Told of a CIF official's comment that official recognition of sand volleyball is getting "close", Coach Dave Jones of La Jolla said the next step is presenting the sport to the City Conference.
"The important thing is having each of the conferences recognize the sport," said Jones, commenting before school Fri., Nov. 20. "We have many schools participating" throughout the San Diego Section at this point.
The Vikings boys team recently won the San Diego County title, after winning its third straight league title. Jake Northrup and Curran Robertson, and Dane Pieper and Luke Lentin were the pairs who led the way.
At present, sand volleyball is not yet recognized and sanctioned as an official CIF sport. It is already recognized by the NCAA at the college level.
"We'll start with the girls first," said Jones. For various reasons, girls sand volleyball is closer to official status than boys sand volleyball, at this point.
Last year Jones went full-time coaching the boys Vikings volleyball programs--indoor and sand. Formerly, he coached the girls indoor team as well.
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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