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Region C is where southwest Virginia volleyball lives.

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Hmmm, the Lady Eagles of Rye Cove took the state titles on March 1, 2003 and again on Nov. 22, 2003 after the realignment with basketball. Gate City (another Scott County and Region D team) then took the title in November 2004 and 2005. Any imagined Region C dominance has long been displaced by Region D teams of late. That trend may very well continue.
My daughter happened to be on the back-to-back RC State Champion teams. As a starter on the RC squads, she played with and against some of the best players I've seen in Virginia in the last 20 years. An excellent player in her own right, she knows her volleyball, so I'll give you what she told me about GC.
She said she was very impressed with Gate City's team, especially the Musick girl. Mind you, GC was always a Region D rival for her, so she gives praise sparingly. For her to tell me she was "impressed" with GC tells me they have a very good team again this year.
As I'm wont to say about any season or any team: "Time will tell." [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]