Juneau-Douglas’ Addie Prussing, left, Jojo Griggs, center, and Kiana Potter celebrate a point against Ketchikan during the Region V Volleyball Tournament at Thunder Mountain High School on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Juneau-Douglas’ Addie Prussing, left, Jojo Griggs, center, and Kiana Potter celebrate a point against Ketchikan during the Region V Volleyball Tournament at Thunder Mountain High School on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Player of the Week: Jojo Griggs

Reason to celebrate.

Jojo Griggs is the Juneau Empire’s player of the week.

Griggs, a junior at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaat.at Kalé, led the Crimson Bears with 19 kills over the final two matches of the Region V 4A tournament, including six in the 30-24 tiebreaker finale. Griggs was coming off injury and didn’t play for several weeks leading up to the tournament. Her and teammate Addie Prussing were both named to the Southeast All-Conference team after the match.

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