Indy Juniors Classic (A peek ahead) – April 16-17

The Indiana State Fairgrounds, site of the 2016 Indy Jrs Classic.

The Indy Juniors Classic is a large scale tournament played at six different sites. In the 16s Division there are 32 teams entered. As evidenced by the tremendous number of Sunday afternoon and evening hits on this website, a great many folks look forward to seeing/reading about the team’s tournament exploits. Unfortunately, due to another commitment I am unable to attend this tournament and will not be back in town till late the following week.

I hate to leave folks disappointed so hopefully Linda Seitter will take some pictures while I am gone and I will use them to update our blog when I return. Since that will be well after the tournament I thought I would create this post to tide you over. The below pictures are from my dream last night regarding our team’s Indy Juniors Classic performance. Unfortunately, being an engineer I only dream in black and white so the pictures are not quite up to their usual quality. It was a great tournament and the players and team responded to the challenges. You won’t want to miss it!

Thought for the Tournament

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Gwen jumps sets quick middle attacker Grace as the blocker realizes she has no chance.

Sara extends her body to sweep up yet another opponent attack.

Audrey (R) uses her precise poised pleasantly perfect platform to dig a ball as Sara (M) offers advice and Amanda (L) cheers her on.

Playing Candy Crush between matches, Rachel rejoices at achieving a record high score!

Cat-like Danielle quickly leaps on top of an errant overpass and six-packs a stunned libero.

Mel about to send another one of her delicious short serves over the net as Coach Megan flashes the sign for Zone 3. Coach Kim smiles coyly, confident in Mel’s ability to deliver.

Blockers Taylor (L) and Ashley (R) form a high wall and reject the onslaught from the disappointed attacker.

Kmanda out leaps the frustrated block and delivers a colossal combative crazy cruel King Kong cross court kill.

Faith executes the perfect “pancake” only to have the ref rule that the ball touched the floor! Grrr.

Team pic celebrating the completion of an awesome tournament!