The 2025 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Newark

Coach: PJ McKinney

Last season’s record: 25-11, 10-0 Little Ten Conference

Top returning players: Taylor Jeffers, jr., S; Heather Buhle, sr., OH; Rylie Carlson, so., OH; Morgen Hergenhahn, sr., DS; Tessa Kot, jr., MH

Top new players: Zoe Carlson, fr., MH; Ella Bromeland, jr., S/RS

Worth noting: Newark last season won its 15th consecutive Little Ten Conference regular-season title and its seventh straight regional championship. McKinney is 90-22 in three years as head coach. Leading the returning starters is Jeffers, who had 668 assists and 62 aces running the offense last year. Newark graduated its top two hitters in Adrianna Larsen and Addi Long,

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