All-Metro volleyball
Nov. 12, 2008 @ 11:44 a.m. by Joannaby joanna
The All-Metro volleyball team and the all-league teams for City League, AV-CTL, Central Plains and MCAA ran in today’s pictures. You can check them out here.
Also, Just got an e-mail that Kaitlin Stearns from Clearwater was named the GTM Sportswear (out of Manhattan) athlete of the week for Kansas.
As for All-Metro soccer, it’s coming out on Thursday.
That Guy says:
November 12th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Austin Walls
All Metro
Guaranteed
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that guy says:
November 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
dont steal my name
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inthedark says:
November 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Not a big fan of all Metro. I like the all league teams and all state. I usually agree with most all-league teams but have yet to really agree with any all metro. I just think you guys are trying to include too many schools. How does McFarland make all metro from a marginal team this year? It seems like if you make all-metro as a junior, regardless of your senior year you are a shoo-in for the team.
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Joanna says:
November 12th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
inthedark — we definitely don’t think anyone will ever agree with every single player. That would mean we all have one like mind — and we don’t. But it makes for good debate.
As for just because you make it as an underclassmen you’re in as a senior — that’s not true.
Everyone on this team had the votes and the stats to back up their selections.
So who would your seven players and coach be? (this is for anyone)
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inthedark says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
7 players on a volleyball team? Since when do they play with 7? Is this part of “no child left behind”? The coach was a great pick!
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VBALLfan says:
November 13th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
You are definitely in the dark. The seven volleyball players comes from the six girls on the court and now we the libero position. Since the libero doesn’t use up a sub, they get counted. Seven is the right number.
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Andoverbaler says:
November 13th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Facial.
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inthedark says:
November 13th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
So you are saying that they play with seven players now? Libero counts as one of the SIX players on the court, because only six play at a time. You should only have six players on an all league team, like having 5 on an all league basketball team. So all-metro has six players and a sub. I now understand.
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Joanna says:
November 13th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
inthedark, inthedark, inthedark. Goodness, goodness, goodness.
Have you seen how many positions they pick on a football team for offense for all-league? There’s only 11 on the field at a time, right? Yet there’s two receivers, one quarterback, three running backs (or two running backs and a fullback), five offensive linemen, a kicker, a kick returner, an athlete. And that’s just on offense!
I remember the debate over this issue back in 1996, my first year in Wichita. A defensive specialist is very important to a team, just as a kicker is. So when a DS is in, there’s only six on the court. Now there’s a libero in high school and it plays more than most people do.
So there you go. Now I’m tired.
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Jefferson says:
November 13th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
That’s twice you’ve gotten owned inthedark. Give up
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inthedark says:
November 13th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I can understand with football because you have several different positions with offense, defense and special teams. You can not compare football to volleyball. Let’s compare all-metro soccer, basketball and volleyball. Basketball has 5 on all metro, the same number who play and they don’t include a sixth man. Soccer has 11 on all-metro, the same number who play. I think it is healthy debate but since I am being “owned” and this talk is wearing some of you out I guess it is too tough of a debate to have.
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