SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 hits the volleyball court at North Salem High School with a tandem of sister stars from the stage to the gym for the Vikings.
Sports are a show and the volleyball court is the stage for the Irvin sisters of North Salem High.
“It kind of just wraps up our whole childhood kind of, we started playing together and now we get to finish playing together on the same team,” 17-year-old Elizabeth Irving said.
Senior captain Elizabeth and her 14-year-old freshman sister Emily are savoring this one varsity season together.
“My mom actually, when we first started was our coach so that kind of got us into it and I feel like now it just brings back the child-like playness, and it kind of brings back all of the happy memories,” Emily said.
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The sisters are both outside hitters for the 6A Vikings.
“We kind of just know what each other is doing. It’s kind of funny, sometimes we will say the same thing at the same time. We’ll be like, ‘oh, what? That’s kind of weird,’” Elizabeth said.
There’s nothing weird about the capitol city-raised kids who’ve always led by example.
“She’s very loved here so I have a pretty amazing path to go down,” said Emily. “She’s quiet but she’s also very sweet. She loves to help people. I think that’s why she’s going into teaching.”
The two cross paths daily in the gym and in leadership class.
“We play dances and carnivals, we also try to advertise the sporting events, make sure you come, dress up as whatever the theme is, that’s a lot of what we do,” Elizabeth.
The Irvin’s are good sports who share a mutual passion of performance as singers, dancers and actors.
“We actually started public speaking classes when we were very young,” Emily said.
Shy kids no more; Elizabeth and Emily were both in the cast for the “newsies.”
“That’s one of our dream shows to be in so for us to both be able to be in it together, it was a great experience because I think that was the very first time we’d ever been in a show together,” said Elizabeth.
“She’s a soprano and I’m an alto,” Emily said.
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While Elizabeth dreams of being a school teacher, Emily aspires to continue with theatre.
“It just brings me so much pride to know that that’s my little sister up there slaying away,” said Elizabeth.
If you know of a student-athlete in the area, in any sport, who is deserving of some time in FOX 12′s High School Spotlight, reach out to Nick Krupke via email at [email protected] and then tune in to watch Friday mornings on Good Day Oregon.
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