Friday, December 22, 2017

D2 Player of the Year - Lily Fitzgerald


Sunday, December 10, 2017

Sister Act

Have you heard of the "Ration" sisters? 

There are the little sisters, INSPI and ASPI and the big sisters PREPA and PERSPI. 


PERSPIRATION
PREPARATION
ASPIRATION
INSPIRATION


Saturday, December 09, 2017

Melrose Records*

*Via Coach Scott Celli (Click images to see the full frame)

I think game scoring changes occurred during the 2005 season, going from 30 point games (best of three) to 25 point games (best of five).

Team Achievements

Overall record since 2000 is 367-67, but since 2003, 327-42. 

Since 2000:

16 Middlesex League Championships
8 D2 North titles
1 State Championship

11 Middlesex League MVP's 

13 Boston Globe All-Scholastics

16 Boston Herald All-Scholastics

3 Boston Globe Division 2 Players of the Year (Brickley (2009), Bell (2012), Fitzgerald (2017)


15 MGVCA Division 2 State All-Stars








Friday, December 08, 2017

Do You Choose Excellence?

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle

Model your process as the key to your outcome. I believe in the Spartak Model

Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Final Globe Volleyball Rankings*

The Boston Globe released their final volleyball rankings and Melrose finished exceptionally well at number four. Inexplicably, *Westborough isn't included. 

Congratulations. 

Sunday, December 03, 2017

Friday, December 01, 2017

Grow Your Toolkit

Cross-posted

Focus.

Read and remember. 

Ask better questions.

"The difference between who we are today and who we will become in five years is the people we meet and the books we read." 

Reading allows us to have conversations with legendary figures of the past. 

Feast Photos

Images from last night's Volleyball Awards night, courtesy of Steve Karampalas. Click images to enlarge.