Players set to take to the courts, courses again this fall

Junior setter Jillian Stevens is one of two players on Nile C. Kinnick's volleyball team who have their father as coach. Jillian's father is Red Devils assistant coach Travis Stevens and head coach Tony San Nicolas' daughter Cierra, a junior, is also on the team. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Players set to take to the courts, courses again this fall

by Dave Ornauer

Stars and Stripes

August 29, 2021

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Players and coaches could be forgiven if they spent time dwelling on what might have been if there was no coronavirus pandemic and they played fall sports in DODEA-Japan in 2020.

But that’s the past and the return of fall sports this weekend is the immediate future.

“We gotta move on,” said Trojans volleyball assistant coach Parish Jones. “All that’s behind us. We have to prepare the young ones, give them some quality time now.”

Easier said than done, though, with many athletes coming off a year in which their athletic activities were limited. And it shows in workouts, some coaches said.