Boys Tournament in Oregon Kicks off 2005 - 2006 Season

The Lakeside Volleyball Club in Beaverton, Oregon, hosted a four-team high school volleyball tournament on Sunday, Oct. 2nd.  Steve Suttich, Director of the Lakeside Club, reported that the teams were evenly matched, and they made progress over the course of the day.  Like our boys, they were heavily committed to a variety of sports, and finding time for the tournament in the early fall was difficult.  However, they when they left, the common question was "When is the next Tournament?"

We were given fairly short notice about this event, and regrettably, none of our three high school groups was able to field a team.

Boys League Summer News

AAU's in Chicago and High Performance in Long Beach

26 August 2005: Jordan Bailey sent us the following email about his summer of volleyball:

hi bob this is Jordan

Chicago: Chicago was really a great experience for me and the rest of the  team as well. Although we didn't do as well as we would have liked, we were able to compete and give every single team we played one of their toughest matches ever. the whole team had a fun time and we are all looking forward to it next year.

California [High Performance Camp at Long Beach, ed.]: the level of play at this camp was amazing.  In terms of percentiles I was probably about the 25th percentile of skill level.  There were people there with vertical jumps up to about forty inches. Whereas mine is only around twenty-five.  Overall it was probably the best experience of my volleyball career, and also a rude awakening that I need to seriously need to bust my butt if I want to play competitively in college.

Bob- when are you planning to start the league back up? I already have a few promising new recruits for our HS team!

hoping to hear from you
Jordan
 

2005 All State Volleyball Series

This year's All State Volleyball competition continued the tradition of honoring our graduating Seniors by giving them a chance to spend some quality time getting to know their peers from across the state, while playing some very high level volleyball.  In order to qualify for the event, the players had to be selected as First Team All League in their respective high school leagues last fall.  With this prerequisite, talent, desire, and character were the common denominator for all 58 participants.  Not surprisingly, they also brought plenty of game to the matches.

Matches were held at Fife High School, Selah High School (Yakima area), and Mead High School (Spokane).  The players shared rooms and traveled by bus for four days and three nights.  Life for the duration of the event was a bit like the movie "A League of Their Own", but considerably more refined ... and air conditioned.  The Yakima Chamber of Commerce treated the players to a banquet on Friday afternoon, and other meals were donated by The Scoreboard Pub in Auburn.

The event is sponsored by the Puget Sound Region, the Washington State Coaches Association, and the USAV Evergreen Region, with additional help from a number of volleyball clubs and firms.  Jan Kirk and Tanya Campbell are the directors of the event, and high school coaches and USAV Referees from across the state volunteered their time to help run the event.  The players were an awesome group, and the competition was very close.  Many matches were decided by deuce games.  Below are some photos taken at the three sites.

For more pictures and information about the event, please visit the All State website:

All State Home Page

All State Photos

Kylie Marshall Selected for National Youth Training Team

13 May 2005:  Congratulations to KJ Volleyball Club 18 Black player Kylie Marshall for making the 2005 USA Youth National Training Team.  Eighteen players were invited to the YNT Training Camp at a time and place to be named. Hotel and meals will be paid for by USA VOLLEYBALL and Host Sponsors.

Twelve of the 18 members of the YNT Training Squad will be selected to represent the United States as the Girl's Youth National Team. The GYNT is currently scheduled to compete in the Youth World Championships in Macao, China, in August of 2005. USA Volleyball will cover expenses including round trip airfare from their home to training and competition, hotel, meals, and uniforms/equipment.

2005 Junior National Tournaments

The Region sent a fairly strong contingent to this year's National Tournaments.  The high finish in the USA-Volleyball Nationals was KJ 18 Blacks 15th in the powerful U18 Open Division at Salt Lake City.  WVBA 16 Black finished a very creditable 7th in the Volleyball Festival in Reno.  The USA-Volleyball results are listed below, and a photo of the WVBA follows.

2005 USAV National Championships

Congratulations to the following teams who participated in the 2005 USA Volleyball Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Louisville, Kentucky this June:

U12

• Sudden Impact VBC 12 Monsoon, National Club Tournament, 63rd.

U13

• Olympia VBC 13 Lanikila, National Club Tournament, 43rd, tied.

