Rolling Valley Conference Preview: Boyer Valley!
In this article:
2020 SEASON RECORD: Conference record 6-3, overall record 6-10. The Bulldogs season came to an end against Glidden-Ralston in a Class 1A – Region 2 First Round match where they were swept 25-19, 25-21, and 25-17. COACHES: Position Name Head…
Access all of Prep Dig
Continue reading this article and more.
Continue Reading2020 SEASON RECORD: Conference record 6-3, overall record 6-10. The Bulldogs season came to an end against Glidden-Ralston in a Class 1A – Region 2 First Round match where they were swept 25-19, 25-21, and 25-17.
COACHES:
Position | Name |
---|---|
Head Coach | Larry Neilsen |
Assistant Coach | Bobbie Jo Neilsen |
Assistant Coach | Gary Neilsen |
GRADUATED:
Katelyn Neilsen (OH)
Neilsen played in all 80 sets for the Bulldogs in the 2020 season and contributed 8 assists, 1.6 KPS(126), a team-high 2.5 DPS(196), and a team-high 62 service aces with an 88.7% serve efficiency.
Addie Wood (MH)
Wood played in 75 of 80 sets for the Bulldogs in the 2020 season and produced 3 assists, 56 kills, 6 total blocks, and 8 digs.
Sydney Klein (S)
Klein played in all 80 sets for the Bulldogs in 2020 and had a team-high 3.8 APS(305), 11 kills, 1.1 DPS(84), and 37 service aces with an 89.7% serve efficiency.
The Bulldogs only lost three seniors to graduation in the spring so let’s see who is still on the roster with varsity-level experience for the 2021 season.
RETURNING PLAYERS:
Leah Cooper (2022, OH)
Cooper played in all 80 sets for the Bulldogs in 2020 and had a team-high 2.6 KPS(210), 6 total blocks, 1.7 DPS(134), and 47 service aces with an 86.8% serve efficiency. She is ready for her senior year and should have a knockout season.
Talia Burkhart (2023, OH)
Burkhart played in all 80 sets for the Bulldogs in the 2020 season, her sophomore, and had 5 assists, 33 kills, a team-high 22 total blocks, 35 digs, and 14 service aces with a 92.8% serve efficiency.
Lauren Malone (2024, S)
Malone played in 48 of the 80 sets played by the Bulldogs last year and produced 2.6 APS(124), 4 kills, 34 digs, and 26 service aces with a 92.5% serve efficiency.
Jess O’Day (2024, MH)
O’Day played in 50 of the 80 sets played by the Bulldogs in 2020 and had 6 assists, 21 kills, 4 total blocks, 15 digs, and 3 service aces.
Maclayn Houston (2024, OH)
Houston played in all 80 sets for the Bulldogs in the 2020 season and had a team-high tie with 2.6 KPS(204), 16 total blocks, 44 digs, and 38 service aces with an 82.9% serve efficiency.
Kristen Neilsen (2024, L)
Neilsen played in every set for the Bulldogs in the 2020 season and had 1 assist, 2 kills, 2.3 DPS(187), and 39 service aces with a 91.8% serve efficiency.
Also returning for the Bulldogs for the 2021 season will be Jaci Petersen (2022, OH), MaKenzie Dumbaugh (2022, MH), Ava TenEyck (2024, DS), and Anna Seuntjens (2024, DS).
The Bulldogs lost three good players to graduation but are returning plenty of talent to the roster this season. Their best plays and highest numbers were pretty evenly split between graduating and staying players so it seems as if the coaches have prepared for the loss of some heavy hitters due to graduation last spring. Boyer Valley took third in their conference last year and are losing their top setter and one primary hitter. They have also been prepping another setter to take over the reins this season and it will only be her sophomore season so they should be set for at least three more years, considering all of the hitting talent waiting for their turn. Good luck, Bulldogs!