Appleton East, Appleton North, Appleton West, Green Bay Preble/Green Bay East, Green Bay Southwest/Green Bay West, Kaukauna, Kimberly
It was predicted to be a battle between Kaukauna and Kimberly, and that's pretty much exactly what happened, with the Galloping Ghosts defeating the Papermakers in four. Appleton North and Appleton East lost in sectional semifinals.
2009 RANDOM NOTES
- Appleton East The Patriots will rely heavily on senior Noah Mader. They'll also be looking for big contributions from junior outside Ross Johnson and senior libero Chris Flood. As with many teams in this sectional, one early test will occur on September 12 at the Neenah Invitational.
- Appleton North Another team that should make a serious run at state will be the Lightning, who are once again led by 6'7" senior setter Mickey Flynn.
- Appleton West Coach Tim Weiss graduated eight seniors last season and will be working with an entirely new group of student-athletes. Coach Weiss will get a good sense for how this group will match up when he takes them to the Neenah Invite on September 12.
- Green Bay Preble/Green Bay East We need more information on this team. And if we get it, you can be sure we'll do what we can to draw attention to boys volleyball at these schools (and any other schools for which we lack information).
- Green Bay Southwest/Green Bay West Here's another team for which we haven't been able to find much information.
- Kaukauna Graduation has certainly taken its toll on last year's state qualifiers. Gone are outside Domenic Judkins and his 303 kills, as well as six other seniors. With that in mind, the Galloping Ghosts will look to senior DS Troy Van Zeeland (38 aces and 150 digs in 2008) and senior Kevin Biese (117 kills in 2008) as they attempt to punch another ticket to Tosa.
- Kimberly There have been a lot of graduations and other changes within this program. Senior Erik Harke was second-team Fox Valley all-conference in 2008.
OUR PREDICTION
Kaukauna over Appleton East in three
Tomorrow: WIAA Boys Sectional Two
2 comments:
Thanks for all you do for high school boys volleyball. Nice preview (don't agree with Appleton East being in the final lol) but thanks again for all you do.
Thanks for the kind words.
Yeah, we're a little more confident in some predictions than others. We just feel the previews are a little better if we throw something out there. We'll probably get more consensus when we predict the winner of boys sectional 7. LOL.
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