OVA Volleyball Camp!
OVA will be hosting a volleyball camp on June 6th and 7th for all 5th - 8th grade girls. All experience levels are welcome. This is a fundraiser for the OVA 16's Elite team's trip to the Junior National Championships. Cost is $40 with all proceeds going to help cover the costs of the trip to Nationals. It will be led by the Staff/Coaches of OVA and will include a presentation by Steven Davis of Mind Honing on the mental approach to the game and learning self confidence. A great opportunity to come play and get more experience. Please visit the Summer VB Camp page for the flyer and more information!!!
Sand Volleyball Clinics
Want to win a gold medal this summer at the London Olympics? Well, you're probably too late. But if you want some help on sand volleyball and have a great time while learning, then Janice (former pro) and Tom Harrer will be leading some sand volleyball clinics this summer in Sisters. The information is below, along with a couple junior sand volleyball tournaments, so contact Janice if any questions and get your sand on!!!
May 20th 12pm - 1:30
May 29th & 31st 4pm - 5:30
June 3rd - CEVA SANCTIONED JUNIORS SAND VBALL TOURNAMENT (OLD MILL CRTS)
June 5th, 7th, 12th & 14th: 4pm - 5:30pm
June 16th - DOUBLES AND QUADS JUNIORS TOURNAMENT
For more info and to register, contact Janice Harrer at 808.302.0799; clinics are held in Sisters at 14827 Bluegrass Loop
OVA at Willamette Classic!
WOW! What a great way to finish the season!! All 7 OVA travel teams competed in the presitigous Willamette Classic on May 12th and 13th and all of the teams put up some great results against some of the best talent from Oregon, Seattle, Spokane and areas all around. Among some of the great results:
The OVA 16's Elite took 3rd, out of 81 teams, losing only to eventual champions North Pacific Juniors in the semi-finals.
And OVA 16's Blue moved up the most from anyone all tournament long. Going in as a 70+ seed, they improved by over 35 spots and finished in the top 30! Way to go ladies!
OVA 18's finished in the top 10 and the OVA/RR Nationals 18 team finished 2nd - with only six players on Sunday! And the OVA 12's had one of their best performances all year.
So congratulations to all the OVA teams. Each of you made us proud and we saw a lot of smiles all weekend long. Way to go OVA!!
OVA 16's Elite Headed to the Junior National Championships!!!
Congratulations to the coaching staff, players and parents for a huge honor - the OVA 16's Elite team just accepted a bid to play in the USAV Junior Nationals Championships this July in Columbus, OH!!!! Very, very few teams from across the country qualify for this prestigous event - and they will be only the 2nd team to ever attend from Central Oregon (after our combined OVA/Rimrock 18's Nationals team last year). The team will now be working hard to fundraise enough money to attend, so stay tuned for more details. And, again, congratulations - WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU!
Regional Championship Results
Another strong weekend of OVA performances, this time at the CEVA Regionals. Highlights from this past weekend:
- OVA/Rimrock 18's Nationals: 2nd place! They fought their way out of the loser bracket to face Nike Air Elite late Sunday in the finals. They beat them in 3 and then had to turn-around and play right away again (since it was Nike's first loss) in a tie breaking 4th set. Although exhausted after so many matches in a row, they put a great fight but lost 22-25 in one of the most exciting Regional Championships ever.
- OVA 18's Select - tied for 15th! That's 2 18's teams in the top 15!! And they had an incredible match on Saturday when they were down 4-17 in the 2nd set against Nike Air Max, only to come storming back and win the set, and the match, at 25-23! Unbelievable!! Way to go ladies!!
- OVA 16's Elite - 7th place! Highest finish ever by a Central Oregon 16's team at Regionals. They won a super close and hard fought match on Saturday against Rose City's top 16's team, after being behind the whole 3rd set they came back and won 18-16! This team was in Gold the entire year and finished it off with a great result at Regionals.
- OVA 16's Silver - 3rd in Contender Division, a great result and the 2nd highest finish for a 16's team in Central Oregon! Word is they are playing their best volleyball of the year and will be a force to be reckoned with at the Willamette Classic!!!!
- OVA 16's Blue - 1st on the Constitution Division!!
- OVA 14 Elite - 3rd in Diamond These girls are improving and will be a force at Willamette!
- OVA 14's Silver - 5th in Challenge!
- OVA 12's - 2nd in Diamond! Nice job ladies!!!
GO TEAM OVA!!!
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