You have reached the home page for Zero Gravity Juniors, a USAV program located in Canal Fulton, OH. Any questions or comments, please contact Chuck Musselman at ogrvity@yahoo.com or you can call 330-685-2890 (c).

Welcome to the 2010 season of Junior Olympic Volleyball.  I hope all of you have had successful school seasons and are looking forward to the same during the upcoming Juniors season.  2009 was one of Zero Gravity’s most successful seasons ever and we are looking forward to more success in 2010.  2009 saw numerous tournament wins, our first athlete to make the OVR High Performance Team, and our 14s finished 3rd in the inaugural 14 American Division.

We will be sending teams to National Qualifiers, the President's Cup, and also will be trying to qualify at least half of our teams for Nationals thru the OVR Bid Tournament.  

November 15, 2009

1:30 PM-3:00 PM    17 AMERICAN - Born on or after September 1, 1992 / 11th grade or younger

1:30 PM-3:00 PM    18 REGIONAL - Born on or after September 1, 1990 / 12th grade or younger

4:00 PM-5:30 PM    15 AMERICAN - Born on or after September 1, 1994 / 9th grade or younger

4:00 PM-5:30 PM    16 REGIONAL - Born on or after September 1, 1993 / 10th grade or younger

November 22, 2009

11:30 AM-1:00 PM    17 AMERICAN - Born on or after September 1, 1992 / 11th grade or younger

11:30 AM-1:00 PM    18 REGIONAL - Born on or after September 1, 1990 / 12th grade or younger

1:30 PM-3:00 PM    15 AMERICAN - Born on or after September 1, 1994 / 9th grade or younger

1:30 PM-3:00 PM    16 REGIONAL - Born on or after September 1, 1993 / 10th grade or younger

Try-outs will be held at Northwest High School in Canal Fulton. Please use Door “E” in the back of the building. If you need directions please e-mail me. As of now we are planning on having 18 Regional, 17 American, 16 Regional, 15 American, 14 American, and 14 Regional teams. Northwest High School will be our main practice facility. The $15 tryout fee will help cover coaches, gym costs, and insurance. Please e-mail me and pre-register (include your name, school, birth date including year, and what age group you will be trying out for). To save time at registration, please go to http://www.ovr.org/forms/OVR_Waiver.pdf and (with your parents) complete the Waiver and Release of Liability before attending try-outs. Also, if possible please print the ZG Info Sheet (link will be below later tonight) and have it filled out before try-outs. You have to attend one of the tryout dates to be eligible to make a Zero Gravity team. If this is a problem (injury, illness, etc.) or you have any other questions please contact me.  This includes all returning players. No spots will be guaranteed, as there are far too many returning players.  Hope to see you there.

Chuck Musselman
ogrvity@yahoo.com
(330) 685-2890 - cell

Welcome to the 2010 season of Junior Olympic Volleyball. As positions are accepted and teams are completed they will be posted below.  Congratulations to all of our 2010 Zero Gravity Juniors players!

14 REGIONAL
Taylor Thomas (Jackson - 8)
Rachel Topper (North Canton - 7)
Amanda Crites (Northwest - 8)
Hannah Gordon (Northwest - 8)
Celsie Channell (Northwest - 8)
Olivia Tortorella (North Canton - 8)
Antonetta Altieri (GlenOak - 8)
Madison Sirpilla (Jackson -8)
Krista Lutz (Jackson - 8)
                                             

14 AMERICAN
Annie Simon (GlenOak - 8)
Kelsey Lensman (North Canton - 8)
MaKenzie Garman (GlenOak - 8)
Julie Worley (North Canton - 8)
Rachel Seifert (Jackson - 8)
Kayci Krzynowek (Northwest - 8)
Lauren Rhines (Jackson - 8)
Kate Regas (Jackson - 8)
                                             

Kiley May (Lake - 8)

I have secured Northwest for another year.  As usual, I have worked our try-outs around the other local clubs to give the kids the best oppertunity to make a team.  Tournament Schedules have also been finalized and I couldn't be happier with them.  Schedules will include...

18 Regional - 12 Dates, Presidents Cup, Regional Challenge, Bid Play In, Regionals, etc

17 American - 13 Dates, Presidents Cup, Baltimore Qualifier, 2 American Challenges, Bid Play In, Regionals, etc

16 Regional - 12 Dates, 2 Regional Challenges, Regionals, etc

15 American - 12 Dates, 2 American Challenges, Bid Play In, Regionals, etc

14 American - 12 Dates, 3 American Challenges, Regionals, etc

Our 14s had a great day in Columbus, finishing 3rd in the Gold after a heart breaking loss by 2 points in the third game against Renaissance Pittsburgh 14-1.  Congratulations on a fine finish in the OVR's inaugural 14 American Division.  You should all be very proud of yourselves.

I seem to remember this...Baltimore...Three way tie for first...Kids playing their heart out and falling to third on a tie breaker.  But once again our young ladies pulled it together and finished the tournament strong with a 5-1 match record and a Bronze Championship.  Our pool proved to be very tough as Southwest won the Gold Championship, Mintonette was in the Silver finals, and ZG won the Bronze.  Needless to say our 16's had their best match of the year with a win over Southwest 16-1 in their first match of the day and they can be proud that it was the only blemish on their otherwise undefeated run to the OVR Title.  Congratulations Ladies on a great end to a great season!!

