A contingent of four Neuqua Valley boys volleyball players were in attendance at the Tiger Classic on Thursday night, checking out the action, scouting the teams and mingling with the Waubonsie Valley and Naperville Central folks.
There were a couple Naperville North guys there, too, but then again the Huskies are playing in the tournament. I guess even if you didn't have a game, the fieldhouse at WW South was still the place to be for Naperville boys volleyball on Thursday night.
"Oh definitely," said Neuqua senior Jake Blackman, who along with Brian Clark and two other Wildcats, spent the night with pencil and paper scouting potential opponents.
I heard a couple Central parents ask Neuqua players the same question: When do you guys play?
Neuqua answer: we're not in this tournament.
Central parent: Really?
If the Wildcats are to be one of the best programs in the area, they were state finalists last year don't you know, shouldn't Neuqua be playing in the best tournament in the area?
Quick answer is yes. Longer answer is that it's not that easy.
Neuqua is on the waiting list for the Tiger Classic, according to WW South coach Bill Schreier, but there is not set timetable for when the Wildcats will get into the elite field.
"It depends on the out of state teams," Schreier told The Heat Index in an email. "We offered to them a couple of years ago, but they could not swing it because of Spring Break. That can always be an issue."
Spring break begins for the Wildcats at last bell on Friday.
UPDATE: Neuqua coach Erich Mendoza said in an email to The Heat Index that "I would definitely love to have our team playing in it b/c of the competition.
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