A big thrill
By Mike Tupa mtupa@examiner-enterprise.com
Aug 22, 2019 at 12:01 AM Aug 22, 2019 at 8:39 AM
I'll have to admit, I have enjoyed on a heartfelt level speaking the previous two nights to Trevor Hudgens (see Wednesday's paper) and Renee (Roberts) Jones.
Both of these remarkable individuals have reach milestones in their lives, but remain humble, grateful and determined.
With young people like this in our midst, I've got to feel there's some good things for the future.
Following is an excerpt of an E-E article from 2006.
No one could have blamed the Bartlesville High varsity volleyball team from folding.
Having just squandered away certain victory, the Lady Bruins faced the temptation of giving in to frustration and a rugged Catoosa team.
But, this hearty Bartlesville group of girls is made of sterner stuff than that.
After squandering a 24-19 lead to lose 25-27 in the fourth game of their battering showdown with Catoosa, the Lady Bruins bounced back to win the fifth game, and the match, 17-15.
They trailed early in the fifth game, 3-8, but then began a steady comeback, rallied by the serving of Camie Schoenthaler.
Schoenthaler served four straight winners to knot the score at 8-8.
From then, it was a battle of desire and endurance.
The lead changed more times than potential Democratic presidental candidates.
Catoosa eked out ahead, 10-8, only to watch Bartlesville tie it up at 10-10 on Kelli Buffalo's floor-bruising kill.
The Lady Bruins then overtook Catoosa at 13-12 when Caroline Courtney blocked a shot for a point, aided by Schoenthaler.
But, Catoosa then tied it up at 13-13 on a tremendous kill and powered its way back into the lead at 15-14 on another strong spike.
On the verge of giving up the match point at that moment, Lady Bruin spiker coach Tom Williams signalled for timeout.
After the one-minute break, Catoosa put the ball back in play, trying to clinch the win.
Lady Bruins refused to give in, however. During a brief but action-packed volley, Courtney ended it by slamming the ball off the hands of two blockers and watching it fly out of bounds for a Lady Bruin point.
With the game now tied at 15-all, Courtney went back to the serving stripe.
Her first serve resulted in a Bartlesville point when Catoosa hit a return shot into the net.
The next serve led to the winning point as Catoosa was called for four hits.
It was the second-straight five-game victory for the Lady Bruins this week at the new Bruin Fieldhouse.
They had knocked off Bishop Kelley on Tuesday, rallying froma two-games-to-one deficit.
In Thursday's showdown against Catoosa, the Lady Bruins got off to a slow start.
Catoosa rumbled to the first-game triumph, 25-20.
In the second game, Bartlesville charged out to a 14-7 lead and won, 25-20.
The Lady Bruins also won the third game, 25-22, to take a two-games-to-one advantage.
But, in the fourth game, Catoosa came back from the edge of potential defeat to squeeze out the win, 27-25.
That set up the fifth game heroics by the Lady Bruins, which they won, 17-15.
Bufalo played a key role as a front-row hitter despite suffering from back pains which made it impossible for her to sit down on the sideline.
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