GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL: EVERY PLAY MATTERS WILLIAMS GOES FOR BROKE FOR PALMDALE VOLLEYBALL TEAM.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer PALMDALE - The fact that volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. isn't the most important part of Dallas Williams' life isn't readily apparent to those who see her play. The starting middle blocker for Palmdale High, she is an A student and has a part-time job at a retail chain throughout the year. ``I don't play volleyball really because I want to make a career out of it,'' she said. ``I play it because it's fun for me. I work and go to school to get my real experience.'' But the scrapes and bruises Bruises Definition Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition. she's received chasing down volleyballs in matches and even practices tell a different story. ``She dives (for balls) when she doesn't even have to,'' teammate Joyce Batista said. ``She plays everything when she doesn't have to.'' The Falcons, who were 1-5 in preseason and opened Golden League play Tuesday against Littlerock, are counting on Williams to help lead the team to the playoffs. Palmdale hasn't qualified for postseason play since 1998, when Williams was on the freshman team. Williams, a third-year varsity starter, is the only competitive athlete in her family other than her mother, Kim, a former gymnast and cheerleader. ``That's just not my style,'' Dallas Williams said. ``I was always a tomboy tomboy Psychology A popular term for a girl whose developmental gender-identity/role is discordant with her genotype. Cf Sissy. and I've wanted to get scraped up.'' Her tenacity on the court has been a bright spot for Palmdale, which has finished fifth in league each of the past two seasons. ``She's our inspiration out there and she's definitely my best all-around player,'' Palmdale coach Colleen col·leen n. An Irish girl. [Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish. Nua said. ``She absolutely helps the team because she's there to get the balls, and it also inspires the team to also go after the digs that seem unreachable.'' Williams knows no other way. ``I think that sometimes hitting the floor is just a split-second A Split-Second was a successful synth rock/new beat/EBM band from Belgium. The duo — Mark Ickx and Peter Bonne (under the artist name Chrismar Chayell) — were active from their debut in 1986 until they split up in 1991, when A Split-Second continued as a solo project. decision,'' she said. ``I don't really think about it. I just see the ball and the next thing I know I'm on the floor. You just have to play as hard as you can, and if hitting the floor is part of it, then hitting the floor is part of it.'' She's molded mold 1 n. 1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. 2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. 3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold. her style after professional beach volleyball For the ball used in this sport, see . Beach volleyball is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Two teams, positioned on either side of a net which divides a rectangular court, hit a volleyball, usually using the hands or arms. player Misty mist·y adj. mist·i·er, mist·i·est 1. Consisting of or marked by mist: a misty rain; a misty night. 2. May, who she said does everything well and smiles even when she fails, which she points out isn't very often. Among the league's most complete players, Williams, who is also an excellent hitter, has proven to be a solid passer, blocker and server, Nua said. She wants to play volleyball at a four-year college, but at 5-foot-10, Williams realizes she might have to move to outside hitter or play defensive specialist. Local community college coaches are already recruiting her, but Williams is an unknown commodity outside the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . The High Desert region isn't known for volleyball and scouts from large schools rarely visit the area. Williams plans to major in communications and hopes to parlay An open programming interface (API) to a service provider's network (the network operator), developed by the Parlay Group (www.parlay.org). By enabling the customer's application to talk directly to the network, it allows the end user to have greater access to network information as well an opportunity at a community college or a small four-year school into a Division I scholarship, but then again, it's not the most important thing in her life. ``Volleyball is kind of a fun thing and if it goes longer than that, if it goes to college and maybe I start playing beach, that'd be great because I love doing it. Right now, it's just something I really enjoy.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Palmdale High middle blocker Dallas Williams on her scrapply style of play: ``If hitting the floor is part of it, then hitting the floor is part of it.'' |
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