13U Girls Black
 

14U Provincial Cup Zone B (Sat, Dec 06/08)
 

Niagara Rapids 14U Black 7 - 25, 12 - 25
Toronto West          25 - 22, 18 - 25, 15 - 6
MAC MVP            19 -25, 16 - 25
Halton Hurricanes Blue    9 -25, 25 - 20, 10 - 15

Re-pool

Waterloo Tigers 14U Red 10 - 25, 16 - 25
Halton Hurricanes Blue   21 - 25, 18 - 25

 14U Provincial Cup Zone B
 

Kipling Collegiate Institute in Etobicoke
 
The Tigers Black 13U team learned many things and had lots of new experiences while competing against older 14U girls teams in their first real taste of OVA action. There were many obstacles to overcome such as bad weather, weak officiating and a bad cold that's going around.

Coach Terry (Sat, Dec 6/08)

Activities Calendar

13U McGregor Cup Zone A
 

1) London Forest City 13U Green 19-25; 25-20; 25-18
2) Stratford Stingers 25-18; 25-13
3) MAC MVP 13U 25-22; 25-11
4) Niagara Rapids 13U 27-25; 20-25; 15-8
5) Windsor South County Teal 25-15; 10-25; 3-15
Finish: Silver medal (2nd)

13U GIRLS PROVINCIAL CUP ZONE B
 

The Waterloo Tigers 13U Black 1996 #1 Team played a complete, terrific day of volleyball on Saturday December 13th at St. Benedict's CSS in Cambridge.

The team started the day off a little sluggishly by beating Etobicoke Titans 12U in close straight sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-18. The next match saw them totally "own" the Peel Selects '96 team 25-12 and 25-11. Match 3 was quite interesting against Oakville Thunder Blue. The team dominated game one 25-5. The overconfidence took over and the Tigers Black lost game two 15-25. After a little soul searching and stern words from the coaches, the girls came back to their senses and controlled game 3 15 to 5. Match 4 pitted the Tigers against a familiar foe whom they have played a few times already, Halton Hurricanes Black 13U, the Tigers controlled the play 25-20 and 25-21.

These results placed the Tigers Black 1st overall in their pool and set up what appeared to be a showdown against the first place finisher in the other pool, Etobicoke Titans Black 13U. It was quite a see saw battle with some amazing serves, hits and blocks but the Titans came out on top by scores of 19-25 and 17 to 25.

This day was a great success for the Tigers Black as they know now they can beat some pretty solid club teams. The "bar" has been set for what is now expected of the 13U Black team and we can move ahead and prepare to compete at all chances to achieve our goal of being in Tier One come the end of the season. This is a very reasonable and achievable standard and the girls need to know that both the coaching staff and all parents in attendance are extremely proud of how the girls played and behaved.

On a side note the Tigers 13U Black team would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to all of our fans and followers and the Best of the Holidays. Also Thanks a bunch Moms and Dads!! We Love You!

Coach Terry 12/06/08

Tigers Girls 13U Black Shine Silver
 

The Tigers Black Girls team attended the 13U Mac Gregor Cup this past Saturday Jan. 24th at FHCI in Kitchener and came home with 2nd place silver medals. It was a long drawn out day but our girls held tight and competed hard and learned many valuable lessons on the game of volleyball.

Our attacking skills are coming along nicely but we need to refine our defense and passing. Since we are a fairly tall team our forte is net play and we did quite well "roofing" with our block. Congrats to the girls for a well deserved successful day and the team looks forward to get right back at it on Sat. Jan. 31st in Stratford at a 14U tournament.

Good Luck Tigers Black 13U!!

Coach Terry

Rylie Cook
Delia Dragomir
Kim Evans
Lauren Hinschberger
Abby Jenkins
Lexi Karry
Tessa MacDonald
Larisa Magnus
Karis Mapp
Princess Maranan
Brandy Murovec
Daniela Salazar
Celeste Witzell

Roster
 

Results
 

Movin’ Up
 

The 13U Tigers Black '96 Girls team traveled to the Stratford Agriplex on Sat. Jan. 31st to compete in the 14U Challenge Cup 12 team tournament.

Wow, what a beautiful facility and great volleyball venue!

We started out the day ranked in 12th place since we are an underage team playing in an older age category. The first two matches ended in pleasant surprises for the Tigers as they beat Windsor South County 14U Black Bandits 2 games to one.

