St. Charles East wins state title
Kane County ChronicleSaturday, November 22, 2008
By KEVIN DRULEY - kdruley@kcchronicle.com
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| St. Charles East head coach Jennifer Kull celebrates her team's IHSA Class 4A State Championship at the Redbird Arena in Bloomington-Normal on Saturday night. 11/15/2008 |
NORMAL – State champions do the craziest things.
Shortly after upsetting nationally-ranked Benet Academy for the IHSA Class 4A state volleyball championship Saturday, St. Charles East players kissed the cardboard poster that charted the tournament's final rounds.
The most popular spot to hit, without a doubt, was the one marking East's 23-25, 25-22, 25-19 win against the Redwings.
"Can we keep the board?" freshman outside hitter Meghan Niski wondered.
W hat, that heavy trophy doesn't suffice?
East scratched a seven-year itch with its first state title since 2001, celebrating with hundreds of orange-clad fans near the Redbird Arena student section behind the team bench.
"I can't even used words to explain it right now," said East junior Caroline Niski, Meghan's sister. "I'm so excited."
Turning the tide on the favored, No. 9 team in prepvolleyball.com's national poll did the trick as the Saints (38-4) prevailed after coming from behind once more.
Players and 12th-year coach Jennie Kull don't deny that rallies have been the team's calling card this season, and this one was especially sweet. MORE...
