Who doesn’t like watching an exciting game of volleyball where players jump, pass, serve, and work as a team to score points against an opposing team? Volleyball is quite a big sport on Long Island. Almost every school on the Island has a female volleyball team that participates in the fall season. Unfortunately, very few schools have volleyball teams for boys, including Patchogue-Medford. Last week, a survey was posted on our Twitter page that asked users whether they would be in support of a boys’ volleyball team in our school. The results were incredible, with 90% of the voters being in favor of the establishment of a team. This raises the questions: should Patchogue-Medford High School create their own competitive boys’ volleyball team? Also, would there be enough people willing to play if a team was created?

I recently talked to two students this past week and asked them what their opinion was on the subject. One of them, Rylan Jugan, an 11th grader here at the school, stated how he would be in support of a males’ team. His reasoning for this decision was that the team would be “an additional athletic outlet for boys to participate in the sports that they’d wish.” Another 11th grade student, Ethan Franco, stated that a male volleyball team would help create equal athletic gender opportunities in the school.“Volleyball is a fun sport, why should guys not be able to play?” When discussing the possibility of a male team to other students in the school, a majority seemed to say that they liked the idea and would even join the team themselves. Others believe that with the support, our possible future team could even become a big competitor in the sport on Long Island.

Should PatMed add a Boys' Volleyball Team to the fall season?

• Yes
• No

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