// articles for DRVC u15 2011-2012

// articles for DRVC u15 Orange 2011-2012

// <<PRE-SEASON>>

// Humber Pre-Season Classic

pic2012_u15o_humber = "pics/2011-2012/under15/u15o/humber";
piccount2012_u15o_humber = 2;
title2012_u15o_humber = "U15 Orange Captures Silver at the Humber Invitational";

var art2012_u15o_humber = "<p class='centeredtitle'>DRVC U15 Orange Captures Silver at the<br /> 2011 Humber Pre-Season Classic</p>";
art2012_u15o_humber += "<p class='orangeleft'>article by: J. Hill<br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "article date: November 22, 2011</p>";
art2012_u15o_humber += "Small but mighty might be a good description of the DRVC 15U Orange team.&nbsp;&nbsp;With only 9 members on the team (4 of which are new to this team this year), the team had";
art2012_u15o_humber += " wonderful results at Humber College.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "The girls started the day early with the 8:30 set against Acts Elites.&nbsp;&nbsp;The girls found their groove early and took two games straight 25 - 22 and 25 - 14.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "The girls had their next match at 10:20 and played York Spartans.&nbsp;&nbsp;The girls lost their first game 22 - 25 but came back to win the second game 25 - 16.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "The girls had a break for lunch until 12:10 when they faced the Etobicoke 381.&nbsp;&nbsp;The girls won the first game 25 - 21 and lost the second game 19 - 25.&nbsp;&nbsp;With their great efforts in the morning they placed first in their pool.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "They went on to play the second place team from the other pool.&nbsp;&nbsp;They faced Aurora Storm and lost the first game 16 - 25 but came back to win the second and third games 25 - 15 and 15 - 10.&nbsp;&nbsp;The girls were then in medal contention.&nbsp;&nbspThey would be playing DRVC 15U for the GOLD medal.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "The medal was not the top prize the girls had their sights on.&nbsp;&nbsp;They were just thrilled to be able to represent DRVC on the podium.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "The first game was a back and forth battle for the first 15 points, then the score held in favour of our girls Orange team.&nbsp;&nbsp;At one point the score was 20 - 19 Orange, then 23 - 21 Orange, then 24 - 21 Orange!&nbsp;&nbsp;The girls took the first game 27 - 25!<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "The girls and their coaches were thrilled.&nbsp;&nbsp;The girls lost the next two games to the 15U team, and took home the SILVER medal.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "It was a mighty fine start to the season for a mighty fine team!";
art2012_u15o_humber += "<option value='javascript:writearticle(pic2012_u16_humber, art2012_u16_humber, piccount2012_u16_humber)'>2011 U16 Humber Classic</option>";
art2012_u15o_humber += "<hr />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "<p class='orangeleft'>photos by: K. Norris<br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "<span class='rsrc'><a href='javascript:loadslideshow(pic2012_u15o_humber, piccount2012_u15o_humber, title2012_u15o_humber);' class='normal'>view slideshow</a>, or</span><br />";
art2012_u15o_humber += "<span class='rsrc'>click on a picture below to see a larger version of individual pictures.</span></p>";

// regular season

// U15 Provincial Cup

pic2012_u15o_u15provcup = "pics/2011-2012/under15/u15o/u15provcup";
piccount2012_u15o_u15provcup = 6;
title2012_u15o_u15provcup = "U15 Provincial Cup<br />November 26, 2011<br />Markham, ON";

var art2012_u15o_u15provcup = "<p class='centeredtitle'>DRVC U15 Orange<br />U15 Provincial Cup<br />November 26, 2011<br />Markham, ON</p>";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "<p class='orangeleft'>article by: A. Carroll<br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "article date: December 12, 2011</p>";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "<hr />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "Our 15U Orange girls travelled to Markham on Saturday, November 26th, to participate in the 15U Girls Provincial Cup - Trillium Zone E.";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "&nbsp;&nbsp;The host team was the York Region Youth Volleyball Club.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "The girls first played the Toronto Aces and won 2 games straight with scores of 25 - 18 and 25 - 9.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "The girls played back to back and their second opponents were the Orangeville Acts.&nbsp;&nbsp;The first game was close with a final loss of 21 - 25.&nbsp;&nbsp;The girls rallied back to gel as a team and won 25 - 20.&nbsp;&nbsp;A third game was required to decide the match winner.&nbsp;&nbsp;With great serving the girls won 15 - 10.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "This put the girls first place in their pool.&nbsp;&nbsp;They had to play the second place team from Pool A.&nbsp;&nbsp;They faced Durham Attack 15UB team and with the day's best spikes beat them 2 games straight with 25 - 13 and 25 - 20 wins.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "The girls then played the eventual winners of the tournament.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Markham Stingers were a great group of girls.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our girls took two straight losses with scores of 18 - 25 and 14 - 25.&nbsp;&nbsp;This put the girls in contention for the bronze medal.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "The girls faced the very strong Durham Attack 14U Vibe team.&nbsp;&nbsp;The girls started out with a commanding win 25 - 7, but were soon challenged by a complete second string from Durham Attack.&nbsp;&nbsp;The second game was an 18 - 25 loss.&nbsp;&nbsp;Durham Attack kept mostly the same string on the floor, and our girls dug in deep!<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "The tie breaker game was won by our girls with a very close back and forth battle.&nbsp;&nbsp;The final two points were scored by two great blocks that enabled the girls to take home the Bronze medal.<br /><br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "This means the girls have one silver and one bronze medal for their first two tournaments of the season!";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "<hr />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "<p class='orangeleft'>photos by: K. Norris<br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "<span class='rsrc'><a href='javascript:loadslideshow(pic2012_u15o_u15provcup, piccount2012_u15o_u15provcup, title2012_u15o_u15provcup);' class='normal'>view slideshow</a>, or</span><br />";
art2012_u15o_u15provcup += "<span class='rsrc'>click on a picture below to see a larger version of individual pictures.</span></p>";