Please watch the 12’s page for a recap and pictures.

Way to go 12’s!

The 14_2’s team played extremely well at the M1 tournament on Saturday losing in the Semifinals. Please watch the 14’s page for more details.

For a recap of the tournament go to the 12’s page.

All 3 SAJO 14’s played at St. Olaf in Northfield on Saturday, 2/6.  Please see the 14’s page for individual team posts.

Want to show your SAJO club Spirit? Want to have a keepsake from this years team? Parents want to proudly show off your daughters name and team at events?

Well now is your chance.

SAJO has partnered with Onword Spirit who designed Spirit Wear for the SAJO club. There are items for each team and general items. The team items display the names of the members of the team imbedded in the SAJO logo. Cool idea.

Go to Onword Spirit and check it out. Each sale brings $2.50 back to the SAJO club.

Do you have a question that is not on the FAQ’s page? Do you have a suggestion? Do you have a comment?

We would love to hear from you!

Please send all correspondence to us at this email. This email is set up to go out to all of the board members and will elicit the best  response in a timely manner from a club member.

Please refrain from sending club type questions to individual members of the board as it causes extra emails to go out as we try to get it to the member who provides the best response.

Thanks.

The 12’s team, lead by coach Jody and coach Mark played in their second tournament at the awesome Ralia facility in Maple Grove. The team played two matches with three games played to 25 points because of a no-show so they got lots of playing time in.

The first match was against a pretty disciplined team called the Spikers. The 12’s gave there best effort but fell 2 games to 1.

Next up the girls easily handed their next opponent 2 games to 1 ending a short but successful tournament.

Please watch the 12’s page for updates and pictures.

The 12’s team played at 43 Hoops in Hopkins on Sunday, 1/17/10. After only practicing for a couple of weeks they played very respectable and put on a good show for the parents and coaches.

The tournament was a 12’s only tournament with the SAJO 12’s beating the 43 Hoops team 2 games to 1 in the first match. The next opponent from Shakopee beat the SAJO 12’s 2 games to 1 but this match was very close with the SAJO team being ahead 12-8 in the final game before running out of gas.

The final match pitted the SAJO 12’s against a team from Lakeville. The team lost 2 games to 1 but each game was very close.

Cheers to the 12’s on a successful 1st tournament. Watch the 12’s page for more info on the tournament and hopefully pictures.

Your coaches will be picking up the items and will let you know how to pick it up or when you will recieve it at your next practice. Any additional items ordered (socks, shorts, etc.) will be delivered to Oak-Land at the Sunday practice.

If anyone has issues with their apparel you should contact Janelle not the club. Janelle’s info should be with your apparel.

Coaches – After your apparel has been delivered this might be a good time to get a team picture and send it in to be published on the website.

Please see the 14’s page for the final team selections!

Thanks!

4:30-6:15 12’s, 13’s and 14’s

6:15-8:00 15’s, 16’s and 17’s

For those who are having issues with seeing the dates correctly on  the calendar page we are working on it. In the mean time watch the main page for practices and annoucements.

Be one of the first to join. This will be another place for information to be found as well as chatting about the teams, practices, tournaments, the club, sharing of tips, pictures, stories etc.

Search for SAJO on Facebook today or click on the button below.

There will be open gym at Stillwater High School on Sunday, 12/13 and Sunday, 12/20 from 6-8PM. Instruction is availble from the coaches who are there as well as open Volleyball. This is a free event so come for all or some of the time.

Join the pony coaching staff for a skills clinic designed to improve every area of your game.

This clinic is offered through the Stillwater Area Public Schools Community Education Program. To find out more information visit the commed website.

Search for “volleyball” or “POVBS”.

What: Mandatory meeting for parents and players

Where: Stillwater High School in the cafeteria

When: Tuesday, December 8th at 6PM

What to bring: NCR paperwork, check and your child

Uniforms and apparel will be there for trying on. The order for the SAJO apparel will be submitted that night so it is important for correct sizes to be decided upon at this meeting. There will be an option to order extra spandex and socks as well.

This is an opportunity to meet the coaches again as well as ask questions to the SAJO board.

Here is a link to the NCR site for the paperwork.

Before you take a peek at the results there are some things you should keep in mind:

1)Players should check their age level as well as one above if they do not see their number.

2)NO cuts where made this year so if there was a mistake please let us know.

3)The 14’s and 16’s teams will form the 1, 2 and 3’s team after two full weeks of practices.  The tryout numbers posted on 11/17/09 do not reflect the final teams for these two age groups.

4)There may be some movement with coaches as we work to get all teams covered.  So to please continue to email SAJO with questions/concerns rather than email coaches directly.

And the tryout results: (Drum roll) SAJO_Cuts_2009

The site was down for a few hours today while we transitioned.

We are making improvements and will be adding content periodically so visit often.

Results from the tryouts will be posted by 5PM today so check back.

SAJO tryouts were held at Oakland Junior High School on Sunday, November 15th with 90+ girls attending tryouts. There were two sessions held with the 12’s, 13’s and 14’s trying out in the AM session while the 15’s, 16’s and 17’s tried out during the late afternoon session. Each session had several stations were the athletes showed their skills including serving, passing, setting and hitting.

Go to the Photo’s link to see some shots of the activities.

The results of the tryouts will be posted on Tuesday, November 17th so come back and check on Tuesday.

Additional meeting and clinic information will be available in a few weeks as well with the kickoff of the season being the first week of January.