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Boys volleyball aims to become Maine’s newest high school sport

Several schools have joined an effort to make the club sport an official varsity offering, though steps and challenges remain.

Rob Childs is the coach of the Marshwood High School girls volleyball team and also coaches a boys volleyball team that competes in a spring league. Boys volleyball may be coming to Maine as an official, sanctioned high school sport. Gregory Rec/Portland Press Heral

Five New England states offer high school boys volleyball. Maine is the lone exception.Marshwood High School girls volleyball coach Rob Childs thinks it’s about time that changes.

“‘Hey Coach, is it going to be a full sport yet?’ I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had that question asked to me in the last three-plus years,” he said. “I think it’s a no-brainer. Across the country … it’s just so popular right now.”

Childs could be getting his wish. A push that began last year to add boys volleyball to the list of the Maine Principals’ Association’s offerings of sanctioned sports is gaining momentum, with several schools already on board to field teams for the spring of 2026.More hurdles need to be cleared — the sport needs to be approved by the MPA’s management committee, which will meet in the spring — but boys volleyball has never been closer to obtaining a full-fledged, varsity designation in Maine.

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