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Updated
06/25/09
GCVC Summer Volleyball
Program
Prepare for School Tryouts
As your
volleyball players approach tryouts, we are available for
private lessons for any skill or a general tune up- please
call Dana Hooper at 419-381-1895 or email her at
dajohnson@buckeye-express.com
GCVC Golf Outing
1st Annual
Glass City Volleyball Company Summer Scramble
The Glass City Golf Summer Scramble was a great success and fun
event. 22 teams participated and helped support the GCVC
College Scholarship Fund. Scholarships were awarded to Jessica
Batanian - Wittenberg University, Ashley Kish - Olivet College, and
Alyssa Wielfaert - Defiance College.
GLASS CITY HOOPSTERS

Schedule:
6/20-6/21 Findlay, Ohio
6/27-6/28 Jackson, Michigan
7/10-7/12 Ada, Ohio
7/18-7/21 Fort Wayne, Indiana- Nationals
The Glass City Hoopsters basketball teams are up and
rolling.
The 4th/5th grade team is composed of:
Kylie Archibeque
Delta
Lindsey Archibeque
Delta
Haley Arena Fort
Miami
Kaili Bronowski
Beverly
Erika Caskey
Regina Coeli
Hanna Machacek
Evergreen
Olivia Morrison Wynn
Madison Pollard
Regina Coeli
Erin Wiczynski
Regina Coeli
Summer Stearns OLPH
Coach John Wiczynski
The 6th/7th grade team has its teammates:
Aleka Bassett Christ the King
Erin Caskey
Regina Coeli
Erin
Delaney Regina Coeli
Faith Hicks Burr Road
Hannah Kuhlman
Starr
Monica Ruma
Christ the King
Abbey Pawlak
McCord
Lexi Lane Wauseon
Katie
Spalding Regina Coeli
Catie Rieker
St. Pius
Coach: Dave Rieker
The teams will compete in the American Youth Basketball
League and finish their seasons mid July in Fort Wayne,
Indiana- Good Luck to these talented ladies and their
coaches!









Congratulations to the GCVC 12-1 and 12-2 Teams
Congratulations to the 12-1 Knockout's and 12-2 team on
their performances over the May 2nd weekend at the Ohio
Valley Region Inc. Kaepa-USA 2009 Girls' Volleyball
Championships. The 12-1 Knockout's finished 5th overall in
the Gold bracket. The 12-2 team finished 5th overall
in the Nickel bracket. Congratulations to Coach Rick
Gerken and the 12-1 Knockout team, and, Coach Dave Daudelin
and the 12-2 team.
OVR 12 Results
13-1 Wins at Black Swamp
Congratulations to the Glass City 13-1 team for their
fourth tournament win of the season. They had a very
hard fought win (in three games) over SJVC 13-1 to take
the Black Swamp championship.
On to Columbus for the final tournament next weekend.
GOOD LUCK GIRLS!!!!

Glass City Volleyball and Beyond!
Glass City Volleyball 17 Early player Christine Foster is a
multisport athlete. Participating on an Early Bird
team allowed Christine to complete her club volleyball
season prior to the softball season. As a 13 year old
softball player, Christine was hit in the face with a line
drive while pitching. It is great to say that today
Christine has overcome this injury and is back on the mound
pitching.
Read Christine's Story.
13-1 wins gold in
Galloway
With the winning of their third tournament, everyone is
wondering when will we see the orange spandex?
Congratulations to all of the 13-1 athletes and their
coaches Jeff and Erin for a fantastic tournament in Galloway
12-2 wins Gold in Centerberg
12-1 Wins Gold in Oxford

Summer Volleyball
Program
Glass City Volleyball Company is proud to
partner with the YMCA to offer a summer volleyball program
that is fun, competitive and educational to girls and boys
for grades K-8. These programs will be challenging and are
designed to teach the basics to the youngest of players, and
offer a volleyball/fitness component to the Junior High
players that hope to make a High School program. Glass
City’s most experienced coaches, area High School and
Collegiate coaches are committed to this endeavor. All
instruction will be supervised by Dana Hooper, who brings 37
years in the sport at a variety of levels.
Location : Morse Center, University of
Toledo-Health Science Campus
3065 Arlington, Dowling Hall- 3rd floor
Dates: Weeks of 6/22/09, 6/29/09, 7/13/09,
7/20/09, 7/27/09
*All Grades should be based on the players’
grade as of September, 2009
*Space is limited to 24 participants in each group
Summer Volleyball
Programs
Glass City Hoopster's Prep Sports Link
Thank you to
all the girls that came to the Glass City Hoopsters tryout.
We have placed two girls teams that will compete in the
American Youth Basketball League. One team is composed of
4th and 5th graders, and the other is composed of 6th and
7th graders. They will begin practices the week of 5/4/09
and start tournament play the weekend of 6/5/09. Good luck
to our newest teams!

