Vancleave volleyball eyes fourth straight crown

Vancleave volleyball eyes fourth straight crown

Three high school volleyball teams from the Gulf Coast are now just one win away from taking home a gold ball.

Three high school volleyball- teams, from the - gulf coast... are now just one- win away... from taking home a- gold ball.- one of them being the vancleave- lady bulldogs... state- champions three times running.- and they look just as strong as- ever, heading into saturday's - 4-a title match against - pontotoc... having run the- table three sets to none... in- playoff matches against - florence... stone... and bay- high.

After tuesday's south - state title game sweep... the - - - - celebration was very low-key...- because the defending champs...- aren't- done yet.

- - "in the huddle, i said alright,- congrats on - south state.

Now let's get read- to work hard so we know that- it's going to be a much - tougher game than we've faced i- the playoffs for state.

So we'r- re-focused, - we're ready to work hard and- we're going to expect a 6a leve- team and that's how - we're going to play."

- "i think as long as we go in- strong, - - - - vancleave volleyball.

Vancleave- volleyball, head strong.

At the- beginning of the- - - - season we struggled with our- mental game, and as long as we- go in there mentally- tough, i think we've got it - under wraps.

And humble, very - humble because you- never know what going to- happen."- the lady bulldogs are 27-6- overall... heading into the - final game of the year.

- - overall... three coast teams- still alive... in the chase for- a high- school volleyball state - championship.

- all the action goes down- saturday... with long beach - taking on lake cormorant, at 6- p-m... at madison central...- vancleave and pontotoc, at 3- p-m... at clinton... and then - recurrection catholic at hickor- flat, at noon... back at- madison central.- good luck, girls!

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