Slide Presentation

Reminiscing about three decades, ask what "slides" belong in an MVB recap. Nothing approaches adequate.

Many of you have not heard John Barth's "everyone is necessarily the hero of his own story." That makes creating a definitive MVB slide show impossible. 

Should it be chronological? Should it focus on the chief architect, Coach Scott Celli? Where does the 2012 Championship team belong? Where do the elite players (18 All-State, numerous All-Scholastics, and Hall of Famers) fit? No matter where one begins or ends, errors of omission abound. Know your MVB history. 

Here are a few of the best. 

This 2005 photo of the Crovos (Stephanie, left, Victoria) flanking Liz Sheerin is iconic. Stephanie would play on the 2012 champions. Victoria became one of the toughest MVB athletes ever...a future All-State player. Her next title is Dr. Crovo when she completes veterinary school. 

Another iconic shot from November 2006 photo shows Coach Scott Celli with a future MVB Assistant varsity coach and All-Scholastic, son Ryan Celli.

2012, the greatest assembly of senior talent in MVB history. These cool cats could play. 

Hannah Brickley, MVB 2009, the "Queen of Melrose Volleyball," three-time All-Stater and pending induction into the Trinity College Hall of Fame. 

Players care...a lot. The 2017 State runner-up trophy didn't bring total joy to Lily, Saoirse, and Lydia.

From 2019, objects in the rearview mirror still loom large. 

The uniforms have changed significantly from 2007. There are no 'throwback' days. 

Spring 2021 "COVID" volleyball was not the good old days. 

From 2006, Jen Cohane (MVB 2005) with Dick Collis, a founder of the Melrose High School Athletic Hall of Fame and "Back Row Gang" member. 

Bring your intensity. 

It's never always 'sunshine and rainbows'. 

The hunt is on. 

And a championship secured.