18's
Warren
RVC

17's
Pittiri's

16's
Torrimar
High Intensity

15's
Florida Sun's
Tampa

14's
High Intensity.

Surprised by the number of declines from the various age groups.

But for the most part those teams desperately needing the bids worked hard to get them. Congrats.

Now alot goes into the mix for the At large. Really wish USA volleyball would not have held that Florida qualifer in Jan - disaster!

On a good note I see that the amount of teams in the club division is back up.

Looking forward to Atlanta .......and hoping that it is the last time we are every here for a long time

Once again, USA Volleyball shoots itself in the foot. Almost every club and team is a huge distance from Atlanta, and yet we are forced to go there again. I really feel sorry for the California and Hawaii teams...they haven't had a west region Junior Olympics for boys in many years...I don't think there has been one in California since 1991.

Every year, USA Volleyball kicks sand in the faces of those who have participated in, and promoted volleyball at the grass roots level, in favor of those geographic areas who couldn't give a damn about volleyball. Families are forced to squander precious resources flying to second-tier destinations because USA Volleyball deems it important to play in Atlanta instead of Anaheim. And one wonders...what sort of premiums or breaks do the cities of Atlanta or Salt Lake City or Minneapolis offer to USA Volleyball to entice them to play in their areas?

USA Volleyball can rest assured that they will kill the golden goose. How many teams have signed up for 17s club division? Nine?

Perfect.

Salt Lake was very drivable for many of the California clubs and was done so in fact. .....Pretty far West in my book..... Salt lake was a b*tch to fly into and very expensive as only one major airline goes there. But I loved Salt Lake for the things to do in down time. Atlanta is very cheap to fly into and a major hub. the hotels are pretty reasonable at this time of year.

Sorry to shoot your points. My point is I just hate Atlanta as a sight for aesthetic reasons.



umm actually 32 signed up and 7 will drop down from Open who don't get and at-large = 39 Club 17's - Pretty darn good = Sorry

1 mj7200911pu VAQUEROS 17-1 Vaqueros Bayamon 17 Boys - Club Yes
2 mj7502331pr Louisville Fury 17s Louisville Fury 17 Boys - Club Yes
3 mj7airvb1ov 17 Black Air City VBC 17 Boys - Club Pending
4 mj7bytby2nc Bay to Bay 17Nike Blu Bay to Bay Volleyball Club 17 Boys - Club Yes
5 mj7capus1ke First Capitol USA First Capitol USA 17 Boys - Club Pending
6 mj7cjjvb1ne CT Juniors 17National Connecticut Junior Volleyball 17 Boys - Club Pending
7 mj7coqui1pu BORINQUEN COQUI 17-1M BORINQUEN COQUI 17 Boys - Club Yes
8 mj7damon1ke Damon's 17 Black Damon's Volleyball club 17 Boys - Club Yes
9 mj7dvgvc1nc Diablo Val 17-1 Black Diablo Valley Volleyball Club 17 Boys - Club Pending
10 mj7envol1pu NARANJITO ENVOL ENVOL 17 Boys - Club Pending
11 mj7fsvbc1fl FSVBC17 Florida Sons/Suns volleyball club 17 Boys - Club Pending
12 mj7gu0011gm Kaizen Guam Juniors Kaizen Guam Juniors 17 Boys - Club Pending
13 mj7hills1ge United Hills Elite United Hills Elite 17 Boys - Club Pending
14 mj7kuika2ah KU`IKAHI 17W RoShamBo KU`IKAHI Volleyball Club 17 Boys - Club Yes
15 mj7lfjvb1ne LAT42 U17-1 (boys) LAT 42 VBX 17 Boys - Club Pending
16 mj7livbm2ge LIVBC 17 White LIVBC 17 Boys - Club Yes
17 mj7mothd2gw Mo Thunder 172 Missouri Thunder 17 Boys - Club Pending
18 mj7napvl1gl NVC 17-Black Naperville VBC 17 Boys - Club Yes
19 mj7obvbc1fl Ocean B 17 Quiksilver Ocean "B" Volleyball 17 Boys - Club Pending
20 mj7obvbc2fl Ocean B 17 South Ocean "B" Volleyball 17 Boys - Club Pending
21 mj7pivbc1mk Pilipa'a 17's Pilipa'a Volleyball Club 17 Boys - Club Pending
22 mj7ripoc2sc Riptides OC 17 Blue Riptides OC 17 Boys - Club Pending
23 mj7sandl1ke Sandlot-17 Sandlot 17 Boys - Club Pending
24 mj7sdout1gl SOVA 17 Side Out VBA 17 Boys - Club Pending
25 mj7skyhi1gl Sky High 171 Sky High 17 Boys - Club Pending
26 mj7spect1sc Spectrum 17's Spectrum VBC 17 Boys - Club Pending
27 mj7spvbb2gl SPVB 17 Runbird Mizuno Sports Performance 17 Boys - Club Pending
28 mj7swvbc1ov Southwest VBC 17 Boys Southwest VBC 17 Boys - Club Pending
29 mj7thndr2gl R Thunder 17 White Rolling Thunder Volleyball Club 17 Boys - Club Yes
30 mj7tlcty1ov 17's Orange Tool City VBC 17 Boys - Club Pending
31 mj7tlcty2ov 17's White Tool City VBC 17 Boys - Club Pending
32 mj7yorkt3ke YORKTOWNE 17 NEVA BLA Yorktowne Volleyball 17 Boys - Club Yes

