// articles for DRVC 13U 2010

//14U Stouffville Stingers pre-season

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title13u_14ustouffville = "DRVC 13U at 14U Stouffville Stingers pre-season";

var art_13u_14ustouffville = "<p class='centeredtitle'>DRVC 13U Girls Golden at 14U Stingers Fall Tournament</p>";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "<p class='orangeleft'>article submitted by: J. Kaake<br />";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "article date: December 10, 2009</p>";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "On November 7th the DRVC 13U team attended their first 14U tournament in Stouffville   sponsored by Stouffville Stingers Volleyball Club.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "The first game was against the DRVC 14U Orange team.  Thanks to a strong serving performance by Kristen Bond the girls took the first game 25-15.  The second game went back and forth with excellent rallies and some good hits by Emma Somerville and Brier Kaake and excellent net presence by Abbigail Prins.  DRVC 13U hung on to a narrow victory 27-25. Their second match would be against the home team, Stouffville Stingers 14U team and once again they had a quick start winning the first game 25-8 thanks to a very solid serving performance by Alisha Poole and some great “Gets” by Nicole Taylor.  Game 2 ended in a 25-22 victory for DRVC.  Their third match against Interclub 14U resulted in wins 25-13 and 25-19.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "In the semi finals they played Interclub again and came out very strong winning the first game 25-7.  In game 2 DRVC started off very slowly and soon found themselves behind.  Alisha Poole took the ball with the score 13-22 and served DRVC back to the lead that they never gave back, defeating the Stingers 25-23 to move on to the championship match.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "The final match was a replay of match 2 against the Stingers with DRVC taking the GOLD with scores of 25-12 and 25-16.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "All the girls played fantastic at their first tournament of the season.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "<p class='orangeleft'>photos submitted by: J. Kaake<br />";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "<span class='rsrc'><a href='javascript:loadslideshow(pic13u_14ustouffville, piccount13u_14ustouffville, title13u_14ustouffville);' class='small'>view slideshow</a>, or</span><br />";
art_13u_14ustouffville += "<span class='rsrc'>click on a picture below to see a larger version of individual pictures.</span></p>";

//13U Stouffville Stingers pre-season

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piccount13u_13ustouffville = 1;
title13u_13ustouffville = "DRVC 13U at 13U Stouffville Stingers pre-season";

var art_13u_13ustouffville = "<p class='centeredtitle'>DRVC 13U Girls win 13U Stingers Fall Tournament</p>";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "<p class='orangeleft'>article submitted by: J. Kaake<br />";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "article date: December 10, 2009</p>";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "On November 21 the DRVC 13U team went to Bill Crothers Secondary School in Markham to take part in a pre season tournament sponsored by Stouffville Stingers Volleyball Club.  This was the first tournament using the triple ball format.<br /><br />";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "In the first game the girls had to adjust to the triple ball format and struggled in the beginning to make adjustments to the rotation and playing different positions.  Once they adjusted to the new format and the 2 “free balls” the girls started to play their game and defeated Toronto East Spartans 13U 25-9 and 25-12. Now that they had figured out “triple ball” they took on York Spartans and again played a fantastic match winning 26-13 and 25-18 before a break for lunch. The girls came out playing the way they did before the break, taking on a taller Stouffville Stingers 13U team.  Our girls defeated the Stingers team 25-17 and 25-23 leading them to a bye into the semi finals.<br /><br />";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "In their semi final match the girls played East York 12U taking both games quite easily 27-12 and 25-7.  The finals proved to be a little harder and the girls faced their first deficit but rallied to win the first game 29-27 and took the second game 25-12 capturing the GOLD in their second tournament of the year.<br /><br />";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "The tournament was a success and special performances by Daria Barbalescu and Chloe Michaud each serving 100 % for the tournament.<br /><br />";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "Great job girls!<br /><br />";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "<p class='orangeleft'>photos submitted by: J. Kaake<br />";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "<span class='rsrc'><a href='javascript:loadslideshow(pic13u_13ustouffville, piccount13u_13ustouffville, title13u_13ustouffville);' class='small'>view slideshow</a>, or</span><br />";
art_13u_13ustouffville += "<span class='rsrc'>click on a picture below to see a larger version of individual pictures.</span></p>";

