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For those of  you who don’t subscribe to the S-A  here is the story that ran Christmas Eve. Even if you don’t donate, perhaps you would want to share some prayers and thoughts on the web site. Don’t know if it’s because of this story but she has received over $5,000 since it ran. www.gofundme.com/5l8t68 By Cindy Luis cluis2staradvertiser.com The glass is half full. The glass is half empty. The positive outlook of Cia Goods-Fernandez and the realistic view of […]

Wishing you and yours happy holidays.

Down from 17 heading into the tournament 1. Penn State. 2. Texas. 3. Washington 4. Florida. 5. Missoui National runner-up Wisconsin at No. 9, BYU 25 http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2013WVBrpi1.html in the poll, down from No. 11 to 18 http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/poll-12-23-13di/

Wade was on the radio this morning Talked a little about the toughness of the MPSF, the toughest conference in any college sports. Scott asked if he was surprised about being No. 9 in the poll. Said he wasn’t concerned, teams have to be ranked somewhere They start practice the Friday. They will be staying at Pearl Harbor to train and do some community stuff at Pearl Harbor Saturday through Monday spoke a bit about hiring Zarkovic, Siki’s dad. Happy […]

On ESPN2   224 in Hawaii joined in progress Great basketball game, tho, between Ohio State and Notre Dame PSU wins Set 1 25-19

From the AVCA The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is proud to announce that University of Washington junior outside hitter Krista Vansant has been selected as the 2013 AVCA Division I Player of the Year.  The award was presented this afternoon at the AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet presented by Northwestern Mutual, which was held in Seattle as part of the 2013 AVCA Annual Convention. It was another impressive season for Vansant, who this season was named the Pac-12 […]

I wish people would remember that they are discussing 18-22 year-old amateur athletes. Understand the passion but still Had a wonderful chat with Cia Goods Fernandez today, preparing to write a story that will run in a few days. Young mother of 5, kids are 13 and younger. Family living on Maui. Husband’s cousin is Kalei Adolpho Diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. And yet, refuses to be anything but positive. I hope you all will keep her in your […]

Wisconsin def. Texas 25-19, 25-18, 26-28, 26-23 Penn State def. Washington, 25-14, 25-13, 25-16 Nittany Lions won both conference matches 3-0 some of you may notice that the derogatory comments about Penn State and the crude acronyms used have been deleted. Just stop. it had nothing to do with the volleyball program  Go somewhere else with your negativity.