Ready, set, spike

Above: GBHS varsity volleyball coach Waynn Sellers watches players do push ups during the first day of varsity tryouts Monday. Right: Claire Koontz sets the ball during a drill Monday. The three are part of a group of nine returning players and a total of 26 players trying out for the varsity team this week. Cuts were made on Wednesday and the final roster will be released on Friday. Tryouts for the junior varsity and the freshman teams begin on August 20. Jason Thompson/Gulf Breeze News