Castle Rock's Taryn Paget plays the ball as Elie Halladay (13) and Macee Utecht (3) look on during a non-league match against Toledo on Wednesday"We have three phenomonal freshman Team (Captain Maddi Seidl, Tierney Uhlenkott and Macee Utecht) that added to our team that have played together since 4th grade. They are almost running my team now"
"We feel like we are about 95% from where we were last year." Of course last fall, the Rockets suffered their only loss in the State Championship final. Any coach would enjoy near 100% of that.
"We had three very very strong seniors that are gone but the three freshmen play the exact positions that were vacated." The transition Bayes insists has been nearly seamless.
Toledo's Holly Durham (left) and Kimberly Knight (right) ready themselves for a Castle Rock serve. The Rocket's serving impressed Toledo Coach Mandi OlsenIt was the play of Toledo's Vannessa Reich that kept Toledo in the 2nd game as the Lady Indians initially took a 9-4 early lead. She had eight kills while Hailey Ashley added six blocks through the match.
The Lady Rocket bench was deep and mobile as all the players had a chance to see action. That was the reason Bayes admitted, Toledo had a little run early in game 2.
"In order to have a really strong program, you have to play from number 24 on up to number 1." It is a formula that has Bayes in the enviable position of being one of the top programs in the state, yet a year or two away from its best team.
The Trico is going to have a difficult time competing with Castle Rock, and Bayes insisted that their best competition came from larger schools over the summer.
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