PSR HP Girls' Youth Team Selected

The Puget Sound Region recently selected the High Performance Girls' Youth Team for 2010 that will be competing this weekend (July 17-18) against a select group of Canadian girls' junior teams at Columbia Jr. High School in Fife, WA. The following is the list of team members recently selected at the conclusion of the PSR High Performance Camp (including their junior club):

Sadie	Beckenhauer	UPVBC
Toni	Brown-Bell	OPVBC
Kiana	Calles	SIVA
Alyssa	Deardorff	High Velocity
Katy	DeGroot	KJ
Linden	Firethorne	Northshore Jrs.
Rachel	Gill	PSVBA
Emily	Harris	KJ
Justine	Kelly-DeMello	WVBA
Shelby	Kyllo	SIVA
Peircen	Lundquist	Mill Creek
Justice	Magraw	Sudden Impact
Nicole	Pittelkau	Olympia
Jessica	Riddle	SIVA
Whitney	Riffle	Narrows
Karlee	Sampson	Capital Ice
Courtney	Schwan	KJ
Dannie	Stroud	Above the Net
Paige	Walker	Olympia

The following is the tournament schedule for the weekend:

Canada 1	Alym	ALL CAN vs PSR MATCHES WILL BE 5 GAMES GUARANTEED
Canada 2	Titus	ALL CAN vs CAN MATCHES WILL BE 3 GAMES GUARANTEED
Canada 3	Mark
Canada 4	Earl
PSR Red
PSR Blue
Saturday, July 17th
9:00 AM		CAN 1 vs PSR Red
11:00 AM		CAN 3 vs PSR Red
1:00 PM		CAN 1 vs CAN 3
2:15 PM		CAN 2 vs PSR Blue
4:15 PM		CAN 4 vs PSR Blue
6:15 PM		CAN 2 vs CAN 4
Sunday, July 18th
8:00 AM		CAN 1 vs PSR Blue
10:00 AM		CAN 3 vs PSR Blue
12:00 PM		CAN 1 vs CAN 4
1:15 PM		CAN 2 vs CAN 3
2:30 PM		CAN 4 vs PSR Red
4:30 PM		CAN 2 vs PSR Red

Girls' Junior National Championship Results

Reno, Nevada recently hosted the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships. A total of 19 girls teams represented the Puget Sound Region among three divisions, across all age groups . Power Surge 13 Black finished tied for 5th place in the 13 American division for the only top-10 finish for a PSR team. Olympia 14 RoShamBo finished 11th in the 14 American division to cap a great 2010 club season. Below is a complete list of the girls results for PSR teams.

U18
KJVBC 18 Baden (Open) - 26th
UPVBC 18 (Open) - 30th
SIVBC 18 Tsunami (National) - 38th
ITVC 18 Asics (American) - 42nd

U17
ITVC 17 Asics (Open) - 29th
Lake Tapps 17 Orange (National) - 23rd
KJVBC 17 Baden (American) - 31st

U16
WVBA 16-Shannon (Open) - 31st
Above the Net 16's (National) - 43rd
UPVBC 16 (National) - 43rd

U15
WVBA 15-Mizuno (Open) - 27th
Narrows Purple 15 (National) - 39th
PSVBA 15 National (American) - 43rd

U14
WVBA 14-Mizuno (National) - 35th
UPVBC 14 (National) - 38th
Olympia 14 RoShamBo (American) - 11th

U13
PSVBA 13 National (National) - 26th
Power Surge 13 Black (American) - 5th

U12
UPVBC 12 (National) - 46th

Congratulations to all teams on earning their bid to the national championships and for representing the Puget Sound Region so well!

Matt West Trains With USA Men's National Team

Matt West (Space Needle Volleyball Foundation) was recently invited to train with the USA Volleyball men's national and A2 teams at the USA Volleyball training facility in Anaheim, CA.

Matt and his fellow club teammates are currently competing in the Boys' Junior National Championships in Austin, TX.

Congratulations to Matt and to the Space Needle Volleyball Foundation!