The Juneau-Douglas High School volleyball team lost in their season opener at Nome-Beltz High School tonight, falling 3-1 to the Nanooks.
After the teams split their first two games, Nome-Beltz took the last two to win the game. Assistant Coach Dale Bontrager said the Nanooks are a strong team riding an emotional high in their first home game.
“They pretty much waxed us in the first game,” Bontrager said.
After shaking the first-game jitters off, JDHS then warmed up enough to take a game back.
“By the end of the second game, we were really getting them. We were playing a lot better defense, reading their hitters better,” Bontrager said.
But they couldn’t sustain that success as Nome-Beltz took the next two games.
“We had some stretches of brilliance, and we had some stretches of not-brilliance. But through it all their energy is positive, they stayed up,” Bontrager said.
JDHS will look for their first win at a 2 p.m. rematch between the teams Saturday.
