Rockets Blast Tournament Preview

<p>The Rocket Blast Tournament takes place this weekend (Feb 3rd) in Iowa City, with 7 different divisions being played at 4 locations.  The 18s Qualifying division has 12 different teams split into three different pools with the top 2 from each pool advancing to the Championship Tournament bracket and the bottom 2 teams from each pool advancing to the Consolation Tournament bracket.  All matches are played 2 out of 3 on Sunday.  The 18s Divisions will be played at West Branch HS.      </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>18 Qualifying</u></strong></p> <p><strong>*Key Players to watch- </strong></p> <p>Six Pack and Iowa State Recruit <strong>Kate Shannon</strong></p> <p>Iowa Rockets and South Dakota Recruit <strong>Allyson Grothusen</strong></p> <p>Eastern Iowa Xtreme and Iowa Recruit <strong>Jaedynn Evans</strong></p> <p>Eastern Iowa Xtreme and Iowa State Recruit <strong>Kenzie Mantz</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool A</strong></p> <p>Six Pack 18s</p> <p>Razors 18s</p> <p>Iowa Rockets 181</p> <p>IPVA 18 Black</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool B</strong></p> <p>Iowa Rockets 18R</p> <p>Ignit 18 Blue</p> <p>Surge 18s</p> <p>Novus Academy 18s</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool C</strong></p> <p>Eastern Iowa Xtreme 18 Teal</p> <p>CIS 18M</p> <p>Flight 18s</p> <p>G-Force Elite 18s</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Each of the other Divisions follow a similar format, with teams playing three pool play matches before advancing to tournament play.  18/17s Gold division will also be played at West Branch High School; 17s Qualifying, 16s Qualifying, and 15s Qualifying Divisions will all be played at the University of Iowa's Fieldhouse.  The 16 Gold division will be at North Dodge Athletic Club and the 15 Gold Division will be at Mercer Aquatic Center's Scanlan Gym.  All Pool Play matches start at 8:30am. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>18s/17s Gold</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Pool A</strong></p> <p>Dig This 17s</p> <p>Smash 17s</p> <p>Pirate Attack 17s</p> <p>GVC 18s</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>17 Qualifying</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Pool A</strong></p> <p>Six Pack 17s</p> <p>Ignit 17 Blue</p> <p>Iowa Rockets 17Black</p> <p>IPVA 17 Black</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool B</strong></p> <p>Eastern Iowa Xtreme 17 Teal</p> <p>Flight 17s</p> <p>Iowa Rockets 171</p> <p>Iowa Heart 17 Black</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool C</strong></p> <p>Iowa Rockets 17R</p> <p>Ohana 17 National</p> <p>Platform 17 Adidas</p> <p>CIS 17M</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>16 Qualifying Division</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Pool A</strong></p> <p>Six Pack 16</p> <p>IPVA 16 Black</p> <p>Iowa Rockets 161</p> <p>CIS 16W</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool B</strong></p> <p>Iowa Rockets 16R</p> <p>Iowa Rockets 16 Black</p> <p>Flight 16s</p> <p>CIS 16M</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>16 Gold</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Pool A</strong></p> <p>Rally Cats 16G Black</p> <p>Legit 16G Black</p> <p>Iowa Rockets 14R</p> <p>Iowa Heart 16 Red</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool B</strong></p> <p>Dyersville Intensity 16s</p> <p>Legit 16G Blue</p> <p>Iowa Elite Extreme Power 16s</p> <p>Johnston 16 Gold</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>15 Qualifying</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Pool A</strong></p> <p>CIS 15M</p> <p>Platform Elite 15 Adidas</p> <p>Flight 15s</p> <p>Ohana Regional</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool B</strong></p> <p>Six Pack 15s</p> <p>Iowa Rockets 15 Black</p> <p>CIS 15W</p> <p>Rapid Spikers 15 Black</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool C</strong></p> <p>Iowa Rockets 151</p> <p>Six Pack 14s</p> <p>Ohana 15 National</p> <p>IPVA 15 Black</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>15 Gold</u></strong></p> <p><strong>Pool A</strong></p> <p>Iowa Rockets 15 Gold</p> <p>Hammerin Hawks 14GA</p> <p>Mojo 15 Black</p> <p>Iowa Heart 15s</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool B</strong></p> <p>Pearl City Power 15G Gold</p> <p>Lady Titan 15s</p> <p>Iowa Rockets 14 Black</p> <p>DCVC 15s</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pool C</strong></p> <p>Iowa Elite 15G [program_tooltip program_id='428931' first='Storm' last='']</p> <p>Lady Hawks 15s</p> <p>Mojo 15 Cardinal</p> <p>Johnston 15 Black</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>More info: <a href="http://iowarockets.com/index.php/hosted-tournaments">http://iowarockets.com/index.php/hosted-tournaments </a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>