That is VolleyballMag.com’s weekly take a look at 10 issues in membership volleyball previous or current that curiosity me and hope you’ll, too. Search for Spots each Tuesday this summer time by way of Junior Nationals:
- I blinked and qualifying season is approaching. Sure, the 18s qualifiers have been right here since MLK weekend (about 25 groups certified within the 18 Open), and Northern Lights continued to combine issues up with their five-week, 17 Open qualifiers in January. earlier than different nationwide qualifiers on this age group.
Wednesday is March 1st and for 20+ years I’ve related March with the beginning of the qualifying season. In that spirit, I am excited to tell you that the Northeast Qualifiers kick off this weekend with the 17s and the Sunshine Traditional in Orlando begins with each the 16s and 17s.
On the head of NEQ’s 23-team 17 OpensRockwood Thunder 17 Eliteamong the many high 15 groups nationally.Houston Skyline 17 Royal And Metro 17 Journey Two different respectable groups that would make some severe noise in Philly.
At Sunshine within the south, the pitches are fuller for the Open, with 39 groups within the 17 Open and 40 within the 16 Open. Each areas are solidly gifted. A5 17-Jing, TAV 17 Black, OT T 17 Harun And Triangle 17 Blackall high 10 kind groups are featured within the 17 Open, with the Triple Crown in second place Houston Skyline 16 Royals Contains 16 Open house titles together with: OT T 16JProbust Michigan Elite 16 Mizuno and resurrected A5 16 Gabe.
• Earlier than final weekend, solely three groups certified for the Junior Nationwide Championships in Chicago: A5, Dynasty 17 Black And Premier Nebraska 17 Goldall from the January Northern Lights qualifier.
Properly, they’ve company this week as a result of they did their Sunshine Traditional qualifiers for 13-15 12 months olds final weekend. Now center college divisions are too younger for us however we cowl the 15s…
And the three groups that qualify:
one. Mintonette m. 51
2. Tribe 15 Elite Cardinals
3. Austin Skyline 15 RoyalsMintonette, who had received 5-4 within the Triple Crown the earlier weekend, took a 10-0 win at Sunshine and beat Austin Skyline at Kansas Metropolis. Max Miller’s crew misplaced Tribe 15 Elite CardinalsThe very best South Florida crew in a few years within the championship recreation.
Miller mentioned the crew that emerged in Orlando was extra much like the crew that received 14 Opens on the Junior Nationals final summer time than the crew that received 5-4 within the Triple Crown.
“We usually did not carry out nicely within the Triple Crown because of the lack of replays,” he defined. “It is exhausting to compete this early, as we have by no means performed a whole lot of 6v6 drills with only a one-day occasion and in coaching.”
Miller mentioned his crew began a service-passing recreation at Sunshine and had a terrific offensive efficiency from OH. Layla Hoying and MB Alia Schoonover.
Mintonette now has 5 weekends earlier than her subsequent massive competitors at MEQ in Indianapolis.
The tribe received its bid regardless of a 6-4 pedestrian file. by Dean Barboza The squad didn’t go to the Triple Crown and as a substitute dominated an Orlando occasion and returned for qualifying every week later. The crew made a fortunate run by ending all three swimming pools 2-1. AH Gigi Stuff Was a catalyst in Tribe’s Day 3’s robust win Outdated 16-1 Adidas To clinch a pool of gold and a suggestion.
Austin Skyline additionally defeated Legacy for the bid within the match for third place. It was additionally the second time Texas had crushed Legacy in every week because the groups met within the quarterfinals on the Triple Crown. from 6-4 OH Riley Malloy and S/RS Sydney LundAustin Skyline has every little thing to be a key participant on this age group all season lengthy.
• In the meantime, the 18’s qualifiers proceed. If it is a weekend in winter, it have to be time for one more 18s elimination! This previous weekend qualifiers have been held in New Orleans and Atlanta.
at Music Metropolis in New Orleans (the occasion’s new dwelling after leaving Nashville), MAVS KC 18-1 He received 18 Open qualifiers every week after a T-5 on the Triple Crown. MAVS additionally received the MLK qualifiers in Kansas Metropolis.
“The crew was battling fatigue and damage and achieved an 8-1 file,” Coach mentioned. Beau Barnthson.
AZ Revolution 18 Premier, Circle Metropolis 18 Purple And Houston Skyline 18 Royal completed 2-4-4 to get three 18 Open bids. The three qualifiers mixed had a 21-5 win over the weekend, shedding solely to one another or to the MAVS.
Throughout the Southeast 18s qualifiers in Georgia, Gainesville Junior 17/18s He continued to shock by profitable 18 Open occasions with 14 groups. Gainesville had beforehand certified at Florida Fest.
On this occasion, Gainesville received 9-0 and swept two double units from the lauded A5 18-Marc within the first recreation.
• Along with the qualifiers in Philly and Orlando, this week’s agenda is the venerable Bluegrass Event in Louisville, which we veterans nonetheless know because the “Bluegrass Qualifiers.”
It is probably not excellent news for anybody touring with me, I can be touring to Louisville. Two weeks in the past, my flights to and from Kansas Metropolis have been canceled or delayed for Triple Crown. I misplaced a day following the match when mechanical issues drove my airplane to the occasion, and a day at dwelling in Phoenix the place delays and excessive winds precipitated missed connectivity.