U14

• KJ VBC 14 Black, National Club Tournament, 13th, tied.

• Puget Sound VBC 14 Gold, National Club Tournament, 21st, tied.

• Washington VA Mizuno 14 Black, American Club Tournament, 19th, tied.

U15

• WVBA 15 Black, National Club Tournament, 10th.

• Puget Sound VBC 15 Gold, National Club Tournament, 34th.

• Sudden Impact VBC 15 Typhoon, American Club Tournament, 35th, tied.

U16

• Puget Sound VBC 16 Gold, National Club Tournament, 27th, tied.

• Sudden Impact VBC 16 Thunder, American Club Tournament, 22nd.

U17

• Sudden Impact VBC 17 Storm, National Club Tournament, 39th, tied.

• Puget Sound VBC 17 Gold, American Club Tournament, 39th, tied.

U18

• KJ VBC 18 Black, Open Tournament, 15th, tied.

• PS VBC 18 Gold, Open Tournament, 27th, tied.

• Seattle 18 Puma, National Club Tournament, 43rd, tied.

• WVBA Mizuno 18 Black, American Club Tournament, 46th.

• Sudden Impact 18 Tsunami, Invitational Club Tournament

Most of these teams earned their bids at the Regional Prime Time tournament.  Complete standings and additional results for the Prime Time tournament are posted on the Results page.  These teams also participated in the Regional Championships, and those results are posted on the Junior Regionals page.

Upcoming Clinics, Camps and Playing Opportunities

Unless otherwise stated, the Region does not endorse or authorize, nor has it received any compensation for listing these volleyball activities.  We make no claims regarding any of the listings.  The events are generally sponsored by independent organizations (often a college or school,) and they may or may not be insured through the USA Volleyball organization.  We list them here solely as an informational service for our members.  Parents should exercise all due discretion when selecting a camp, clinic, league or tournament for their child, taking into account the sponsor, the camp's history, the coaching staff, the level of play afforded by the camp, and other factors as may be important in the case at hand.

WAVB Grass Doubles Tournament

30 July 2005:  Washington Volleyball Academy is hosting the inaugural girls Grass Tournament at the Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center on Saturday August 20th.  All entrants must be current USAV players.  The format is doubles volleyball with two age division, U16 and older, and U15 (and under.)  Cost is $10 per player.  The following flier contains entry, site and contact information.

Entry form and information

19 June 2005:  We recently learned that Jim Hardy of the Mill Creek Volleyball Club (their teams were various kinds of Wildcats in Regional JOV competition) has compiled a very complete list of local volleyball camps.  The listings can be accessed by area to help you find one near you.  Please visit his web page for this comprehensive listing of camp and clinic offerings.

Greater Seattle Volleyball Camps, Clinics and Instruction

Puget Sound Area Summer Volleyball Camps*

*Camp Directors:  Contact Bob Stewart, Webmaster, if you would
like to be listed in this table.  Last update: 7/12/05.

Coaches Clinic at University of Puget Sound

Mark Massey, Head Volleyball Coach at UPS, is offering a coaches clinic on August 14th from 9am-6pm for $110.  Contact Mark Massey for further information.

 

2005 JOV Regionals Recap

U14, U17 and U18

15 May 2005:  The U14, U17 and U18 Regional Tournaments were played today.  The formats for all tournaments was three- and four-team pool round robins on Saturday followed by double elimination playoffs on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.  All age divisions had large turnouts.  Thirty-nine teams competed in the U14 divisions (Gold, Silver, Bronze and Copper Championships), twenty-two teams competed in the U17 age divisions (Gold and Silver Championships,) and twenty-four teams competed in the U18 divisions (Gold and Silver Championships).  Complete results and more photos will be posted on the Regionals page as they become available.

