Take a look back at the Adversity Volleyball Club's 2004 Season which featured Gold Medals at the 2004 ASICS Chicago National Championships and 2004 AAU National Championships along with Bronze Medals at the 2004 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships

Busy Summer for Adversity Boys Athletes

Several Adversity Boys athletes have been active at USA Volleyball Development Camps throughout the country.  Allen Adams (Glenbrook South), Nick Barin (Niles North), Sam Graack (Maine West), Mark Hulse (Evanston Township) & Phillip Rogoz (Loyola Academy) were among 50 players selected around the nation to attend this summers USA Volleyball's Kent State University Development Camp.  

Ben Nichols (Glenbrook North) was among 50 players who were selected to attend USA Volleyball's Development Camp held in Long Beach California.   Ben was the only Adversity player training at Long Beach this summer.  His hard work and effort earned him the honor of the camps Most Outstanding Player award.  Congratulations Ben.

Teddy Adamczyk (Maine South) and Justin Perkins (Evanston Twp) were invited to USA Volleyball's High Performance Camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Teddy and Justin were selected as two of the top 26 players throughout the nation that tried out for the camp.  Both players walked away earning honors as Teddy was named the recipient of the Coaches Award for his outstanding contribution while Justin was named the camps Most Improved Player by the coaches.  Congratulations to both Teddy and Justin.  

Adversity Athletes Prepare for NCAA Volleyball

Seven Adversity athletes are about to depart for their first year of college and their first taste of NCAA Volleyball.  We would like to give Simon (Pacific), Marty (UNC Wilmington), Katie (Brown), Liz (Brown), Amy (Cornell), Courtney (Fort Lewis) & Jenny (Emory) our best wishes as they begin their college volleyball careers. 

Adversity Boys 15's Medal at 2004 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships.

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 15's Squad for their 3rd place finish and for bringing home Bronze Medals at this years 2004 USA Volleyball Boys Junior Olympic National Championships in the Boys 15 Club division.  The guys finished nationals with a 7-3 match record and ended the tournament as one of four Great Lakes Region teams to win medals at this year's Nationals.

Teddy Adamczyk & Justin Perkins Named All Tournament

Congratulations to Teddy Adamczyk (Maine South) & Justin Perkins (Evanston Township) for their outstanding performances and for being named to the Boys 15's All Tournament Team at this years USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships.

Adversity Boys in the News

Adversity Spikers Claim Bronze at Nationals

Adversity Boys Finish Strong at Nationals

The Adversity boys 17's were seeded 32nd overall this year in open.  The guys started out with a rough day one at nationals but bounced back to finish 17th overall.  The Adversity 16's came in as the 20th seed overall.  After a tough challenge round on day one the guys were able finish strong coming home 19th.  The 18 boys finished 31'st overall in Open.  

2004 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championships Final Standings

Adversity Girl's In the News

Smurfs Rule Girls Asics 18's

Adversity Boys 17's Win 2004 AAU National Championships

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 17's for winning this years AAU National Championships.  The guys defeated Addision Boys 17's in two games to bring home the gold medals.

Awesome Adversity Girls 18 Smurfs Win 2004 Asics Chicago National Championships

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 18 Smurfs squad for taking home gold medals.  The Girl's ended their season and Adversity Volleyball careers by winning this years 18's division at Asics.  Several of these girls have been playing together for Adversity since they were 14's and its great to see them end, as they have always played, as champions.  Good luck to Amy (Cornell), Katie (Brown), Marty (UNC Wilmington), Casey, Liz (Brown), Courtney (Ft. Lewis) and Jenny (Emory) next fall as they begin their NCAA Volleyball careers.  

Congratulations to all of our Adversity teams as all 10 teams finished in the top half in their divisions with four Adversity teams coming home with medals.

2004 ASICS Final Results:

2004 Chicago Catholic League Boys All Conference Team

Congratulations to Bryce Hornyk (Chicago St. Ignatius) and Steve Tasch (Loyola Academy) for being named to the 2004 Chicago Catholic League All Conference Team.

