2006 Season History

USAV All Tournament Team Selections, addendum 8-23

This year at the USJO National Championships Northern Lights had 5 All Tournament Selections. Four of them were from the 17-1 team, and are listed below. The other selection was Jessi Peterson from the 16-2 team which placed 5th in the National Division. Northern Lights would like to congratulate Jessi on her award which we recieved this past week and presented to her at her high school practice. Jessi is an outside hitter for Northern Lights and for her Eden Prairie High School team. Way to go Jessi!

USA Junior National Team

Congratulations to Lauren Gibbemeyer for being selected to the USA Women's Junior National Team. Lauren is one of twelve athletes from around the nation that were selected to play on this team. The Junior National Team is the top team in the USA High Performance program. They will be traveling to Monterrey Mexico to play in the Norceca Junior Championships on July 29-August 6.

Lauren plays for Northern Lights on our 17-1 team which won the 17's 2006 USA National Championship on July 5. She attends Cretin-Derham Hall High School.

Northern Lights 16's & 17's European Tour

From July 9-July 21 Northern Lights and Front Range Volleyball will be touring Germany, Austria & Italy playing various European Youth National teams who will be meeting us in various cities. The tour is being conducted by BringitUSA.com and a daily journal can be found on their website at: http://www.bringitusa.com/events/nlfr/. As time permits we will also post pictures on this website.

• Day 1 - Munich
• Day 2 - Dachau & Munich-Berlin
• Day 3 Berlin
• Day 4 Berlin
• Day 5 Berlin
• Day 6 Linderhof Castle
• Day 7 - Innsbruck Austria
• Day 8 - Innsbruck Austria
• Day 9 - Innsbruck to Pordenone Italy
• Day 10 - Venice Italy
• Day 11 - Slovenian Side Trip

Northern Lights 17-1's USJO National Champions!

Congratulations to the 17-1 team for winning the 2006 USJO National Championships in an exciting 4 game match against a very good Club Fusion team. The 17-1's finished off their season going undefeated in 17 & Under competition, and with only one loss to Sports Performance 18-1's at the NJC's.

Members of the team are: Hailey Cowles, Tawny Dahmes, Brook Dieter, Lauren Gibbemeyer, Susan Halverson, Naomi Johnson, Allie Oelke, Amanda Schroeder, Alicia Nelson and Kresson Vreeman. Head Coach Adam Beamer Asst Coaches Nicole Gilmore & Bryan Kellen.

Hailey Cowles, Lauren Gibbemeyer, & Allie Oelke were named to the All Tournament Team. Brook Dieter was named to the All Tournament Team as MVP! Congratulations to not only these four girls, but to all of the team members who worked hard for 7 months to make this win a reality.

USAV National Championships in Atlanta

June 11-18 AAU National Championship Trip

Kaepa Northern Lights 17-1's win the AAU National Championships

Kaepa Northern Lights 18-1's take 3rd at the AAU National Championships

Kaepa Northern Lights 15-1's take 5th at the AAU National Championships

Kaepa Northern Lights 14-1's take 5th at the AAU National Championships

Kaepa Northern Lights 16-1's take 9th at the AAU National Championships

• June 12 - Wet & Wild 12's-14's
• June 13 - Day One of Competition
• June 14 - Day Two of Competition
• June 15 - Day Three of Competition
• June 16 - Day Four of Competition
• June 17 - Final Day of Competition

May 20 & 21, 2006 - Northern Lights teams win all their tournaments

Congratulations to the 13-1 team for winning the Midwest Volleyball 14's Spring Tournament on May 20th.

Congratulations to the 17-3, 16-4, 14-2, and 12-1 teams for winning their Age Divisions at the SMV Spring Tournament on May 21st.

Congratulations to the 16-3, 13-2, & 12-2 teams for taking 2nd place (losing in the finals to one of the above NL teams) at the SMV Spring Tournament on May 21st. Also congratulations to the 14-3 team who placed 3rd and lost to the 14-2 team in the semi finals.

May 13, 2006 - Northern Lights teams place 1st & 2nd again

Congratulations to the 14-3 team for winning the Midwest Volleyball 14's Spring Tournament on May 13th.

