JANESVILLE VOLLEYBALL CLUB CONTINUED SUCCESS

The Janesville Volleyball Club ended its 2026 season on March 28th when our 4th and 5th grade teams competed in the AAU State Tournaments. Our 6th grade team also played in their respective State Tournament on March 21st. These teams represented our Janesville Volleyball Club well at the statewide tournament sites and competed well against some very strong teams in all five classes.

Our 5th grade team finished 1st in pool play, advancing them to the Gold Bracket, but they fell short in the first round match to Marshalltown. Our 4th grade team played some of their best volleyball during the state tournament. They finished first in pool play advancing them to the Gold Bracket. They won their first match in bracket play, defeating Big Red, but then lost in three sets in the quarter-final match to George-Little Rock, finishing in a tie for 5th place overall out of 26 teams that qualified. Our 6th grade team finished third in pool play to advance to the Silver Bracket. They went on to win four matches in a row, earning the Silver Bracket AAU State Championship and also received medals.

Thanks to the parents that donated state tee shirts, made bows, decorated pins, made door decorations and other items for the teams at state and the beautiful key chains for the coaches. You helped make it a very special experience.

Our 3rd and 7th grade teams did not qualify for state this season. Our 8th grade team did qualify, earning 1st or 2nd place in the five tournaments they attended, however, they were unable to participate in the State Tournament due to other conflicts. All of our teams competed well in their tournaments this season where so much progress was made, as they improved throughout the entire AAU season and gained valuable experience. Congratulations to all players and teams for all their success during the 2026 season.

This wraps up the 35th season of tournament play for the Janesville Volleyball Club. Coaches volunteer a lot of their time in order for these players to gain experience by playing in the AAU tournament season. High school coaches Shelly Sorensen and Dana Powers along with Kamryn Umthum coached our AAU teams this season. Thank you also to Katy Sweeney for stepping in to help with a couple of 7th grade tournaments during the season as well as high school volunteer coach Gracie Bloes.

Much experience was gained and so much improvement and progress was seen during these tournaments where teams played up to seven matches a day. These young ladies should be proud of themselves for all that they have accomplished. It was great to see the growth and improvement made by all players and all teams throughout the club season. We also believe they had a lot of fun!

Thanks to the parents and family members who must sacrifice a lot of their time in order to allow these young ladies to participate. Thanks to all of you who helped by transporting teams and coaches to tournaments, providing good lunches and snacks, line judging, scorekeeping, officiating and a huge thank you to all who helped clean up following our home tournaments. We cannot do this without you! Thanks especially to all of the parents for your support of this program. Coaches truly appreciate all that you do and for being so supportive of all that we do.

A very HUGE THANK YOU to the coaches who volunteered your time and efforts to help me in giving these girls the opportunity to participate in the Janesville volleyball club program. Thanks to all of you our program continues to be a success. The following student/athletes participated in the Janesville Volleyball Club in 2026: