Today was our annual Christmas Party and Score Keeping Seminar. 16 of our 28 players managed to attend. We spent a while boring our players with a powerpoint presentation on how to fill out the USA volleyball score sheets. Then we moved out to the court and played some scrimmages so the girls could practice scorekeeping.

After a couple games there was a break for food, our U13s and U14s had a gift exchange then back onto the court for some more volleyball. This time we had lost enough girls who had to leave for other events that we just let them play because we didn’t have any extra’s for score keeping.

During a break someone opened up a bag of sliced oranges that apparently everyone liked - a lot!

Final schedule will be posted online before Christmas

Sundays – Castle X – 16s: noon-3PM,    13s: 3PM-5PM,    14s: 5PM-8PM
Mondays – Kerr McGee Center – 13s:  8PM – 9:30 PM
Tuesdays – Castle-X – 14s: 6PM – 8PM
Wednesdays – Kerr McGee Center – 13s: 8PM – 9:30PM     16s: 8PM – 9:30PM
Thursdays – Castle-X – 16s: 6PM – 8PM    14s:  7:30PM – 9:30PM

Our schedule for the holiday season is:

Sunday Dec. 21 – Practice at Castle-X. 16s: noon-3PM, 13s: 3-5PM, 14s: 5-8PM

Tuesday Dec 23 – Open Volleyball at Castle-X 6PM-8PM – All Teams

Thursday Dec 25 – Have a very Merry Christmas

Sunday Dec 28 – Christmas Party at Castle-X noon-6PM plan on learning how to keep score in volleyball, referee, play some games, have some fun. Details will follow later from your team Moms.

Tuesday Dec 30 – Open Volleyball at Castle-X 6PM-8PM – All Teams

Thursday Jan 1 - Have a safe and joyous New Year

Saturday Jan 3 – 16s Tournament – Victorville

Sunday Jan 4 – 14s Tournament – Victorville

We are taking all three teams to a Starlings tournament in Victorville on Jan 3 and 4.

January 3rd:  Division 16’s  8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

January 4th:  Division 14’s  12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The 16s will have to leave town around 6 AM and if they stop for lunch before heading home, should be home around 4 PM.

The 14s will leave town around 10 AM and should return around 8 PM.

All team members and parents should meet in the Vons Parking lot, 10 minutes before their departure time. Hopefully we can to minimize the number of cars we have to take to the tournament.

There is a possibility that the schedule for this tournament may change.  The organizers may move the 16s to Sunday morning if they do not get more 12s or 18s teams signed up.  Stay tuned for more details.

Suicides - Allie - 10.1 seconds

Star Drills - Alyssa - 24.9 seconds

Vertical Jump - Ashley - 20.0 inches

Block Jump - Ashley - 17.125 inches

30 second serving - Alyssa - 13 serves

We will hold a brief parent meeting before all team practices on Thurs. December 11.

U13s

The 13s team parents will meet at 6:00 PM at Castle-X. We will meet while the basketball team finishes up their practice. Meeting will end by 6:30. The 13s team will still practice from 6:00 to 8:00 that evening.

U14s and U16s

The 14s and 16s team parents will meet at 6:40 at the Kerr McGee Center. The 14s and 16s teams will still practice from 7:00 to 9:00 PM that evening.

Topics for the meetings:

1. Schedule and format of SCVA tournaments

· Tournament rules

· Tournament format

· What to expect at tournaments

· How we plan to travel to tournaments

· Optional Tournaments?

2. Parent volunteers:

· Team Mom (or Dad)

· Travel coordinator

· Photographer/Videographer

3. Fund Raising

4. Starlings Holiday Season Plans