2009 Glass City Hoopsters
Coaching Staff
David Rieker-
David
is the current Varsity basketball coach at St. Ursula
Academy, where he has been in that capacity for 2 years.
He formerly was the assistant varsity coach at St.
Francis High School for four years. David
himself played at the University of Toledo, and has been an
Ohio High School Athletic Association basketball official
for the last ten years. David will serve
as the 7th grade coach.
John
Wiczynski - John
comes to the Glass City Hoopsters with over eleven years
of coaching and administration responsibilities in the
sport of basketball. He has coached
two AYBT National Championship teams in 2005 and 2007,
and produced two 8th Grade Diocesan
Champions. He has also served as the
Regina Coeli basketball commissioner for the last nine
years, and is currently the freshman basketball coach at
Notre Dame High School. John will
serve as the Director of Coaching, and the 4th/5th
grade coach.
GCVC 12-1 Knock Out's finish 1st in Gold at
Norwalk
Tournament
The Glass City 12-1
Knock Out's finished 1st in Gold at the Norwalk Tournament
over the April 5th weekend. Congratulations to the
team and coach Rick Gerkin.
GCVC 13-1 Win Gold at
TVC
Tournament

GCVC 12-1 Knock Out's finish 2nd in Gold at
Black Swamp OVR Challenge
Tournament
The Glass City 12-1 Knock Out's finished 2nd in Gold at
the Black Swamp OVR Challenge Tournament over the March 28th-29th
weekend.
The Tournament Schedule has been
updated for Regionals. Please visit the
Tournament Schedule Page
13-2 Cyclones win Gold!

GCVC 12-1 Knock Out's finish 1st in Gold at
Eastwood
Tournament
The Glass City 12-1
Knock Out's finished 1st in Gold at the Eastwood Tournament
over the March 22nd weekend.
GCVC 12-1 Knock Out's finish 1st in Silver at
Hiram
Tournament
The Glass City 12-1
Knock Out's finished 1st in Silver at the Hiram Tournament
over the weekend.
The Glass City Knock Out's began the
Hiram Tournament winning their pool beating Spirit VBC
Jaguars, Cannon VBC Cardinal, and Toledo VBC 12-2. In
the first match of the upper division pool, the Glass City
Knock Out's lost their first match to the Aleta Aces.
On Sunday morning, the Glass City Knock Out's defeated the
Wooster Elite VBC 12 Skeens team, then lost a match to the
Oiler Attack Club 12 Black.
In the Silver Tournament, the Glass City
VBC 12-1 Knock Out's defeated the Michigan Elite VBC, the
Cleveland Volleyball Club 12 Blue, and the Wooster Elite VBC
to take 1st in Silver.
Congratulations to the 12-1 Knock Out's and Coach Rick
Gerkin for their successful volleyball weekend.
GCVC 12-1 Knock Out's finish 1st in Gold at Toledo
Tournament
The Glass City 12-1
Knock Out's cruised through pool play beating Northshore,
Premier 12 Red and Blackswamp.
The Glass City Knock Out's played against
the GCVC 12-2 team
in the first match of the Gold
tournament, winning the match in two games.
The Glass City Knock Out's then played the 12-2 TVC team for
the Gold tournament championship. The Knock Out's lost
the first game of the match, then came back and won the
second and third games to take 1st in Gold at the Glass City
12's tournament.

Congratulations to Coach Rick Gerkin and the Glass City 12-1
Knock Out team on their continued success.
15-2 at Dayton warming up

15-2 at Dayton starting out

15-2 at Dayton Finishing Up

15-2 Charlie's Celebrity Waitress 3/8

Another Senior Commits !

