Who are the top 15s players and what teams do they play for

Watch everyone on SCVC and Balboa Bay. All great players. Neither team has a weak link.

I'd definitely say to watch balboa bay and scvc, but there are some really exceptional players from both of their teams , balboas being parker brown and scvc's being chris orenic. the others players are good, but these two guys are what makes volleyball playing in a tournament fun, both to play against and watch.

Yeah both teams have all around great players on the whole team but Chris and Parker stand out the most, Chris as the huge bouncer who hits ten foot line every time and Parker as the stud who can do everything exceptionally.

Other than SCVC and MB Surf, Nick Porterfield and Alex Slaught from MB Surf are really great players. They have a strong team overall but those two are really the backbone of the team. Erik Reed is definitely the top on High Line as well. Can be shaken up a little occasionally, but if he's on, he's a huge force.

Michael is a really good MB as well. Top 5 MBs at 15s for sure. I wouldn't agree that Erik sucks this year. He made A1 last year, which is on an 8' net, and he can put a ball down when he's on. Has a great serve still. Just wait until 16s year, the 8' net won't affect him at all.

There is a MB on the Ku'ikahi 15's team from Hawaii named Richard Harpole. He was a monster at the Jr Boy's Invitational. He carries that team along with their libero.

the MB was pretty good but the team wasnt that great overall

I thought they had one really good OH who only played front row. that one MB who is pretty good, and that's it. Being Hawaiian, a lot of them were on the short side so they had to make up for it with good ball control, but when all but 2 of your hitters are tiny there's only so much you can do.

switching the topic, ive been reading a little on how some of the 15's in the midwest made a1 a2 a3 etc.
just a long time with no talk of how they are? anyone seen them? whos the best out of the teams? any new players or players moved to new spots?
anything really.

And by the way a really good OH that not many people will get to see is Nick Clark, whi plays for Santa Barbara but plays up on the 16s team. Really consistent all around.

The liberos for SCVC(Brooks) , BALBOA and MBSURF(Parker) are all very good liberos and should mentioned as top players in the 15's. THey are ones who get the offense going and make great digs especially Parker, who is amazing for his size.

When Erik Reed was 14, what team did he play on?

pretty sure it was riptides, not sure which one though

Thanks.. now i remember because he was realy good and alwaays had the head band

Ya that's the one, headband on Riptides last year. He was on SCVC for a while but chose to go to High Line because he was at a disadvantage being the only player to never have played for SCVC before. He's a great player and also really fun to have on the team, insanely energetic.

That makes sense. I was kinda wondering why he was really good last year and then he didnt start... Has he made highline good?

Well High Line actually dropped a division when he joined, but he said he was having a pretty bad day. He wasn't starting because he played for Riptides last year and the other OHs are amazing. I went to a college game with him the other week and told him he was being mentioned on here and he wondered how cuz he thought he's been playing like ******, so expect to see him come back and take High Line up a step.

Did high line already make it in the open division?

Ya they took 5th overall, lost to Bay to Bay in 3 in the quarterfinals of the Boys Invitational. I think when we come back from high school season the team will be a bigger threat than before since Erik told me he's thinks he's finally doing as well as he used to. Also he's only been with the team so long, he might need to be there a little longer to settle in again, but his energy definitely gets the team pumped and will make them play better than before.

And I think the last like 10 posts have been about Erik, who hasn't been mentioned yet that should be on there (keep in mind all Balboa and SCVC players have been mentioned even though they weren't listed out).

Both teams are amzing.. it would be awesome to see them play the last match in the classic..

Bay 2 Bay and High Line are who you're referring to? I doubt they'd make it to the finals. MB Surf beat High Line decisively when they played them, and MB Surf has lost to both SCVC and Balboa this season. In any 15s tournament you can pretty much count on Balboa and SCVC being in the finals, like at the Boys Invitational.

I was talking about scvc and balboa. The REALY good teams.

Oh haha

From Puerto Rico theres Envol, Pitirres and Guaynabo Mets. All are very difrent teams but all very good

Mets is kinda like a super team where they took a lot of the best players from a lot of teams right? And Pitirres and Mets got the bids if I'm not mistaken.

Mets have a good team but have been loosing allot lately

pitirre won the qualyfier here in puerto rico but lost one gamen against envol

So is there any chance that Naranjito-Envol can qualify elsewhere or get an at-large?

i think they got an at-large

Yeah it sounds like they deserve one.

If you look on the AES site, Guaynabo Mets, Pitirres, and Naranjito Envol are definitely in the Open division; and Gigantes and Vaqueros are in Club. It's good to see that more Puerto Rican teams are going to be at JO's and more are getting (or signing up for) Open bids. The 14 Club division last year was top loaded with three Puerto Rican teams that could have surely competed in the Open division.
And, I definitely agree with the thread that Balboa and SCVC are the class of the 15's this year. It will be fun to watch the top Puerto Rican teams play against Balboa and SCVC!

Okay so Naranjito-Envol is in Open too. Good deal.

So it sounds like the line on the PR teams are Pitirres, Mets, then Envol.
Torrimar also just showed up on the AES web site showing that they received a bid for 15 Open. How is Torrimar this year?

I would assume good because they got Silver in JOs last year, but they lost a lot of players to the Mets. Also, a few Puerto Rican players I've talked to have said they're not that great this year. They have a ridiculous libero and a great OH but I dunno who else they still have this year.

where can i find an updated list of all of the teams playing at So Cal and at JO's

JO's updated list is at www.middlehitter.com

The middlehitter.com JO info is copied from the USA Volleyball website information. You can find more up-to-date information by going to the "Event Results" section of the AES website and finding the event, then choosing the division. The listing of the latest registered teams are on the drop down list. For the JO's there are a number of teams that that have been given at-large slots (like four PR teams in the 15 Open).

