Yelling about chicken

Last night was another fun night in the gym. I don't know if you read my last post about high school volleyball, but I was sitting next to a patch of high school students again, so if you don't mind, a commentary:

It was incredible. About 25 high school boys crammed in tight in front of the volleyball net. I really don't know if they had been practicing, but that cheering, *heckling*, and participation would have made any drama teacher proud.

"Whooooooaa... whoooooa... whoooooa... whoa!" the boys would chant in TOTAL unison, each "whoa" lining up with every touch of the ball. After the point, without fail they chanted, in unison, various remarks.

"Survey says...POINT!" ten high schoolers yelled.

And while the points were played out, the kids liked to yell distractions at critical moments for the opposing team...something you see in almost any sport, but these guys liked to yell about chicken...which I haven't seen too often.

"I like...SPICY CHICKEN NUGGETS!!!!"

Earlier, I said *heckling*, because the most extreme "heckle" was about chicken strips.

There were a lot of people there, too. In high school, just over 10 years ago(!), I went to a ton of sporting events, football and basketball primarily... but I never attended a single volleyball match, and don't remember hearing about anyone else going. Is this something new? Is high school volleyball the new rage?

Anyways, it was a lot of fun. And the kids were having good, clean fun, too, because these kids can be doing a lot worse things than yelling about spicy chicken nuggets.

BTW, the Sullivan volleyball team looked real good, rocketing out to a quick lead in the first game, which led to a 25-14 win, and then they took the second game, too, winning the more evenly matched game, 25-19. You can read about these stories in today's News-Progress, look for it at your local grocer!!!!