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Lady Raiders Chosen as Champions in Pre-Season Coaches Poll

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The Lady Raiders of Shaker Heights were selected by the coaches of the Lake Erie League to be the Champions at the end of the season for Volleyball.  Though the season starts tomorrow for most schools, the Lake Erie League schedule will be one to watch out for.  Maple Heights was chosen as a 2nd Place finish, but Veteran Coach Rocco Covelli will have the Lady Mustangs ready to possibly capture the LEL Title at the end of the year for Maple Heights once again. Below are the Previews for each Team:

  • Bedford
    • Head Coach Chanthany Duncan
      • 21-22 LEL Record 9-5
    • Returning Starters
      • India Woodson
      • Arion Carroll
    • Season Outlook
      • Hitting the ball
      • Young team rebuilding

 

  • Cleveland Heights
    • Head Coach Jasmine Harper
      • 21-22 LEL Record 7-7
    • Returning Starters
      • Sophomore Anna Kenealy Middle
      • Senior Anastasia Acoff Middle
    • Season Outlook
      • Being able to communicate and work together to build team chemistry seeing we have a whole new team this year with very few returning players. Bringing energy to every match, every set, every rally.
      • We have a bunch of individually talented kids, its just whether they can put it all together on the court to achieve one common goal.

 

  • Garfield Heights
    • Head Coach Antoine Gates
      • 21-22 LEL Record 3-11
    • Returning Starters
      • Tishara Hollon OH/MB Sophomore
      • A’amari Holsey Setter/RS Senior
      • Amaya Patterson Setter/RS Sophomore
      • Ashlee Patterson MB Senior
      • Ta’jahia Williams MB Senior
      • William Ta’jahia MB Senior
      • MaLena Pickett DS/L Sophomore
    • Season Outlook
      • Our skill flexibility and mindsets will be the difference this season. My goal is to challenge the girls in those two areas and to keep them out of their comfort zones; to get them to expect more from themselves as individuals and their teammates. This has been something very unfamiliar to them, a mindsets shift, to build team chemistry.
      • To surprise some teams.

 

  • Lorain
    • Head Coach Capreece Irby
      • 21-22 LEL Record 7-7
    • Returning Starters
      • Senior (MB) Natalie Patterson
      • Senior (OH) Nakeya Hermon
      • Senior (RS) Ja’Neja Nelson-Riley
      • Junior (S/RS) Christin Castro
      • Sophomore (S) Elyssa Myrick
    • Season Outlook
      • Overall chemistry and experience. We have some great upperclassman who have already gracefully accepted the challenge of leadership this season and we expect the depth of our roster to really work in our favor.
      • After dedicating our summer to pushing the tempo of our offense and committing to doing what it takes to bring back a winning culture to our program, our girls are hungry. Going into this season, we’re confident in every single person on our roster and excited to reach the goals we set out for ourselves.

 

  • Maple Heights
    • Head Coach Rocco Covelli
      • 21-22 LEL Record 10-2
    • Returning Starters
      • Destiney Goss- Middle Hitter (Cleveland State University)
      • Teliah Golliday- Outside Hitter Sophomore
    • Season Outlook
      • Young Team
      • Stay Healthy
      • Serve and Serve receive must be consistent.
      • We would like to regain the LEL title from Shaker, but we know it will be tough.
      • Move on to districts in the state tournament.
      • Win 18-20 games.

 

  • Shaker Heights
    • Head Coach Denise Johnson
      • 21-22 LEL Record 14-0
    • Returning Starters
      • Chloe Brown – OH 2023 committed to Buffalo as Libero.
      • Allana Appleby – MB 2023 committed to Cleveland State.
      • Ayanna Brown – S 2023.
    • Season Outlook
      • Playing as a team!
      • Lost 8 seniors last year so a complete rebuild of a team but if we can master serve receive and defense our offense is already one of the strongest in the LEL.

 

  • Shaw
    • Head Coach (TBA as of article)
      • 21-22 LEL Record 0-7
    • Season Outlook
      • To educate and to make positive, life-long memorable experiences for our student athletes.
      • Our goal at Shaw High School is to build a strong volleyball team by teaching our student-athletes how to work together, to effectively communicate, be prideful, and most importantly to be known for outstanding sportsmanship.

 

  • Warrensville Heights
    • Head Coach Robyn Swift
      • 21-22 LEL Record 2-12
    • Returning Players
      • Malaya Raine
    • Season Outlook
      • Commitment
      • This season will be a fresh start with only one returning player.

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