Central Bucks East Boys' Volleyball Preview

03/29/20 4:28pm Posted by editor

CENTRAL BUCKS EAST BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW

Coach: Rob Minschwaner (11th Year)

Assistant coaches: Steve Eaton (11th year), Jason Ostrander (5th year), Mike Donovan (2ndyear), Kate Woolsey (1st year); Jess Holster (1^st year)

Last year’s record: 22-1 Overall; 14-0 SOL; SOL American Conference Champion; District 1 Champion; State Qualifier (Loss to Northeaster 2-3)

Notable losses: Shawn Lampke (MH); Cole Stanley (OH); Jack Zapf (OH); Jack Miller (Opp); and Dylan Colbert (OH) (1^st team All-SOL; 1^st Team All-District; 1^st Team All-State – 2^nd consecutive year)

Key returners:
Vishum Desai – Senior Opposite
Ryan Figus – Senior Libero (2019 All League Honorable Mention)
Thomas Gallagher-Teske – Senior Middle Hitter (2019 All League Honorable Mention)
Connor Quinn – Senior Middle Hitter
Jacob LaBouliere – Senior Outside Hitter (2^nd team All-League; 1^st team All-District)
Steven Storm – Senior Setter (1^st team All-League, 1^st Team All-District, 1^st Team All-State)
Christian Wolf – Senior Outside Hitter (2^nd Team All-League, 2^nd Team All-DDistrict)
C. J. Dalby – Junior Middle Hitter

Others to watch: Chris Abraham – Senior DS; Ethan Dobbins – Senior OH; Liam Ostrander – Junior Setter; Trevor Seestedt – Junior Middle Hitter; Ben Taddei – Junior Middle Hitter; Ian Wyerman – Junior OH; Matthew LaBouliere – Freshman Opposite

Strengths/Question Marks: “East returns five starters this season, giving us a very strong core group of players. Moving Wolf to the outside and bringing Dalby into the middle should increase the speed of our attack, which should hopefully present match-up problems for our opponents. Losing five good players from a year ago means that we have a lot of inexperienced players behind our starting seven, and they may be called upon in key situations.”

Outlook: “Our team will enter this season with a great deal of confidence. Our senior class has been a joy to coach all four years. We are hoping to defend our league and district championships, and to challenge for the state title. Our league will be challenging once again, with many quality teams competing for the top spot.”