Club Season Starts Saturday

The 2008 Club Volleyball season starts Saturday with the first session of the 18s Power League. Six Kentlake players are involved during the first weekend.

KJ 18 Baden (with KL Senior Kathy Taylor) is the #1 overall seed out of 48 teams in Power League. KJ 18 Baden will start at Kentwood and should play both Saturday and Sunday there.

KJ 17 Baden (with KL Junior Kellcee Merritt), the top seeded 17s team in the region, is the #8 overall seed (and probably seeded low at that) and will start at Franklin Pierce HS (near PLU in Spanaway) on Saturday but should be at Kentwood on Sunday in the same pool as KJ 18 Baden.

Sudden Impact 17 Storm (with KL Juniors Mackenzie Kyle and Holly Marx) are the #17 overall seed and begin play at FPHS in the same pool as KJ 17 Baden.

Saturday's Warriors Total Control (with KL Juniors Melissa Kozy and Sarah Ralph) are the #26 overall seed and begin play at Kentwood on Saturday morning.

Where each team plays on Saturday afternoon and Sunday depends on how they do in their Saturday pools. Possible locations are either Kentwood, Franklin Pierce or Washington High School on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

There is no entrance fee for local Club tournaments, so come out and see some good volleyball and cheer our Kentlake players to victory.

U16 Power League will start the weekend of January 12th. 11 Kentlake players will be involved that weekend but pools and locations have not been posted yet.

More Details on Ellis

Coach reports that she is still alive and that she is having email problems. We will have pictures on the website tomorrow.

Ellis Adam Behrens
Nov. 27th 2007, 9:54am
7 pounds 4 oz.
20 inches

Kozy Named 2nd Team All-Area

Junior Outside Hitter Melissa Kozy was named to the 2nd Team All-Area Team by the Tacoma News Tribune.

Ellis Is Here

Coach Behrens had her baby, Ellis Adam Behrens, last night. Mother and son are doing well. Details to follow.

Kentlake Players to Play Club Volleyball

The following Kentlake players have committed to play on various local Junior Olympic Volleyball Clubs. Please let us know about those we missed.

Seniors:

Kathy Taylor - KJ 18 Baden

Juniors:

Kellcee Merritt - KJ 17 Baden
Melissa Kozy - Saturday Warriors 18 Total Control
Sarah Ralph - Saturday Warriors 18 Total Control
Mackenzie Kyle - Sudden Impact 17 Storm
Holly Marx - Sudden Impact 17 Storm

Sophomores:

Aryn McCarthy - KJ 16 Baden
McKenna Herron - KJ 16 Baden
Kacey Kretzler - Saturday Warriors 16 Fire
Jessica Roundy - Saturday Warriors 16 Fire
Ginnie Weiss - Puget Sound 16 Silver
Christi Blanton - NW Juniors U16 Inferno
Maggie Howe - Northwest Juniors 16 Storm

Freshmen:

Paeton Bartholomew - KJ 15 Baden
Rebecca Kozy - Saturday Warriors U 15 Crush
Hannah Borgen - Saturday Warriors U 15 In8Power
Alli Gladwell - Sports for Youth 15

Ellis Is Coming Early - Banquet Cancelled

From Coach Behrens:

Dear parents/players/coaches,

I have some unexpected news regarding my pregnancy. I may be getting induced tomorrow, Thurs. 22^nd because of stress-induced high blood-pressure. We had a doctor’s appointment on Monday and my blood pressure was high; we ended up going home that night and calling the doctor because I was having headaches and blurred vision; my doctor advised us to come back to the birth center. We were given the option to induce that night, but my blood pressure went back down and Dan and I thought it was too “sudden”. Dan and I will go in tomorrow morning to get checked in and probably given the option of induction.

I am really sorry for the last minute change of plans; my idea is to give varsity players everything I originally was going to give them (plaques, gifts, etc.) and later maybe doing a “get together”. As for the younger teams, they will have to understand; they will get their stuff too.

Thank you for all your support this year; I know that at times it’s been difficult and cancelling the banquet only adds to it, but we had a great season and I am very proud to have coached these kids. They are outstanding student-athletes; and have surpassed all expectations!

Please, please let me know if you have any questions. Please feel free to call or email us any time. I will definitely be emailing to keep you updated.

Coach Thorsness is going to talk to Coach Behrens and decide what to do about the other three teams, so just hang in there a little bit on that, but the Varsity portion of the banquet is definitely postponed. We will post the team awards, etc when they are announced.

Free Admission to UW-OSU Game

Anyone interested in attending the UW-OSU volleyball Wednesday night game can get a free General Admission ticket in exchange for donation of a canned food item. Just bring your canned food item(s) with you to the game. This is the next to last regular season contest. Friday night is Senior Night against Oregon. Both matches start at 7pm at Hec Ed (Bank of America Arena)

Final Stat Leaders

The leaders for the year in the major statistical categories:

Kills:	Melissa Kozy Amelia Hilsen	328* 234
Attempts:	Melissa Kozy Amelia Hilsen	1030* 774
Attack Percentage:	Kathy Taylor Maggie Henley	.291 .225
Assists:	Britanny Jamison Holly Marx	802 144
Aces:	Melissa Kozy Amelia Hilsen	79 60
Serves:	Melissa Kozy Amelia Hilsen	440 358
Digs:	Jenifer Barber Melissa Kozy	388 228
Solo Blocks:	Kathy Taylor Maggie Henley	35* 16
Assist Blocks:	Kathy Taylor Maggie Henley	62 49

* means school record.

Note: These figures are based on preliminary numbers. The final statistics may vary slightly.

Good Luck and Congratulations for Tryouts

Good luck to those players still doing Club volleyball tryouts and congratulations to those that have made a club team. We will post the names starting Friday of those confirmed on teams. Please let us know if you know a Kentlake player that has made one of the local Club teams.

Week's Best Preps: Kathy Taylor

From the November 17 Kent Reporter (no online version available)

Kathy Taylor
Kentlake

Grade: Senior
Sport: Volleyball
Accomplishments: Taylor had 16 kills and seven blocks combined in state tournament matches against Woodinville and Shadle Park last Saturday. The Falcons put together a three game sweep of Woodinville, but then were bumped out of the tournament by Shadle Park in four games.
Favorite class: French
If you could be any action hero - Batman, Wonder Woman, etc - whom would you be, and why? I would be Superman becuase he can fly - and his cape is extra cool.
Also noted: Taylor has a 3.94 grade-point average. She plays club volleyball and plans to play college volleyball beginning next year.