The Big Volley Report 9-16-12

This week's show features:

-GNAC Conference Rivalry Match
-Seattle University Milestone
-#1Jackson vs #3Bellermine Prep Result
-Jackson High School at the Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas
-Prepvolleyball.com Senior Aces from Washington State

Big Volley Report September 9, 2012

Our coverage of the high school and college volleyball in the Northwest kicks off with talk about the University of Washington, Wesco Volleyball, Western Washington University and more.

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Wesco Vollyball Gets Underway on September 4th

The Wesco 4A volleyball season kicks off this week with a host of 4A and 3A crossover matches as well as some interesting non-league match-ups.  Lake Stevens will face a tough test Saturday September 8th against Auburn Mountainview while Monroe will match up against Skyline on Thursday September 6th.

Tuesday, Sep 4, 2012

		Visitor	Home		Time
		Monroe	Meadowdale	MdlHS	7:00 PM
		Mount Vernon	Mountlake Terrace	MlkTerHS	7:00 PM
		Lake Stevens	Shorewood	ShwdHS	7:00 PM
		Marysville-Pilchuck	Arlington	ArlHS	7:00 PM
		Snohomish	Stanwood	StanHS	7:00 PM

Thursday, Sep 6, 2012

		Visitor	Home		Time
		Mount Vernon	Oak Harbor	OHHS	7:00 PM
		Monroe	Skyline	SkylnHS	7:00 PM
		Snohomish	Roosevelt	RsvltHS	7:00 PM
		Newport	Lake Stevens	LSHS	7:00 PM

Saturday, Sep 8, 2012

		Visitor	Home		Time
		Lake Stevens	Auburn Mountainview		TBD
		Adidas Invitational			8:00 AM
			Auburn Mountainview	AMVHS
		Mariner Tournament			9:00 AM
			Mariner	MarHS

USA Volleyball Puget Sound Region Jetty Island Tournament Highlights from 7-21-12

Here are the highlights from the Region Tournament on 7-21-2012..

2+2 = 4 Lake VBC Athletes Heading to the USA Beach Volleyball National Championships

Left to Right
Cyrene Hertzog, Gabby Flake, Alexis Mcklintock, Kamarin Root, Karina Dahlquist, Kayla Siler, Hannah Aaenson, Front Kendal Solis, Back Coach Mati Bishop

Cyrene Hertzog and Gabby Flake are the best of friends and after three years together are tough to beat on the beach volleyball court, but after winning the U14 Gold Medal at the USA Junior Beach Volleyball National Qualifier Tournament hosted by the Alki Volleyball Association on July 1,the team has split and the girls will head to Milwaukee Wisconsin on July 27 and 28 to compete in the National Championship with different partners.

When the pair won their bid to nationals, Flake realized that the tournament fell on the same weekend as the Indoor High Performance Championship Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. Flake had been chosen for the Puget Sound Region High Performance Camp and was unwilling to commit to the Beach National Championship as she focused on winning a spot on the 10 player roster the Puget Sound Region was taking to the High Performance Championships and making the next step up the USA Volleyball Indoor National Team Pipeline.

Gabby Flake
Courtesy of Dig That Shot Photography

Flake narrowly missed out on making the High Performance team, but by the time the camp had ended and the roster was announced, Hertzog had all ready committed to playing in Wisconsin with the Lake Volleyball Club 14-Blue teammate Janelle Groeneweg. This opened the door for another of their teammates, Jessica Clark (who finished as the first alternate for the High Performance Team) to make the trip with Flake and double the number of Lake Volleyball Club players represented.

Lexi Mcklintock and Kamarin Root
Image Courtesy of Dig That Shot Photography

While the U14 division of the USA Junior Beach National Championships will feature two teams from Lake Volleyball Club, the U12 division will be missing another Gold Medal team from Lake VBC. Kamarin Root and Lexi Mcklintock won the gold medal for the U12 Division at the July 1st qualifier with a dominating performance that saw them best a number of U14 teams on the day. The duo will wait until later in their beach volleyball career to travel to the national championship. While they wait, they have all ready won the gold medal for the U12 Division at the Subway Washington State Games and finished at the top U12 team in the Jetty Master Volleyball Tournament. Lake VBC 12-Red player Karina Dahlquist also earned a bid to the national championship by finishing third in the qualifier with her friend Kendi Solis, but will not travel to Nationals.

Bigvolley.com will be bringing you as much coverage as possible of the Northwest Teams competing in the US Junior Beach Volleyball Championship.  If you are heading to Nationals, we want to hear from you.  Email your story to mati@bigvolley.com.

Two Weekends of Alki Volleyball Association Action Remain

There are two full weekend events coming up, July 28,29 and Aug 4,5 (traditionally the largest beach tournament in our region).  Pro/Open/AA on Saturdays and Novice/A and Juniors on Sundays.  

Professional player and olympian Stein Metzger will be playing at Alki beach on Aug 4,5.  We're also doing a beach camp with him on Aug 7,8 following the event where participants can learn first hand from one of the best volleyball players of all time. Great opportunity for beach volleyball players in our region. More info about the Stein camp and how to signup here: http://www.alkivolleyball.com/beach-camp-stein-metzger/

We also have a huge BudLight Lime 4's series with a grand prize of winning a FREE trip to Miami for 4 players to compete at South Beach finals and a chance to win $20k!  More details on how to signup and participate here: http://www.alkivolleyball.com/2012-budlight/

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Highlights from the Jetty Master Tournament on July 8, 2012

Special thanks to our supporters: East Beach Volleyball Center Lake Volleyball Club USA Volleyball Puget Sound Region