Senior volleyball players in Lancaster have sights set on Huntsman Senior Games

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The group originally started in 1974, playing in a Lancaster Elementary School and was comprised of all men.

Although its members have changed over the years, that’s when they started to recruit younger players and women to play.

Even though it’s all for fun, it’s a great way for the players to keep up on their skills. Especially, if you’ve been playing nearly five decades. “I saw some guys playing volleyball in the gym. I walked by and said, that looks like fun. I think I’m going to join and here I am, 49 years later," said Walt.“It’s a lot more difficult. You’re brain says go, go, go and your body says no, no, no," Walt laughed."I just love it. Obviously, for 49 years. I can’t stop yet. I'm getting close to the end though. I’m running out of age groups, is what’s happening.

“That’s actually a lot of the fun in it. You run into people you played with 15, 20 years ago. The team I’m playing with in Utah, a guy [on that team] called me played against [me] in the early 80s," said Walt.

 

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