2009 is the 9th year that Club Arrowhead Volleyball has organized Spikefest. Spikefest is a tournament that was designed to give Peoria junior high players an opportunity to play volleyball in a high school, big tournament atmosphere. This is the first opportunity for some girls to play on regulation wooden floors! Each team will play a minimum of 8 matches.
Spikefest is also a fundraiser for the high schools who participate. The high school volleyball team from Ironwood provide the referees for the tournament. The Varsity coaches for Ironwood are also at the tournament to provide direction to the high school volleyball players and as site directors.
This year Spikefest particpated in the Dig PInk Foundation to raise awareness for breast cancer. Many teams showed their team spirit by wearing pink jersey's on Saturdays. Many teams sent in names to honor who have been affected by breast cancer. Thanks to all the donations for our bake sale, we raised $373.30.
Spikefest also provides recognition to those athletes who “stand out” among their peers. For every match during the tournament, coaches from each team select two athletes from the opposing team to be the most valuable player. The tournament staff tallies all the votes at the end of the tournament. The player with the most votes is awarded the title of Spikefest most valuable player (MVP). The players receiving the next 10 highest votes are placed on the Spikefest all tournament team. The next players are Spikefest honorable mention. The MVP, first team, and honorable mention athletes are recognized in a ceremony after the gold medal match.
We would like to thank the Peoria School District for allowing us to use their gyms for Spikefest. We are thrilled to combine our efforts with high school volleyball teams to help raise funds for their programs. Thank you coaches for your time, effort and spirit for teaching and coaching the volleyball players of the future. Thank you to all parents who support their schools and players in this sport we’ve all come to enjoy.
Club Arrowhead
Spikefest 2009 Results:
2009 Champions: Marshall Ranch
Runner Up: Desert Harbor
3rd Place: Oakwood
4th Place: Apache
5th: Place: Zuni Hills
6th Place: Frontier
7th - 8th: Oasis & Paseo Verde
9th- 12th: Skyview, Vistancia, Alta Loma, Foothills
13th- 16th: Coyote Hills, Canyon, Kachina, Parkridge
17th-20th : Sundance, Heritage, Cotton Boll, Pioneer
For final bracket results click here
MVP of Spikefest 2009: Sydney Bunker - Marshall Ranch
| 2009 Spikefest All Tournament Team | |
| Desert Harbor | #4 Maddie Mertz |
| Desert Harbor | #3 Holli Beenau |
| Desert Harbor | #8 Trystin Smith-Sommers |
| Desert Harbor | #7 Taylor Kimball |
| Marshall Ranch | #4 Sydney Bunker |
| Marshall Ranch | #5 Gabby Calloway |
| Marshall Ranch | #9 Bri Farmer |
| Oakwood | #13 Abby Swartz |
| Oakwood | #10 Madison Barlettai |
| Oakwood | #8 Kristina Whitman |
| Apache | #8 Taylor Gidewell |
| Apache | #10 Mallory Buckler |
| Zuni Hills | #9 Brianne Treau |
| Zuni Hills | #8 Amber Newton |
| Frontier | #20 Carli Bauer |
| 2009 Spikefest Honorable Mention | |
| Marshall Ranch | #8 Joselyn Avechuco |
| Oakwood | #11 Kayla Dallmann |
| Apache | #15 Julia Marino |
| Zuni Hills | #17 Allyson Imholz |
| Frontier | #11 Sarah Mure |
| Heritage | #3 Alexis Dillard |
| Paseo Verde | #21 Jenny Rice |
| Oasis | #12 Ali Coronado |
| Sky View | #2 Gabby Buckley |
| Vistancia | #16 Hayley Clark |
| Alta Loma | #12 Makalya Ellis |
| Foothills | #9 Sierra Thompson |
| Parkridge | #1 Taylor Colvin |
| Kachina | #1 Mallory Bove |
| Coyote Hills | #13 Maddy Crouch |
| Cotton Boll | #4 Micah Castro |
| Pioneer | #5 Natalie Barley |
| Sundance | #7 Teshawna Cotton |
| Canyon | #3 Samantha Partin |
