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Barnes gets East Rock girls past feisty Carle Place

Quick ReadEast Rockaway, the reigning county champ, defeated Carle Place, 3-0, in the Nassau Class C girls volleyball finals.

Carle Place High School sophomore #11 Jillian Flecker,

Photo credit: Freelance/James A. Escher | Carle Place High School sophomore #11 Jillian Flecker, left, defends against the spike attempt of East Rockaway #11 Danielle Balder during the Nassau County varsity girls' volleyball Class C final at C.W. Post's Pratt Center. East Rockaway won the match 3-0 to advance to the Long Island championship. (November 10, 2009)

All-state outside hitter Jasila Barnes insisted that this was not the way East Rockaway knows how to play — the team was rusty, sloppy even, according to the exacting standards of coach Gus Baco and the rest of the squad.

>>PHOTOS: High school sports -- November

That team, the one that showed up at C.W. Post yesterday to play a struggling Carle Place, wouldn’t stand a chance against...

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