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Girl’s Volleyball First Home Game

MacKenzie Comfort, Editor

September 5, 2025

Varisty Girls

On Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, the Girls Volleyball played their first home game of the season against Poston Butte. The season officially started last Wednesday, away at Crismon, where all three levels, JVB, JVA, and Varsity, lost. With little time to prepare, having only one practive before two back-to-back home games, the volleyball team worked hard and went in strong. This Wednesday, the 3rd, Poston Butte traveled from Phoenix to Sahuaro High School.

Our JVB girls played at 4:00 pm, and while they put up a fight and had multiple crowd-awing rallies, Sahuaro lost the first two sets, sending Poston Butte home with the win. Despite the lost, Coach Nic hung his head high and encouraged his team to do the same, while sending off the other team with high fives and “good game”.

The JV girls played at 5:00 pm. With the Varisty girls on the sideline cheering them on, and the gym beginning to fill up, the JV went to only two sets, losing both, but putting up a fight. The girls, despite losing, were in high energy thanks to Coach Wharam, who was seen on the sidelines looking quite energetic, rooting the girls on to do their best.

With mixed energy in the air, the Varisty girls went into warm ups with positive vibes, while not only working hard with the little time they had before the game, but also remembering to have fun as a team.

The JVb, and JV girls stood on the sidelines, cheering on their teammates, with chants, encouraging words, and loud cheers, putting the Varsity in high spirits.

Varisty cheering on their teammates on the sideline

Even though the team put in all their energy, Poston Butte came in and took the win from Sahuaro, winning all 3 sets, and going home early. Our girls showed great sportsmanship, remembering to cheer on the other school, and picking up their fellow teammates.

All three coaches were proud of their teams despite the losses all around. The girls’ volleyball team, didn’t stay low for long and got back the next day, Thursday, the 4th, at 4, 5, and 6:00pm, Sahuaro went against Pueblo in another home game. JVB lost, but showed improvement from the night before. While the JVand Varsity teams channeled their energy from the other night, and JV beat Pueblo in three sets, passing on the energy to Varsity, who also won in three sets, proving that an L can easily turn into a W.

Make sure you come support your Sahuaro Girls Volleyball team at home, September 8th, at 4, 5, and 6:00pm. Go Cougars! We love seeing effort and great sportsmanship from all three levels, representing our school!

And thank you, Poston Butte, for being great guests and having great energy, putting up a good game with us!

About the Contributor

MacKenzie Comfort, Reporter

MacKenzie Comfort is a junior at Sahuaro High School, and this is her first year in The Paper Cut. MacKenzie isn’t involved in any extra clubs, but she is excited to join the newspaper because she’s an extrovert who loves meeting people and engaging in gossip. She plays Volleyball here at Sahuaro and enjoys being at the net alongside her teammates. Movies and books are Mackenzie’s favorite media to pass the time; she loves Marvel, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. She considers herself a homebody and much prefers to stay home and watch movies, rather than going out with friends. MacKenzie is a middle child with 7 half-siblings, the oldest is 23, and the youngest is 6. She lives with only her mom but makes time to visit her siblings, considering them her greatest quality in life. MacKenzie enjoys taking monthly trips to Los Angeles with her mother. They often visit Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood. She frequently photographs her trips to share with friends and family on social media. MacKenzie’s favorite thing about her trips is the number of people she meets, including stunt actors, who have inspired her to explore that line of work. Although school is not MacKenzie’s favorite thing, she appreciates getting out of the house and is ready to quickly close this chapter and begin a new one in California. She intends on moving to Bakersfield, California, sometime after graduation, where she will take a gap year to save up money. With the money, she plans to attend a community college where she’ll major in Sports Medicine, and then she’ll see where the wind takes her!