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NVC Wraps Up Successful 2010 Season

May 24

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Northland Volleyball Club’s Juniors teams participated in the “Head of the Lakes” tournament last weekend at various locations throughout the Northland. The Head of the Lakes tournament is hosted by East End Volleyball and is one of the premier junior’s tournaments of the season.


A total of 64 teams were entered.

Here are NVC’s results:

In the 12’s division, Coach Desi Deleon led her team to a 2nd place Gold Division over Club Superior 12-2.


In the 14’s division, NVC had 3 teams in the Silver Division playoffs. NVC 14 Black, coached by Mike Patenaude and Loran Wappes, took home the Silver Division Championship for their third Silver championship of the season.


The 16’s division had 20 teams entered. NVC 16 Gold, coached by Michelle Sammons, finished in second place in the Gold Division. NVC 16 Gold was one of the best 16’s teams in the area this season ,always finishing in the top 3 in every event. NVC 15 Black, coached by April Koning and Lindsie Burslie, finished first place in the Silver Division and took home the championship medals. This was their first win for the season. NVC 16 Blue, coached by Laura Wappes, finished second place in the Bronze Division.


In the 18’s division, NVC 18 Green, coached by Mike Patenaude, was undefeated in pool play with wins over Carlton, North Shore Volleyball Club and the Pink Ladies from Sandstone, Minnesota. NVC 18 Green then defeated a very tough Wicked Moose team from the Twin Cities area in the semi finals of the Gold Division. They eventually lost to Minnesota North 18’s, who hasn’t lost a local match this season. NVC 18 Green finished up their season as the number #2 team in the area with 3 out of 5 Gold Division Championship wins this season, the most in club history.


NVC 18 Black, coached by Jade Baxley, finished 4th in the Silver Division and NVC 17 Blue, coached by Heather Snesrud, was the 1st place finisher in the Bronze Division.


Northland Volleyball Club would like to recognize our graduating seniors: Katie Bloom & Katrina Anderson – Carlton HS. Jenna Zymslony & Katrina Newman – Barnum HS and Amber Greg, Keanna Karulak, Becca Zeadow and Katie Konietzko from Cloquet HS. Congratulations to the seniors on your achievements, thank you for your dedication, and best wishes in your future endeavors.


Northland Volleyball Club is proud of all our players and coaches that worked so hard over the last three months to achieve the level of success that we did this season. We are already planning our next season and look forward to another great year in 2011.

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