Varsity Swept by Newport

The Kentlake Varsity lost 3-0 to Newport, 25-23, 25-19, 25-20. JV lost 2-1 (21-25, 25-10, 15-13) but the Freshman team improved to 2-0 sweeping Newport, 25-19, 25-21, 15-10.

Remember, you can follow Kentlake Volleyball on Twitter all season long with in-game updates. Follow KentlakeVB at Twitter.com.

Volunteers Needed

We need volunteers to help during all the home games this year. The first home match is next Thursday. The freshman and JV matches are usually at the same time, so it would be great to have Varsity parents that would help at 6pm for those, and then to have Freshman and JV parents stick around to help during the Varsity matches at 7:15pm. This way everyone helps and everyone gets to watch their kids play.

We need scorekeepers, scorebook, lines, libero tracker (probably the easiest job), ticket sellers (must be a PTSA member) and concessions (also must be a PTSA member).

Don't worry if you don't know how to do something, we can easily train you.

Please send your preferences on what you want to do to Tami Kyle (ladyblue-55 "at" comcast.net). Please volunteer to help today. We need everyone's support.

We Have Pictures!

Ward Honbo, Devyn on the Freshman team's dad, has uploaded pictures to Flickr and sent us a link. Check out his pictures of the Freshman team's game against Roosevelt. We encourage anyone else with game pictures to upload to Flickr or a similar service and send us the link to share. It only takes a few minutes and it is free.

Tweeters Needed

We need volunteers, particularly from the Freshman or JV parents, that are willing to tweet (send text messages from their cell phones to our Twitter account) in-game updates. If you are willing, please send a message to "kentlakevb at comcast.net" and we will get you signed up.

Freshman Team Schedule Released

• Tuesday, September 15 at Kent Meridian
• Thursday, September 17 vs Kentridge
• Monday, September 21 at Kentwood
• Wednesday, September 23, BYE
• Tuesday, September 29, vs Tahoma
• Thursday, October 1 vs Auburn (3pm)
  
• Monday, October 5 vs Kent Meridian (@3pm)
• Monday, October 5 vs Tahoma (4:45pm)
  
• Wednesday, October 7 BYE
• Tuesday, October 13 at Kentridge
• Thursday, October 15 at Kent Meridian
• Tuesday, October 20 at Auburn Riverside
• Thursday, October 22 vs Kent Meridian
• Monday, October 26 vs Kentwood

The first October 5th game is at Kentlake, but Kent Meridian is actually the "home" team. KM then plays Tahoma at 3:45, followed by Tahoma vs Kentlake at 4:30, assuming everything is on time.

Rosters

Rosters for all three teams are now up:

• Varsity
• JV
• Freshman

Spirit Pack

The Kentlake Volleyball Spirit Pack website is at www.brandathletics.net. Click on "School Spirit Pack Store" and then use the access code "KENLHSVB" (all upper case). You can order your sweats, t-shirts, knee pads and socks at good prices. The order deadline is September 6th.

More On The Strike Effects

Coach Behrens and Coach Moore are not allowed in the building during the "contract day" so that means practice cannot begin before 3pm except on Saturday. This means today's practice was moved, I assume to 3pm.

Also, the district may shut off the teachers email accounts. If so then Coach Behrens will make alternate arrangements so she can still get volleyball related emails.

There is a picture of Coach Behrens in the Covington Reporter's article on the strike.

The Strike and Volleyball

As you know, the teachers of the Kent School District voted last night to go on strike. While coaches are on a different contract than teachers, Coach Behrens and Coach Moore are teachers at Kentlake and therefore they are effected by the strike. They will have only one hour before and after any event (practice, game, etc) in the building to deal with pressing matters. Practice and games will go on as normal.

Tryouts Start Tomorrow

Don't forget that tryouts start tomorrow at 3pm. Be ready to start practicing with all paperwork turned in (this should have been done last week during Falcon Day) and dress ready to play volleyball. Remember "15 minutes early is On-Time and On-Time is Late".