Ignite Your Passion for Volleyball: Join Our Boys Volleyball Team Today

Ignite Your Passion for Volleyball: Join Our Boys Volleyball Team Today

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Boys volleyball will be played in the spring, the Minnesota State High School League Board of Directors decided Thursday. The board approved a recommendation to play in the spring instead of the fall, settling a debate that became mildly contentious.

 Boys volleyball became an official MSHSL-sponsored sport last spring. Osseo athletic director Bill Quan, who chaired the task force, said it considered several factors, including the availability of facilities, the projection of available athletes and coaches, and the current shortage of officials across all sports.

 Quan said the committee's overriding principle was this: "Where will boys volleyball be the most successful?" Boys volleyball has been played as a club sport in the spring since 2018 and has seen growth in popularity from 400 athletes in 2018 to 1,974 last spring. That number placed Minnesota 10th in the nation for participation in boys volleyball despite it not being officially sanctioned, and it's a strongly diverse crowd. 

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The first boys' volleyball season will take place in 2025 and is expected to have a length similar to the 13-week season held for girls. "Now is when the work really starts," Quan said. Also Thursday, the board approved a request to hold the softball state tournament across three days rather than two, meaning teams will play a single game each day. "It makes it better for the players, who will know their schedule and won't have so much uncertainty," said Rockford softball coach Dawn Engebretson, who is a member of the board.

 The board also approved a plan to allow each sport to choose how its state tournament field is seeded. Each sport can choose from among three four-year options: Continue to follow the current 1-through-5 seeding system, with a draw determining the first-round opponent for the three unseeded teams.  Seed the entire field 1 through 8. Set the first-round pairings in advance. The board rejected a one-year request from the football coaches association to seed the state semifinals 1 through 4.