The Wellington Landings Middle School boys volleyball team recently defeated Loggers Run Middle School to capture the Palm Beach County Boys Volleyball Championship.
After falling behind by 10 points, the WLMS boys staged a comeback to win the first set 25-22. Valentino Mignone led the comeback with his serve. The team breezed through the second set 25-15.
It was the sixth championship in 12 years that coach Maureen Witkowski has been at the helm. First-year player Diron Cooper was a force to be reckoned with at the net. He completely shut down the offense with his superior blocking skills.
Jacob Baughman ran the offense for WLMS, distributing the ball to Diron Cooper, Stephen Papia, J Culkins and William Shields. Tyler Anderson was stellar in running the defense.
Noah Langley had a key block in the second game that deflated the Loggers Run offense.
ABOVE: (Front row) Diron Cooper; (middle row) Julianna San Lucas, William Sheilds, Tyler Anderson, Luciano Mignone, Ben Shields and Nolan Sanchez; (back row) Rose Gibbs, Hannah Hausman, DeAndre Stanley, Jacob Baughman, Noah Langley, Stephan Papia, J Caulkins, Valentino Mignone, Hunter Simon and coach Maureen Witkowski.