2004 Chicago Tribune All State Boys Volleyball Squad

Congratulations to the guys who made all state this year.

Tribune's Second Team - Simon Chen-Byerly (New Trier), Tony Josenhans (Glenbrook South).  Tribune's Special Mention - Doug Han (Maine East), Ben Nichols (Glenbrook North), Steven Tasch (Loyola), Tony Pace (Glenbrook North).

Chicago Tribune 2004 All State Boys Volleyball Team

2004 Chicago Sun Times All State Boys Volleyball Squad

Second Team - Tony Josenhans (Glenbrook South).  Special Mention - Simon Chen-Byerly (New Trier), Carl Hamming (Lake Forest)

2004 CSL Boys Volleyball All Conference Team

Congratulations to all the guys who made this years, CSL All Conference Team.

Glenbrook North Boys Finish 2nd at 2004 IHSA State Volleyball Championships

Congratulations to all the guys at Glenbrook North High for their tremendous season and their second place finish this year at State.  Great Job Guys.

USA Volleyball names Katherine Dykstra to A2 Junior National Team Roster

It's been a very exciting week for Katherine Dykstra (18 Smurfs) as she has been named to this years USA Volleyball's A2 Junior National Squad Roster.  The A2 Programs are camps where top 18-36 players, who did not make the National program in a given age group, are brought together to train.

2004 Great Lakes Regional Qualifier Final Results.....

Adversity 18 Smurfs ......... 4th

Adversity 15 Elite .... 21st

Adversity 14 Elite .... 15th

Adversity 13 Elite .... 15th

Congratulations to all four teams for their strong performances at this years Great Lakes Regional Qualifiers.  Congratulations to the Smurfs for their awesome performance and 4th Place Finish.

2004 Northern Lights National Qualifier Final Results...

Adversity Girls 13's ............... 31st

Adversity Girls 14's ............... 32nd

Adversity Girls 17's ............... 55th

Adversity Girls 18 Smurfs ....... 17th

USA Volleyball Announces Athlete Rosters for Boys National Teams and Camps

The High Performance Department has finalized athlete selections and rosters for the 2004 USA Boys National High Performance Camp, Boys Youth National Team and Mens Junior National Team.

These athletes will represent their country and their sport this July as they train under top USAV Coaching Staffs at one of two Olympic Training Centers. The final travel squad of twelve athletes for both the Boys YNT and the Mens JNT will then travel to the Dominican Republic to compete against other nations from North America, Central America and the Caribbean in an effort to win a bid for the 2005 World Championships in their age group.

6' 6 Middle Blocker Dan Fabry (Maine South) was selected among the top 18 players to train and compete for a roster spot on the 2004 Youth National Team.  Congratulations and good luck to Dan this summer.

2004 USA Volleyball Youth National Team 

Congratulations to Ted Adamczyk (Maine South) and Justin Perkins (Evanston Twp) were selected among the several players throughout the nation to attend this years USA Volleyball High Performance Program.   Both Ted and Justin were among the 25 top players chosen by USA Volleyball High Performance.  Good Luck to both Ted and Justin.  

2004 USA Volleyball High Performance

Congratulations go out to Peter Coley for being named to USA Volleyball's A2 Youth National Team Development Roster.  Good Luck to Peter.

2004 USA Volleyball A2 Youth National Team

Adversity Girls 18 Smurfs finished 3rd at 2004 Northeast Qualifier

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 18 Smurfs for a great run at the Northeast Qualifier 18 Club championship.  The girls came home the 3rd place finishers out of the 88 teams competing.  Great Job Girls!!!

Adversity MidEast Qualifier Results

Adversity Girls 15's ......................  33rd

Adversity Girls 16's ......................  36th

Adversity Girls 18 Smurfs win Palos Courts Invitational

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 18 Smurfs for winning the Palos Courts Invitational.  Great Job Girls.

Adversity Girls 16's finish 3rd at Rockford

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 16's for finishing 3rd at the Rocford Challenge #19.  Great Job Girls.

