Team Ontario Results

After five days in Kelowna BC, and 8 matches, the Team Ontario u18 boys team walked away with a Bronze Medal. In pool play, they finished with a 2-3 record which was good enough for 4th place. This put the Team O boys against Manitoba in the quarter finals- a team only two days ago that they had beaten in a five set match. It only took them four sets to dispose of the Toba boys which put the Team O boys against the tournament number 1 seed and only undefeated team in the tournament- Alberta. After falling behind 1-0, the Team O boys rallied back to even the score 1-1 with some aggressive serving. However, Alberta showed their age and poise and took the next two sets. The boys should be commended for being only 1 of 2 teams to take a set off of the Alberta team. After the loss, Team Ontario had a couple to regroup to play in the Bronze medal match against British Columbia 2. BC2 had beaten Team O in pool play in the thrilling 5 set match, however the Team Ontario boys showed what they had learned playing a veteran Alberta team and shut down both of BC2's big offensive stars to win the Bronze in 3 sets.
The playoff box scores are as follows:

Quarter Final 1 Ontario vs Manitoba 25-22, 14-25, 25-21, 25-16
Quarter Final 2 BC 2 vs Québec 27-25, 25-18, 25-20
Semi-Final 1 Alberta vs Ontario 25-16, 14-14, 25-22, 25-15
Semi-Final 2 BC 1 vs BC 2 25-15, 25-20, 25-22
5th Place Manitoba vs Québec 25-27, 25-14, 25-17, 16-25, 20-18
Bronze Medal Ontario vs BC 2 25-21, 25-18, 25-26
Gold Medal Alberta vs BC 1 25-18, 25-20, 20-25, 16-25

Individual stats for the entire tournament can be accessed here:

Team O Stats

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Individual Awards
2009 NTCC Tournament All-Stars

Nicholas Hoag Québec
T.J. Sanders Ontario
David Klomps BC 2
Daniel JansenVanDoorn BC 1
Jarron Mueller Alberta
Nate Speijer BC 1

Tournament MVP

Kenny Rauwerda Alberta


I will write more about my Team Ontario coaching experience soon, but to all the players please continue to keep in touch, big things are out there for all of you