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Ethiopian Lioness
LCA unleashed its lioness on the Rolling Hills Prep huskies in girls volleyball
By Michael Ashcraft --
Fun facts: Bethania Wonagseged loves Luffy from One Piece. She wants to be a doctor. Her father played for the Ethiopian national soccer team.
And "Wonagseged" is related to "lions" in Ethiopian, the dad says.
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On Wednesday, the Lighthouse Christian Academy unleashed their lioness, Bethania Wonagseged, on the Huskies of Rolling Hills Prep.
To no one's surprise, the lioness tore up the huskies.
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Bethania and her team, the Saints, defeated RHP in girls volleyball: 25-9, 25-19, 25-16.
Bethania is a freshman and is often a sub on the team. The usual cast of players drove spikes and serves at the Huskies to defeat them. Bethania got a block.
After playing scintillating volleyball Monday against arch rivals Beacon Hill, the Saints played indolently against RHP. It's OK to NOT crush opponents, but the way Lighthouse played made your stomach twist in pain.
"My dad's very athletic and that's probably where I get it from," Bethania says. "I feel very Ethiopian. I'm surrounded by Ethiopians."
She has the heart of the lion.
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About this writer: Michael Ashcraft teaches journalism at the Lighthouse Christian Academy in Santa Monica.
