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FALL RIVER:<\/strong> Four Fall River-area volleyball players are ready to spike their way to victory with Team Nova Scotia at the Canada Games in Niagara Falls, Ont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leah Weatherhead; Taven Stevenson; Molly White; and Cam Giddens, all Fall River Fury players, will don the N.S. colours at the Games in mid-August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Weatherhead said she is really excited, but mostly to be able to learn under Bella Noble, a setter with Volleyball Canada from Chester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe\u2019s one of the top setters and gave me a lot of feedback, so it was really exciting to learn under her,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m proud to be able to go to Canada Games and represent our province and show what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”162″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The N.S. team has been playing together in recent months, something all the girls think will benefit them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe just know each other really well and we can know our strengths and weaknesses and how to support each other,\u2019 said Weatherhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think it’s really grown us closer as a team. Some of the girls obviously have played much higher level, which is university level, and I think it’s so incredible to learn how each of us play with our own plain styles,\u201d added Giddens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery weekend we’re getting closer and figuring out who needs what set, who needs what pass and everybody’s habit. I think any team that’s not been practicing as long as us hasn’t really got that chance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n White felt playing some real game action at the Tier 2 tournament where N.S. won gold will help the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Canada Cup helped the team learn to play a real game against an opponent other than ourselves, which was a great way to get ready for Niagara,\u201d said White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”8″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”156″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having four girls on the team, all who have grown up together, is special, Weatherhead said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt’s exciting because we didn’t know if we would all make it or not,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n White said making the Canada Games team has been a goal of hers for quite some time, so for it to happen makes her extra happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m super excited to be going,\u201d she said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She couldn\u2019t imagine doing it with any other girls then her best friends and the girls on the squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s no one I would rather go with,\u2019 she said. \u201cThey\u2019re super teammates and their presences on the court are pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”84″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”161″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making the team is surreal for Giddens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt’s something that I’ve been thinking of and wishing and aspiring to do for the last two years,\u201d said Giddens, from Fall River. \u201cWhen team tryouts was getting started in May it became real and got really nervous. But I think my hard work paid off. So I’m really excited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think it’s really cool that I get to be on the court with these girls at the highest level of competition I\u2019ve had, the Canada Games.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”72″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said four players from Fall River making the team indicates there\u2019s something good in the water related to volleyball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think it’s great to look beside me and see some of my best friends that I’ve known for very, very many years playing alongside me,\u201d said Giddens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHaving them part of this experience that is going to be memorable for me for a very long time is pretty great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”95″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”174″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”78″] [adrotate banner=”111″] FALL RIVER: Four Fall River-area volleyball players are ready to spike their way to victory with Team Nova Scotia at the Canada Games in Niagara Falls, Ont. Leah Weatherhead; Taven Stevenson; Molly White; and Cam Giddens, all Fall River Fury players, will don the N.S. colours at the Games in mid-August. 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