PHOENIX, Ariz. — Mica Mountain Volleyball will look forward to next season and build off of this latest playoff success. The next stage to conquer is winning the AIA volleyball state championship for themselves; The Thunderbolts fell to Estrella Foothills High School in the title game, 3-0.

The AIA Volleyball State Championships were held Saturday at the Arizona Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. Little Mountain held close in their first championship game in program history. The Players kept it close in the first set, 25-23, but couldn’t find their rhythm in the last two, losing 25-16, then 25-20.

After the game, Soso Okpara, an Air Force volleyball recruit, focused on celebrating a team he said he will cherish forever. “As soon as the game ended, all I could think about was that I can’t play with these amazing girls again,” Okpara said. “It hurts, but I’m so glad I’ve made it this far with them. .”

It was not the result the Thunderbolts had hoped for. Still, head coach Amy Johnson said regardless of the outcome, this season’s players have set the standard for Little Mountain volleyball.

“These seniors have been with us since the beginning,” Johnson said. “For me, it’s not having them in the gym tomorrow and how that looks and how it changes Little Mountain volleyball by not having those girls around.”

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