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2008 SEASON NEWS AND RESULTS

Class of 2008 College Signings:

(4 out of the 5 Seniors on 18 Storm will be playing college volleyball in the fall)

Danielle Rehm, 18 Storm & Mt. Si High School:  Bellevue CC

Caitlin Sylvester, 18 Storm & Bishop Blanchet HS: Edmonds CC

Patti Reeves, 18 Storm & Archbishop Murphy HS: Bellevue CC

Lauren Wilder, 18 Storm & Holy Names Academy: University of Dallas

New Coach Hirings for the 2008  school season:

15 Thunder Assistant Coach Amanda Crank will assist at Bellevue Community College.

14 Storm Coach Deanna Thompson is the new Head Coach at Mariner High School

New Staff addition, Robyn Williams, a recent transplant from San Antonio, Texas, will assist at Edmonds Community College

17 Vortex Head Coach Raven Northup will assist at Kent Meridian High School

15 Thunder Had Coach, Leon Blazer, has accepted an assistant coaching position at Western Oregon University. 

2008 CLUB SEASON AWARD WINNERS

CLUB DIRECTOR AWARDS:

Post-season Results

• 15 Thunder: YJOV National Championships, Dallas Texas

  • Team Finished Tied for 27th Overall (out of 48 teams)

  • First round was 6 teams pools, finished 4th overall in that pool, and moved to Division 2.

  • Second Round was 3 team pool and crossover, they won all three matches and moved to Flight 2.

  • Lost first round of playoffs, and finished 27th Overall. Tournament Record: 4-5

  • A GREAT FINISH TO A WONDERFUL SEASON, CONGRATULATIONS 15 THUNDER!!! PHOTOS

• 16 Storm, Volleyball Festival Reno

  • Confederate Division: Finish 131 Overall (181 Teams).  5-7 Final Record.

• 16 Ice, Volleyball Festival Reno

  • Camelot Division Champions: Finish 141 Overall (181 Teams).  4-7 Final Record.

• 15 Heat, Volleyball Festival Reno

  • Century Division: Finish 72 Overall (113 Teams).  6-5 Final Record.

• 15 Tornado, Volleyball Festival Reno

  • Confederate Division: Finish 99 Overall (113 Teams). 2-9 Final Record.

• 14 Storm, Volleyball Festival Reno

• Camaraderie Division: Finish 83 Overall (140 Teams).  7-5 Final Record.

15 Thunder Earns Bid To Nationals!

Perfection... That is one word that can be used to describe the 15 Thunder's play on Sunday, April 6th as they swept through undefeated at the U15 PRIME TIME tournament at Bellevue Community College.  15 Thunder did not drop a single set throughout the day, and put an exclamation point on their day with a 25-16, 25-15 victory over WVBA 15 Black in the Final. 

The format called for double elimination play as the region's top 8 U15 teams assembled for the right to go to Dallas with the Region's National Division bid.  They entered the day as the #4 seed (based on Power League play) and started with a convincing win over #5 Lake Tapps 15's (25-14, 25-14), then immediately had to play the #1 seed WVBA.  After some initial nerves, they emerged with a 28-26, 25-20 win over WVBA, earning themselves a two-round break and a match-up with #3 Capitol Ice in the winner's Final.  A close first set (25-21) led to 15 Thunder  putting it in overdrive and cruising to a second set win (25-16) and a date with destiny.  As the consolation bracket sorted itself out  -- WVBA defeated #2 Puget Sound and Capitol Ice for a second shot at 15 Thunder -- the 15 Thunder team stayed relaxed and kept their spirits up.  WVBA was on a roll, and Thunder was ready.

The final was a work of art.  Both sets went virtually the same way -- both teams traded big blocks, big digs, and big swings as the first half of the set was neck and neck until around 12 points -- then 15 Thunder got into a rhythm and put the set away.  The highlight of the stretch run in set number 2 was Sarah Hanna pounding a ball at the 6 foot line down the line, around the WVBA blocker.  That swing punctuated a long run for 15 Thunder and took the wind out of the WVBA team's sails.  There were many heroes on the Thunder team --and everyone did something to contribute to the team's winning a bid.  It was truly an exciting day of volleyball.  We are all proud of you 15 Thunder!

Northwest Juniors Teams Excel at Regional Championships:

With some of the results still not posted to the regional website (and not all coaches reporting results) early indications are that the Northwest Juniors VBC teams did extremely well at the Regional Championships this year. 

First weekend of Regionals (April 26-27) --

15 Thunder added another tournament championship to their resume in going undefeated and winning the U15 Gold Championship.  This completes a month where they went  20-1 overall (4-0 at Prime Time, 9-1 at the Lone Star Classic, and 7-0 at Regionals).  Also playing well was the 15 Heat team, who took third in the U15 D1 Silver Division (11th overall).  Northwest Juniors was one of just two clubs that had two teams in U15 D1 tournament and 3 teams in the U14 D1 tournament.  15 Tornado won the U15 D2 Silver Division.  Way to go 15 Tornado (see the picture).

Second weekend of Regionals (May 3 & 4) --

The 18 Storm team woke up and played extremely well at the U18 Regional Championships.  Coming in as the #13 overall seed, they took second in pool Saturday morning (taking over the #8 seed in Gold), then won a controversial match over the Narrows-PS 18 Black team (who was disqualified for using an illegal, unrostered player).  That got them a 9:00 AM Sunday match with WVBA 18 Black, which they lost, but in playing well and competing sparked them to play great volleyball the rest of the day.  The net result was a 5th place overall finish in the 18 Gold Division.

16 Storm won the U16 Division 1 Silver Division.  Losing only two matches all weekend (to UPVBC SWVBC Serendipity) -- the 16 Storm team dominated the Silver Division -- defeating Jammin' in the winner's Final and Cascade Blue in the Final.  A complete tournament synopsis can be found on the 16 Storm Team Page, here is the picture.

16 Ice took second in the U16 Division 2 Gold Division.  32 teams total in the Division 2 tournament and the 16 Ice team had a fantastic weekend in finishing second overall.