U14 Franklin Pierce High School	U17 Fife High School	U18 Seattle Pacific University
1st KJ VBC 14 Black	1st Puget Sound VBC 17 Gold	1st KJ VBC 18 Black
2nd Puget Sound VBC 14 Gold	2nd WVA Mizuno 17 Black	2nd Puget Sound VBC 18 Gold
3rd Island Thunder VBC 14 Mark	3rd Sudden Impact Storm	3rd Seattle PUMA
4th UP VBC Dream Team U14	4th NW Jrs 17 Thunder	4th WVA Mizuno 18 Black

 

U18 Regional Championships

KJ VBC 18 Black

 

U12 and U13

6 May 2005:  The U12 and U13 Regional Tournaments were played today.  The format for both tournaments was three- and four-team pool round robins followed by single elimination playoffs.  All eleven U12 teams were seeded into the Gold playoffs.  The U13 field was divided into Gold and Silver divisions and each division had a single elimination playoff.  Complete results and more photos will be posted on the Regionals page as they become available.

U15 and U16

1 May 2005:  The U15 and U16 Regional Championships were held this weekend.  The following is a quick summary of the top finishers.  Complete results and more photos are posted on the Regionals page.

U15 Regional Championships

Action in Gold Finals PS 15 Gold beats Sudden Impact Typhoon block with up-tempo attack

Action in Silver Finals Wahine goes over Edmonds Block

U16 Regional Championships

Gold Finals:  PS 16 Gold vs Sudden Impact Thunder Puget Sound Gold ups the tempo.

High Flying 14's Energize Super Sunday

7 Feb. 2005:  The U14 Division 1 Tournament of Rain City's area-wide Super Sunday Volleyball Tournament featured some high altitude action.  Check out these photos from the afternoon playoffs at Fife High School in the Gold and Silver Brackets of the U14 Division.

Puget Sound Volleyball Club 14 Gold won the Super Sunday Gold Division defeating the KJ VBC 14 Black team 25-23, 25-19.  For results and additional photos, including PS 14 Gold, please see the Results page.

It Takes Two Great Teams to Have Great Match ....
Super Sunday U16 Division 1 Finalists Combine for a Tribute to Volleyball

After a long day of volleyball, and following their finals in which Puget Sound VBC 16 Gold won the U16 Division 1 Championship, the players and coaches of Rain City Cyclone and PS Gold got together for this great group photo.  It is important that we all remember that it is the quality of the team on the other side of the net that makes a match significant.  Thanks coaches and players!

U16 Gold Champions PS VBC 16 Gold and
Runner-up Rain City U16 Cyclone
(PS in Black Jerseys)

Photo courtesy Lenny Llanos

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CAP Clinic Features Doug Beal!

11 Jan. 2005:  USA Volleyball and the Puget Sound Region hosted this biennium's Puget Sound Coaching Accreditation Program Clinic at Bellevue Community College over the past weekend.  The clinic featured four outstanding volleyball coaches:

• Doug Beal, 2004 Olympic Men's Team Coach and Incoming President of USA Volleyball

• Bill Neville, USAV National Commissioner of Coaching Education

• Dianne Flick, Head Coach Western Washington University Vikings

• Laurel Iversen, Former USA Olympic Team Member

CAP Clinicians	CAP II
Bill, Laurel, Dianne, and Doug
CAP I

Photos Courtesy Jerry Weydert

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Wayne Gardner Honored

Long time referee and all-around good guy Wayne Gardner was honored by the Puget Sound Region at the opening ceremonies for the Third Annual Martin Luther King Invitational Volleyball Tournament held on January 16th and 17th at Bellevue Community College.  In recognition of Wayne's services, contributions, and his many long-standing friendships within the volleyball community, including luminaries like Doug Beal, who still uses his reflexology services, and Tom Selleck, the Region has established the Wayne Gardner Inspirational Award to be presented to a player in each age group and category at the Regional Championships.  Wayne's involvement with our sport dates back to the 1940's and includes many previous awards like the  National Leader in Volleyball (awarded in 1981.)

Regional Commissioner Jenny Vogt introducing Wayne to a future generation of volleyball leaders at the opening ceremonies for the Martin Luther King Invitational at Bellevue C. C.

Many of our more seasoned members will recall Wayne serving as a Day Official, and sometimes circumstances brought him down from the stand to do some pro-bono corrective work on aching backs and other wrenched body parts.  Wayne's colleagues include retired referees Larry Guzman and Lenny Llanos Sr, as well as Walt Gogan our current Scorekeeper Chair.

Wayne receives his award from Jenny.  Walt is in the background.

