McDonald takes reigns of Lady Trojan program

When the Whitehall High School volleyball team took to the court last weekend in Manhattan, they did so for the first time under new head coach Lauren McDonald.

A former coach at the middle school, McDonald has told her squad that it doesn't matter what class they are in or what their last name is.

"If you show up and you put forth effort and we see that, than that's what we're going for, " she said.

Having worked with a lot of the freshman and one of the sophomores on the team, McDonald said they are getting a lot of buy in from the younger girls, adding the junior and seniors are also starti...