Melrose Volleyball in Pictures

The photographer's eye never rests. More Melrose volleyball shots from Don Norris. Click photos to ENLARGE.

The new home for Melrose volleyball gets its finishing touches as the bleachers are installed. Plenty of room for more banners to add to the Lady Raiders' collection.
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Sophomores have contributed mightiliy to the success of the 2007 volleyball team. Here Alex Harlow has her eye on the ball.
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From left to right, libero Jessica Farr, Lauren Howe (6), Alex Harlow, and Hannah Brickley.
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A successful team has a lot of moving parts. And as everyone knows, none are more important than players' mothers. Most high schoolers haven't learned that motherhood is the only job that comes with no vacation. __________________________________________________________________Nicole Glavin continued her fine play against Stoneham and Reading.
______________________________________________________________Hannah Brickley has controlled the middle of the court this year in leading Melrose to thirteen consecutive wins. You can't win at chess, checkers, baseball, basketball, football, or volleyball without dominating up the middle.
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Defender Kelly O'Neill has been excelled in the back row defense this season for Melrose.
___________________________________________________________________The future stars of Melrose volleyball get their start here, on the Junior Varsity. Are we having fun yet? Sure looks like it.
___________________________________________________________________Sophomore Jess Farr may be a rookie at libero, but nobody would confuse her play with that of a novice.
___________________________________________________________________Who would have guessed that the Reading contest would have been anything but hotly contested?
___________________________________________________________________Hannah (25) and Gina Ciccone put up a double block at the 7'4" net, stifling the Reading attack. Reading could muster only 27 points during the three games yesterday, as in effect Melrose recaptured the Middlesex League volleyball crown.
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In sports, we often talk about the grip we have on the ball. But as Jim Bouton wrote years ago in Ball Four, we don't often recognize the grip that the ball has on us.