A South Florida high school volleyball team is on track toward a state title, and their head coach said laserlike focus, drive and a young star player are key to their success.

The North Broward Preparatory School’s girls volleyball team has been on a mission since day one of the season. The Eagles, at 24 and 2, are ranked number one in Class 4, 11th in the state.

“When I first got hired back in January, like, we had a quick little, like, roundtable, like, ‘Hey, like, what’s our goal for the year?” said head coach Brian Coughenour. “And the number one word they came up with was ‘competitive, we want to be competitive, we want to go out the gate,’ and that was – they bought in right away.”

Gargano came in with the team loaded with seniors, but it’s his youngest player who’s turned out to

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