Following a really perfect season, the Glenbrook North High School boys volleyball can boast approximately being the nice group withinside the nation. The Spartans (25-zero) capped off one of the most powerful seasons in software records with a 2-zero win over Lake Park Saturday withinside the Illinois High School Association boys nation volleyball championship recreation in Roselle
It changed into a primary nation identify for teach Chris Cooper, who has been on the helm for GBN for the beyond 18 years.
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"I suppose what made this organization unique changed into their cappotential to shop for into their roles and positioned all that they'd into the ones roles," Cooper instructed Patch. "They have been unselfish and simply performed and practiced for every other.
In the finale with the Lancers (25-2), the Spartans gained the primary recreation (25-22), dropped the second (18-25), earlier than triumphing the 0.33 and figuring out recreation via way of means of a rating of 25-19. GBN simplest misplaced video games at some point of its complete postseason run and 5 overall for the season.
According to Cooper, a number of the primary motivators for the 2021 squad changed into a experience of owing it to closing year's organization of seniors, who have been not able to play because of the season's cancelation because of COVID-19.
"As for the season, I knew we'd have some thing unique quite early on," Cooper stated. "We performed a few right groups early and had achievement and in a few instances with out all our starters. It changed into tremendous to recognise that we had intensity and that we had humans that might come off the bench and we might preserve to play at a excessive level.
Depth is what Cooper stated the group wanted at some point of the very last weekend of play. Three out of doors hitters have been all used and performed tremendous at some point of the 2-zero semifinal win over Lincoln Park-East and in opposition to Lake Park.
"I assure you Lake Park might have cherished to have every other out of doors hitter the first-class of ours. We actually had 3 first-rate children in that spot," Cooper stated. "Finally, I can not say sufficient approximately this organization's cappotential to live so centered and pull collectively in one of these bizarre year. All 15 children have been a delight to be round and teach this season."