Blocking Out Darkness: Huskers’ Allick thrives after growing up in ‘dysfunctional,’ competitive family

  • Bill Ziegelbein and Kalev Allick pose for a photo before Bill and Colleen Ziegelbein left town for a motorcycle trip to South Dakota in 2013. It was the last photo taken of Bill, who died in a crash north of White River, South Dakota. Photo courtesy of Colleen Ziegelbein
    Bill Ziegelbein and Kalev Allick pose for a photo before Bill and Colleen Ziegelbein left town for a motorcycle trip to South Dakota in 2013. It was the last photo taken of Bill, who died in a crash north of White River, South Dakota. Photo courtesy of Colleen Ziegelbein

    By Greg Echlin Flatwater Free Press A booming thud seemed to cement the redemption rout. Before a raucous crowd littered with red in Penn State’s Rec Hall, the No. 1 Husker volleyball team was on the verge of decisively taking the first set from the team that had blocked them from a national title appearance one year earlier.

    Nebraska needed one more point. Then came the thud — an arching volley sm…