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This year’s female record breakers are (front row, from left) Amanda Burts, Debra Bolle, Ruth Harrell, Laura Primer, Beth Taylor; (back row, from left) Susan Bekken, Christine Callihan, Jill Dash, Ruth Griffing, Jackie Olenik, Janet Paul, Michele Preisser, Debbie Swanson (receiving award for Marjorie Swanson) and Patty Singer. Not pictured are Lisa Sellers, Glenda Johnson, Mary Mott, Shelley Adair, Pat Lambert, Mary Flannigan and Mary Walsh.
Justin Fitzgerald/sports@cherokeescout.com Brooklyn Hyde works on her spike form during the Andrews Youth Volleyball Camp on June 21.
Justin Fitzgerald/sports@cherokeescout.com Rylan Golden (left) and Holden Clonts (right) dribble through the cones during the Murphy Soccer Youth Camp on June 21.
Photos by Sam Jokich/Staff Correspondent Murphy High School held its annual volleyball camp for fourth- through eighth-graders from June 26-27. The event gave campers an opportunity to learn from current and former Lady Bulldogs, including 2021 graduate Grace Nelson, who played at Catawba Valley Community College last fall.
Photos by Cody Dalton/Catawba Valley Athletics Murphy 2021 graduate Grace Nelson will play volleyball for Emory & Henry University, her parents’ alma mater, this fall. Nelson spent the last two years at Catawba Valley Community College, missing her freshman year due to a knee injury and switching from outside hitter to libero during her sophomore year.
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