volleyball Archive

The Crestview volleyball team probably had more questions than answers entering the 2022 season.

The Bulldogs were coming off a season in which they only won two matches leading to the question of how much they might improve.

Kasey Campbell received her first taste of being a head coach a year ago when she took over a Laurel Hill volleyball team that she played on as a high school athlete.

As is the case with every first-year coach, there was a learning curve as the Hoboes finished with a 3-13 record. Campbell believes things are look up though as she adjust to coaching players in 2023.

It might not have been the way Crestview volleyball coach James Kerrell drew things up prior to Tuesday’s match with Washington, but he had no complaints with the end results. A scrappy Lady Bulldogs team dug deep to take out the Lady Wildcats 3-1. Scores were 27-25. 25-22, 20-25 and 25-20.

Now a senior, Avery Price is one of the leaders on the Crestview Lady Bulldogs volleyball team. The 5-foot-10 inch outside and middle hitter was on a team that won two matches in 2021 and improved to 13 wins in 2022.

Chloe Ates is a senior libero on the Baker School volleyball team with no plans on stepping away from the sport any time soon. The Lady Gator stalwart already has scholarship offers from Gulf Coast State College in Panama City and St. Leo in the Tampa Bay area. St. Leo is a NCAA Division II program that competes in the Sunshine State Conference.

Crestview High School’s volleyball team is hard at work this month preparing for the upcoming volleyball season which is only two months away. The off season process this year is much easier than last when the school was replacing the gym floor forcing the team to become nomads when looking for practice space. Now all coach James Kerrell has to do his typical coaching duties without trying to schedule gym space.

It’s not too early for young ladies to start planning to attend the Crestview High School Kids Volleyball Camp. Camp sessions are July 10-13 and July 17-20. The time is 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

A new sport is taking Crestview High School by storm.

You’ve probably seen it during the Summer Olympics. And being less than an hour from some of the best beaches in the world, you might have even played a pickup game or two of the increasingly popular sport.

It has been a banner year for Crestview High School athletics on the field and in the classroom.

The school recently recognized the 15 student-athletes that have signed athletic scholarships so far this school year.

Samantha Kerrell has made a college decision. The Crestview High School volleyball senior will be taking her skills an hour north to Andalusia, Ala., where she will play for Lurleen B. Wallace Community College.

“I actually looked at a few other colleges and they’re good,” she said. “It’s close to home and I just really feel like I had a place there and the coach (Janie Wiggins) and the team wanted me.