New Director : : Casey Price
Youth Development Director & Apparel
I am happy to be back working with JVC after some time away and now as a director of youth development and apparel! I started playing with juniors my senior year of high school when I played on the 18's team. After that I did some coaching for Juniors from the ages of 11's to 16's. Juniors is a HUGE part of my family as every single member of my immediate family has coached, all 3 sisters and a cousin played and now both of my kids play as well!
Fitting, sorting and distributing uniforms for 655 athletes has been a huge undertaking! I am really looking forward to learning and working towards perfecting the process in the future.
I also, have had the pleasure of taking over the Local Program in its second year. We have four teams: The 10/11s Dart Frogs, 10/11s Boomslangers, 13s Meerkats and the Boys 12s. This program offers the opportunity for beginners to get a taste of what club volleyball is with one practice per week and one tournament per month. The 10/11s teams have already been to two scrimmage days and are looking forward to their first real tournament in February at the Rec Plex! The 13s just completed their first tournament and although they didn't bring out a win, you can certainly see the improvements in their volleyball skills. They will only continue to get better! We are really excited about this program and building a foundation of young players that will learn to love volleyball!
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Wisconsin Juniors Hosts
President's Day
Tournament
Feb 16 & 17, 2019
4 Age Divisions • 12-15's.
125 teams, 25 clubs • just under 400 matches.
We use two playing sites: 12 courts at the Rec Plex and 6 courts at UW Parkside.
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Apparel will be available for sale
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WJV COMMITMENTS
We are proud to share our athletes who have made commitments to the following colleges
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Keelan
Bell '19
Eastern
Illinois
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Emily
Terry '19
St. Norbert's
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Jadyn James '19
Quincy University
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Katie Vilardi
'19
Augustana College
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Karina
Leber '20
Colorado
State
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Madeline
Haines '20
IUPUI
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ATTENTION PARENTS & COACHES
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If you have tournament results, recruiting news, pictures or anything you would like to share please email to your club's below email and we can share across our social media sites. Make sure to include
important details
and
team names.
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The Illinois Juniors club season is in full swing! It's been such a privilege for all of us, directors, coaches and players to come under one roof and train together. The competitive spirit and drive continue to get better and is at an all time high on both sides of the bench. Coaches strengthening their affinity to communicate and players honing their discipline to execute.
Last season IJV had 10 teams with only 3 in our high school wave. This year we almost doubled to 19, tripling our high school teams with 9! Our coaching staff from 2015-16 we had 7, many of which coaching 2 teams to now a total of 26! There's no way this season could've been as great as it has been thus far without the commitment from such wonderful people who just want to share their knowledge and be apart of a season of volleyball, many of them are making a great commitment that shouldn't go unnoticed!
We've had some great success in more ways than one, on the court, already with two tournament wins from our 15 and 16-1's teams taking home the title with first in their gold brackets! We've gone the furthest into the gold bracket at the Winter Classic than any other IJV team has ever gone taking 4th in gold in their respective divisions, and our 13 Navy team going 4-1 in the Jrs Feb Fun Tournament also making it into the semi's of their gold bracket!
It's undoubtedly evident that all of our teams won't go down without a fight as the majority of our battles lost are lost in 3 where miles and miles of success is found. Like any gym, there is still so much we can get better at, but we choose to focus on the moments of greatness and build from those. It's easily been the best start to a season Illinois Juniors has ever seen, and we have no plans of backing down from the schedule ahead of us! It's been equally a blessing and an honor leading this season!
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Racine Juniors is off to a great start this season! Our players and teams are getting better each practice. The 13-Red took home a 3rd place win at Winter Classic and also won the hashtag contest. Follow our Instagram,
@racinejuniors
, to stay up to date on our latest information!
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Juniors Volleyball Club ran our 1st Instagram Hashtag contest with outstanding participation!
