Boys Volleyball
The Keystone region recently adopted a new rule for the Boys division that will be a dramatic change for the region. Starting this year the region will be conducting two divisions for Boys volleyball, Open and Fellowship.
The Open division will be run as always.
However, the Fellowship division has been created to host High School teams that want to get together and prep for the upcoming High School season or lower level open teams. The Club/Team must register with the region. They will then be able to enter events on the Regions website in Fellowship Tournaments. These events will be less formal but coaches will have to bring a team roster (even if hand written) with the boys names and KRVA membership numbers. Players from any Open level clubs will be permitted to be picked up to play with a fellowship team, they just need to let the coach know what there KRVA membership number is for that teams roster.
All other rules will apply regarding teams, coaches and background screening, Plus all players must be registered with the region. Any club found playing with unregistered players will be sanctioned.
What this means is Players will no longer be forced to decide between playing for an Open club or playing for a High School Club. They will be able to play Saturday with their Open Club and Sunday with their High School teams.
The Fellowship events will be sponsored in two age categories 18 and Under Varsity and 16 and under JV plus the region will only sanction the events to fall on different days than the Open division on that weekend. This new division should help expand the number of boys playing that cannot commit to a full Open schedule and give more teams the chance to move up and down, to experience the great level of Boys Volleyball in this area
Please pass this along to all your High School Coaches and Club Coaches
Thank You,
Brian Smith
KRVA Boys Chair