SARATOGA SPRINGS - The South Glens Falls girls' volleyball team has registered plenty of come-from-behind victories over Glens Falls during the course of their rivalry, so the Bulldogs have become accustomed to the pressure of facing off against the Black Bears.
On Saturday afternoon, South Glens Falls showed its resilience once again as the top-seeded Bulldogs gutted out a 25-16, 14-25, 25-20, 25-21 win over No. 2 Glens Falls to claim the Section 2 Class A championship at Saratoga Springs High School.
"They've learned to battle," Bulldogs coach Alicia Collier said. "It's a hard sport with the mental pressure in every error, putting a point on someone else's scoreboard. For these kids, some of them at a very young age, they are handling that pressure incredibly well. Obviously that anxiety is there in just a regular match, so then you add a championship on top of it and their ability to battle through that and do the jobs that their team is relying on them to do, it's incredible."
Saturday's win marked the first sectional title for South Glens Falls since 2001, when it claimed the Class B championship.
"I am beyond excited," Bulldogs junior Adison Darrah said. "This is our first ti...