Photos: Sponenberg sisters face off as Denver East volleyball beats Horizon

THORNTON — Tuesday night at Horizon High School was not just another night for a volleyball match.

The Sponenberg twin sisters, Jess (Horizon coach) and Tarah (Denver East coach) coached against each other in their high school home gym where they played volleyball, basketball and also were stars on the soccer field in the early 2000’s. Both went on to college, Jess to Lamar and Tarah to UCCS and returned to coach high school ball.

Both sisters are coaches within the Juggernault Volleyball club and Jess said goodbye to her Horizon seniors on Tuesday night, as she also said her farewells to the Horizon community, leaving to become a manager for the Juggernault program.

The Denver East Angels volleyball team won Tuesday’s away non-conference match against Horizon by a score of 3-0, 25-13, 25-17 and 25-19.