Spiking Success: The Rise of Juab’s New Boys Volleyball Club

October 11, 2023October 13, 2023 Aiden Bethers

If the girls are too boring to watch, buckle your seat belts and get ready to cheer for Boys Volleyball! They have been able to start playing because of the wonderful coaches that started the team, and who sacrifice their time and energy to practices and training, are Jenna Camp, Westyn Robinson, and David Settle. They have set up practices every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in our local rec building, the Hive, since early August. They test their players’ skills everyday, whether it be working on passing, diving, blocking, or just general teamwork.

The teams are separated into three different teams, a 18U, 16U1, and a 16U2 team. The 18U team consists of Tate Halvorsen and Alvin Yuan as team captains, along with Kaes Kyle, Sebastian Padilla, Owen Bailey, Noah Bailey, Zach Morell, and Barrett Brooks. In the 16U1 team, there’s Ethan Tuckett and Aiden Bethers as team captains with Quentin Jones, Gabe Settle, Dallin Dinkel, and Preston Thompson. The 16U2 team has Brody Kjar, Logan Crippen, Spencer Hall, Liam Bethers, Jake Strange.

Their first tournament was September fifteenth and sixteenth where they played phenomenally but were withered down into losing every set. However, even with the losses they kept good team morale and still had a positive experience. The teams’ have their next tournament this Friday and Saturday. The 18U team will be playing in the Hive, while the 16U team will be going up to Salt Lake for their tournament. Make sure to wish them luck!

Aiden Bethers

He is a very athletic individual. Aiden has done soccer in his freshman and sophomore years, and is planning on doing tennis and volleyball for junior year. Aiden has gotten A’s since junior high, because he is a big nerd and doesn't have a life lol. Aiden is a part of NHS and is planning on joining other clubs. He once broke an AC unit with only a butter knife. This is his first year in journalism and is excited to be trained by the best editors there have ever been, Sydni and Ariel. He wants to make the newspaper the best it’s ever been by bringing new and interesting perspectives to the table. He wants to be the most decorated senior in his grade, valedictorian of his class, as well as general sterling scholar.