The Kings Have Taken the Court

Now that Bishop Kelley girls volleyball won State, it is time to focus on another type of volleyball: King of the Court.

King of the Court is the boys volleyball tournament that is open to all grades. Playing is already under way and each team is fighting for their spot in the finals which was Wednesday, December 14.

Campus Minister Jerri Berna, or Wads as she is called by various people, created King of the Court for all boys to participate in.
“I made it because I received a lot of questions about it,” Wads said. “There was a mutual interest in it between the girls and boys. I can tell the boys are very excited about playing volleyball.”
Only nine teams are signed up to play, and each has one goal in mind: to win. The rules are exactly the same as girls volleyball; however, the net is set at almost eight feet for the boys, compared to almost seven and a half feet for the girls.
Each team is exited to play, no matter how difficult it may be.
“I was really excited when I heard about boys volleyball,” junior Andrew Wood said. “I finally have a chance to show off my volleyball skills.”
Even though one team may have a powerful hitter, or all tall people, it takes certain skills and attributes to win. Teams cannot rely on one person to win an entire tournament.
“The winning team needs chemistry together,” Wads said. “They have to understand that everybody has to do their job so they can be successful.”
“I think that my team, the Volleyballers, has what is takes to win it all,” junior David Hayes said. “We have a great mix of talented people along with tall people so we will definitely win.”
All competition aside, every player is excited to just have fun and play with their friends. The players really enjoy being on the court instead of watching and cheering from the stands. The boys teams do not have all of the talent as the girls did, but they certainly picked up a thing or two from watching.
“The boys do not understand how hard it is to play volleyball well,” Wads said. “Before King of the Court, they just watched. They now know that volleyball is harder than it seems because it takes a lot of practice and correct technique.”
Every team had the chance to play each other in a pre-tournament game designed to see how each team stacked up against each other. There were two brackets in which the best and worst teams played. All teams played a total of four games and based on how many they won, how many points they scored and how many points were scored on them, they were ranked from best to worst.
“Even though we are only ranked second in our bracket, I know we can do our best,” junior Anthony Molinar said. “I am not going to let our seed discourage me. My team and I will persevere and win.”

No matter how bad each team wants the win, only one team can come out victorious.

Team Honeybadger received first place, The Mystery Team got second place, and The Tropics came in third place.