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BY JOBY FAWCETT<\/strong>
\n Times-Shamrock Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lori Zick\u2019s plan started four years ago. Once she got her players to believe in themselves it produced a district title.<\/p>\n

Blue Ridge captured the District 2 Class A girls volleyball championship, its first since 2003, and because of that achievement, Zick has been chosen as The Times-Tribune Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is an awesome coach,\u201d All-Region outside hitter Megan Houlihan said. \u201cShe is really close to us and she is really a lot of fun. She is always cheering us on and never gets down on us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taking over the program in 2011, the Lady Raiders had a record of 8-23 in her first two seasons.<\/p>\n

But Zick began establishing the foundation by playing several freshmen and sophomores back then.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Blue Ridge began to have success, reaching the District 2 Class A playoffs where it lost to Susquehanna in the semifinals and finished 11-8 overall.<\/p>\n

This season, playing with more confidence, the Lady Raiders emerged as one of the top teams in the Lackawanna League.<\/p>\n

By midseason, Blue Ridge gained a measure of revenge for an opening night loss to Abington Heights and earned the No. 1 seed for the District 2 Class A playoffs.<\/p>\n

It defeated MMI Prep in three games in the semifinals and captured the title by beating Lackawanna Trail in four games.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur formula was a long time in the making,\u201d Zick said. \u201cThis group of seniors was the first group that I started with four years ago. I have to give a lot of credit to these seniors who pulled these girls along, teaching them the work ethic and getting them to believe that we could beat the teams we were going to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

And once they believed, they won and earned a lot of postseason honors.<\/p>\n

Houlihan was named to the Lackawanna League Coaches\u2019 first-team all-star team, Chloe Randall, Katherine Kempa and Kristine Carlsen were second-team selections and Hayleigh Fekette and Kimberly Klim were honorable mention after a 15-6 overall season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have tremendous kids at Blue Ridge,\u201d Zick said. \u201cI have been so lucky. They are polite, they listen and they do everything I ask them to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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