14's Gold Video at PNQ

18's Gold take #1 spot at March Power League

Team photo by Tracy Kosmowski.

Team Pic of 12's Red after February Power League

Team Pic of 16 Blue After Winning March 9th Friendship Tourney

16 Blue take 1st Place at March Friendship Tourney

Picture by Kevin Groark

14 Blue and Black do the Harlem Suffle

Check it out....funny.  Video provided by Mike Chadwick.



14 Blue and Black do the Harlem Suffle

18's March Power League Re-cap

The 18's started the day with a big match playing the #1 team in Washington and in the Platinum ... Seattle Juniors at 8am.  The match may have been the best match of the day as the OJ's came ready to play and beat Seattle Juniors in 2 very tight sets 26-24 and 25-23.  We then played the #2 team in Oregon, Cowlitz, and played up and down but beat them in 2 sets, 25-16, 25-19. Then came a bump in the road as 253 from Washington  played very well and we played very uninspired and lost in a 3 set match. This set up a 3 way tie between Seattle Jrs, 253 and OJVA.   Due to the point difference Seattle Junior took the #1 spot and we had a 1 game playoff for 2nd.  In a hard fought match OJ's came out ahead 15-12 and moved onto the Championship bracket to play the #2 team in Washington and in Platinum  Kent Juniors.  We came out strong in the first set and won 25-22, lost a close one 25-23 and then lost the 3rd 15-9. We then played Boss for the #3 in Platinum and #1 in Oregon. Both Boss and OJ's had just come off of highly emotional and competitive games and OJ's did not want to stay and Ref a 2/3 match. So with good energy and tough serving we powered through to a 25-12 victory and the #1 spot in Oregon.  We clearly improved as we had lost to both Seattle Junior and KJ in 2 at the last Power League and we split with them this week.  Remember.... The Will to Prepare to Win is More important than the will to win...

Steve Suttich

The Courts in Beaverton

The Eastmoreland Courts

OJVA

Pictures of 16 Blue at Presidents Day Tourney

18 Gold February Power League Write-up

Playing with and against the top teams in Oregon and Washington is exactly where we want to be. That is what the Platinum division is all about, only the top 4 from each region. There are no bad teams and no easy matches!!!!!!

OJ's started off with a 2-0 win over another CEVA team, Oregon NW Juniors. This is now the second time in a row we have beaten the perennial CEVA team in a major event.  We then played Seattle Juniors who came in as the # 2 Washington team and 

had a great battle but lost in 2 sets 24-26 and 25-27.  Seattle Juniors ended up finishing as the top Washington team and winning the tourney.  We then were able to play another one of the top Washington teams, Kent Juniors 18's. In another very close match we lost in deuce games again.  Kent Juniors 18 ended up playing Seattle Juniors in the finals. With the 1-2 record earned us 3rd place in the pool and a cross over match with Kent Juniors 17. A 2 set victory assured us of our return visit to the March Platinum League. In our final match it was a up and down sets as we dominated in the first set, then got thumped in the second and came back for a good third set victory that placed us in 5th place overall and the #3 team from Oregon.  The only 2 teams we lost to were the top 2 teams in the tourney. 

So clearly another good showing by the OJVA 18's ...... Thanks to Marty and Jeff who filled in for Steve who had to leave town at the last minute.

Remember.... The Will to Prepare to Win is more important than the Will to Win

14 Gold Pictures from President's Day Tourney