Badger Region Dominates Dells

Sorry for the spotty coverage and we'll do more justice when we can, but here's a too-brief shout-out to some truly impressive finishes at the 2010 High Performance Championships:

• Badger Region won Boys National Youth
• Badger Region won Girls National Select
• Badger Region finished second in Girls International Youth

Very nice. Congrats. Fuller coverage to come, we promise.

HP Appetizer

We'll try to do more on the HP championships later today. Until then, here's a nice read.

2010 Badger Region Boys High Performance Team: National Youth

Here's a link. Here's where the schedule and results will be. And here's the roster.

• Tim Heyrman, Catholic Memorial, 2012
• Dan Casper, Catholic Memorial, 2011
• Trevor Novotny, Catholic Memorial, 2012
• Matt Klingspohn, Nicolet, 2011
• Tyler Wills, Galena, Illinois, 2011
• Alex Judkins, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Kyle Rohde, Brookfield East, 2012
• Greg Duma, Kettle Moraine, 2011
• Dominic D'Amato, 2014
• Conrad Kaminski, (school to come), 2012
• Chris Patterson, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Caleb Mobile, Westosha Central, 2013
• Chad Schreiber (Head Coach)
• Jacob Helgeson (Assistant Coach)
• Mike Voigt (Assistant Coach)

2010 Badger Region Boys High Performance Team: International Youth

Here's a link. Here's where the schedule and results will be. And here's the roster.

• Dayton Erickson, Westosha Central, 2011
• Eric Harke, Kimberly, 2010
• Noah Mader, Appleton East, 2010
• Brian Hoffman, Homestead, 2010
• Sam Spence, Catholic Memorial, 2010
• Alec Redlich, Wauwatosa West, 2011
• Jim Schultz, Westosha Central, 2010
• Bruin Armwald, Madison Edgewood, 2011
• Brett Kaczmarek, Kenosha Bradford, 2010
• John Jablonowski, Franklin, 2011
• Kyle Olmstead (Head Coach)
• Mike Ziegler (Assistant Coach)
• Abby Schultz (Assistant Coach)

Badger Region HP Rosters Online

We'll list the names in this post later tonight. Until then.

Early Boys State Prediction: Sussex Hamilton Will Not Go Home With the Gold Ball

You see, they don't have a team. But that hasn't kept Josh Kirchner (Sussex Hamilton '12) from making a name for himself on the volleyball court -- and in his local paper. Congrats to him on his dedication to the sport -- and to the entire West Allis Lightning B16 team on their recent national championship.

Championship Point in Austin for West Allis 16-1

Special thanks to Riley Stone (Franklin '11) for sharing this link. Congrats again to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! Love the lightning bolt haircuts in the foreground, by the way. Some true fans.

Final Finishes in Austin

Here's where Austin results stand.

14 OPEN

• West Allis Lightning B14 tied for 11th
• North Shore 14 Navy finished 15th
• Southwest 14 tied for 27th

15 OPEN

• North Shore 15 Navy tied for 9th
• West Allis Lightning B15 finished 15th

16 CLUB

• Southport 16 tied for 46th

16 OPEN

• West Allis Lightning B16 finished 1st
• North Shore 16 Navy tied for 15th
• North Shore 16 White finished 23rd

17 OPEN

• North Shore 17 Navy finished 9th
• West Allis Lightning B17 tied for 25th

18 OPEN

• North Shore 18 Navy finished 30th
• West Allis Lightning B18 tied for 31st

Let us know if we missed anyone. And congrats all.

Trevor Novotny, MVP

Congrats again to West Allis Lightning 16-1 on its 16 Open championship in Austin. Huge win. We intend to do several congratulatory posts in the next few days which will attempt to provide some perspective on just how huge a deal this is for our state (and the rest of the Midwest, for that matter). Before we do any of those posts, however, we need to officially recognize the four Lightning players who made all-tournament:

• Trevor Novotny (Catholic Memorial '12) MVP
• Peter Hutz (Milwaukee Marquette '12)
• Nick Olson (New Berlin '12)
• Michael Schneck (Milwaukee Marquette '12)

Nicely done.

West Allis Lightning 16 Boys Are Your National Champions!!!

Here's a link. Here's the roster. Here's a brief recap someone kindly left as a comment to one of our earlier posts. Much more to come. Sorry we weren't more on top of this story as it was developing, but we'll try to make up for it over the next few days. Huge, huge congrats.

Austin Pools Are Up

Here's the link. Competition starts today.

All Eyes Turn to California. No, Florida. No, California.

The 2010 SCVA Junior Boys Classic starts today in California with a number of outstanding Wisconsin teams participating.

