2008 Archive
Articles and Pictures from the 2008 Season
Fall Champions Crowned
The Lions Jrs. Youth Volleyball fall league finished its season on Sunday, November 2nd - crowning four teams as champions in their respective divisions. Over 250 players particiapted in the league.
5/6 Navy Wins Platinum Division
The 5/6 Navy Team won the 5/6 Platinum division in three close games in the finals. Members of the Navy include Erin West (Elmhurst), Frannie Cervone (Medinah), Ariah Palter (Countryside), Maggie Mitchell (Elmhurst), Molly Manion (Elmhurst), Claudia Gaigalaite (Western Springs), Julia Staiano (Western Springs), Erika Koch-Wesner (LaGrange), Isabel Manske (LaGrange Park), Lindsey Barnes (LaGrange), Georgianna Panopoulos (Countryside) and Isabella Tenorio-Bucci (LaGrange)
5/6 Teal Wins Gold Division
5/6 Teal captured the 5/6 Gold division title defeating 5/6 Pink in three games. Members of the Teal team include Kacie Stoll (Lombard), Juliana Stremler (Oak Brook), Peyton Murphy-Pinkerton (Oak Brook), Heidi Huiner (Winfield), Danielle Kocol (Villa Park), Ashley Allen (Westmont), Melanie Ziegler (Lombard), Katie Feringa (Villa Park), Elizabeth Hernandez (Elmhurst), Amanda Rutkowski (Oak Brook) and Olivia Vos (Lombard).
3/4 Navy Wins Platinum
Third and Fourth Grade Navy won the Platinum division for third and fourth graders. Playing for Navy was Cassidy Schwartz (Countryside), Charlie Nicole Stancik (Countryside), Morgan Petrosius (Willow Springs), Lilly Hahn (Willow Springs), Megan Ng (Countryside), Rhiannon Schuenemann (Willow Springs), Hannah Williams (Countryside), and Nicole Krueger (Countryside).
Gold Division won by 3/4 Gold
The Third and Fourth Gold team won the Gold division. Members of Gold included Nora Dunleavy (Western Springs), Kendall Cassidy (Willow Springs), Kelly Dunleavy (Western Springs), Karyssa Labayen (Willow Springs), Avery White (Willow Springs), Annaliese Tisa (Western Springs) and Alanah Buinauskas (Western Springs).
Stars Recognized
In wrapping up the Fall Youth Volleyball Season, Lions Jrs. also named award winners in each grade for achieving the most three hits during the season. Award winners were 3rd Grade Nicole Lynch (La Grange), 4th Grade Sarah Rose (Elmhurst), 5th Grade Madison Babich (Willow Springs) and 6th Grade Ali Lund (Lemont).
Players Watch LT Varsity
Quite a group of our young players showed up on Monday evening, September 22nd to watch the Lyons Township Varsity win their volleyball contest against Queen of Peace High School.
Admission was free for all of Youth Volleyball League players and a parent.
LT won the match 25-20, 25-19.
Click here to see more pictures.
STARs Blossom
One of the striking things about play on Saturday, September 20th was the number of STARs scored by the teams. STARs is a program that gives special recognition to teams that hit the ball three times. Many teams earned a STAR - and often multiple STARs.
While teams can often score points by simply getting the first ball back across the net, in the long term, successful volleyball depends on players executing three hits: the pass-set-smash combination.
The number of STARs earned Saturday shows how much these young players have developed in just a couple of weeks.
Click the buttons on the right for Team Standings and for STARs Standings.
First Day of Play is in the Books
Play got underway September 13-14 for the Fall 2008 Lions Jr's Youth Volleyball League. For the 3rd and 4th Grade Teams, Royal, Fusia, Green, Orange and Navy found their way to wins. Among the 5th and 6th Grade Teams, Pink and Blue won matches. There were quite a few ties in the opening week.
Click Here for the 3/4 Standings. Click Here for the 5/6 Standings.
Click Here for a page of pictures from the first day of play.
Fall Volleyball for Kids is Underway!
Lions Jrs., one of the top Volleyball Clubs in the country, is running a Co-ed Youth Volleyball League for grades 3 through 6. Practices are either Tuesday or Thursday evenings. Games are held on either Saturday or Sunday. For individuals with a conflict for their scheduled practice day, it has been possible in most cases to arrange to practice on the other practice day. |