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- FEB 2/3 -- Jr's Feb Fun, Crossfire Craze, Whitewater Open, Block Party Open
- FEB 5/12 -- WJV Winter Volleykidz Camp
- FEB 9/10 -- BRPL, Jr Red Knight, Fondy Dig
- FEB 16/17 -- Jr's President's Day, Nike President's Day, Triple Crown Kansas City, Penguin Invite
- FEB 23/24 -- Burlington Scrimmage, Jr Pride, Penguin Invite
- MAR 2 -- Flair Fest, Fondy Dig
- MAR 3 -- Jr Pride, Block Party Open, Chicago Cup - Niles, The Showcase
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We are proud to send our 17 1’s team to an
Invitation Only
Triple Crown tournament in Kansas City over Presidents day after 5th place finish in open div at nationals in 2018
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We are really excited for the start of the
WJV Boys
season! It is our mission to develop the love of the game for all. We are looking forward to having a fun and amazing season!
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Winter Classic Results
We would like to thank
Dave Chandre
for volunteering his time to take some amazing photos of our athletes at the Winter Classic.
You can view them
here
. Password is juniors.
11-Select
-- 1st place 12 Blue (5-0)
13-Select
-- 2nd place 13 Blue (4-1)
15-1's
-- 3rd place 15 Open (4-3)
17-1's
-- 3rd place 17/18 Open (5-1)
13-Elite
-- 5th place 13 Blue (3-2)
14-1's
-- 5th place Gold 14 Open (3-3)
16-1's
-- 6th place Gold 16 Open (2-4)
12-Blue
-- 7th place Silver 12 White (1-3)
13-1's
-- 7th place Gold 14 Club (4-3)
16-Elite
-- 7th place Gold 16 Club (4-2)
17-Elite
-- 7th place Gold 18 Club (4-2)
11-Blue
-- 8th place Silver 12 Girls Blue (1-3)
15-National
-- 8th place Gold 15 Club (3-4)
15-Elite
-- 10th place Bronze 15-Premier (4-3)
14-Elite
-- 14th place Bronze 14 Premier (1-5)
17-Blue
-- 14th place Silver 17-Club (1-5)
15-Select
-- 15th place Silver 15 Club (2-4)
14-Select
-- 18th place Bronze 14 Club (3-3)
14-Premier
-- 23rd place Platinum 14 Club (2-5)
16-Blue
-- 26th place 16 Club (0-6)
A lot of teams in the Gold Bracket on day 2 with a few teams playing in higher divisions like our 11-Select, 13-1's, 17-Elite and all top teams playing in the Open division.
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Don't miss out on all the ideas we have shared on our Pinterest Account! We will continue to post great ideas for everything volleyball related through out the season!
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Looking Forward to
2019 AAU Nationals – Orlando, Florida
All teams staying at the
Floridays Resort
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Play dates: 13’s and 14's: June 17-20 • 15’s and 17's: June 21-24, • 16's: June 25-28
Teams attending: WJV 13-1, 13-Elite, 14-1, 14-Elite, 15-1, 15-Elite, 15-Nat, 16-1, 16-Elite, 17-1, 17-Elite and IJV 13-1, 14-1, 15-1, 16-1, 16-Elite
Floridays Resort located at 12562 International Drive, Orlando. Room rates 2 bedroom condo: $179/night. 3 bedroom condo: $209/night. There is also a daily resort fee. Free parking. There are limited amounts of 3 bedroom units.
CUT OFF DATE: May 10, 2019
To make your reservations
: 1st night deposit will be collected at time of reservation. Call 866-797-0022. Our group is under Wisconsin Juniors Volleyball – Parent. Please identify yourself as traveling with our group at the time of your call. Plan to arrive to Floridays the night before play begins or before. Departure can be on the day play ends, but don’t schedule a flight sooner than 6 pm just in case your team makes it to the finals of its division.
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Are you as tired of the cold as we are?
Maybe this information will warm you up as summer approaches, but seems so far away in this subzero climate! Juniors Beach is excited to announce plans for this upcoming season!
In addition to our high performance and volleykids programs, we will be bringing back our beach teams, running camps for those that just want a short experience, adding a juniors beach league for our young athletes to compete weekly against competitors their age and skill level! We're revamping our tournaments, and expanding what's available to our friends and families who don't want to miss out on all the summer fun. Our adult 6's league, adult triples will continue from last year, and what... a SPIKEBALL league?! Stay tuned for more information and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to the Directors of our Beach Program - Tyler Boyce and Scott Marita the Lead Directors of our Wisconsin and Illinois indoor programs! You can reach them at
[email protected]
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Stay tuned and stay warm with thoughts about the beach as summer approaches and more info comes out in the March edition of the JVC Insider!
