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Wilhoite's comeback: 'She just faced it'

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An ACL tear only sharpened the Central junior's focus. Now she's ready to play again.

MUNCIE — Virginia Wilhoite kept calling her mom, and she kept getting voicemail. Where was she? Why won’t she answer her phone? I need her, Wilhoite thought.

The North Central Conference Tournament championship was one of the few of Virginia's volleyball matches that Tanya Wilhoite couldn’t attend. The single mother made both daughters her top priority while balancing a busy schedule running the family business, Wilhoite Monuments, which has been on Madison Street since 1936 and is on its fourth generation of Wilhoites.