×The 2024 season ended in the state semifinals for the Hoover volleyball team. The Bucs had made it back to the Class 7A final four, only to fall to eventual state champion McGill-Toolen.

The Bucs have taken steps forward but still have a few more to go as a program. The state championship match is not far from reach. This year’s roster has a different look, but head coach Amanda Wood believes it can achieve great things.

“We graduated nine, so there are new people filling in new roles and learning to play together,” Wood said. “There have been days [in the summer] we look like a contender.”

Despite the turnover, Wood isn’t lowering her expectations.

“It’s the same expectation every year,” she said. “I expect us to be competing at the end of October. At Hoover, every sport’s theme is t

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