The James Logan Courier

By Alejandro Samaniego, Courier Staff Writer

James Logan's boys volleyball team beat Washington High School in the first round of MVAL playoffs Tuesday.

With James Logan High seeded second in the playoffs, they took on the third seeded Washington High at Mission San Jose High School in the first round of MVAL playoffs. The boys started off with the first two games close, but they pulled together and raised the intensity of their play to crush Washington in the final two games (25-23, 20-25, 25-10, 25-18). The statistic's of the teams leaders were Aniq Masood with 16 kills, Lutful Asifi with 12 kills and 11 digs, Henry Lam with 14 digs and 2 aces, and finally Minh Ngo with 43 assists.

By Alejandro Samaniego, Courier Staff Writer

After back to back games for the Logan Boys, the team pulled out two strong victories against Castro Valley on Wednesday, April 29th, and Kennedy on Thursday, April 30th.

Before the Castro Valley game on Wednesday, April 29th, a ceremony was held for the four seniors on the volleyball team. Two seniors are graduating after their first year in the volleyball program, Lutful Asifi and Sunny Bal, while the other two seniors have played their entire high school careers, Dexter Lising and Aniq Masood.. Coach Mike Soltau praised the four seniors in the ceremony for their hard work, great personalities and most importantly their best effort. For the boys’ senior night, the last home game of the season, they came from a slow start to take the victory. After falling in the first game (23-25), the boys struck back taking the next three games (25-19, 27-25, 25-19). Aniq Masood had 21 kills in his last home game in high school, Minh Ngo put up 54 assists, and Henry Lam came up with 19 digs.