By: Sarah Steffan
Ponte Vedra High School

Reaching the Junior Olympics in volleyball is the ultimate goal of the extensive, demanding season. You can only reach this tournament if you have either won a national qualifier or your regional qualifier. In the case of JJVA 17’s, we won a national qualifier! This means that we placed 1st out of 114 teams from all over, including a team from Hawaii. After this exciting win in early April, it was back to practice, five days a week typically lasting at least two hours. Although everyone was pumped about this huge win it meant three more months of practice. Somehow we managed to make it through and the day finally came to head down to Miami, the location of the national tournament this year.
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