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By Josh Martin, Sports Editor

he women’s volleyball

team have recruited Kelsi
Taron and Taylor Gammel from
Kelowna to join their program
for the following volleyball
season. The impressive Taron
played in the BC summer
games in 2010, competed for
Team BC at the Western Elite
Championships, and is a
graduate of Kelowna Christian
School. Gammel graduated from
Mount Boucherie Secondary
School this June and won bronze
at Nationals last year with an
elite Kelowna volleyball squad.

Royals’ head coach Kyra
Iannone had a few words to
say about her latest additions:
“TTaron] is a very dynamic
and exciting athlete to have on
the team. She is an elite setter,
leader, and proven champion.
Most importantly, we are
changing the culture of Douglas
women’s volleyball, and [Taron]
will help with that change.

“|Gammel] is a huge
recruit for us and I expect

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some pretty spectacular things
from this lady,” says Iannone.
“She has so much physicality
that both [Royals strength and
conditioning coach] Jake Elder
and myself can work with. She
has the potential to dominate
this league with her abilities.”

The two freshmen will be
looked at to help out a Royals
team that lost in the quarter-
finals of the playoffs last season
and finished sixth in the PacWest
standings with a 6-18 record
and 12 points in 24 games.

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Rahael Yohannes

First-year, International Studies

4@ The New York Knicks. Not
because I really care, but
because I really like New York.
Oh wait! I change my team.

So my favourite team is the
Dallas Mavericks, because I
really like the German guy
who won, Dirk Nowitzki, who
won the championship two

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Jesse Stamberg

Third-year, University Transfer Business

4 Whate the [Boston] Celtics. I would say the
[Indiana] Pacers right now just because the
youth on the team and they’re not really
a team that consists of natural all-stars.
People that were like number one, like
LeBron James and [players] like that. No
trade controversies and they weren't ever
put together as this super team whereas
most of the bigger teams that are winning
a lot of games right now are these super
teams or veteran teams such as the San
Antonio Spurs. So I think at this point [my
favourite team is] the Pacers.

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