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La Center volleyball senior Summer Senske grapples with loss of dad to COVID-19

By Meg Wochnick, Columbian staff writer
Published: October 23, 2021, 6:05am
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La Center volleyball senior Summer Senske hugs her mother, Sonjuliane Hayes, during a senior night ceremony before a match on Oct. 12 at La Center High School. Senske returned to volleyball this season after her father, Tim, died of COVID-19 in January. The sport connected the two and now Senske grapples with a season without him in the stands.
La Center volleyball senior Summer Senske hugs her mother, Sonjuliane Hayes, during a senior night ceremony before a match on Oct. 12 at La Center High School. Senske returned to volleyball this season after her father, Tim, died of COVID-19 in January. The sport connected the two and now Senske grapples with a season without him in the stands. (Joshua Hart For The Columbian) Photo Gallery

It’s almost a given that at every La Center High School volleyball match, Summer Senske hears her father’s voice cheering from heaven’s window.

The biggest wins and the toughest defeats this season are the hardest for Summer, a senior back-row specialist, to take. That’s because she wants to share her successes and struggles with Dad, but can’t because Tim Senske died months ago from complications of COVID-19.

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