Thursday, March 28, 2024

Big-time rivals team up for North squad

Big-time rivals team up for North squad
Navajo Times | Ravonelle Yazzie Farmington’s Georgia Willie (6) and Piedra Vista’s Autumn Begay (13) put up a double block during the Class 5A/6A New Mexico High School Coaches Association Volleyball All-Star Game at West Mesa High School.

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Farmington’s Georgia Willie (6) and Piedra Vista’s Autumn Begay (13) put up a double block during the Class 5A/6A New Mexico High School Coaches Association Volleyball All-Star Game at West Mesa High School.

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Working in tandem, Piedra Vista’s Autumn Begay and Farmington’s Georgia Willie helped the North All-Stars to a four-point win in the opening set.

But as the match wore on, the South team put the hammer down to score a 21-25, 25-17, 25-19 victory on Monday night during the Class 5A/6A New Mexico High School Coaches Association Volleyball All-Star Game at West Mesa High School.

“I think this was a cool experience to play with Georgia because our schools are big-time rivals,” Begay said. “In the end we just came together and got past the rivalry.”

For her entire high school career, Willie remembered Begay as a big-time hitter for Piedra Vista but for this game they played as allies.

“It was a good experience and I thought we played well together,” Willie said.

In the opening set, the pair combined for five kills on just eight swings.

Willie had two of her kills during a 6-2 run with her final one knotting the game at 16-all. The contest was tied three more times before the North team used a 5-0 rally to take a 23-19 advantage. During that stretch, Los Alamos High outside hitter Brianna Montano had three kills while Begay capped the run with a stuff block.

That four-point margin was enough for the North to close out the set.

“I think we got our jitters out and we were hitting the ball with a lot of confidence,” Willie said of their performance in the opening set.


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Quentin Jodie

Quentin Jodie is the Sports Editor for the Navajo Times. He started working for the Navajo Times in February 2010 and was promoted to the Sports Editor position at the end of summer in 2012. Previously, he wrote for the Gallup Independent. Reach him at qjodie@navajotimes.com

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