GIRLS SCHEDULE COMMITMENT FORM

Final Results from the 2004 Colorado Crossroads Qualifier

Adversity Girls 13-1's ........  15th

Adversity Girls 14-1's ......... 22nd

Adversity Girls 15-1's ......... 42nd

Adversity Girls 16-1's ......... 85th

Adversity Girls 13-1's win Fusion Festival

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 13-1's squad for a great performance and winning the March 7th Fusion Festival.  It's their first of many tournament championships.  Great Job Girls!!

Adversity Girls 14-1's win Sky High Invitational

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 14-1's for another strong performance and the championship win at this weeks Sky High Invitational.  Great Job Girls.

Adversity 17-1 Boys win Central Zone Finale

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 17-1 Squad for taking home the hardware at this years Central Zone Finale.  Great Job Guys.

Central Zone Finale Final Results:

Boys 18-1's - 2nd

Boys 17-1's - 1st

Boys 16-1's - 5th

Boys 15-1's - 2nd

Adversity Girls 14's Finish 2nd at Rockford Challenge #12

Adversity Girls 14-1's turned in a strong performance at this weekends Rockford Challenge #12 by finishing 2nd overall.  Great Job Girls.

Adversity Boys 16-1's win the February 22nd LSC Invite

Congratulations to the guys for taking home the hardware at this weekends LSC Invite.  Another great job by this awesome team.  Congratulations guys.

Adversity Girls 18-1's Finish 25th out of 240 teams at the 2004 Las Vegas Invitational

Adversity Girls 18-1's played an outstanding tournament as they finished 25th out of 240 teams competing at this years Las Vegas Invitational.  Great Job by all the girls on the 18's!!!

Las Vegas Invitational Final Results

Great Lakes Boys Festival Final Standings....

Congratulations to all the guys for a great job this weekend at this years Great Lakes Boys Volleyball Festival.  Big congratulations go out to Adversity Boys 15-1's for finishing 2nd!!!  Great Job Guys.

Final Results

Adversity Boys 18-1's .......  13th

Adversity Boys 17-1's .......  9th

Adversity Boys 16-1's .......  5th

Adversity Boys 15-1's .......  2nd

Adversity South 18's ........  15th

Adversity South 17's ........  17th

Adversity South 16's ........  23rd

Adversity South 14's ........  12th

Adversity South 14-2's .....  18th

Adversity Boys 16-1's win Sky High Invitational

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 16-1's for winning the Sky High Boys Invitational Tournament.  Great Job Guys!!!

Adversity Girls 14-1's win Palos Courts Open

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 14-1's for winning the Palos Courts Open Tournament.  Great Job Girls!!!

Adversity Boys 16-1's & 18-1's Qualify for Nationals

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 16-1's & 18-1's for qualifying for the 2004 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Nationals Open Division.  Both squads finished with strong 3rd place finishes this weekend at the 2004 Wisconsin Boys Festival.  Congratulations Guys.

Adversity Girls 15-1's finish second at LSC Invite

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 15-1's for finishing second at the January 31's LSC Invite Tournament.  Congratulations girls.

Adversity Girls 18-1's win Rockford Challenge #8

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 18-1's for taking the Rockford Challenge Championship.  Congratulations Girls.

St. Louis Boys Festival Final Results

Adversity Boys 17-1's ....... 5th

Adversity Boys 16-1's ....... 16th

Adversity Boys 15-1's ........ 6th

Adversity Girls 15-1's Win LSC United Invitational

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 15-1 squad for their strong performance and winning the January 11th LSC United Invitational Tournament.  Great Job Girls!!!

2004 St. Louis Boys Festival - Bus Information

If you are riding the bus to St. Louis, it will be leaving from the North Parking Lot at Christian Heritage Academy at 5PM on Friday, January 16.  Please be on time!!!!

2004 Penn State Boys Nittany Ninvitational Tournament Travel Info 

Parents of Adversity Boys 17-1's & 18-1 squads are encouraged to make their travel arrangements for the upcoming Nittany Ninvitational Tournament held at College Station, PA.

Both squads will be staying at:  The Atherton Hotel, 125 S. Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801 (814)231-2100.

