ZVL Champs Crowned!
With the last point decided at 11:42 p.m., the Zia-Victory Lanes
Volleyball League came to a close with first and second place trophies
awarded in each of four age groups. For the second year, the League
filled its allotted 36 spots.
16's Champions (L to R) Jordan Smith and Katie Rutherford and
runner's up Dana Gundrum and Tayler Bell.
14's Champions (L to R) Runners up Ashley Nielson
and Cassandra Josephine Castelleta and Champions Dana Gundrum and
Jordan Smith.
12's Championships: (L to R) Runner’s Up Courtney
Ek and Candice Brimie, Champions Julie Shaw and Kayla Palmo and also
pictured are Kara Maynes and Madison Barlettai.
18's Champions (L to R) Champions Coreen Walsh
not pictured, Julie Gundrum and runner's up Stephanie Miller and
Vanessa Becker
Tough Babes Prove it in City Tournament
Some of Zia's 12-Tough Babes team came together again in a 4
on 4 sand volleyball tournament the City of Peoria in early June
at Rio Vista and won the 12's division.
Candice Brimie, Julie Shaw, Courtney Ek and Kayla Palmo won the12
team tournament. Shaw and Palmo also won the ZVL title toping Courtney
and Candice in the final. Congrats Ladies. Well done!
Mohn, Depue join USA Libero at HP
Katie Mohn and Lacee Depue worked with USA National Team libero
Nicole Davis at the Arizona Region 2007 High Performance Camp held
at Phoenix College July 18-20th. The camp was led by Erikka Gulbranson,
a National Team youth and Junior Assistant coach since 2000.
Zia Contingent Takes Brian Autry
Memorial Tournament
Members of Zia's 15-Elite team joined forces with some other
stellar ballers and won the Brian Autry Memorial Volleyball tournament
held at Sunrise Mountain High School June 8th.
Kayla Ek, Katie Rutherford, Holly Pavoggi and Tory Gregory were
among the 7 girl team that went undefeated in the tournament. Congratulations
to these young ladies.
FitLife
Offering Summer Volleyball Strength and Conditioning Camps
Zia's partners in fitness want to take your athlete
into the next level. They are offering summer camps designed specifically
for volleyball. For information, contact Andrew at 623-776-8838
or download their summer camp brochure at http://www.azfitlife.com/pdf/Camps_Brochure.pdf
Coyote
Camp FIlling Fast !!!
 The
8th annual Zia Coyote Camp, held at Centennial High School will
be held July 30-August 1st, the week before most high school
tryouts.
We urge you to get your registration in early. The camp has sold
out the past three years and this year, the Underclassman camp
is already near capacity.
To download a brochure, go to the Zia website and click on the
camps link. To see registered campers, go to the Zia site and click
on camps. The lists of the accepted registrants are listed by camp.
Zia Major Factor
in Region’s Junior Beach
Program
as Second Half Starts
Flexing some major west side muscle on
the beach, Zia’s
athletes are making things tough for other doubles teams across
the region.
As
of July 1st, Jordan Smith is the top point’s earner in the
14’s division with a 1st and a 5th place finish so far.
Dana Gundrum is 3rd in total points.
With 3 firsts and a second place finish
in 5 tournaments thus far, Katie Rutherford is tied for the points
lead in the 16’s
division, which is heavily populated at the top with Zia athletes.
Leah Bradley and Holly Pavoggi are tied
for 2nd place in overall points in the 16’s division,
with Emily Allen, Allison Culley and Dana Gundrum at 3-5th place
in points respectively. Tayler Bell, Nikki Burke and Daryn Serna
are all tied for 8th place and Madison Sowers sitting in 9th.
Michele Anderson and Alee Eaton sit in
third place overall in the 18’s points race, with Leah
Bradley and Jenny Makowski in 5th place and Katie Rutherford
in 6th overall. Holly Pavoggi sits in 7th overall and Nikki
Burke is in 8th place for overall points.
In the boy’s 18’s, Pierce Stewart
sits in 3rd place in overall points and Justin Hobson is in 4th
overall. In the boy’s 16’s division, Zach Hearne and
Josh Young are sitting in sixth place for overall points. Congratulations
to all.
Swan, Hobson are All-State Selections
Taylor Swan and Justin Hobson were named to the Arizona Republic
Boy's Volleyball All-State team as Honorable Mention selections.
Congratulations to our Zia guys.
Anderson Joins the Ranks of the Cougars
18-Alliance
libero Michele Anderson had a surprise for South Mountain Coach
Pat Mooney at the region's May 24th beach tournament.
She committed verbally to the 2008 South Mountain Community College
Volleyball team right there on the sand, and Mooney couldn't have
been more pleased.
Anderson is the second member of the Region's 18 Open Championship
team to commit to Mooney's renovation of the program. Madison Orton
verbally committed in mid-April.
Congratulations Michele and the Anderson family!
From a Friend in Europe- Enjoy !
Check out this link from YouTube.
It’s amazing to see how
much our game has changed. You can see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDDmfFhETxc
USA Volleyball Introduces New Newsletter
A newsletter dedicated to Junior Volleyball
throughout the Region’s
of USA Volleyball is being introduced. To view the newsletter,
go to http://www.usavolleyball.org/newsletter/jrnewsletter/JrGirls032107.asp.
To subscribe to this, and other newsletters that USA Volleyball
are not publishing, go to http://www.usavolleyball.org/FreeNewsletter/
Open Gyms Are Open to All
Feel free to attend any of the open gyms listed below. These
are open gyms for incoming freshman all the way up to incoming
seniors and you DO NOT have to attend only the schools in which
you will be attending. You can attend them all. Usually there is
a waiver that needs to be filled out by may be different with each
school.
Centennial High School Open
gyms have already begun and are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m.
till 11 a.m. through the middle of July.
Cactus High School ’s open
gyms start June 11 th and are on Mondays and Thursdays from 8 a.m.
till 9:30 a.m. and will go through the end of July.
Ironwood High School ’s open
gyms have already begun and are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will go through the July 12 th.
Peoria High School ’s open
gyms have also begun already and are Tuesdays and Thursdays from
8 a.m. till 9:30 a.m. through the second week in July, with the
week of June 11 th not available due to a camp in the gym.
Summer Camps are Here…
For information on camps and clinics at
a national and local level, go to the camp link on the Zia website.
Most of the brochures can be printed off these links. While we
don’t recommend
any one camp over another, we encourage you to print out the different
brochures to help make the best choices for you.
When looking at camps, some good questions to ask or things to
look for would be:
- How many touches on the ball will my athlete be getting? If
you are in a camp with 40 kids on a court, figure the touches
will be very limited. Players learn the game by playing and getting
touches. One touch every three minutes is probably not a good
investment.
- What are they teaching? Some camps teach just basics while
others, especially college camps, tend to teach the same techniques
they do their own players.
- Is the camp drill driven or play driven? Some camps are drill
after drill after drill. For some athletes, this is fine. For
some, they want to play.
- Does it fit your budget, your timeline, vacation plans, etc?
- Who is the coach, or
lead coaches? Because a coach is listed doesn’t necessarily
mean (s)he is going to be working with your athlete.
- If you are interested
in attending a certain college in the future, it is a great
idea to go to their camp. It’s a
great way to get seen by their coach, learn the campus, talk
to the athletes, etc.
If
there is anything you would like to hear about, see or learn about in next
months ZIAp date, please e-mail Eric at erichbke@msn.com. We'll
do our best.
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