The Wildcats left it all on the court.
The Wilsonville volleyball team battled its way back to the Class 5A state tournament for the seventh year in a row, and once there, played more sets and more points than any other team before eventually finishing sixth overall . The 5A tournament was held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, at Forest Grove High School.
“I am super proud of our team’s performance,” said Wilsonville senior opposite Lana Gillas, who was named to the all-tournament second team . “I think that we could have given Churchill some better competition the first day, but taking Caldera was a huge win for us.
“I think that against Corvallis (in the fourth-place match), we just got tired. Playing ten sets in one day is exhausting and we just weren’t able to finish out that game. Overall, though, sixth is a huge accomplishment and I am super happy we were able to take home a trophy.”
“I think we started off the tournament rough, but … we worked so hard to get here that we had to put our all and everything into our Saturday games,” said Wildcat senior setter Ellis Underhill, another second-team all-tournament selection. “We played two five-set matches (and) we fell just short of winning the second, but we pushed and dug so deep that I am proud of how this team finished.”