2011 HIGHLIGHTS
Tyler Scheerhoorn, 2011 Ken Davies Memorial Award Recipient
The Ken Davies Memorial Award is presented annually at the Ontario Championships to a male Youth Division athlete who best demonstrates the qualities of determination, leadership, athletic ability, sportsmanship and fair play. OVA Past-President, Brenda Willis, was on hand to present Scheerhoorn with his Award.
Described as ‘a coach’s dream,’ both as a player and captain, Scheerhoorn led his high school team to their first OFSAA Championship ever. Scheerhoorn is also an honours student who will serve as valedictorian of his graduating class. He also maintains a part-time job and still he has an unwavering work ethic, as well as tremendous focus and drive to improve and excel when it comes to volleyball.
He has also played both provincial and national beach volleyball and was a member of Team Ontario Indoor last summer, competing in the National Team Challenge Cup. This year’s recipient went on to be one of only three high school students in Ontario to be selected to receive Quest for Gold carding by the Provincial body.
Scheerhoorn, a true ambassador of the sport, gives back to his elementary school by running volleyball clinics for 10-13 year old students, passing on not only his skill but also his love for the game.
Congratulations Tyler!
‘AMAZING 8’ Win Gold at Provincial Championships
16U Girls Strike GOLD!
This past weekend the Northumberland Breakers 16U Girls team travelled to Waterloo for the Ontario Provincial Games. Going into this tournament the girls were seeded 4th out of 24 teams in Division 2.
On the first day of the tournament the girls played Tigers Red (Waterloo). The Breakers easily beat this team 25-10, 25-14. Next they played DRVC Orange (Whitby). The girls lost the first game 22-25, won the second 25-17 and lost the tie breaker 13-15. Next the team played Stingrays Whip (Richmond Hill). The Breakers won the first game 25-13, lost the second 22-25 and won the tie breaker 15-11. These results landed them second in their pool. It was important to place 1st or 2nd in the preliminary games to stay in Tier 1. The team wanted to play in the higher tier to have a more competitive weekend of volleyball.
Saturday April 16 was the Power Pools. The Breakers played the Cambridge Hawks (Cambridge) and beat them 27-25, lost the second game 24-26 and won the tie breaker 16-14. Next the girls played West Elgin Warriors (Wallace town). The Breakers beat them in two straight sets 25-22, 25-20. Next they played MVC (Hamilton). The girls won the first game 25-21, lost the second game 21-25 and also lost the tie breaker 9-15. At the end of the day these results landed the Breakers 1st in their Power Pool. This was very important because the first place teams from all the power pools advance right into the Quarter Finals in the playoffs.
Sunday April 17 was the Playoffs. The first match had the Breakers playing Toronto West (Mississauga). The Breakers easily beat this team 25-11, 25-15. This win advanced them to the semi-finals. Next they played Ottawa Fusion Red (Ottawa). The girls beat this team 25-20, 25-21 (this game the Fusion had us 12-2 but the girls rallied back and took the game). This win guaranteed the girls a medal. The Gold/Silver medal match had the Breakers matched against Pegasus (Kingston). The girls were so focused. They wanted the Gold and the Silver wasn’t going to be good enough. The Breakers beat this team in two straight games 25-15, 25,21. They dug up some amazing balls, the passing was great, the blocking was timed perfectly and the hits were strong.
The girls had an amazing weekend. They look forward to attending the National Championships in Sherbrook, Quebec next month.