Paramount Age Groups Sweep the Weekend
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Four different age groups for Paramount in the 14-17 rage played in tournaments this weekend at Maryland Juniors. All four age groups brought home the gold. For some it was not so easy. Below is a summary of the results as well as new players who also stood out at the tournament.
17 Open
Highlights
This group was two pools of three. Paramount easily trounced over their opponents without the other teams getting more than 16 points. When the sets for pool play begin at 4-4 it becomes even more impressive.
In the other pool Maryland Juniors swept through Vienna Elite and after winning the first two sets against Renaissance Black DE lost the third set. The last set loss did not mean much since they had already clinched the pool. It meant a lot to Renaissance as the win made them eligible to play in the gold bracket.
Maryland Jrs again played Renaissance Black DE in the first round of the playoffs while Paramount earned a bye. Led by the strong outside hitting of left side Lauryn Allen Lauryn Allen 5'9" | RS McDonogh | 2025 State VA and the setting of Jasmine Nelson Jasmine Nelson 5'8" | S Wilde Lake | 2025 State VA they swept past Renaissance Black DE. The first set Maryland Juniors pulled it off 25-23 with a set ending spike by Tatum Hall Tatum Hall 6'1" | OH Atholton | 2025 State VA . Brooke Grodon contributed some impressive redirect blocks from the middle and Olivia McDonough Olivia McDonough 5'7" | DS/L Glenelg | 2025 State VA played a solid libero. Maryland Juniors cruised in the second set 25-5.
Paramount
proved to be a little too much for Maryland Juniors in the gold medal match, sweeping them 25-21 and 25-17.
Paramount
received contributions from two of their players from the class of 2026, setter
Claire Mo
Claire
Mo
5'9" | S
Langley | 2026
State
VA
and left side
Charlotte Arrington
Charlotte
Arrington
5'10" | OH
Loudoun County | 2026
State
VA
. Last year Charlotte played for the 15 team but jumping past a year has not lessoned her game.
Sydney Mayfield
Sydney
Mayfield
5'10" | RS
Bullis | 2025
State
VA
contributed heavely from the right side.
Brianna Holladay
Brianna
Holladay
6'2" | MB
Riverside | 2025
State
VA
and
Brianna Washington
Brianna
Washington
5'11" | MB
Woodbridge | 2025
State
VA
were unstoppable in the middle.
In the second set Maryland Juniors missed three straight serves to allow
Paramount
to pull away to a 25-15 win. Prior to the first missed serve Maryland Juniors only trailed 17-12.
Adriana Perodin
Adriana
Perodin
5'9" | OH
Riverside | 2024
State
VA
, a smaller left side from the class of 2024 showed that height does not matter, smashing one down the line with plenty of juice to put a dent in the floor, advancing the Paramount lead to 22-14..
16 Open
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Highlights
As the tournament progressed there remained little doubt about who would face each other in the finals. Paramount easily won their pool sweeping all three opponents without giving up more than 17 points. Blue Ridge also swept past their opponents.
In the first round of the playoffs Blue Ridge destroyed Renaissance Black DE in the first set 25-5 but struggled during the second set 26-24. Paramount blitzed past Renaissance Black DC 25-11, 25-11.
That brought a finals match between Blue Ridge and Paramount . While the year is still early this would be the third encounter between the two teams. Blue Ridge won the first match at Volley by the James. Paramount came back and won the second match at the Mid-Atlantic Power League (MAPL) tournament in Hampton. Last week Blue Ridge finished in third place at the Charm City Challenge in Baltimore, playing in the 18 Division.
The first set Paramount dominated 25-18. The game was tied at 16-16 but back to back service errors by Blue Ridge and a six point service run by Morgan Reeves Morgan Reeves 5'10" | OH St. Johns | 2026 State VA gave Paramount a 24-17 lead.
Kennedy Spaid
Kennedy
Spaid
5'11" | OH
James Wood | 2026
State
#156
Nation
VA
took control in set two. She contributed at least seven kills in the second set, including a critical kill to tie the game at 24-24. Olivia Smith came back with an ace to make it 25-24 and a roll shot down the line by
Callie Hose
Callie
Hose
5'8" | RS/DS/L
Clear Spring | 2026
State
MD
ended the set 26-24.
