Parowan celebrates its 2A volleyball state championship. David Anderson
The Girl Rams of Parowan didn’t let the lack of their first set in opposition to area rival Kanab within the state championship get to them.
As an alternative Parowan’s women went on to win three straight, scoring a 23-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-23 victory Saturday night time on the Sevier Valley Middle in Richfield.
“I'm so pleased with the women,” mentioned Macey Yardley, head coach for Parowan. “We made historical past tonight.”
The win is the primary state volleyball title in Parowan Excessive Faculty’s historical past, and it’s because of the arduous work of the women on the workforce in response to Yardley, who's in her fourth yr as head coach.
“They only grit it out,” Yardley mentioned. “We actually challenged them to do just a few issues which have challenged us this yr.”
The 2 groups cut up their earlier conferences within the season, which means Kanab was a harmful workforce to be within the title bout with.
“We requested our women to maintain it clear, simply give it their all, don’t let issues hit the ground, communication and excessive vitality,” Yardley mentioned. “They only elevated it at each degree.”
Within the second set of the match, Parowan went on two five-point runs and one other for six factors.
“That’s volleyball, it’s all concerning the workforce that may create the run,” Yardley mentioned.
“I'm so pleased with the women. We made historical past tonight.” — Parowan head coach Macey Yardley
She mentioned the workforce’s serving was additionally important to the win.
“Our serving throughout was massive for us,” Yardley mentioned. “We have been in a position to put quite a lot of stress on their serve obtain, in order that they weren’t in a position to run their high-tempo offense.”
“Paige Felder was simply lethal tonight,” Yardley mentioned. “She’s an out of doors hitter, however we performed her within the center about half the time tonight. She was simply in a position to terminate and made only a few errors.”
For Felder, a sophomore, taking the championship was validation of all of the arduous work she’s accomplished.
“I’m simply so joyful my mother was in a position to be right here this yr and hit the gymnasium with me,” Felder mentioned.
Having the ability to flip issues round was additionally key, in response to Felder.
“We knew we needed to modify and decelerate their hitters on the surface, and we have been ready to try this in that second recreation,” Felder mentioned. “We knew it was going to be a battle. We knew them and we have been prepared for something.”
“We simply modified Parowan’s tradition,” mentioned junior Addy Guyman. “We knew that we might do it. We simply went again there and performed our recreation.”
One participant coach Yardley mentioned stepped up in an enormous manner was junior libero Madison Adams. Adams took her service to its highest degree of the yr, scoring a ton of factors, Yardley mentioned.
“Mentally, that was big for us,” Yardley mentioned.
“It’s been ups and downs all through the season,” Adams, a junior, mentioned. “We performed rather well. All of us simply put our coronary heart into it and performed for one another. We knew the one workforce that might beat us was ourselves, and we didn’t let that occur.”
Senior Sidney Smith mentioned she is thrilled to have the ability to finish her highschool profession with a state championship.
“My freshman yr we have been the primary workforce to get to state in seven years,” Smith mentioned. “It’s actually enjoyable to see my senior yr to see us be the area champs for the primary time, after which to be the primary state champs at school historical past.”