. Ignorance of the facts, people, and the lack of compassion are no excuse to make rude comments on decisions that are not yours to make.
To Carbon & their fans: | 3:29 p.m. Nov. 2, 2008
As the principal of Hurricane High, I would like to commend the Carbon
volleyball team on their hard fought game and for their run to the championship
match. They are an excellent team.
To the CHS fans: I was very impressed by the "Scream Team" who traveled and supported their girls and coach. They did so with class and plenty of school spirit. I admire that and commend them for their efforts.
Mr. Pedersen
HHS principal
To the CHS fans: I was very impressed by the "Scream Team" who traveled and supported their girls and coach. They did so with class and plenty of school spirit. I admire that and commend them for their efforts.
Mr. Pedersen
HHS principal
HHS Student | 8:46 p.m. Nov. 2, 2008
yaaaa congrats on the win!!!!!!! i wish i could have been there. I bet you guys
had a blast
Hurricane football player | 8:59 p.m. Nov. 2, 2008
Nice job volleyball team on the state championship, now it is time for the
football team to go out and get theirs!!
Fan | 5:56 p.m. Nov. 3, 2008
Honestly, I think they could have won with or without her. The team is awesome
and it doesn't take one to play on a volleyball team but 6. It's
called teamwork. All the girls on the team are great players and obviously are
great people to accept her back. Way to go Hurricane Tigers!!
from the heart | 3:43 p.m. Nov. 12, 2008
to lack of back bone all of the team and coaches came together to back Kalistina
you not know how hard she has played not only this year but last year with an
injured knee. She played hurt all of last season. I'm proud to be a father
of one of her teammates and take my hat off to her father for his soppurt of his
daughter. Next year will be the 2nd state championship.Kara Cotters Dad
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