Tenley Mattison
Tenley
Mattison
5'10" | MB
John Handley | 2026
State
VA
put away a couple sets late in the game from her middle position to keep
Blue Ridge
close.
Parker Sutherland
Parker
Sutherland
6'3" | MB/OH
Hedgesville | 2026
State
VA
from the middle and
Morgan Reeves
Morgan
Reeves
5'10" | OH
St. Johns | 2026
State
VA
from the left side were key pieces for
Paramount
, but they came up short.
Morgan Reeves
Morgan
Reeves
5'10" | OH
St. Johns | 2026
State
VA
put on a show in the third set with three early kills to start the game.
Kennedy Spaid
Kennedy
Spaid
5'11" | OH
James Wood | 2026
State
#156
Nation
VA
continued her assault on the Paramount back row sending missles hitting from the front row or three meter line. Her kill on an out of system set gave
Blue Ridge
a 14-13 lead.
A critical block by right side
Sydnee Peters
Sydnee
Peters
5'10" | RS
Centennial | 2026
State
VA
gave Paramount the serve. A strategically timed two handed setter dump by
Avery Prendergast
Avery
Prendergast
5'9" | S
Bishop O'Connell | 2025
State
VA
gave
Paramount
a 15-14 lead. The setter dump was so unexpected since she had not attempted it all match until that critical point. Perhaps the MVP of the match
Morgan Reeves
Morgan
Reeves
5'10" | OH
St. Johns | 2026
State
VA
put an end to the game with a kill, giving the gold to
Paramount
with the 16-14 win.
15 Open
Highlights
Paramount came into this tournament having not lost a set and ranked number one in the country according to the Advanced Event Systems USAV National Ranking. They faced adversity in this tournament. Elite teams slug through the adversity and rise to the challenge. Mediocre teams clock it in and hope for better in their next tournament. Paramount rose to their challenges. After all, being number one puts a target on your back and a team has to respond.
In the other pool sat a sleeping tiger, Maryland Juniors, who were also nationally ranked at number 82 in the USAV ranking. The interesting dynamic with Maryland Juniors 15 is they appeared to bring more length to the court than their Maryland Jrs 17 team. The 5'11"
Annika Dandridge
Annika
Dandridge
6'1" | OH
| 2027
State
VA
was virtually unstoppable from the left side, hitting rockets from both the front and back row. The middles Dylann Loggins and
Jordyn Allen
Jordyn
Allen
6'0" | MB
CH Flowers | 2027
State
VA
hammered spikes into the floor while right side
Mariska Ordonez
Mariska
Ordonez
5'11" | RS
Howard | 2027
State
MD
proved difficult to stop. I also loved their setter
Jessica Li
Jessica
Li
5'8" | S/DS/L
Glenelg | 2027
State
VA
who ran the offense.
Maryland Juniors destroyed their opponents in pool play, then vanquished Loudoun Elite pretty easily (25-8, 25-14) in the semi-finals. Paramount also won their pool rather easily, though they looked a little sluggish in the process, allowing Loudoun Elite to accumulate 20 points against them in the first set of the AM,
In the semi-finals Paramount met their first taste of adversity facing a very scrappy Premier Edge team. Libero Riley McFarland became a digging machine for Premier. It appeared the Paramount hitters were playing pepper with her in the back row because of all the driven spikes she dug. Premier actually tied the first set at 24-24 but Paramount scored the last two points to win the set 26-24. The second set was an early battle but Paramount pulled away late to win 25-14.
Coming into this tournament
Paramount
had not lost a set. Maryland Juniors changed all that by dominating them 25-18. It was the unstoppable
Annika Dandridge
Annika
Dandridge
6'1" | OH
| 2027
State
VA
show as she powdered the back row of
Paramount
with her bullets, including finishing the game with a kill. Paramount was getting their second taste of adversity and it did not sit well with their palette.
Maryland Juniors knew about the high powered offense of
Taylor Harrington
Taylor
Harrington
6'3" | MB
Wakefield | 2027
State
#10
Nation
VA
. To contain her they assigned two blockers to go up with her in the middle. That minimized Taylor's effectiveness in the first set. It failed to do so in the second set.
