{"id":219111,"date":"2026-03-14T03:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/219111\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T03:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:37:10","slug":"boys-volleyball-highlanders-fall-to-oakland-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/219111\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys volleyball | Highlanders fall to Oakland Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Piedmont battles to end<\/p>\n

The Piedmont High School boys volleyball team dropped a pretty tight match to Oakland Tech at Binks Gymnasium on March 12, 25-15, 17-25, 25-12, 25-22. The Highlanders fell to 1-6 on the young season.<\/p>\n

However, Piedmont believes its young team is improving after a difficult 2025 season when the team went 1-23.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of potential,\u201d outside hitter Lucas Kim said. \u201cWe\u2019re really young, we\u2019re mostly freshman. We have a tournament this weekend, I\u2019m hoping we can pull out a few wins. We\u2019re already doing better than we were last season.<\/p>\n

\"\"Gus Leahy (white, left) and Drew Kobal attempt to block a spike from Oakland Tech\u2019s Johnny Sider (4). The Highlanders fell, 25-15, 17-25, 25-12, 25-22.\"\"Nate Spong (7) sets the ball for Kanoa Glass (16) and Rob Koch (12) \"\"Lucas Kim (4) spikes the ball against Oakland Tech\u2019s Bin Yan Cao (3). Kim said after the match that the young Highlanders have a lot of potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we continue to play together and stick together throughout the whole game, we\u2019ll have a better season. I definitely think there\u2019s growth. This team has a lot of flexibility position-wise. I think it can be a good season if we just keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Said first-year coach Mike Glass, \u201cThis is a super-young team. Several who are brand new to the game. I\u2019m super-proud of how they\u2019re playing. They\u2019re getting better every week. They\u2019re learning. They\u2019re competing. Had a really rough season last season. I just started coaching all of these guys a few weeks ago. They\u2019re getting better.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got three sophomores, six freshmen. A lot of good progress. We\u2019ve got basic things that we have got to do to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glass added that three players were out for the match.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs (3-5) broke open a close first set, pushing the lead to 14-9 and then 18-10. However, the Highlanders rallied back in the second set, taking a 19-11 lead and finishing it off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in the second set, our team did a better job of making our serves and staying calm throughout the game,\u201d Kim said. \u201cIn the first, we just gave them more points than we should have. The second set we really locked in and were consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Gus Leahy (11) looks to the official for a call with Drew Kobal behind.\"\"Drew Kobal (21) and Luck Peterson attempt to block Oakland Tech\u2019s Khanh Si\u2019s kill attempt.<\/p>\n

Said Glass, \u201cThey just didn\u2019t have any sloppy errors (in the second set) and Oakland Tech missed a bunch of serves.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the match tied, the third set was the key. The Bulldogs controlled it, taking advantage of Piedmont errors. The fourth set was tight down the wire, with the Highlanders cutting it to one point twice late.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team couldn\u2019t get anything going,\u201d Kim said of the final two sets. \u201cThey were fronting me on the left. Our offense was kind of slowing down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oakland Tech coach Morgan Cecil said her team was down a couple of players due to injury and started slow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of young players,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd they did get some playing time, which was great.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel that we\u2019re still trying to figure out who goes where, what our best lineups are. Which is what the beginning of the season is for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cecil added that Piedmont is much improved from last year.<\/p>\n

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