Italy’s Junior High volleyball teams make strides against Kopperl

Image: Juliette Salazar(6), Hannah Haight(24) and Madison Galvan(10) prepare for an upcoming serve from Kopperl as Coach Morgan Mathews begs Madison to quit looking at the camera.

Juliette Salazar(6), Hannah Haight(24) and Madison Galvan(10) prepare for an upcoming serve from Kopperl as Coach Morgan Mathews begs Madison to quit looking at the camera. (Barry Byers)

Italy — After an inter-squad scrimmage between two Italy teams, the Italy B Team girls showed how much they have been improving against visiting Kopperl followed by an A Team matchup between the two towns that allowed the veteran players to showcase their talents.

Coaches Morgan Mathews, Tina Richards and April Gage have been doing an outstanding job showing their girls the ropes. The junior high games are very exciting and Italy’s girls are full of school spirit and eager to learn. They are supportive of one another, and boy, do these girls know how to celebrate a point!

Although the rosters vary game to game, suiting up this season to represent the Italy Junior High volleyball teams are:

Italy B Team:

  • Rori Russell-3
  • Jayden Perkins-4
  • Karson Holley-5
  • Juliette Salazar-6
  • Emma Martinez-7
  • Karley Nelson-8
  • Taylor Boyd-9
  • Madison Galvan-10
  • Cassidy Gage-14
  • Emily Guzman-17
  • Karla Perez-20
  • Tatum Adams-21
  • Hannah Haight-24
  • Noeli Garcia-28
  • Jill Varner-35
  • Keondra Jackson-36
  • Lorena Rodriguez-37
  • Reagan Jones-38
  • Jada Jackson-39
  • Virginia Stephens-40

Italy A Team:

  • Paige Cunningham-1
  • Kristen Viator-4
  • Annie Perry-13
  • Maegan Connor-15
  • Marlen Hernandez-16
  • Rachel Huskins-22
  • Brycelen Richards-23
  • Kirby Nelson-25
  • Sydney Weeks-26
  • Emmy Cunningham-27
  • Grace Haight-29
  • Jenna Holden-34

Go Italy Junior High!