Since the other thread is 33 pages deep with information and now the season has started we should create 1 single thread for all the information combined from the other two.

Chris to answer your previous question. Teams that I know of in the KM tourney are Tosa West, Nicolet, Catholic Memorial, Kettle Moraine and 8 others. It is a 12 team tournament.

People should post other key players from their teams that do not play club that could have a big impact on the upcoming season.

For Nicolet

Jimmy Sweeney Opposite Jr.
Brian Ernster Middle Jr.
Anatoli Berezovsky Libero Fr.

Hey I'm not a fan of this, we're 33 pages deep and I for one am proud of it...

Can't we just stick to the old one?

yeah 33 pages is awesome

those 33 pages were all preseason talk though...i'm thinking now that the season is starting up, a new thread with just season talk should be started. not gonna lie though, 33 pages is pretty sweet

33 pages got to be too much, plus it was getting way off topic (seasons for resurfacing floors, PS2 games people are good at, etc...), and there would be various topics being talked about all at once so it got confusing at times, so I think it was a pretty good idea to start a new topic.

As for Pius players who did not play club that might make an impact this year:
Mike Lee MB Sr.
Tyler Fringe Oppo Jr.
Ben Majeski Oppo Sr.

5 more days til our opening game vs. homestead, and i'm gettin pretty pumped already! any other opening games being played thursday the 31st?

anatoli played for northshore 14s

I concur... and I will add: Zach Styza, OH/OPP, Sr.

Marcus Webber- 6'3" MB/S
Eithen Vancuyk-6'7" MB/OH

Those are a few kaukauna guys who didnt' play club who could be pretty good....

I guess everyone is too busy playing Madden to post any good insight. Lets try to keep this new one to only volleyball.

You say that like playing Madden and giving good insight are mutually exclusive.


It's certainly possible to do both.

I bet The Truth is a hardcore gamer

yeah we pointed that out earlier in the topic not to get off hand which is kind of what were doing right now so back to volleyball asap

im startin to like coach tom more and more as we practice hes very insightful and respective. my legs still think hes a jerk tho haha.

but im not sure who on our team would be good without playing club seeing as how most of our team did play club

I know it is a couple weeks away yet, but got my pools for the Racine Tournament. Was going to wait, but we need something to get this thread going.

Pool 1 @ Horlick
Burlington
Tosa East
Horlick
Greendale

Pool 8 @ Horlick
Arrowhead
Kimberly
Brookfield East
Bradford

Pool 2 @ Case
Case
Kettle Moraine
Nicolet
Pius

Pool 7 @ Case
Tosa West
LaFollette
Tremper
Neenah

Pool 3 @ Park
Catholic Memorial
Park
Madison East
Waukesha West

Pool 6 @ Park
Appleton North
Homestead
W.A. Hale
Madison West (listed as East but I am guessing one of them is suppose to be west)

Pool 4 @ Park
Shorewood
Greenfield
Madison Memorial
Brookfield Central

Pool 5 @ Park
Marquette
Mukwonago
Kaukauna
Westosha Central

wow, pool 2 looks really difficult, and pool 1 should be a tough one too. i think 4 and 7 look the easiest. what does everyone else think?

Are there 32 or 36 teams in this tourney??

Looks like 32, 8 teams times 4

Some of the pools are crazy, pool 2 will be a battle, at least the winner gets the 2nd place team from Tosa West's pool in order to advance to the top 8

i can't wait to see the appleton north, homestead matchup...thats gonna be crazy!!

so how does the tournament work after pool play?

pool 2 is gonna be a battle. pool 7's a cakewalk for tosa west. pool 4 will be a somewhat struggle for shorewood. i think that the most intriging matchup will be appleton north and homestead, i really want to see that.

If you can see, the list is grouped into two pools each, ie 1 and 8. The winner of pool 1 will play a crossover match against the second place team in pool 8, and vice versa.

to 2 move on tho right?

The winners of the crossover matches move on.

taylor, all i know is our cross over is with homesteads pool... supposedly.

Hey, this is gonna be Ike's first year for Men's volleyball. It's supposed to be New Berlin with West and Ike but my varsity team has no west people. Anyways, we got Jeremy Dejno who is unbeleivable, in my opinion and in the opinion of many others, hes probly one of the best outside hitters in the nation for his age group. Chances are he'll go All-Conference as a freshman, the kid is insane.

Kinda borred....might as well give some predictions on who's going to come out of the pools....not going to say for my own pool for obvious bias reasons..haha

Pool 1-Tosa East Over Horlick
Pool 2-Case Over Kettle Moraine
Pool 3-Park Over CM
Pool 4-Shorewood Over Greenfield
Pool 5-
Pool 6-Wow idk what to put here...i think this pool has the best 1 and 2 seeds....can't wait to watch!!!
Pool 7-Tosa West Over Lofellette
Pool 8-Kimberly(Watch them cause upsets throughout the whole tourney) Over Arrowhead

All I know is i can't wait...

