Written Monday July 8th at 1:00 PM
The Highlanders have made a big splash and Terry Baughman has a new league to coach in.
Adams named Baughman as the team's new Varsity Girls Volleyball coach according to his Twitter and Max Preps confirmation. Baughman replaces Bridgette Harding after she stepped down last winter.
Baughman coached at Walled Lake Northern last season on route to a district title before losing to Stoney Creek in three games. He is well known also working for the Legacy program.
The Highlanders won the White in 2017 however they suffered through some growing pains moving up to the Red last season. They will still be in the tough Red this season competing against the likes of defending Division One State Champion Lake Orion, Clarkston, Stoney Creek, Troy, Oxford, West Bloomfield, and Groves. Adams is in a tough district at Rochester with the Falcons, Stoney Creek, Romeo, Utica, and Utica Eisenhower this season.
Adams will have a young group back in Alexis Wolas, Lara Sebestian, Kennedy Jones, Audrey Thedford, Jacoby Flynn, Emanuela Gjokaj, Maxine Koos, Amber Morris, Rea Marfatia, and Maddie Knott.
Thoughts
This is a great hire of Baughman that Athletic Director Jason Rapp made. I announced last season's regional semifinal game between his Knights and Stoney Creek at Lake Orion and was thinking how a Baughman team would fair in the OAA. He was very successful at Walled Lake Northern leading them to a district title. The OAA is a much different league than the Lakes Valley Conference but Baughman should be up to the challenge changing leagues and styles. I think he will be a very good addition to a Highlanders program that needs stability. It will be interesting how the girls at Adams will adjust to his system but they will have to go through an transition period which takes time to grow.
Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.
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Terry B to Adams is a GREAT hire! He's been at Legacy for awhile also.
ReplyDeleteI'm well aware.
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