Spike and Dig volleyball tournament
More than 300 teams came to the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex in Northwest Spokane to participate in the Spike and Dig Tournament, two days of outdoor six-on-six coed volleyball. Saturday was sweltering but players, from rec and church leagues to semi-pro and college athletes, paid for the opportunity to play a grueling schedule of games. Saturday was a tuneup session and Sunday's competition will determine the top teams in a variety of categories.
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Dustin Peterson (no shirt) tries to block a tip by Garrett Kuntz, center, during a match Saturday at Dwight Merkel Sports Complex in Northwest Spokane. The Spike and Dig tournament brought more than 300 teams together for a weekend of outdoor volleyball.
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Elijah Timofeyev takes a long slug of water after a game in the Open Division.
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Seventy-five volleyball courts were set up for the 300-plus teams that showed up for the Spike and Dig tournament Saturday.
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Hillary Rojo, of the team The Raging Alcoholics, waits for the serve during a game at the Spike and Dig tournament.
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Andrey Merkulov, left, winds up for a spike against Darin Wold, right, in a game in the Open Division Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 at Dwight Merkel Sports Complex in Northwest Spokane. Merkulov plays for the Dream On team and Wold’s team is called the Circus Sized Peanuts.
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