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COLUMN: Intestinal fortitude at 14C tourney

by CHUCK BANDEL
Valley Press | November 1, 2023 12:00 AM

Intestinal fortitude, otherwise known as courage and stamina, among other definitions as outlined in Webster’s Dictionary, were on full display this past week in Hot Springs.

It was there, inside the walls that are the Hot Springs High School gym that a remarkable display of grit, perseverance , and as one slang definition of the phrase says, “pluck” played out before a full house of Class C volleyball fans.

The event, the Western 14C District tournament this past Thursday and Friday, involving six teams from one end of the Mineral County-Sanders County boundaries to the other, plucked its way to the apex of what sports can be about.

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