The SoCal Junior Boy's Classic doesn't have many registered teams listed on AES yet (aside from some out of region teams), because it's still early. The complete and final list will be on the SCVA website the week of the tournament.

https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/Public...entResults.aspx

So now that the teams are starting to formulate, what do you guys think will be the final standings at JO's

Here are the 28 teams in 15-Opens on the AES site in alphabetical order:

1 Adversity Elite 15
2 Balboa Bay 15Quiksilver
3 Bay to Bay 15Nike Blk
4 Cinci Attack 15 Black
5 Eden Mizuno 15
6 Epic 15-Matt
7 Guaynabo Mets
8 Halcones de Torrimar
9 High Intensity 15-1
10 High Line 2008-09 15B
11 Ku'ikahi 15's RoShamBo
12 MB Surf 15's
13 Naranjito Envol
14 NCVC 15-1 Black
15 NSMVC B15-Navy
16 OCVC 15-1
17 Pitirres 15
18 Roch Pace Bootlegger
19 RVC 15-1
20 Santa Barbara 15-Spikers
21 SCVC 15 Q's
22 SPVB 15 Mizuno
23 STLHP 15 Navy
24 STLHP 15 Orange
25 Tampa Bay Invaders 15
26 Ultimate B15 Gold
27 WA Lightning B15
28 Yorktowne 15 Blue

I still think SCVC and Balboa are the teams to beat, with a possible challenge from Pitirres and Guaynabo Mets from PR. The SoCal Junior Boy's Classic in June should also give a good indication as to how some of the Midwest teams like NSMVC, STLHP, and WA stack up to SCVC and Balboa.

hopefully with boys classic we will see which teams improved.
hopefully some new players are going to come out for some teams.

overall thought, I'm going to say that with the possibility for maybe a very strange upset from mb surf or highline, scvc and balboa are going to be the ones who are competing for a gold at j.o.'s
well thats for so cal at least

im really looking forward to seeing the midwest teams soon

and speaking of Midwest does anyone know anything about top players and/or teams in the Midwest

Trevor Novotny off WA Lightning is prolly the best OH out of the midwest for 15s. He made A1 Select last year and made Continental Select this year.

I think that you are reading the AES website wrong as far as At Large teams. The deadline for submitting at large team applications is June 3rd according to the USA Volleyball website. They are not going to choose at large teams before all the applications are in. No 15 Open Puerto Rican teams have qualified through the 10 Bid Tournaments. They have to go through the At Large application process, part of which seems to be entering their team on the AES site. Teams listed on the AES site that have not won a bid at a Bid Tournament, do not have an At Large bid yet. They are just applying for one. I don’t think there will be more than 2 Puerto Rican teams in the 15 Open category.

For the midwest the early season pretty much went like this. At St. Louis, NSMVC beat Lightning in 3 twice that day, with STL High P taking third. At Wisconsin, STL High P does not come to this tournament so it was another NSMVC vs. Lightning matchup, NSMVC won in two. At Chicago STL High P beat Lightning in the semifinals then NSMVC in 3 in the finals. In March, at the Badger Region Championships in Wisconsin with only Wisconsin teams, NSMVC beat Lightning in 3 games.

Records for these teams on Head to Head are:
Lightning ties High P: 1-1 both matches went to three games
High P over NSMVC: 1-0 match went to three games
NSMVC over Lightning: 4-0, 3 of 4 matches went to three games

All of the teams are very close to one another with some good players. Probably some of the most talent in numbers and level that the Midwest has seen in a while. Of course these teams may not have the powerful depth that teams like SCVC and Balboa will bring.

Last year both times Balboa Bay and WA Lightning met the games went to 3. NSMVC seems to have improved a lot from last year (judging from what I've heard), so other than maybe the Puerto Ricans I think the three big midwest teams are the biggest competition for the other top teams. We'll have to wait until the Boy's Classic to judge. Anyone know who NSMVC's best guys are?

I believe NSMVC went to three too with Balboa. The Boy's Classic will be competitive, it is a shame that the Puerto Rican teams are not able to get out there too. I heard in January that the High P 15's would not be out in California but I do not know if that has changed.

The Ultimate 15s was good at the Great Lakes Qualifier and pushed WA Lightning to 3

Will Ultimate be in attendance for the SCVA Boys Classic in June? Yes Ultimate is a dangerous team, they pushed NS as well to three games at the Wisconsin Qualifier. They have probably the tallest middle out there, they play very controlled, but I think what they miss sometimes is a power player or someone who will just come up and get a huge kill. However I have only seen them in the early season, it seems everyone from Illinois and California always gets stronger after they are done with the high school season.

I just heard that Ultimate's setter broke his leg, is this true

not sure about the ultimate setter
is it true that chris orenic broke his toe?

Yeah Chris broke his toe and the doctor said he was out for 4-5 weeks. It's been about 2 weeks so hell be missing this weekend and the next weekend, but after that he'll probably be back.

I noticed there is a lack of great Opposites (SCVC's, OCVC's, and that's all I can really think of) so I figured I'd add this.

I just found out that SMBC 16Black's Opposite Jason Avina is actually a Freshman. I'm not sure if he's older and has to play up or if he's just playing 16s, but if he's a 15s player he is definitely one of the best Opposites.