Live Like Line: The Story of Caroline Found

December 6, 2021 1:04 AM

If you think that girls high school volley ball sounds like a nice little game, then you haven't been to Iowa City. Here girls volley ball is serious business, with some of the best girls in the country going head to head. The girls who come through here have reached the heights, big-time college scholarships, with dreams of national titles and Olympic medals. This is a story about a girl who achieved none of these, but might be the most celebrated of them all.
posted by dancestoblue (6 comments total)

The link isn't available in my [European] country, but this one works
posted by chavenet at 1:16 AM on December 6, 2021 [2 favorites]

I went to an Iowa highschool that was very competitive and spent 4 years going to that tourney. Thanks for the nostalgia bomb. Though I gather it will get less nostalgic and more sad as I watch based on the title.
posted by thedaniel at 4:52 AM on December 6, 2021 [1 favorite]

My niece got a college scholarship after playing high school volleyball in the Midwest, and those people are INTENSE.

They drove all over town for the special leagues she played in, and from their home to like Ohio for tournaments. The girls play long, long hours on tournament days, and are constantly hitting their knees and elbows on the floor.

My oldest daughter tried it out for a season, but just didn't love it enough to grind it out the way it demands to be great. (Good thing, too, because she is much shorter than her cousin! :7)
posted by wenestvedt at 6:01 AM on December 6, 2021 [1 favorite]

There was a (vaguely Christian-y, I think) movie made about this: The Miracle Season.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 8:54 AM on December 6, 2021

Sounds like a town for Jackie Daytona, regular human bartender
posted by JauntyFedora at 10:56 AM on December 6, 2021 [6 favorites]

It's "just" high school sports but I think a good story, and larger than sport. I've considered putting it up here a month or two.

I love all of those kids, and all of the fans, but Line was clearly the focus. Line was just so alive, so happy, so talented, that smile -- she is to me the picture of Joy. Joy alive, and on the move.

That smile ...

I've followed her down just a little bit, it seems she knew that the advantages in her life were a gift, and it seems she knew to share it, and she was sharing it.

You know what I want, right?

LIVE
LIKE
LINE

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posted by dancestoblue at 6:02 PM on December 6, 2021 [1 favorite]