Taylor Harrington
Taylor
Harrington
6'3" | MB
Wakefield | 2027
State
#10
Nation
VA
strung together nine kills and also contributed two blocks to take down Maryland Juniors 25-19.
Kayla Luther
Kayla
Luther
5'7" | DS/L/OH
Loudoun County | 2027
State
VA
ended the match with her kill and
Louise Neuhart
Louise
Neuhart
6'0" | OH
St. Paul VI Catholic | 2027
State
VA
also provided some offense to the left side. It was a jolt of momentum that Paramount needed to start the third set.
In the third set
Diane Nzoupet
Diane
Nzoupet
5'3" | DS/L
Westfield | 2028
State
VA
flustered Juniors with her serve, accumulating three aces in an 8-0 run. After that outburst they would never be caught, winning 15-5. The adversity challenge had been met. On to the Triple Crown to face the best of the best.
14 Mixed
I did not really watch too much of the 14 mixed. Paramount 14 Cozad won their pool, losing only one set in the process. The only challenge to Paramount in the playoffs was the first game against Coastal in which they squeaked out a 25-23 win. They destroyed them the second set 25-9 to win the championship.
Some of their top players included their setter
Katelyn Rolph
Katelyn
Rolph
6'0" | S
Bullis | 2028
State
VA
, who may have been the tallest player on their team. Their two left sides
Rawan Salem
Rawan
Salem
5'5" | DS/L
Freedom-South Riding | 2028
State
VA
and Gianna Molino hit the ball hard for their age.
Serena Wong
Serena
Wong
5'5" | DS/L
Broad Run | 2028
State
VA
played the libero position well.
Players Who Stood Out
Christianna Sledge Christianna Sledge 5'10" | OH Magruder | 2025 State VA left side (Platform 16) - She was the top player for this newer club in the Chesapeake area. Last year she played at MVSA. Though Christianna plays on the 16 team she actually belongs to the class of 2025. She played six rotations while hitting a strong outside. She plays for Magruder high where she is listed as a middle and outside.
Gabriella Netwall Gabriella Netwall 5'9" | OH Washington-Liberty | 2026 VA left side (Renaissance Black 16) - Gabriella's back row play impressed me the most. Her passing and defense played like a libero, with quick moving feet and good anticipation when moving to her defensive position. She also hit well and provided some offense in the back row with a three meter attack. Gabriela plays multiple positions at Washington Liberty high school.
Annika Dandridge
Annika
Dandridge
6'1" | OH
| 2027
State
VA
left side (Maryland Juniors 15) - She was virtually unstoppable hitting left side or hitting from the back row. She also played a stout back row, showing off an ability to pass and play excellent defense. She might have been the MVP for the tournament if not for the efforts of
Taylor Harrington
Taylor
Harrington
6'3" | MB
Wakefield | 2027
State
#10
Nation
VA
for Paramount. Annika plays for Catholic high school in Baltimore. As a frosh she made the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM) all conference volleyball team.
Dylann Loggins middle (Maryland Juniors 15) - At 6'2" she brought some height to the middle. She also connects well on the quick sets, hitting the ball with extreme velocity. While she plays for the 15 team she belongs to the class of 2026. Her approach jump reaches 9'10". She also brings a good serve to the court and when playing back row after the serve she shows that playing defense is not alien to her. Dylann plays volleyball at Howard high school.
Lauryn Allen Lauryn Allen 5'9" | RS McDonogh | 2025 State VA left side (Maryland Juniors 17) - Lauryn provided much of the offense for Maryland Juniors on the left side. She gets good elevation in her jump and shows excellent wrist snap when striking the ball. When going back to serve Lauryn accumulated some aces with her jump spin serve. She ranks at 121 in our class of 2025 but that should rise after her performance. Lauryn plays volleyball at McDonogh high school.
Chesapeake Chirps: Paramount will play at the Triple Crown, bypassing the Capitol Hill Classic this year...Blueridge was forced to play in the 18 division at Charm City Challenge because the 16 division was full and they were wait listed. Rather than not play they chose to play in the 18 Division. A third place finish for a 20 seed out of 20 teams impressed.
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