They then went on to defeat the Stratford Stingers 14U Gold team 2 games to one as well. This meant the Tigers won their pool and would set them up in a quarter final. It just so happens they would end up playing our own Tigers 14U Red team who had just finished in 3rd in their pool but played a playoff match to pit these 2 teams against each other. The younger Tigers lacked any kind of passion or spirit and stood around as the older team beat them in 2 straight sets.

OUCH! That was the only disappointing time of the day.

The youngsters regrouped and went on to play Brantford and win by scores of 25-13 and 25-20 to finish the day in 5th place. This meant the team moved up 7 spots from the beginning of the day. Congratulations girls!

The 13U Black are looking forward to their trip to Windsor on the Feb. 13-15 weekend to play in the 13U Challenge Cup. Good Luck Ladies!!

Coach Terry

13U Challenge Cup – Zone A
 

1) South County 13U White Bandits 25-19; 25-1
2) Oakville Thunder White 13U     25-16; 25-22
3) Sarnia Thunder 13U           25-14; 25-22
4) Forest City 13U Green         25-22; 17-25; 15-10
5) South County 13U Teal Bandits   25-21; 25-18

Finish: Gold Medal (1st)

Gold Medal for 13U Girls
 

Congratulations to the Tigers Black 13U Girls team who struck gold on February 14th in Windsor at the Challenge Cup Trillium Zone A.

These 12 year old girls only lost one set the entire day in capturing their first ever Gold Medal to go along with their two 2nd place finishes at the U13 level.

The girls defeated the rest of their competition in 2 straight games.

This finish gives us our first gold to go along with two silvers at the 13U level.

Our next action is Sat. Feb. 21st at FHCI in Kitchener in the 14U tournament. We also look forward to competing March 7th with our cross town rivals, the Preds, in the one and only 13U tournament they are entered in.

Congrats Tigers Black 13U Girls!

Coach Terry (Match scores)

Momma Always Said There Would Be Days Like This! - Forrest Gump

 
Ouch! The Tigers 13U Black girls team had a disappointing tournament at Forest Heights Collegiate in Kitchener on Sat. Feb. 21st in the 14U Hawkins Cup. After such a stellar showing last week in a 13U tournament these girls came out flat all day long. It appeared as though we were watching the movie "The Bad News Bears". Pretty well everything the girls did was not good. Mistake upon mistake multiplied in every match. The Tigers would work so hard to score a few points only for their opposition to string together a better performance and outlast the Tigers on the scoreboard.

We knew we would be in tough the day before when we found out our Captain and team on court leader, Princess, came up lame with a twisted ankle at a school practice. Missing your best overall player for the whole day was a huge loss for the Tigers Black and you could tell it affected their overall confidence level. 

These 13U girls next see action on Saturday March 7th at Huron Heights Secondary School in Kitchener in a 13U tournament where they intend to get the problems solved and get back on the winning track. 

The girls know that they must work harder in practice (and they will so says the coach) leading up to that tournament. Good Luck!

14U Hawkins Cup – Zone C
 

1) Stratford Stingers 13U Gold  17-25; 11-25
2) Cambridge Hawks 14U  24-26; 18-25
3) MAC MVP 14U  23-25; 25-13; 7-15
4) Tigers Red 14U  21-25; 17-25
5) Predators Black 14U  23-25; 25-17; 12-15
 

13U Girls Ontario Championships
 

1) Sarnia Thunder       25-16; 25-18
2) Toronto West         25-17; 25-27
3) Barrie Elites Black      22-25; 25-12
4) Halton Hurricanes      25-16; 25-23
5) Halton Hurricanes      25-22; 25-23
6) Durham Attack Black   14-25; 10-25

Result: 5th in Ontario WELL DONE GIRLS!!!

Girls 13U Black are 5th in the Province
 

Congratulations go out to Coach Terry’s 13U Girls Black team for finishing their season tied for 5th overall in the province at this past weekend’s Ontario Championships in Oshawa at Durham College. This was the first opportunity to meet the teams from East of Toronto. There was some really exciting volleyball played by all of the top 24 teams that attended this tournament hosted by DRVC. A big pat on the back goes out to our tournament team MVP setter Princess Maranan for winning this prestigious honor. Way to go girls!!

Good Luck at the 14U Ontario Championships at RIM Park in Waterloo on Friday April 24th to Sunday April 26th.
 

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