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SPRING/SUMMER TRYOUTS

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COLLEGE COMMITS 2018/2019 Season

PETER BROWN 2020- University of Southern California

CLUB NEWS 2018/2019 SEASON

Chicago Bounce has had a great start to the season.  Our 13s have been learning so much this year.  The 14s program(3 teams) has been improving everyday.  14 Red has lost 1 match the entire season to a 14s team.  They even made the playoffs of a 15/16 tournament. 14 Blue made the semi-finals of their last tournament!  15s are doing great and have made it as high as the B bracket in the Palos Points Series.  Only 1 other team has done that.  16s program is great.(3 teams)  Tons of talent.  All these kids will be major forces for their High School programs!  16 Red has been a consistent force in the A bracket of the Palos Points Series.  They also won a Sync invite.  16 Blue and 16 White have been in the upper half of Palos and have played extremely well.  Our 17s again will produce a lot of varsity high school talent.  17 Red is the top 17s in the State of Illinois.  They have been in the A bracket of Palos regularly beating 18s teams.  17 Blue continues to show improvement.  They have moved up several brackets the last few weeks.  18s have been solid.  They have been in the A bracket at Palos.  18 Blue is in the top half as well.  14 Red, 16 Red and 18/17 all won or Shared Bounce Invite Champions.

Club News 2017/2018:  CHICAGO BOUNCE EARNED 3 BIDS.  2 OPEN and 1 USA.  Chicago Bounce 15 and 16 Red both made the Semi Finals of the St. Louis bid tournament.  We are the only Club in the Northwest Suburbs to have 2 teams in the Semi-Finals of bid tournaments.

High School News:

Congratulations to all of our players who made their school teams.  98% of our players made their High School Team.  A special congratulations to all of our younger players who made higher level teams.  Freshman on JV- Nathan Oleari (Deerfield)  ,Louie Batang (Glenbrook North) and Jacob Drwal (Leyden).  Sophomores on Varsity- Gavin Meng (Stevenson), Andrew Yerokhin (Stevenson) Colin Heath (New Trier), Peter Brown (New Trier), Timmy Lillig (Glenbrook North), Ethan Brodell (Glenbrook North), Brian Yoo (Maine East), David Bobila (Maine East), Isaac Marsh (Maine East)  Jairon Hsieh (Deerfield), Josh Rohn (Highland Park), Jack Sakanich (Highland Park),  Brennan Marzella (Lake Forest), Kyle Moy (Niles West)

COLLEGE COMMITS:  Chicago Bounce had 6 players in the 2018 Class that are playing at the next level!  

Joe Dematteo(15 U-18 U) Augustana

Josh Arrowood (15 U- 18 U)  Erskine

Zack Levy (15 U-18 U) North Central

Tennessee Fulks (15 U-18 U) UC-Santa Cruz

Jacob Shapiro (15 U- 17 U)  UC-Santa Cruz

Joe D’Attomo (14 U- 16 U)  Loyola Chicago

Nationals Results 2017/2018 Season

14 Red won Several Tournaments and placed 2nd at Asics Nationals at Navy Pier.  15 Red took 13th in the Country!  16 Red took 15th in the Country!  17 Red took 5th in the Club Division out of 48 teams.  16 Blue finished 21st out of 77 Teams. 15 Blue exceeded expectations and won 3 matches!  17 Blue finished in their Bracket Final.

2016/2017 Season

Top 14’s Team in the Midwest Top 25 in the country 2nd place at the Dennis Lafata Bid Tournament.  Top 15’s team in the midwest Top 15 in the country 2nd place at the Dennis Lafata Bid Tournament.  16’s finished 4th in Palos Points Series.  17’s were top 3 in the Great Lakes Region.  6 Teams went to Nationals!  Most in the Northwest Suburbs!

CLUB VOLLEYBALL RESULTS 2015/2016 Season:

NATIONALS 2016-  We Sent 7 teams which was the most of all Northwest Suburban Clubs.  We also had 4 in the OPEN Division which was also the most of any team in the Area.

13 Red- Finished 17th in the Nation…Originally Seeded 23.  Went 4-3 and beat the #4 overall Seed

14 Red- Finished 25th Nationally!

15 Red- Finished  22nd Nationally, Originally Seeded 25th.  Beat Area rival Adversity.

16 Red Finished 33rd.  Beat Area rival Adversity

14 Blue- Finished 33rd

15 Blue- 2nd Bounce 15 team in Open Division Finished 32nd Nationally!

16 Blue- Finished 22nd out of 72 teams and beat the #4 overall seed in the tournament!

We couldn’t be prouder of our players and the way the represented Chicago Bounce.  Nationals is always a great playing, and learning experience.  Every player competed hard and put forth an effort they should be proud of.  We are!!!  Thanks for a great year and thanks for great memories!

Go Bounce!

Chicago Bounce Volleyball Club offers three great ways to play volleyball:

National teams, will play in top level tournaments.  These will include Palos Points Series, Winter Boys Championships at McCormick Place, The Gateway Boys Festival in St. Louis and Nationals.  The National teams will also have the option to attend The California Classic as well as other tournaments throughout the season.

Regional teams, will play in skill and age appropriate weekend tournaments, including at least one Palos Points Series and Winter Boys Championships at McCormick Place. We will offer Regional level teams the opportunity to play through the summer, with the decision and payments on Nationals to be made before the end of the season. Players from Regional teams do have the opportunity to join a team for the summer if interested.

FOR OUR YOUNGER ATHLETES!

Developmental teams, for those athletes wanting to learn the game and compete less we will have opportunities to practice with a group of age and skill appropriate teams with less travel.

CHICAGO BOUNCE VOLLEYBALL NEWS

We are excited to announce we have teamed up with Club Momentum, one of the fastest growing programs in the Northshore. In addition to adding several Club Momentum coaches to our roster, we are welcoming Matt Switzer, Club Momentum’s executive director, as a master coach. Matt has experience both playing and coaching at the collegiate level and will bring yet another “volleyball-obsessed” brain to our already stellar coaching roster.

Again, I hope you will pass this information along to your athletes. If anyone has any questions about the season, don’t hesitate to send them my way.

Matt can be reached at 312-504-4697 or matt@clubmomentum.com.