 

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Tryout Dates Similar to Last Year

8 Sept. 2004:  We received the following notes from our Junior Program Director  for immediate publication ...

Club Directors and Junior Members:

Despite the change in the dates for the 3A/4A state volleyball tournaments
this year, the dates for tryouts will remain consistent with past years for
all clubs in the Puget Sound Region. There are B/1A/2A teams in the Puget
Sound Region; therefore tryouts for U15 and above cannot occur before the last state volleyball tournament. For your reference the first allowable tryout dates are as follows for the upcoming season:

* Clubs may hold tryouts for U-12 thru U-14 beginning the 1st
November, 2004

* U-15 through U-18 tryouts may be held the Sunday after the LAST
state high school volleyball championships (Beginning November 14, 2004).


A friendly reminder on signing letters of Commitment:

Signing Date Rule:

a. A junior player may not make a binding commitment to a team or
club until the first day their age group has try outs. A 72-hour window is
still in effect as per the PSR Letter of Commitment. Any verbal commitment
made prior to the signing date of November 1 is non-binding. This rule is
modeled after the NCAA's signing date rule. As with the NCAA, a program may offer a player a position before the signing date and a player may verbally accept the offer; however, there is no binding contract between the parties.

b. A player who signs the PSR Letter of Commitment or any similar
document prior to November 1 is subject to suspension for the entire season.  Any club representative who asks a player to sign such a document before November 1 is subject to suspension for the entire season. The team with a player who signed such a document before November 1 may be subject to suspension for the entire season.

Tony Miranda
USAV - Puget Sound Region, Junior Program Director
 

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Adult Championships in Atlanta ... Regional Teams Do Well

7 June 2004, by Jesse Paulson:  The Puget Sound Region was represented well at the 2004 USA Volleyball Open Championships in Atlanta, Georgia.  Five teams from the region competed at Nationals in various divisions, and many other local players participated on teams from outside the Puget Sound Region (PSR).

Comatose and Outback Steakhouse represented the PSR in the 55's and 60's, respectively, and both teams faired well, making it to the second day of tournament play after 2 grueling days of pool play.  Outback
Steakhouse took 5th place in the 60's while Comatose took 7th
place in the 55's.

No Limit, the Regional Women's Champions faired the best out of all local teams, taking the Bronze in a heavily stacked Women's A division of 46 teams.  The team looked solid despite losing one of their big hitters to an injury. 

The PSR Men's Champions, Strike Force Gold stunned numerous teams, both from inside and outside of the Region, by taking 5th place in the AA division, which boasted 18 strong teams from around the country.

Seattle Athletic Club competed at the highest level of competition, Open, and played strong, taking 9th out of 14 of the top teams in the nation.  Many of the other teams had former collegiate stars and Seattle Athletic Club demonstrated their strong ability to play with the best teams in the country.

Take a look at the updated results here:

http://www.usavolleyball.org/Adults/

Nationals is fun and competitive and well worth the trip, anywhere it is held.  Adult USA Volleyball Open Championships will be held in Denver, Colorado in 2005.  Hopefully we will see you there!
 

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Puget Sound Region Elections...
Incumbents Re-Elected

May 25, 2004:  The elections of the Commissioner and four members of the the Board have been certified by Jan Kirk.  Returning for three year terms are Commissioner Jenny Vogt, Adult Coordinator Jesse Paulson, and Treasurer Jim Amsbary.  Re-elected to two year terms are Walt Gogan, Chair of Scorekeepers and Bob Stewart, Position 2 (Boys and Youth.)  The final tallies are:

Commissioner:
Jenny Vogt - 114 team rep/18 officials
Allan Chinn- 60 team rep/5officials
John Littleman - 1 (write-in)

Adult Coordinator:
Jesse Paulson - 174 team rep/23 officials

Treasurer:
Jim Amsbary - 174 team rep/23 officials

Boys and Youth:
Bob Stewart - 173 team rep/23 officials
Dave Weitl - 1 (write-in)

Chair of Scorekeepers:
Walt Gogan - 174 team rep/ 23 officials

Beginning with next year's elections, all offices will be held for a three year term, and the number of positions up for re-election will vary from two to three over the three year cycle.