Congratulations to another Glass City Senior, and Notre Dame
High School player- Jessica Batanian- she has verbally committed to
continue her career at Wittenberg University. Not only has that
recently happened for her she was also named to the 2008 Academic
All American Team by PrepVolleyball.com. Her placement put her in
the top 48 players in the country for this award. Jessica has played
at Glass City for 9 years and she carries a 4.08 GPA. Not only has
she maintained this GPA she was also selected to the All-State
team-Honorable mention. She was also All City first team her Senior,
Junior and Sophomore years. She was also the Catholic Youth
Organization Volleyball award winner, and captain of her team.
Jessica exhibits the mission of Glass City- a well-rounded
volleyball player and young woman who we are extremely proud of!
Jess, we couldn't be more happy- keep reaching for your goals
GCVC 12-1 Knock Out's finish 2nd in Gold at Columbiana
Tournament
The Glass City 12-1 Knock Out's competed with 15 other teams over
the weekend at Columbiana. In Pool Play , the 12-1 Knock Out's
defeated Ohio Elite West Holmes, Max Air 12's, and Renaissance
Pittsburg
12-1 in two games each. This placed the 12-1
Knock's 1st in their pool and in the 8 team Gold Tournament.
In the Gold Tournament, the 12-1 Knock Out's defeated Renaissance
Cleveland Black and Infinity Volleyball Club to advance to the
Championship match against the undefeated Pittsburg Magic (Pink).
The 12-1 Knock Out's won the first game of the championship match
25-21. In the second game with the score tied at 20 and Glass
City serving, the scorer's table called the Glass City Knock Out's
for an out of service order. After a lengthy review of the
book, the official could not determine when the scorer's table made
the error and gave the serve to the Magic and forced the 12-1 Knock
Out's to rotate 2 positions (which was incorrect). The Magic
won the second game 25-23. The 12-1 Knock Out's worked hard in
the third game but came up just short losing the game 15-13.
The 12-1 Knock Out's finished second out of 16 teams.
Congratulations to the 12-1 Knock Out's and coach Rick Gerkin on a
job well done.
17 Early Competes for Gold at Eastlake tournament
The Glass City 17 Early team competed at
the Eastlake
volleyball tournament on Saturday February 28. The
team finished 2nd in pool play overall, losing 25-23 in the
first game of the first match after being down 19-11.
The 17 Early team lost the 2nd game 25-23 also.
In the second match of pool play, the 17
Early team beat the Cannon volleyball team in 2 games.
In the third match of pool play, the 17 Early team lost to
Aurora Volleyball Club in the first game, won the second
game, and won and exciting back and forth third game 20-18,
finishing second in the pool.
In the first match of the Gold tournament, the 17 Early team
competed with the Zero Gravity team and lost in 2 games.
Congratulations to the 17 Early team for competing well at the
tournament and to Coach Eric Fallis.
14-1 Celebrity Waitresses Event Fun

14-1 Enlists for Duty
What do you do when your coach is
ex-military? They say, if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em.
That’s what happened when they enlisted into “Company T”.
The T of course being coach Tony. The girls got shirts
showing their tough demeanor. Of course their leader is
Sarge. And what does the team have to say about their new
found image? Hoorah!!!!!

15-2 President's Cup Bronze Winners
The Glass City 15-2 team finished with a 4-3 record for the
weekend in Dayton at
President's Cup Tournament and won the bronze division.

Jasmine Battle and
Kelsea Nova
team up to play volleyball at Indiana Tech ...
Story featured in the Toledo Blade
Congratulations Stacy Kotula, senior at Eastwood High
School- Glass City Volleyball players are well-rounded
community advocates....please
read the article...
Sweet Victory
Congratulations to
the Glass City 13-3 Zebras for winning the Bronze Bracket at
the 9th Annual President's Cup Invitational
in Dayton, Ohio on February 14th and 15th.
The Zebras earned this sweet victory by beating the Velocity
Volleyball Club the first round and then the Dayton Juniors
Volleyball Club in the championship match.
The team celebrated their victory by spraying their
coach, Jen Howe, with silly string. Awesome job team, keep
up the hard work!
GCVC 12-1 Knock Out's Grab Gold
at President's Cup Tournament in Dayton!

The Glass City Volleyball Club 12-1
Knock Out's team competed in the President's Cup Tournament
in Dayton, Ohio, February 14th and 15th. On Saturday,
the Knock Out's won 4 matches in their pool, defeating
Northern Kentucky Youth Volleyball
Club (NKYVC) 12 Tide, the Impact Volleyball Club 12
team from Nashville, Tennessee, the NKYVC 11-2 Tide, and the
Dayton Juniors 12 Blue team on their way to an undefeated
opening day, placing first in their pool.
On Sunday, the 12-1 Knock Out's began
their quest for gold with a hard fought victory over the
NKYVC 12 Tide team, winning the opening match of the Gold
Tournament in two games 25-21 and 25-16. In their
second match of the Gold Tournament, the 12-1 Knock Out's
K.O'ed the NKYVC 11 Tsunami team in two games, 25-13 and
25-6, setting up the championship game with the undefeated
Niagra Frontier volleyball team from Niagra, New York.
The Glass City 12-1 Knock Out's fell behind early, and were
down by 8 at 20-12. The Knock Out's continued to
battle through the first game and won a hard fought contest
29-27. The Niagra Frontier team won the
second game 25-21 to force a decisive third and final game
for the match and tournament championship. In
the third game, the Glass City 12-1 Knock Out's got out
quickly with an early 4 point lead and won the championship
15-9.
Congratulations to the Glass City
Volleyball 12-1 Knock Out team and coach Rick Gerkin for an
outstanding job.
President's
Cup Door Decorating Contest

The 2009 President's Cup Door Decorating contest was won by
the 14-1 volleyball team.
Congratulations to all the teams for competing and doing a
great job!
Go Beyond Cool News!!!
Congratulations to former Glass City player and current
coach Kristen Gyori in her television debut.
GCVC Athlete's Go Beyond!
Glass City, LLC
Coaches Corner
Brittany Kobylak, an eighth grader was
asked to write about a teacher or coach that most influenced
her life. Brittany wrote about coach .......
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