March 13-14: NW Juniors Spring Classic TOURNAMENT PROGRAM: Several NW Juniors Elite teams will be playing the NW Jrs Spring Classic Tournament this weekend.  Come out and support our teams.  Here are their starting sites.  Play begins at 8:30 AM at all sites:

• Bellevue College: 16 Elite Gold, 15 Elite Black

• Tillicum Middle School: 15 Elite Gold

• Mariner High School: 14 Elite Black

March 19-21: Pacific Northwest Qualifier #1:  16 Elite Gold in 16 Club Division.  PM Wave at Eastern Washington Univ.

March 19-21: Pacific Northwest Qualifier #1:  14 Elite Black in 14 Club Division.  AM Wave at Eastern Washington Univ.

PARENTS: CAN'T GO TO THE SPOKANE QUALIFIER? KEEP TRACK OF LIVE RESULTS HERE

March 21: Domino's Pizza Invite:  17 Elite Black in U18 Division at Franklin Pierce HS

March 26-28: Pacific Northwest Qualifier #2:  17 Elite Black  in 17 Club Division.  PM Wave at Spokane Convention Center.

March 26-28: Pacific Northwest Qualifier #2:  15 Elite Black & 15 Elite Gold in 15 Club Division.  AM Wave at Eastern Washington Univ.

PARENTS: CAN'T GO TO THE SPOKANE QUALIFIER? KEEP TRACK OF LIVE RESULTS HERE

News/Tournament Results:

3/6/10: 15 Elite Gold Has a Great Day: 15 Elite Gold had a phenomenal weekend at Power League as they took 2nd in their pool falling only to Club Wahine 15 Hoku after losing a close 3rd game, 15-17.  In bracket play, 15 Elite Gold powered over the other pools' 1st place team- OPVBC, beating them handily in 2 games.  They went on to win their flight after beating Sabotage in the final game 26-24 to move up to the next flight for the final Power League in April.  15 Elite Gold was able to do all of this with only 7 girls in pool play, and only 6 girls in bracket play (their 5'2" libero, Claire Holcombe, played middle blocker with 3 kills in two matches!) .  Next month, the team will be in Flight #3 after starting off Power League from Flight #6.  They have consistently proven their stamina and ability to persevere against their opposition.  Congratulations to 15 Elite Gold on a Cinderella Story Weekend!!

3/6/10: 16 Elite Gold Moves Up!: 16 Elite Gold (pictured at left celebrating a victory) also had a strong showing at Power League #3.  After a close first set loss against ITVC 24-26, the team responded forcing a third set and rolling to a 15-8 victory.  16 Elite then lost a close match against Lake VBC - losing the second set 24-26.  The team then overpowered Power Surge in to secure second their pool.   In bracket play 16 Elite fell in their first match against VIP Jrs in a tough battle between teams that have played each other four times this season.  In the next match against Edmonds, 16 Elite bounced back – executing their game plan by serving tough and forcing Edmonds out of system.  They went on to win in two close sets 27-25 and 25-22 playing some outstanding team defense along the way and finishing third in the tournament.  For the weekend 16 Elite had great production out of their outsides with Sarah Baillargeon leading the way hitting over 0.300 with 16 Kills and only 3 errors.  Rachael Haver also had a strong outing recording 24 kills with 6 errors while leading the team in passing average.  Congratulations to 16 Elite for a great team effort and moving up to Flight 2!

3/7/10: 14 Elite Black Moves Up!:  Congratulations to the 14 Elite Black team for going undefeated in Power League #3.  The team started the day winning all three Pool Play matches against PSVBA 14, SIVBC 13, and NW Juniors Storm.  One great highlight came withe players stepping up and filling roles they don't normally fill -- Libero Kamryn Curry (playing with an injured her hand), fought through as many games as possible, but was unavailable for playoffs; the rest of the team stepped it up for her as DS Alyssa North took the Libero position and performed with ease and natural abilities.  Meanwhile, MB Summer Thorp stayed in the games to play defense and showed nothing can get past her.  Great teamwork led to great victories, and the team proved that in overcoming injuries and a tough couple of weeks, 14 Elite Black will be a force to watch out for in the upcoming tournaments. 

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