The 17U Brant Tornadoes travelled to Mohawk College for an early 8am start, but showed no signs of grogginess with a quick 25-18 win against the Niagara Athletics Aces. Dropping the next two sets to the eventual Gold medal winners, they finished pool play against Scorpions Ace with two straight sets.

Post-lunch started with a set loss to Chatham Ballhawks Attack, but they battled back to grind out a 25-23 win and a dominant 15-4 clincher to move into semis.

Meeting MVC Helicon in the semis was a gruelling battle lost by the minimum 4 points in a match going 25-23, 23-25, 13-15.

With not much time to recover, the bronze medal match started with a 31-29 win against Georgetown Impact Attack with everyone holding their breath at every possible set point back and forth. With the momentum, the girls closed out the match clinching their first OVA medal of the season led by Kiah, Jordyn, and Alexis in the Bronze medal match.

Throughout the day, everyone contributed in a balanced attack led by captain Meara quarterbacking the offense with timely dumps and a never before seen “Shoot” to co-captain Diya. The Challenge Cup saw a season-best team hitting percentage taking advantage of libero, Izzy’s standout play in the backcourt.

A well-deserved and hard-fought medal before the holiday break!

On Saturday, November 29th, 16U Girls – Synergy played up in the 17U Challenge Cup in Thorold, ON. While they split their games in Pool Play, Synergy came back after lunch to beat Chatham Ballhawks Elevate in the quarterfinals, to advance to Semis.

While failing to advance to the Gold Medal match, Synergy beat Waterloo Tigers Impact to take Bronze!! Way to go!!!

Below are the three award winners for the tournament; Mya R. (left), Kara F. (middle), and Lillian A. (right)

Our first Tournament for our TLS Brant Boys Vortex team on Sunday, Nov. 23rd, and we finished 4th out of 9 teams! Super proud of these boys as for most of the players this is their first year playing rep volleyball.  Way to go Vortex!

So much greatness to come from this team.  Thanks to all our parents who were vocal, supportive and haled make this day awesome. 

Our three award winners for the day are:

Most Points from Third Hit Attacks – Andres (#22)
Most Consistent Second Hit Passes – Jordyn (#5)
Highest Serve Percentage – Cooper (#13)

On Saturday, Nov. 22nd, Brant Tsunami played in Simcoe in the Provincial Cup tournament.

Being a brand new team and this being their first ever OVA tournament, the Tsunamis didn’t know what to expect. 

But they gave it everything they had, played like a team, had some incredible rallies and ultimately made it to semi finals! 

We are extremely proud of them for their 4th place finish in the tournament.

What a day for our Girls Cyclone Team at the 4V4 tournament on Saturday, Nov. 22nd. We are so incredibly proud of this group.

Our goal was to use 3 touches 50% of the time, and they absolutely crushed it by attempting three touches 53% of the time! That’s incredible first showing of teamwork for these girls.

Huge shoutouts to our award winners: 

Net Play Award – Audrey (#34)
Defense Award – Amylah (#19)
Leadership Award- Katie (#21)

Here’s a few pictures of coaches and athletes during the day…

Brant Storm hit the court for our first U15 OVA tournament on Saturday, Nov. 22nd. While the results weren’t what we hoped for, the experience was invaluable. We learned a lot about one another, what we’re capable of, and how we can continue to grow together as a team.

Every match played went to 3 close sets, giving the girls plenty of touches and solid game-play experience that will serve us well moving forward. We had many great plays throughout the day and, although we came up just short, the effort was undeniable.

Our tournament MVP was our Middle- Brianna Koen (#13). Brianna played every set, stayed positive, and worked incredibly hard in the back court all day. Outstanding job, Brianna!

Here’s a pic of the girls during the day…

BYVC TLS – Outburst won another silver medal in London, Saturday, Nov. 22nd, this time in a 15U tournament!

After going undefeated all morning and finishing first in their pool, the girls successfully made it through the quarter-finals in a hard-fought game against London Sharks Attack. They then faced Norfolk Chaos Riot in the semifinals and won their ticket to the gold medal match.

After a close match against Oxford Hype Heat, they brought home a shiny silver medal!

Coaches couldn’t be more proud! #letsgooutburst 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙

Below is a picture of the coaches and players with their medals, and a picture of the girls with the gold medal winners…

As with every tournament, 3 players were selected as award winners…Congratulations to:

Serving to Score and Know your Place on the Court – Parteet (right)
Defensive Player and Calling the Ball – Anya (left)
Queen of the Tournament – Emmy (center)

What an outstanding performance on Saturday, Nov. 15th, at Holy Trinity High School in Simcoe in their first OVA tournament of the year! The girls went undefeated all day and fought a tough battle against Grimsby Vipers in the Gold Medal match.

The Coaches are so proud of the hard work the girls put in all day long. Congratulations!

In addition, before each tournament, the girls are given three goals to achieve and the girl who most demonstrates each goal is awarded a Starbuck’s gift card.

Congratulations to the three girls below for their efforts:
Serving to Score – Emmy (left)
Focusing and Calling the Ball – Parteet (right)
Queen of the Tournament – Olivia (center)

Brant Riptide played in the 16U Girls Fall Classic (2-Day)/Provincial Cup event in Welland on Sunday, November 9th, going in ranked 3rd.

The girls played hard and finished with a well-deserved silver. All girls played with integrity and sportsmanship.

Below are a couple pics from the day. Including a pic with the gold medal winners. 

Congratulations!!!