Before they team up at MSU, Kickapoo standouts want to make run at state

Kickapoo coach Marci Johnson said her team has set a goal to earn a banner this fall.Harrison Keegan/News-Leader

Buy PhotoAzyah Green played a lot of sports growing up.

But she said she wasn't good at any of them.

Basketball, softball, soccer, tennis. Green tried them all but couldn't find her niche.

"So my mom got me into playing SPARC volleyball when I was in the third grade," Green said. "And I was kind of really good at it."

Kickapoo High School junior Azyah Green during practice on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (Photo: Nathan Papes/News-Leader)

Eight years later, the Kickapoo High School junior is more than "kind of really good." Green, a middle blocker for the Chiefs, is one of the top volleyball…