And the 2010 AAU Girls Championships are going on in Orlando. Milwaukee Sting 15 Black and Wisconsin Juniors 15 Orlando are batting each other at this very moment whilst we blog.

So much volleyball, so little time to give all the appropriate shout-outs. But we'll give it a go.

Updated National High Performance Rosters

More names have appeared on the USA HP site so we've updated the list of Wisconsinites. Be sure to check it out.

A Trip to the Beach

There will be a whole lot of volleyball going on at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee this month, starting this weekend with the Big Daddy Beach Volleyball Open and US Open Junior Beach Qualifier. We'll try to post winners as we track them down.

Wisconsinites on USA High Performance Rosters

The following Wisconsinites (listed alphabetically) have been identified on the USAVolleyball.org site. We'll add to this list as USA Volleyball adds rosters.

BOYS

• Dominic D'Amato (2014): Boys Select A2 Program
• Jake Dowler (2014): Boys Select A2 Program
• Jeremy Dejno (New Berlin United '10): Men's Junior National Training Team
• Jacob DeRosier (2014): Boys Select A1 Program
• Morgan Griffith (2014): Boys Select A1 Program
• Joe Humpal (Arrowhead '11): Boys A3 Camp
• Peter Hutz (Milwaukee Marquette '12): Boys Youth A2 Program
• Josh Kirchner (Sussex Hamilton '12): Boys Youth A2 Program
• Caleb Mobile (Westosha Central '13): Boys Select A2 Program
• Nicholas Olson (New Berlin United '12): Boys Youth A2 Program
• Eric Schmitz (Catholic Memorial '13): Boys Select A1 Program
• Michael Sugar (2014): Boys Future Select/Select A3 Camp
• Scott Stadick (2016): Boys Future Select/Select A3 Camp
• Nick Wildes (Waukesha West '13): Boys Select A1 Program

GIRLS

• Simone Lee (2014): Girls Select A1 Program

Congrats to all. Let us know who we've missed and where we've erred. The 2010 USA Volleyball High Performance Championships will be held in the Dells from July 26-30. The Badger region is also sending teams to the championships and we'll add those rosters as they're available.

New Berlin's Jeremy Dejno Named to 2010 Men's Junior Training Team

Here's the story. Congrats.

Saturday Results from Carthage (According to a Post on Volleyball Magazine Message Board)

It's admittedly unofficial, but this is what we picked up from the back-and-forth on the message board.

OPEN

1. North Shore 18 Navy

2. West Allis Lightning

3. Nightmares 18s
3. North Shore 17 Navy
5. North Shore 16 Navy
5. West Allis Lightning 17s
7. North Shore 16 White
7. Next Level 18s

CLUB

1. North Shore 15 Navy
2. Southport 18s
3. Nightmares 16s
4. Southport 16s
5. Next Level 16s
6. North Shore 15 White

Badger Region Boys Top Threes

Yeah, we know we're almost a week late, but these teams deserve their own post so here it is. Girls BRC top threes from week two will be up next.

BOYS 12

• 1. North Shore Boys 12
• 2. West Allis Lightning 12
• 3. Southwest Boys 12

BOYS 14

• 1. West Allis Lightning Boys 14
• 2. North Shore Boys 14
• 3. West Allis Boys 13

BOYS 15

• 1. North Shore Boys 15 Navy
• 2. West Allis Lightning Boys 15
  
• T3. North Shore Boys 15 White
• T3. Southwest Boys 15
  

BOYS 16

• 1. North Shore Boys 16 Navy
• 2. Southwest Boys 16
• T3. North Shore Boys 16 White
• T3. Muskego Stars Boys 16

BOYS 17

• 1. West Allis Lightning Boys 17
• 2. North Shore Boys 17
• T3. Southwest Boys 17
  
• T3. Lake Country Boys 17
  

BOYS 18

• 1. West Allis Lightning Boys 18
  
• 2. North Shore Boys 18 Navy
  
• T3. Next Level Boys 18
  
• T3. WVA Nightmares 18
  

Just Another 24-22 Set to 15

Later this week, we're still planning to do justice to all of this past weekend's BRC medalists. Until then, check out this video of the Boys 17 finals, which was won by West Allis Lightning over North Shore in an instant classic three-set thriller. Congrats to both teams for demonstrating how incredibly exciting the sport of volleyball is.

2010 Wisconsin Ice Fire 18 Boys

Here's the roster. Help us fill in the blanks. Thanks.

• Ryan Check, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Nathaniel Guralski, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Sau Moua, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Corey Parsch, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Brandon Radloff, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Michael Rask, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Jacob Schneider, (school to come), (graduation year to come)
• Josh Werner, (school to come), (graduation year to come)