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JVC is thrilled to highlight the success of our athletes and share their "Journey" with our club family. We will interview one or more athletes a month highlighting their success as well as challenges they have overcome.
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Olivia Sauers
Olivia plays for Illinois Juniors Volleyball Club 16'1s Team
How long have you been with IJV?
I started IJV in sixth grade and now I am a sophomore at LHS so this is my fifth year playing for Illinois juniors.
Why have you stayed at the club so long?
because I have made so many friendships that have grown throughout the years.
Favorite thing about IJV Club?
My favorite part about the club is the positive and fun atmosphere during practice and tournaments, and traveling with my team to far away tournaments like Florida and Indianapolis.
What position do you play & do you have any tips/advice?
I started as an outside hitter, but when my height and vertical did not allow me to continue this position, I changed to the passing position of the libero, which was much better suited for me.
A piece of advice about my position would be to work on speed and agility to be able to move to the ball as quick as possible in defense and to get the max reps u can. The best drill that has helped me the most in order to do this is to dig balls from left back coming either from a coach or hitters from the other side of the net.
My advice would be to branch out and talk to new people that you haven’t been friends with on your team. One girl i met three years ago on my team has turned out to be my best friend and has been on my team ever since.
Do you see yourself playing in college?
Currently I do not have a lot of interest to continue and play volleyball in college.
Best Club Volleyball memory?
I can’t choose a specific memory but all around the best memories have come from far away tournaments when our team gets to spend tons of time together laughing both on and off the court.
What are you looking forward to this season?
I am looking forward to creating more memories and chemistry, growing with my team and hopefully having some success along the way.
What are your concerns about moving on to the next level of volleyball?
One concern I have about moving to the next level is that I won’t be prepared enough for the high paced speed and harder hits coming from the higher level hitters.
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We are proud to share a letter we received from one of our parents regarding our approach to cancelling practices...
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Over the past 27-years I have made my living developing and implementing road safety programs for employers of all shapes and sizes and wanted to mention how impressed I have been with the proactive and compassionate emails I have seen from you lately when it comes to inclement weather and the concern WJV has for the safety of players and parents alike.
I realize it can be very difficult for any organization to make these decisions when you want to “get product out the door” and in the case of WJV, want to see players practice to get the best possible “product on the floor” as well. The fact that you take a long-view of the matter and account for everyone’s safety and well-being (above all) is extremely telling and commend you and others within the WJV organization for this approach. Well done.
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Jim Neave - Executive Director
Kevin Brylski - Strength & Conditioning, Issue Resolution
Scott Marita - Lead Trainer, Recruiting, Camps
Dan Dresen - Lead Trainer, Website
Casey Price - Youth Development, Apparel
Josh Price - Accounting, Registrations
Jamie Neave - Travel
Kelly Lehman - Hosted tournaments, Practice schedule
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RJV Director - Kaitlyn Wilks
ETJV Director - Kelly Lehman
LJV Director - Wayne Petrie
MJV Director - Chrissy Bauer
IJVDirector - Tyler Boyce, Bri Honda
WJV Beach - Tyler Boyce, Scott Marita
Boys & Equipment - Kyle Poppleman
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Thank you to our Sponsors!
WJV
- Return to Native Prairie Services, K9's 4U, Crawford and Wright Orthodontics, Gurnee Hyundai and Volkswagen, Healthy Home Mold Services Inc, Dignity Memorial - Sunset Ridge, Froedtert and Medical College of Wisc, Digs Sports
RJV
- Grand Appliance, Froedtert and Medical College of Wisc
MJV
- Remax - Rocky Palmer, Tel-Optic Cable Contracting Services
IJV
- Caldwell Banker - Barb Noote, Artistic Creation Design, Lice Clinics of America, Energize Ventures, Netrix LLC, Forest Bootery
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