O yea, and a question...after first place of 8 plays second second place in 1...who would the winner play? and then the winner of that... etc all the way til the ship

haha dan looks like well be battling for that spot. cant wait for it man

Hey. I've been reading on this forum for a long time, but I've never posted anything, and I figured with the start of a new season this would be a good time to start. Ike, what club team did Jeremy play for, and is Dorlak playing for you guys? I remember playing against him in gradeschool and he was a beast.

What do you know about Kimberly that gives you the feeling that they'll be upsetting other teams? Is it just tradition, or do you know something about them?

jeremy is amazing.and most people do regard him as one of the best in nation at his age group. r there ne other freshman on ur team?

Well last year they took 2nd in this tournament for one......and considering they only lost their decent libero, and pass really well, i think that they could upset some teams...their big middle is their best player and has really developed a 100 fold since last year...their only downfall is that their setter is a shrimp

Actually i just rememberd, their other middle who will be a senior, might of played football, however i'm not sure, thats just what the kimberly guys were saying at league....

Ok, Jeremy is decent for his age. I watched him all throught out grade school. But he isn't God. You have to be John Baker to be considered God. haha funny joke. But he has to get used to the higher net and the faster pace of a Var match. Not many kids can make the adjustment to that staright out of 8th grade. And to just add to the degree of difficulty he will have to hit over or tool a bigger block than he has seen at Holy Apostles or playing club with West Allis Lightning. He will have to work very hard to get to that elite level of Varsity.

I agree completely. He may have the athletic ability to be a great player , but he needs a little experience to fully develop as an OH at the varsity level. Plus, a lot depends on the rest of his team. Will the setter give him the ball enough and will the passing be on the money or all over the place. I mean how many decent volleyball players are there in a school that has never had a team.

Yea, Jeremy played for the lightning, we have Jaime Sugar and Chris "Poke" Poccheva or however u spell his last name as the other freshman. Jeremy ahs grown 4 inches and we have our first match tomorrow in Kenosha in a quads. THe problem is our setting is not that great so were gonna have a hard time getting the ball to Jeremy. He has matured a lot since HA and hes even more athletic and taller. He will be an absolute beast this year. And the rest of our players including myself are pretty good. Most of the players played club and HA but well be hurting. We only have a solid 7 so I'm not sure how we'll do.

Oh, I'm lookin' forward to it. If we can both take care of Kettle Moraine and Nicolet, then we'll both advance.

Oh, and FYI, there is less then a 10% chance that a freshman steps in and makes a huge contribution to a team, much less first team all conference. That's crazy talk. Guys like that come around once a in a decade or longer (see: Dan Matthews).

I agree totally...he may be one of the best htiters as freshmen, but he's competing with people much older, stronger, smarter on the court....

I'm biting my tongue right now. Real hard. Not saying anything.

Haha sorry, im basing alot of what i put on the seeds and if i'm farmiliar with the teams....I have never played pius so i really coulnd't put them ahead of a team i've played and are seeded higher.....nothign personal

haha

No offense taken. Is that really the seeding? I refuse to believe we'd pull in a 4 seed after taking 3rd at this tournament last year.

haha dan make sure you come say whats crackin to me before the tourney starts up i dont want to have you think im a ****** or anything haha.

but fo sho well just knock em both out and then well go on to park

Fair enough - they sound like they'll be good. I'm a little biased toward Arrowhead, but honestly have no idea how they'll measure up. Watched them in a scrimmage in Middleton with KM, Ft. Atkinson, and Middleton, and KM was closest, but had it been a scored match Arrowhead would have won rather easily, I believe. They played their bench and were still winning. The other team is free to disagree ;-)

idk if those are the seeds i just figured....if they are tehy are way off in my opinion...ugh i accidentally deleted my last response, so i'll make it short and sweet

jerseycy, What team do you play for? i'm guessing arrowhead based on your comment earlier...just wanted to make sure

My son plays for Arrowhead. I'm a little too slow. ;-)

haha im sure that confused a couple people

Ok I now I dont see as much as some of you guys do; however I cam confused about one thing. Why is everyone counting out Nicolet. Historically they are a strong program. Sounds like they have a standout player in this Bobby kid, and think they have a good coach from what I have heard. However, a shorter Pius team, and a Case team with one player but no setter are better than them. What am I missing here?

haha thats alright...i think it's just me being inpatient

to answer your question truth. and no im not saying this cause you said case i understand exactly what you mean by yours and its a good point

but that bobby kid is very inconsistant and i honestly dont think hes as good as everyone says he is. hes got talent but not as much as everyone says. and our problem is the same as nicolets. no setter. but they do have a strong program and could develop one. but pius has good defense in their history and still probobly will. for case we have a new coach who some people have heard of and respect more. so it might not be the players as much as the coach making the players.

thats just my opinion on it so far. but good point

yeah i have to agree, i think nicolet is gonig to be better than everyone thinks they are this year. theyve got a good coach who tends to get a lot out of his team. and bobby is good. i dont care what anyone says

Bobby is an amazing hitter there is no contest there especially with the way he jumps. But... just from watching nicolet this summer, ball control will definately be an issue. Brad knows it too and will probely work on it non stop till the season opener, but still if their passing is bad and they have a mediocer setter then bobby will be pushed off the net and thus not as big factor as he would be with the ball tighter to the net.

How did the tosa west nicolet scrimmage go