As the weather cools off with the start of fall, the volleyball heats up with the high school season approaching its crescendo. Tight matchups in the northeast between programs such as Immaculate Heart Academy (19-0) and Southern Regional High (14-1) in New Jersey or between Pope John Paul II High (13-0) and Upper Merion Area High (14-3) in Pennsylvannia signal the beginning of the final stanza of the high school volleyball season.