Concordia Team Camp Part One: Scouts Show Energy and Strong Net Play

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Concordia University hosted their Team Camp Play Day today. There were several teams of all class and ability levels on display.  It was one of the first team camps in Nebraska at the high school level.  This was a good opportunity for teams to start to see where their pieces fit into the puzzle as the season begins in exactly one month from today, on August 10th. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I watched most of the pool play games in Walz and a few matches in the field house. Here are some teams that I took notice of and could turn some heads this fall because of their improvement or their play today during pool play.  Here is Part 1: </span></p> <p><img class="size-medium wp-image-100833 alignleft" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4941-rotated-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></p> <p><b>David City Scouts</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Wow, I was really impressed with their level of play during pool play this morning. They ended pool play 8-0. They made the top bracket tourney and dropped a three set thriller to Seward. They are athletic and have some really good hitters that have long levers. The Scouts have a ton of experience back at key positions. They have a ton of energy and their chemistry was really good on the court. Class of 2021 #41 ranked 6’0" OH [player_tooltip player_id="58265" first="Lauren" last="Vandenberg"] who plays for VCN 17 Elite played extremely well this morning. As a 2nd team All-SNC pick, the junior had 297 kills, 32 blocks, 235 kills and 28 aces for the Scouts last year. Lauren did a really great job of transitioning and can jump out of the gym. She has a quick arm swing and hit spots all over the court against her opponents. Look for her to have a great senior season. Maya Couch will be a force for the Scouts too. She is a 6’0 senior middle who was an honorable mention SNC pick last year. Couch had 173 kills last fall for the Scouts. </span></p> <p><b>Grand Island High Islanders:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Under new head coach Marcus Ehrke I thought the Islanders setter did a great job of distributing the ball. As a team they had really good energy on and off the court. The bench players were cheering as loud as the players on the floor. They also got into a really great long rally in the 11:00 am match with Fullerton where both teams were digging machines. Grand Island won the point with a great middle tip behind the blocker. </span></p> <p><b>Freeman Falcons:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Falcons have a good volleyball tradition and they did a great job of talking on the floor and transitioned well. Their setter [player_tooltip player_id="82595" first="Brooklyn" last="Ideus"] who is the #86 ranked players in the Class of 2021 did a great job of distributing the ball. She is a lean and long lefty setter. She gives good energy and really mixed up her short and deep jump serves. She has a really great short serve that she got some aces off of today. Ideus had 633 set assists last year to go along with 140 digs and chipped in 23 aces. </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>