The Parkland High School boys volleyball team faced some adversity during the 2022 regular season, but battled through it and showed head coach Scott Trumbauer that the Trojans can achieve the goals they set at the beginning of the year to win championships.

The Trojans finished the regular season 15-4 overall and 13-3 in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and qualified for both the East Penn Conference and District 11 Class 3A tournaments.

“This year has played out as we expected and hoped,” said Trumbauer. “The experienced guys are playing well, and the younger guys have come a long way. We’ve battled a tough schedule and injuries but the guys have really stuck together and performed at a high level.”

Parkland finished off the last three weeks of the regular season winning 11 of its last 14 matches, including five in a row in the conference.

“They have continued to battle every day despite some weeks being packed with matches,” Trumbauer said. “We have needed to adjust our lineup a lot this year, but whoever is on the court at any given time has used the opportunity to push themselves. The improvement made by some of the younger players has really impressed me.”

The Trojans earned the three seed in the six-team EPC tournament. They defeated the sixth seed, Freedom, in the quarterfinal round this past Monday, winning in straight sets. They now take on Whitehall in the semifinals, a team they lost to twice during the regular season. But Trumbauer is excited to see what his team will do now that the postseason is here.

“I’m excited to see the guys compete in the EPC championships,” said Trumbauer. “Some of our returners played in the conference final last year and know what it felt like to lose that one. Being one of the six teams in the tournament has the guys really excited.”

Parkland always looks to get better in any way it can, that’s no different now that the postseason is here.

“With so much change occurring in the lineup on any given day, we just need to remain focused on playing as a team with whoever is on the court at that time,” Trumbauer said. “We have really great leadership on the team and in times like the postseason, that is very important.”