It's a well known fact that Michigan rains in mass amounts. Recently we have had many floods, that in peoples houses they got more than two feet of water. The high school was also effected by this storm, the main gym at BHHS was flooded and the nice wood floors had to be torn out due to water damage. This is very troublesome because volleyball starts in the late summer and half the floor is not there! So for the past three weeks we have been practicing in a hot, dirty field house with varsity, junior varsity, and freshman all crammed onto three courts. We even have to have our very first home game at EHMS, one of the middle schools that feeds into BHHS. I can't help but wonder if this floor would be fixed if it was basketball season at BHHS. Last year our varsity basketball did very well, they went to states in the white division (second divison) but sadly lost. And last year the varsity volleyball team did very well by placing third over all in the red division (first division) with 32 wins. Thats makes me believe that mens sports here at BHHS are favored over the womens. Saying that when we have a volleyball home game the student section is barely exisiting and when there is a basketball game there are people so crammed in they are almost falling off the side. So that leads me to believe the floor would be fixed if it was basketball season. It makes me wonder why though. Why is it taking so long to fix the floor? Why is basketball so much more important than our volleyball team? And why are mens sports favored? In conclusion, I think that this is very unfair and annoying. Volleyball is an important sport too and this is a great inconvenience.
-Olivia Smith-
I did not know that the floor is missing due to water damage. I think maybe if more people realized the problems the volleyball team was having then the school might act sooner. I think it is important especially for the seniors last chance/year on the volleyball team.
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