Kansas and Missouri Power Pool Participants: TCNIT
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We love Triple Crown. This is the one tournament that gets the USAV, AAU, JVA, etc all in one place. Out the gate, you are playing some of the best teams in the country and in the process, if you…
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Continue ReadingWe love Triple Crown. This is the one tournament that gets the USAV, AAU, JVA, etc all in one place. Out the gate, you are playing some of the best teams in the country and in the process, if you lose it doesn’t affect your chance of winning the whole thing. Today we look at some of the teams fortunate to be selected in the Power pools.
18 Division
Mavs KC 18-1
Double qualified so no surprise here. They opted out of the local Power league, possibly saving some legs and energy heading into the weekend’s action and the last two months of the season. They have been getting good play on the pins with Reagan Fox Reagan Fox 6'2" | OH St. Teresa's Academy | 2023 State #104 Nation MO and Betsy Goodenow Betsy Goodenow 6'0" | RS St. Thomas Aquinas | 2023 State #92 Nation KS . The play in the middle will be critical as they have players who can affect the game both offensively and defensively in Aisha Aiono Aisha Aiono 6'3" | MB Liberty | 2023 State MO and Sawyer Thomsen Sawyer Thomsen 6'2" | MB Free State | 2023 State #145 Nation KS . They will be in Power Pool A when the action kicks off.
Power ‘] 18 Black
Power ‘] won the region Power League recently going undefeated. On paper, many thought this would be a rebuild losing players to early graduation and movement to other teams but with the addition of Ashlyn Bellamy Ashlyn Bellamy 6'1" | OH Lee's Summit | 2023 State MO and the defensive play of Reese Bates Reese Bates 5'10" | DS/L Blue Valley SW | 2023 State KS and Ava Anderson Ava Anderson 6'0" | RS Bishop Miege | 2024 KS , this team has turned some heads. They are in Power Pool C.
17 Division
Dynasty 17 Black
No surprise here as Triple Crown arrives. This team has one qualifier down, a second-place finish in the open division to A5 Jing at Northern Lights. They have been placed in Power Pool A with that same A5 team, along with the likes of Nebraska Premier, Drive 5, and TAV 17 Black to name a few of the other teams. We talk often about the offensive weaponry of this team but the defense at the net with the block from CyRae Campbell, Piper Newton Piper Newton 5'11" | MB St. Teresa's | 2024 State MO , and Jada Ingram Jada Ingram 5'11" | MB Washburn Rural | 2024 State #61 Nation KS in the middle getting pin to pin will be key. Also, the back-row defense of the pins along with Ryan McAleer Ryan McAleer 5'5" | DS/L Blue Valley | 2024 State #29 Nation KS will be key.
Power ‘] 17-1
We weren’t shocked here either to see Power make the Power Pool grouping to start the tournament. They had a strong year as 16s and returned almost every player from that team. The improved play of Julia Headley Julia Headley 6'2" | MB St. James | 2024 State #103 Nation KS has proved key early this season. Tatum Tindall Tatum Tindall 6'1" | MB Manhattan | 2024 State KS is a new face to this team. This is a team that may be flying under the radar a little nationally but will prove to be a problem for some teams this weekend. Power Pool D is where they will start.
Rockwood Thunder 17 Elite
We were surprised here when we didn’t see Rockwood 17 Elite in the original Power Pool release. This is a team that has been consistent the last two years as a top maybe 15 team in the age group. More impressive is for the most part, this team has stayed intact. Like most teams at this level, they have quality hitters on the pin but we really love the two-setter system with Alyssa Nelson Alyssa Nelson 5'8" | S Wildwood | 2024 State MO and Morgan Dumm. Olivia Hasbrook Olivia Hasbrook 5'9" | DS/L Eureka | 2024 State #56 Nation MO and Amelia “Mia” Moser Amelia “Mia” Moser 5'5" | DS/L Lafayette | 2024 State MO are fantastic defenders on this team. Look for them in Power Pool C.
16 Division
Rockwood Thunder 16 Elite
Rockwood is fresh off of earning a Liberty bid from their region bid weekend tournament. They had a second-place finish behind HPSTL 16 Royal. They will team up with Dynasty 16 Black who we will discuss later in Power Pool D. This team features setter Maddy Bach Maddy Bach 5'9" | S Parkway West | 2025 State MO , who has a tremendous skill set and volleyball IQ. Bryton Lyon and Abby Chall Abby Chall 6'0" | MB Timberland | 2025 State MO are a couple of players capable of making big plays.
HPSTL 16 Royal
16 Royal was perfect on their way to grabbing a national bid in their region bid tournament. If you haven’t seen this team play, make an effort to get by their court this weekend in Power Pool C. Zoe Baliva Zoe Baliva 6'1" | OH St. Joseph's Academy | 2025 State MO , Reagan Nelson Reagan Nelson 6'0" | OH Pattonville | 2025 State #107 Nation MO , and Hannah Leftridge Hannah Leftridge 5'10" | OH St. Pius X (Festus) | 2025 State MO are all players who will take swings. on the pin. Haper Highfill is a lights-out defender.
Dynasty 16 Black
16 Black as mentioned above will be in Power Pool D. They aren’t one of the bigger teams in the division but they bring tremendous athleticism and great defense to the court. Hadley Porter Hadley Porter 5'6" | DS/L Blue Valley Southwest | 2025 State KS has proven herself to be one of the top defenders in the age group. Lauren Lopez Lauren Lopez 5'10" | OH Bishop Miege | 2025 State KS is a player on the pin who keeps getting better and better each time out. Ella Florez Ella Florez 5'9" | S Mill Valley | 2026 State KS came in as a freshman at Mill Valley and showed she is a name you better get to know.
15 Division
Pohaku 15-1
Pohaku working their way into Power Pool play in a few short years is impressive and this team has the roster to become one of the top teams in this age group. They are deep on the pins with players like Grace Martin Grace Martin 5'11" | OH St. Thomas Aquinas | 2026 State KS , Hallie Vaughn, Elena Dougherty Elena Dougherty 5'8" | RS Olathe Northwest | 2026 State KS , and Willow Weninger Willow Weninger 6'1" | RS Blue Valley Southwest | 2026 State KS . They were perfect in the opening weekend of Power League, going 5-0 and not dropping a set.
HPSTL 15 Royal
Maeve Rush Maeve Rush 6'0" | OH Rock Bridge | 2026 State MO and Bennett Raterman Bennett Raterman 6'4" | MB St. Pius X (Festus) | 2026 State MO will lead their 15 Royal team into Power Pool C when first serve launches come Saturday. We are excited to follow some of the 15 teams this weekend to learn more about their play and rosters. Jessie Hawkins Jessie Hawkins 5'5" | DS/L Festus | 2026 State MO is a defender we’ve heard good things about. 6’5″ Katherine Byergo Katherine Byergo 6'5" | MB Parkway West | 2026 State MO will turn some heads.