//14U Provincial Cup

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piccount13u_14uprovincialcup = 6;
title13u_14uprovincialcup = "DRVC 13U wins Silver at 14U Provincial Cup";

var art_13u_14uprovincialcup = "<p class='centeredtitle'>DRVC 13U Debuts Strong in Provincial Cup</p>";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "<p class='orangeleft'>article submitted by: M. Somerville<br />";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "article date: February 4, 2010</p>";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "On December 5th, DRVC 13U took part in the 14U Provincial Cup in Bowmanville. This was the team’s first OVA competition of the season and the decision had been made to avoid the “triple ball” format and play a division up.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "The girls struggled a little at first (as they usually do) against Storm Ice, losing the match in three, 25-18, 21-25 and 7-15.   A quick pep talk and readjustment had the young ladies back on their game for match #2 versus Orillia Suns, which they took in straight sets 25-18, 25-17.   DRVC 13U finished second in pool play setting up the match that everyone both wanted and dreaded, DRVC 13U versus DRVC 14U.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "DRVC 14U demonstrated powerful attacking skills while the smaller, younger 13U’s demonstrated exceptional defensive abilities and speed, keeping most balls alive and in play.  The 13U’s emerged victorious in hard fought straight sets, 25-18, 25-16.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "The team progressed forward to meet Storm Typhoon. DRVC was victorious in straight sets 25-23, 25-21 and was starting to look tired.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "The Gold medal match was to be a very strong Scarborough Titans Synergy facing off against DRVC 13U.  The team certainly had their work cut out for them against the powerful attack and discipline of the Titans.  DRVC played their usual “never give up” defensive play with some strong attacking of their own but the Titans proved to be too much for the young team, going down in two hard fought sets, 18-25, 16-25.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "Congratulations DRVC 13U for delivering the Silver in your first Tournament!  Great play, Great coaching.  Very entertaining.  Congratulations Scarborough Titans on the Gold, well played.";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "<p class='orangeleft'>photos submitted by: M. Somerville<br />";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "<span class='rsrc'><a href='javascript:loadslideshow(pic13u_14uprovincialcup, piccount13u_14uprovincialcup, title13u_14uprovincialcup);' class='small'>view slideshow</a>, or</span><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincialcup += "<span class='rsrc'>click on a picture below to see a larger version of individual pictures.</span></p>";

//14U Provincials

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piccount13u_14uprovincials = 0;
title13u_14uprovincials = "DRVC 13U places 5th at 14U Provincials";

var art_13u_14uprovincials = "<p class='centeredtitle'>DRVC 13U places 5th at 14U Provincials</p>";
art_13u_14uprovincials += "<p class='orangeleft'>article submitted by: J. Kaake<br />";
art_13u_14uprovincials += "article date: May 24, 2010</p>";
art_13u_14uprovincials += "What an exciting weekend at Provincials in Waterloo on April 17th and 18th for the 13U Team as they took on the best in the Province teams in the 14U division.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincials += "The first match on Friday was against the Gold Diggers from Ottawa, we have played this team in a couple of the OVA tournaments this year and all the matches have been very close and this would be no different.  The Gold Diggers won both sets by scores 25 Š 27 and 24 Š 26.  Our second game in pool play was against a very strong team Durham Attack Arif and our girls just never got going losing both sets 17 Š 25 and 16 Š 25. The girls last game of pool play was against the Northumberland Breakers and our girls were starting to get our game going and a strong performance allowed our girls to prevail 25 Š 15 and 25 Š 15.  This would place our girls 3rd in Division 1 Pool B ready for the crossovers on Saturday.<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincials += "Day two of the provincials, we played a very strong Scarborough Synergy Club in the crossover.  The first set went the distance but Synergy took the first set 28 -26.  Our girls were determined to take back the momentum and took the second set 25 Š 21 to force the dreaded tie breaker and our girls came out on fire taking the tie breaker 15 Š 13.  Our second match was against the Selects 96 team from Brampton and with the girls riding a high from the previous math took the Selects 25 Š 16 and 25 Š 20.  Our last match of day 2 would be against a team we had not see this year the Ballhawks Blue team from Blenheim.  The girls were on such a high the older Ballhawks team didnÕt stand a chance and the13U girls took both sets 25 Š 17 and 25 Š 19 to take first place in our pool.  Now we were off to the playoff round on Sunday!<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincials += "Now, we were heading to the Tier 1 medal round.  The next match was to decide whether we moved on or would be heading home, still with a respectful finish regardless of the outcome.  Our first match would be against a very strong team from Oakville the Thunder Blue.  After falling behind early the Oakville team was just too strong for our girls too make a comeback but lost a close one 23 Š 25.  As this team has done all year they never gave up and took the second game in commanding style 25 Š 16 taking us to another tie breaker.  With excellent serving and defense the girls prevailed 15 Š 10 to move on to the quarter finals an accomplishment that I think none of the players or parents could have imagined.  We were still in a win or go home position but to finish in the top 8 in the Province was amazing.  We would now take on the team from Georgetown who most of the girls had seen on the Halton Volleyball tournament with their schools and new that they were a very well coached and disciplined team.  There was a large crowd gathered to see the smaller 13U team that was tearing up the Provincial Championships. The first game went back and forth with both teams taking a losing the lead but in the end we came out short losing 21 Š 25. In the second game our girls again were awesome but lost another close one 18 Š 25 ending their run.  The girls finished tied for 5th place overall and outstanding result!<br /><br />";
art_13u_14uprovincials += "WELL DONE GIRLS AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THEIR COACHES, CRIS, DAVE AND MARK FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE THIS WEEKEND.<br /><br />";