Friday, May 8, 2009 - Amber Silver has made a verbal commitment to continue her athletic and academic career at Walsh University in the fall of 2010. Silver is a 5-10 middleblocker from Manchester High School in Akron, Ohio. Silver has been First Team All-Conference for the past three seasons and was named Team MVP in 2007 and 2008. Amber is also a member of the Zero Gravity Juniors Olympic prgram.

Great job Ladies!!

Congratulations to our 16s as they went 10-0 on Sunday for their second Tournament Championship of the year!  Great job ladies!!

Our young ladies traveled to the NorthEast Qualifier in Baltimore this weekend and did an excellent job.  Overall our ladies finished with an 8-1 match record (including a bye in the play-offs), but that one loss was an untimely one.  With wins in their first 2 matches on Friday our ladies dropped their last match against the top seed on their net 24-26, 26-24, 13-15 to fall from first to third on their net by 1 point.  After that heart breaking loss, the best our ladies could finish was 49th.  Never quiting after the news, our ladies went undefeated on Saturday and Sunday.  Only 4 teams in the entire 96 team field finished with a better match record than our ladies and I was very proud of all of them!  Team members included Shannon Robson, Callie Lance, Carly Fazio, Brooke Smith, Hillary Plybon, Laura Wheeler, Meg Sullivan, Jenna Samsa, Alex Leister, and Kati Schneider.  Congratulations ladies!!

On Saturday we took the four 14s and two 9th graders that could play and created a 15R team to play at the Batters Box in Columbus.  In their pool our ladies had easy wins over Columbus United 15-2 (25-23, 25-16) and Kaepa Miami Valley Jrs Academy 15-2 (25-15, 25-18), but dropped their match with #2 seed and eventual Gold Champion Northshore Bollenbacher (15-25, 25-11, 13-15) to finish second on their net.  In the Gold Quarter-finals Zero Gravity took down Matchpoint 15-1 (25-17, 19-25, 15-11) before running out of gas against #1 seed Lithopolis Jr Netters 15-1 (26-24, 23-25, 7-15) in the Gold Semi-finals to finish third.  Team members included Kacie Moore, Laura Kelly, Nikolette Scruggs, Kristin Cardwell, Madi Smith, and Pixie Veneziano.  Congratulations Ladies, great job!

It was a good day at Northwest on Sunday for our 17s and 16s as they both went 4-0 until they met in the Gold Finals.  The 17s took home the Gold with wins over Kidron 17 Orange (25-14, 22-25, 18-16), Club Extreme 17-1 (25-19, 25-14), Elite 17 Huntsman (25-18, 25-22), Klars 17 Orange (25-22, 25-15), and Zero Gravity 16s (25-12, 25-27, 15-7) in the Gold Finals.  Our 16s cruised through their day with wins over Players Choice 17s (23-25, 25-21, 15-13), Elite 17 Schimmoeller (25-13, 25-22), Klars 17 Orange (25-12, 24-26, 15-12), and Elite 17 Huntsman (25-8, 25-23) before falling a little short in the Gold Finals.  Congratulations Ladies!!  Also, a big thanks goes out to our 14s for helping out during the day and supporting both teams!!

16s                    OVR Regional Challenge                    Gold 5th Place (21)
18s                    Eastlake                                           Gold 3rd Place (16)
16s             Elite                                GOLD CHAMPIONS (8)
14s                    Eastlake                                           Gold 3rd Place (10)
17s             Elite                                GOLD CHAMPIONS (12)
17s             Eastlake                            GOLD CHAMPIONS (8)
18s                    Eastlake                                           Gold 5th Place (16)
16s                    Northwest                                        Gold 2nd Place (8)
17s             OVR Regional Challenge (18s)      GOLD CHAMPIONS (10)
18s                    OVR Regional Challenge                    Gold 3rd Place (10)
14s                    Northwest                                        Gold 3rd Place (8)
17s                    OVR Regional Challenge                    Gold 5th Place (24)
14s                    OVR Regional Challenge                    Silver 3rd Place (12)
18s                    Jackson                                           Gold 2nd Place (6)
17s                    Oberlin                                            Gold 2nd Place (16)
18s                    Oberlin                                            Silver 2nd Place (16)
14s                    Northwest                                        Gold 3rd Place (8)
16s                    OVR Regional Challenge                    Gold 3rd Place (24)
18s                    Elite                                                 Gold 3rd Place (9)
17s             Northwest                          GOLD CHAMPIONS (8)
16s                    Northwest (17s)                                Gold 2nd Place (8)
15s                    Batters Box                                      Gold 3rd Place (12)
16s             Northwest                          GOLD CHAMPIONS (8)
18s                    Northwest                                        Gold 2nd Place (8)
16s                    Northwest (18s)                                Gold 3rd Place (8)
14s                    OVR Regional Challenge                    Gold 3rd Place (21)

18s                    OVR Regional Championships             Silver 5th Place (13th / 69)

17s                    OVR Regional Championships             Gold 5th Place (5th / 170)

16s                    OVR Regional Championships             Bronze Champions (17th / 189)

14s                    OVR Regional Championships             Gold 3rd Place (3rd / 32)