Final weekend, I drove from my dwelling in Bakersfield alongside California’s Central Coast to observe wrestling for the California Interscholastic Federation (Sure, I am that versatile). What may very well be fallacious with touring in California whereas driving? The street I used to be on to Bakersfield was closed attributable to snow, flooding and landslides, inflicting a 50-mile diversion to the north. Shhh! So watch out for Bluegrass vacationers. You may have been forewarned!
Now, as for Bluegrass, this can be a match that packs a whole lot of volleyball into TWO days and contains a lot of the massive gamers within the Midwest, each conventional JVA golf equipment and longtime USA Volleyball sides.
• Bluegrass energy brings collectively the perfect groups on day one, adopted by problem matches and a pool of Gold to find out the subsequent champion.
With that in thoughts, listed here are my daring guesses:
18s – First Samurai on Circle Metropolis. SPVB and KiVA completed third.
17s – Pineapple as a substitute of Academy for the title. NKYVC and Tri-State are in third place.
16s – Sports activities Efficiency first in opposition to Munciana Blaze. Circle and Academy Cleveland completed third.
15s – Boiler Juniors in opposition to FaR Out first. Elevation and TVC tied for third place.
Test again subsequent week to cheer or boo these daring decisions!
• Talking of NKYVC, the membership ran the Pioneer Bidding Event final weekend. From the 12s to the 18s, each Tsunami (first) crew received their group with out dropping a set! 4 further NKYVC groups have received further bids. Influential!
• Bluegrass is Europe’s first main match. Sports activities Efficiency The volleyball membership that feels a bit forgotten this time of 12 months as energy league and Presidents Day occasions have been struggling recently. There’s nonetheless a whole lot of expertise within the membership.
Let’s mild up your sophomore setter Audrey Aslesonwho directed Benet Academy to the state of Illinois 4A finals within the fall. 6-0 lead units Asleson SPVB 16 Elite. A really athletic setter with nice foot velocity and a 10-1 leaping contact, it helps him each as a blocker and when he chooses his personal assault. Sports activities Efficiency has a historical past of growing nice setters – Maggie Griffin, Nellie Spicer, Lauren Carlini, Kelly Murphy instantly involves thoughts – might Asleson be the subsequent nice?
• Membership Fusion 18 Apex Throughout President’s Day Weekend, St. Performed 18 Opens in St. Louis. The final seeded crew out of 24 groups got here fifth! by Henry Graack the squad misplaced significant matches in opposition to the highest two finishers. setter jessica parkerRS Anja KellyMB Lauren BensonAH Kate Goudreau and libero Nina Schuberth present me the best way
• Circle Metropolis 17 Purple It was one of many groups that Fusion could not deal with. 17 Mor performed and excelled, his solely loss Circle Metropolis 18 Purple within the maintain of a closing that ended 18-16 within the closing set.
“I believed the crew had taken an enormous step in the correct course with our crew chemistry on the pitch,” the coach mentioned. Chris Due. “They have been all taking part in for one another and that basically confirmed how nicely they performed and the consequence. Since we completed fifth within the Central Zone, we have labored exhausting on our serve strain, ball management and offense and it actually paid off.”
The crew acquired some robust information when it was OH with six rotations. KK Christy He suffered a significant damage within the match in opposition to him. Alliance 18 Ren.
Sophia Swimwear Had an awesome weekend out for 17 Purple. Scarlett Kimbrell When he needed to fill Christy’s place, he was good middle and left. Alexis Maesch had an awesome weekend proper and Dakota ElliottLacking Day 1 attributable to sickness, he performed in monster mode for the final two days as each a blocker and a hitter.
• Chloe Sutake added a mean of two.1 kills and a complete of 48 blocks with 5-11 juniors on the correct. Westfield Excessive in Indiana final fall. 17-year-old taking part in within the membership Indiana Groupcan be the most recent Licensed EMT within the state of Indiana. He was the youngest in his class, scored the best on the bodily a part of the examination, and not too long ago handed the written examination.
Sutake’s TI Elite 17.1 crew can be at NEQ in Philly this weekend, it’s going to be an additional layer of safety in case you add slightly further atherosclerosis to your cheesesteak with “wiz.”
• One other week, one other unhappy information from the world of volleyball. rocky ciarelliA large in Orange County volleyball circles as a participant’s coach and mentor of coaches, he died of a coronary heart assault every week in the past. He was 66 years previous.
Ciarelli coached highschool volleyball, totally on the boys’ facet, for 32 years, 24 of which have been at her grad college. Huntington Seaside. He has coached the boys in his final 5 seasons. Newport HarborHe retired after main the 2019 Tars to a 39-1 file and Division 1 titles in each the Southern Division and Southern California District.
Here is what Eric VallelyThe coach who took Newport Harbor to the highest of the state males’s volleyball rankings final spring shared on Fb:
“Phrases can’t describe what this man means to me. Rocky, you and Dan [Glenn] That is the rationale why I got here again to teaching after being away from volleyball for a few years. You have been the perfect coach, the perfect mentor, the good pal, however most significantly, it was enjoyable watching you as Cammy was an awesome husband, an awesome father, and an awesome grandfather. The influence you’ve gotten created on this world is felt in every single place, we’ll all miss you very, very a lot! I like you Kaya! Thanks for being in my life.”
till the subsequent…
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