My two daughters and I were up before dawn today to drive the hour and a half to Fayetteville for the 2nd annual NCHE ( North Carolinians for Home Education) State Volleyball Tournament. The Lighthouse JV and Varsity teams joined teams from Fayetteville, Winston-Salem, and Orange County for the day long event held at the Berean Baptist Academy. Amanda's JV team  had the first game, which started at 9:00 AM.  They won that match against a strong Fayetteville team.  Fayetteville then lost a match to the  Euroclydon Storm, from Orange County, so our team had to beat the Storm in the 3:30 game for the championship.  Our girls kicked it up a level and had a solid game.  Amanda ended up serving  the last 4 points of the game, for the win!

Lighthouse JV Volleyball team -

2005 NCHE Champions

Sarah's Varsity team started the day with a 10:30 match against the Hawks from Forsyth County. These 2 teams both played extremely well and hard, with long volleys and great hustle!  We had played them a week ago and lost in a very close, 5-game match.  Today, Forsyth came out on top again. It was a tough loss, but our girls played their hearts out and had nothing to be ashamed of. Three of our players couldn't come to the tournament, so 5 out of 7 players were on the court for every minute of every game today.

( between matches, the girls tried to relax and keep loose )

When Forsyth beat the Fayetteville team later on, that clinched the championship for them. We then played Fayetteville at 4:30 PM for 2nd place.  Although Fayetteville played well, everyone was tiring after a long day of effort, and Lighthouse won the match in 3 games.  Just prior to the start of that game, the coaches from each team recognized the seniors playing in their very last high school game! 

We arrived back home at 8:30 PM, after stopping for dinner at Wendy's.  The volleyball season is over.  

Basketball practices have already started, and the first games are only a few weeks away.

CONGRATULATIONS, LIGHTHOUSE EAGLES!

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