On the afternoon of Sunday November 15th, 2015, the Stockton girl’s volleyball team competed in the regional finals. With that weekend being filled with many games hosted in Big Blue, our girl’s team won their semi final game and for the first time in the history of Stockton, they made it to the regional finals. It was a long weekend for the girls and they played their hearts out and worked extremely hard to make it to where they were.
The final game was played against Randolf-Macon from 2-4pm. Walking into big blue, Stockton gear was dispersed throughout the gymnasium. Many students came out to show our team support and with that came a lot of school spirit and cheering from the crowd. Parents and family members also showed up to support the girls. Throughout each game, you could hear cheers of “Let’s go Stockton, let’s go!” and yells to the girls to keep it up and get back into the game. Ultimately, the girls lost the game coming really close in all 3 matches.
The intensity of the game could be seen in the faces of the girls. Although they lost, they put up a good fight and had support all around. It was an accomplishment in itself to have made it as far as they did. This being the first year ever that they made it to the finals, that in itself was a win for Stockton. The season may be over but the girls will continue to fight and with hopes high, we hope to make it to the finals again next season. The school spirit that was shown at that final game should be the same spirit that should be given to all our teams and as it is basketball season, we must give our basketball team the same support.