WVBA 16-Shannon, WVBA 16-Chris and Mizuno 15 all competed in the 16U Power League. All three teams were in the Gold Division for Sunday at Auburn-Mountainview HS.

Dave Morehouse and Kari Kockler found their 15s team in the same side as 16-Shannon for pool play. When they finally met up, they did not disappoint the crowd that had assembled to watch. The first set went to 16-Shannon, but the 2nd set went into extra innings and each team executed clutch side out swings until the Academy 15s finally prevailed with a 31-29 victory to force a 3rd set. 16-Shannon came out strong and outlasted the pesky 15s team to win the match.

16-Chris battled through their pool on the other court to take 2nd place after falling to UPVBC 16. This set up a crossover with 16-Shannon, the 1st place team from Pool 1. Shannon and Ryan's team overcame a terrible head-on-head collision between OH Sarah O'Connor and libero Hannah Linsenmayer in set 2. The collision caused both girls to visit the hospital for CAT scans and evaluation. Both players were sent home to rest and recover from Level 1 concussions. 16-Shannon won the match and then faced Mizuno 15 in the final for 1st-2nd. 16-Chris then had to face UPVPC 16 again for the 3rd-4th place match.

16-Shannon took 1st place by defeating Mizuno 15 while 16-Chris lost to UP to finish 4th. A very respectable finish for WVBA finishing 1st-2nd-4th in Gold.

Mizuno 14 also played up a division and competed in the 15U Power League. They struggled a little on Saturday and were sent to Bronze for Sunday. The team got things going on Sunday to finish 1st in Bronze in order to move up to Silver next month.

14 Power League
WVBA 13 Power League update: WVBA Mizuno 13 will be playing on Sunday at Mariner High School in Everett. They are the #2 seed so they are ref'ing the first round at 9:00am and playing the 2nd round at 10:00am.

If you have a chance to come out and support our youngest Academy team, they can use the support as they battle with the older teams in the 14U division.

Specialty Training Sessions
WVBA specialty training sessions continue on Saturday for middles from 12-3pm.

WVBA Fan Apparel
WVBA is now featuring fan apparel for a short time. If you want to get some cool WVBA gear to show your support of the Academy, go to this website and use sale code MR5D7.

Sale ends on February 7th so get your order in now! click here for a flyer about the sale.

If you have any questions about WVBA, please contact our Operations Manager, Jill Gunsolus.