Why would all the southern California teams want to play in Anaheim?? We play there 10 times a year already. Part of the fun of the JO's is going to a different city, seeing new things, etc. Who wants to just sleep at home when you could be 2000 miles away.

" OK Eric, nice day at the JO's. Now take out the trash & clean up your room'.

I don't think so!

Quite possibly the greatest post on this website in years!

Can you share the list of 17s teams applying for an At-Large bid?

told ya we'll get a bid

why dont they do a JO in Puerto Rico...that would be fun

Because Puerto Rico is a separate Federation of Volleyball.

The Puerto Rican Players can play in the JO's as it is a Open tourney. But for PR to play on USA national program teams they must first ask for a release from the PR federation.

Everything is technically geared toward developing USA national programs. PR teams more than welcome to participate in the OPen division bu they need to travel and qualify like everyone else.

Here is idea! Why don't all those PR team come to the Florida Qualifier - quick cheap flight over the pond.

we went to qualify this weekend in viginia and won the bid

but that thing about the JO's in PR is that the people in USA Volleyball dont want to travel our way

and if they do it in PR there will be a whole lot mor puerto rican teams because most of them dont go because of the cost

Yea and do u realize that the east coast qualifier is the easiest tournament in the us to get a bid? And it's not like u guys won it so it's not that big of an accomplishment

Actually, you just vented your opinion, you didn't shoot my points. Based upon most people with whom I spoke, the vast majority didn't like either Salt Lake City or Atlanta. The panhandling was simply epic in Atlanta, and very, very far away for most club players. If the question is "what lovely vacation spot do we want to go in the summer" the answer is rarely "Atlanta" or "Salt Lake City." And as far as travel opinion goes, my kid doesn't choose, I choose. I'd be really, really happy if the JO's were held within a two hour drive or a reasonably nice vacation spot. But a lengthy flight/daylong drive to SLC or Atlanta? No thanks...

And I'd still be interested to see if the economy affects how many club teams ultimately participate in the club division.

why win the tournament when we won the bid

and for the americans to win over us they needed 5 coaches from difrent teams and the line guys and the refs on their side

Because as I said before it really doesn't mean anything to get a bid at east coast becasue it's not hard. And the team u lost to in the semifinals got 28th in the SCVA invitational(that's the biggest qualifier) so don't act like u can smash anyone when u didn't even win one of the weakest tournaments

its ok...trankilo q lo tuyo vine jajaja

Piterres friend, By no means am I trying to disrespect you. Way to many PR friends and I love the way your teams play the game and the passion you bring. We enjoy have teams from the island in the mix. It is a major +.

Looking forward to watching more of the PR teams in action in Atlanta

Im curious to see what happens next year.. I think that usa vball is implementing a new policy.

I heard that if you do not attend A qualifier you will not be allowed to apply for an atlarge Bid.

Meaning all those teams who do not come up from puerto rico as the younger age brackets will not be allowed to play OPEN. " Same for Hawaii"

They are making all teams play atleast 1 event then they can apply for an atlarge bid.

Or atleast thats what I heard.

These venues were cheapest and provided the most community incentives to USA Volleyball period. Other consideration is trying to have a hub airport and lots of hotels. Anaheim has the hotels but would be very expensive in the summer. In fact being a good vacation destination makes a location unlikely for JOs because it will be expensive- they don't need the business.

i think they should just move jo's to the west or to Hawaii because there is a lot more to do there.

i just dont want to go back to atlanta. so are we gonna be in miami next year since the girls are going there this year