GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL: QUARTZ HILL POSES THREAT TO HIGHLAND LEAGUE'S TWO TOP PLAYERS MEET TODAY.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer QUARTZ quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. HILL - The Highland High girls' 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. team has won five consecutive Golden League titles but face perhaps its most formidable challenge in recent years from Quartz Hill. Both teams enter today's 5:30 p.m. match at Quartz Hill unbeaten in four league matches. Highland is 8-3 overall, the Rebels are 9-1. The match will showcase the league's two best players, Lizelle Jackson Jackson. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. of Highland and Kristen Voyson of Quartz Hill. Jackson plays much bigger than her 5-foot-7 stature stature /sta·ture/ (stach´ur) the height or tallness of a person standing.stat´ural stat·ure n. The height of a person. stature the height of an animal in the standing position. and her flair for making big plays energizes her teammates. The more reserved Voyson, a 6-foot-2 junior middle blocker, has the quickness of a smaller player, which, combined with her height, has made her one of the area's most recruited players. ``It's our star against their star,'' Quartz Hill coach Larry Vocke said. ``Both teams have really good talent around Jackson and Voyson, but we both have one really outstanding player, too.'' Vocke said his team plans to exploit its height advantage at the net and force Highland to key on defending Voyson, creating scoring opportunities for outside hitters Christen chris·ten tr.v. chris·tened, chris·ten·ing, chris·tens 1. a. To baptize into a Christian church. b. To give a name to at baptism. 2. a. Carrick and Danielle Gruen. Highland coach Emmir Surur believes that holding Voyson in check and getting a more balanced attack are crucial to his team's chances. Middle blockers Deseray Pisotchi (6-0) and Jolie Colby (5-8) face the task of containing Voyson. They'll get help from Christa Tami, who plays opposite the setter setter: see sporting dog. setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. . Junior Brooke Truong has developed into a quality setter in her first year ever playing the position. The Bulldogs also will be counting on production from outside hitter Ashley Hunter, Surur said. Highland will look to prevent the Rebels from establishing presence in the middle with its serves. ``We have to try to keep them out of their passing rotation,'' Surur said. ``If we can get them moving their feet and mixing them up, hopefully that will take them out of their rhythm.'' The Rebels haven't beaten Highland in three years and haven't won a league title since 1992. ``To beat Highland is so important to us,'' Quartz Hill senior setter Randi Cooper said. ``Especially for the seniors because we haven't beat them since we were freshmen.'' A key to beating Highland, will be overcoming its mystique mys·tique n. An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it: the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism. . ``Just the thought of Highland, I think makes us all a little nervous,'' Cooper said. ``It's intimidating in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. .'' But the back-to-back championships have put pressure on the Bulldogs as well. ``I've been thinking about it all weekend,'' Jackson said. ``We feel like it's an obligation to ourselves. We're a part of the program and we feel like we need to continue it.'' |
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