Volleyball is my new favorite sport. I do not know how many of you have ever had the chance to attend a men’s volleyball game but I would highly recommend you do so soon. They are exciting, and where else are you going to find pancakes (placing your hand flat on the floor so the ball pops up) and kills (hitting the ball and not having it returned by the opposition) at the same place? (Other than Saturday morning breakfast at a Halo convention)
I became a big fan a couple of years ago when Landon was the team manager for the Varsity and Dalton was on JV. Since then I have not missed a game that I was available to attend. (School and Work sometimes interfere, and now that I’m and “adult” I have to prioritize my activities.)
The pace of the game is fast and the energy is electric. Each team has a variety of chants it does when various aspects of the game happen. For instance when a player on Mesquite’s team blocks an opposing player the players on the court, as well as the bench, chant “Rufio, Rufio, RUF, I, OOOO.” (You could say they stole it from Hook but most of these kids have never seen that movie.) Another favorite is when the other team finds itself out of position and the ball drops to the floor for a point. The entire Mesquite squad waves one of their palms in front of their face and says in a deep, drawn out voice, “CONFUSIOOON.”
My little brothers pretty good volleyball players. (They both start as of yesterday.) Dalton has also contributed in another way to the success of the team. You see Dalton had the flu about a week ago and found himself kneeling before the porcelain god a few times. He noticed his eyes were burning after he finished and looked in the mirror and saw this:
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| Dalton Brough |
Only it was worse because it had just happened and all the way around his eyes was bright red. (He popped blood vessels in both eyes while he was going “number 3”) It provides a nice distraction initially to the opposing teams on game day.
Here are a couple more pictures courtesy of www.steinophoto.com:
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| Dalton Brough warming up |
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| Caleb Brough v. Red Mountain |
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| Dalton Brough v. Brophy 1 |
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| Dalton Brough v. Brophy 2 |
If you want to see them bigger, and less blurry, click the link and look in the Sports Galleries in the Men’s Volleyball section.
JB
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