Will AHSAA public-private separation water down state volleyball titles?

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Bayside head coach Ann Schilling discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Daphne’s Claire Michels discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Paul’s Mary Frances Harrison discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Daphne’s Anna Flynn Hughes discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Luke’s Millie Wilson discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Luke’s Avery Cox discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Luke’s head coach Meredith Donald discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Daphne head coach Breanna Williams discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Luke’s Lauren Watson discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































McGill-Toolen’s Emmy Beech discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Paul’s Anna Grace Brown discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































McGill-Toolen head coach Kate Wood discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Daphne’s Claire Michels discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Mobile Christian head coach Kate Wood discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Spanish Fort head coach Gretchen Boykin discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Paul’s Ashby Thorneycroft discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































McGill-Toolen’s Alice Wood discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Spanish Fort’s Natalie Maxwell discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Daphne’s McKenzie Valentine discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Bayside head coach Ann Schilling discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Mobile Christian’s Hadley Kelly discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































McGill-Toolen’s Camille Fromdahl discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Daphne head coach Breanna Williams discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Bayside’s Farrah Lane discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Paul’s head coach Mackensie Turner discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Spanish Fort’s Cailyn Boykin discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Mobile Christian’s Michaela Dampare discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Bayside’s Sophie Hester discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Paul’s Addison Thomas discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Mobile Christian head coach Kate Wood discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Bayside’s Julia Savage discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































St. Paul’s head coach Mackensie Turner discusses the upcoming season during Coastal Ala. HS Volleyball Media Day on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) 































Coach Claire Elliott and Faith Academy players previewed the 2026 volleyball season on Tuesday at McGill-Toolen. (Ben Thomas \ preps@al.com)Fairhope coach Daniel Kalmar previews his team's upcoming season as seniors Anna Britten Stejskal, Paige Benson and Kenly Nelson listen. (Ben Thomas | bthomas@al.com)Robertsdale volleyball coach Justine Fresh talks about her team's 2026 season as seniors Ashtyn Blanco and Leah Ponder listen in. (Ben Thomas | bthomas@al.com)Saraland's Myah Skanes, Taniyah Smith and Jazlynn Waller will lead the Spartans into the 2026 volleyball season. (Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com)

It was hard for McGill-Toolen volleyball coach Kate Wood to hide her disappointment when the AHSAA’s Central Board voted to separate public and private schools for championship play in January.

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