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In every other school year, the boys' volleyball season is played in the spring. This year, they will start their season Saturday, Dec. 12. That's quite a few months ahead of schedule.

For Jeffrey "Chip" Patterson, head coach of Fallbrook High School's varsity boys' volleyball team, it means a whole lot of things will be up in the air – not volleyballs, though – leading up to the season.

"The biggest problem we have is that these boys have to get physicals and all these things completed by a certain day in November," Patterson said. "Right now, unfortunately they have sent us a list...