For the first time in The Buckley School’s 89-year history, the girl’s high school volleyball team, led by Coach Otis Glasgow and Assistant Coach Rae Basmagian, went to the state finals. Winning the Southern Regional Division III, the team appeared in its first state championship at Santiago Canyon College on Saturday, Nov. 19. playing against Archie Williams High School of San Anselmo located north of San Francisco. Buckley easily took the first set, 25-16, but was unable to hold onto the momentum, and eventually lost in four close sets. Still the team finished proudly competing at the highest level for any sport in The Buckley School history.
It was a season of firsts. It was Glasgow’s first year as head coach for the Griffins; first year they used social media culminating in 22.4 thousand followers, 16 million video views and 2.9 million likes on TikTok; first year Buckley made it to the southern section of state; first year they hosted a regional state tournament seeded number one, and finally, the first year they clinched the Southern section of California competing in the state finals.