2004 Nittany Ninvitational Travel Information - Attention Parents!!!

We chartered bus service to State College, PA and back for the tournament.  Any parents who would like to travel with the team on the bus will need to inform Steve and/or Mike by Thursday evening, January 8th practice so we can reserve a spot on the bus for you.

2004 St. Louis Boys Festival Tournament - January 17 - 18

Hotel information for all of the boys teams is now available in the travel page.

Parents are encouraged to contact the hotel and make their own arrangements.

Adversity Girls 15-1's finish third at Fusion Festival

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 15-1's Squad for their strong performance at the January 3rd Fusion Festival Tournament.  Great Job Girls!!!

Adversity Girls 16-1's finish second at Palos Courts

Congratulations to the Adversity Girls 16-1 squad for their strong performance at the Palos Courts Invitational.  Great Job Girls!!

Adversity Boy's finish strong at the 2003 Mayor Daley Sports Festival

Adversity Boys 16-1's - 2nd

Adversity Boys 17-1's - 5th

Adversity Boys 18-1's - 3rd

Adversity Boys 17's finish 2nd at the Christmas Tournament

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 17-1's for making the finals for the second straight tournament.  The guys once again out played some strong 18's squads to get to the finals of the Christmas Tournament.  Great Job guys.

USC Beats Florida to win 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball National Championship - 25-30, 30-27, 30-19, 30-26

Adversity Boys 17's finish 2nd in 18's Division at 2nd City Invitational 

Congratulations to the Adversity Boys 17's for making the finals of the 2nd City Boys Invitational on December 7th.  The guys bested some of the top 18's squads in the region to get to the finals.  It was a great effort by the guys.  Congratulations.

2003 All Conference Team

Central Suburban - North Division - Amy Gordon (Highland Park) South Division - Elizabeth Laundy (Evanston Township), Katie Lapinski (Maine South), Jenny Bowen (New Trier). GCAC - Marty Allison (Loyola Academy). Mid Suburban League - Cara Duffy (Arlington Heights "Hersey").  Congratulations Girls

US National Men's & Women's Sitting Volleyball Teams Qualify for the 2004 Paralympics Games.  

Don't look now, Mike's going off to Greece and we know how much he loves to fly for long periods of time.  Congratulations Mike.  The women's national team made history by beating Brazil to qualify for the Paralympics in 2004.  They are the first women's sitting volleyball team in US History to compete in a paralympic games.  

2003 All Conference Team - Central Suburban North - Amy Gordon (Highland Park) South-Elizabeth Laundy (Evanston Township), Katie Lapinski (Maine South), Jenny Bowen (New Trier). GCAC-Marty Allison (Loyola Academy). Mid Suburban- Cara Duffy (Arlington Heights "Hersey")

Pioneer Press All Area Girls

Marty Allison (Loyola Academy), Elizabeth Laundy (Evanston Township), Jenny Bowen (New Trier), Cara Duffy (Arlington Heights Hersey), Amy Gordon (Highland Park), Katie Lapinski (Maine South).  Congratulations Girls.

Adversity Girls Announce NCAA Commitments.....

Congratulations go out to:

Amy Gordon (Highland Park High) - Cornell University, Katie Lapinski (Maine South High) - Brown University, Jenny Bowen (New Trier High) - Emory University

More to come......

Adversity Alumni named All American

Congratulations to Erin Whitehead for being named NJCAA 1st Team All American in 2003.  Erin broke her schools (CLC) single season kill record with 486 kills and helped to lead the Lancers to the Skyway Conference Championship.  

Adversity Boys 16's win 2nd City Invite, 15's finish Second

Congratulations to both the Boys 16's for their 2nd City Invitational championship and congratulations to the Boys 15's for finishing 2nd.

Adversity Boys 17's & 18's get "Gassed Out" in the Semi's

Funny thing happened on the way to the finals of the 2nd City Invitational, there was this gas leak.  Great job by the guys for dominating the tournament before they had to evacuate the playing site .  Don't worry mom, no one was hurt.