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Puget Sound Region Elections

4 April 2004:  The Puget Sound Region is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that elects its Commissioner and Board of Directors.  This year five positions are on the ballot.  The Board has just changed the bylaws so that the term of office for eight of the nine Board positions will eventually be three years.  The ninth Board position, the Ethics Chair is appointed by the Junior Advisory Committee for a term of one year.  Two of the five positions to be filled this spring will run for two years, and the other three will run for the standard three years.  The three Board positions that will be voted on next year will all run for three years.  Beginning with the 2006 elections all eight positions will have the standard three year term.

If you want to run for one of these offices, please contact the Region Office by April 15th.

Postition	Incumbent	Pay Stipend	Term Yrs Next Election	Duties and Qualifications	Candidates
Commissioner	Jenny Vogt	$6000 + expenses	3 years 2007	CEO of Region, attends National Meetings.	Allan Chinn Jenny Vogt
Adult Program	Jesse Paulson	$2500 + expenses	3 years 2007	Supervises adult tournament sanctions, organizes Regionals.	Jesse Paulson
Chair of Scorekeepers	Walt Gogan	Expenses	2 years 2006 (3 years after that)	Supervises Regional scorekeeping activities, attends Nat'l meetings.	Walt Gogan
Position 2	Bob Stewart	None	2 years 2006 (3 years after that)	Boys and Youth Development	Bob Stewart
Treasurer	Jim Amsbary	Professional fees "not to exceed"	3 years 2007	CPA with 501(c)3 experience	Jim Amsbary

The election will be held during the Adult- and Junior Regional Championships under the direction of Jan Kirk.  Referees, Scorekeepers and Board Members are given one-ninth of a vote, and Team delegates are given a full vote.  If you are not planning on attending Regionals, please contact the office for an Absentee Ballot.  Club Directors are reminded to notify the Office of their Team Delegate designations.  If a person is entitled to more than one vote (for example a Referee who is Board Member who coaches a Junior Team,) they will be allowed to cast only the most heavily weighted vote (in this case the Team Delegate vote.)

The term of office begins in August 2004, but some of the positions will require attendance at the USA Volleyball National meetings in May 2004.

Contact Information:

Puget Sound Region - USA Volleyball
6900 - 220th ST. SW, Suite B
Mountlake Terrace, WA. 98043
425-673-4103 office.
425-673-4293 fax.

Email: Puget Sound Region

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Inaugural U-Volley National Championships!

25 Mar. 2004:  This year USA Volleyball will sponsor a new form of volleyball competition at the National Championships ... height-restricted Mens and Womens Volleyball.  Called U-Volley and supported by the international FIVB organization as well as USAV, this may prove to be a very interesting and popular variation on the rules.  We received the following announcement from USA Volleyball about this competition.

USA Volleyball Still Needs Teams for USA U-Volley Championships in Atlanta
 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Volleyball is still in need of at least
two-or-three teams in each division to compete in the inaugural USA U-Volley Championships (height restricted) held at the USA Adult Open Championships in Atlanta beginning in May.

The 2004 USA U-Volley Championships are scheduled from May 31 to June 3.

Teams entering these tournaments may be either club teams or conglomerate teams with players from either the same or multi-Member Organizations. All players shall conform to the height restrictions as prescribed by FIVB rules, which are "under 185 centimeters" (approximately 72.83 inches) for men and "under 175 centimeters" (approximately 68.89 inches) for women. All participants, (i.e., players, coaches, managers, trainers, team representatives and officials, etc.) must be registered with USA Volleyball through a Member Organization or with their own National Volleyball Federation.

For complete tournament requirements, please download the U-Volley Pre-Tournament Manual PDF by clicking:

http://www.usavolleyball.org/media/adult/04_PTM_UV.pdf.
 

The International Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) will begin sponsoring a U-Volley Intercontinental Championship later this year in Indonesia.
 

USA Volleyball is hoping to use this year's event in Atlanta in the AA, A Club Divisions and the AA/A U-Volley Division to identify strong players who are interested in representing the United States at this year's U-Volley Intercontinental Championships.
 

For more information, please contact George Egan (george.egan@usav.org or 719-228-6800) ASAP.
 

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