Congratulations to the 13-2 team for placing 2nd in the Midwest Volleyball 14's Spring Tournament on May 13th. The 13-2's lost in a very close finals match to the 14-3's.

Congratulations to the 15-3 team for placing 2nd in the Midwest Volleyball 16's Spring Tournament on May 13th.

May 6 & 7, 2006 - Northern Lights teams sweep tournaments

Congratulations to the 16-2 team for winning the 16's Division of the Rochester Cup. The 16-2's had a close finals match against Northern Lights 14-1's who took 2nd.

Congratulations to the 12-2 team for winning the Midwest Volleyball 12's Spring Tournament on May 6th.

Congratulations to the 12-1 team for placing 2nd in the Midwest Volleyball 14's Spring Tournament on May 6th. This was an excellent finish for the 12-1's in their first 14's age division tournament!

Congratulations to the 16-3 team for winning the Midwest Volleyball 16's Spring Tournament on May 7th.

Congratulations to the 18-2 team for winning the Midwest Volleyball 18's Spring Tournament on May 7th. The 18-2's had to defeat Northern Lights 17-2's who took 2nd.

April 30, 2006

Northern Lights has 3 teams in the Gold Championship Finals at the Northern Lights Qualifer.

Northern Lights 17-1's win the Northern Lights Qualifier, their 2nd Qualifier win of the season!

Northern Lights 16-2's win the Northern Lights Qualifier and earn their National Division Bid!

Northern Lights 12-1's place 2nd in the Northern Lights Qualifier!

It was another excellent weekend for KNL teams at the Northern Lights Qualifier. We had 6 teams in the Gold Championship Brackets and 3 of those teams ended up in the Gold Championship Finals!

Once again we had an awesome takedown crew. With virtually the entire club watching the 16-2 finals, you still got all of the courts down and into the crates in less than 2 hours! Northern Lights continues to be the #1 club in takedown of these large events. Thanks to all the parents & players for their help in making this happen.

April 16, 2006

Northern Lights 14-1's take 2nd at the Northern Lights Qualifier. This was a Qualifying position, but the 14-1's had already qualified 4 weeks ago in Denver.

All of the KNL teams performed very well at the Qualifier.

What an awesome takedown crew we had for the 1st weekend of the Northern Lights Qualifier. All of the courts were down and in the crates within 50 minutes of the last ball dropping!

April 12, 2006

Great job by the 15's & 14-3 players & parents who did the set up on Wednesday night! We finished at 7:30 pm, with the courts basically ready for competition. Good luck in the tournament!

April 9, 2006

Northern Lights 18-1's & 16-1's win the North Country Regional Championships and qualify for the National Division of USJO Nationals!

Northern Lights 18-1, defeated M-1 18-1 in the final match. Immediately after winning, the team ran through the showers and headed to the airport to catch a flight to Italy where they will be playing in an international club tournament. You can read their daily journal at http://www.bringitusa.com/events/nlm2006/

Northern Lights 16-1, defeated M-1 16-1 in the final match.

Northern Lights 16-2's also qualified for the American Division of USJO Nationals by taking 3rd place in the Regional Championships.

Northern Lights 17-2's also qualified for the American Division of USJO Nationals by taking 4th place in the Regional Championships.

April 8, 2006

Northern Lights 15-1's win the North Country Regional Championships and qualify for the National Division of USJO Nationals!

Northern Lights 15-1, defeated MN Select 15-1 in the final match.

Northern Lights 15-2's also qualified for the American Division of USJO Nationals. They defeated M-1 15-1's in the Silver Division final match to take 4th place overall.

April 2, 2006

Northern Lights 17-1's Win the Big South Qualifier and Qualify in the 17 Open Division of USJO Nationals!

Finishes for 17's & 18's who attended the Big South Qualifier April 2, 2006

March 19, 2006

Northern Lights 16-2's take 5th at Colorado Crossroads.

Finishes for 16's, 17's & 18's who attended Colorado Crossroads March 17-19, 2006

March 13, 2006

Northern Lights 14-1's take 2nd at Colorado Crossroads and Qualify in the 14 Open Division of USJO Nationals!

Finishes for 14's & 15's who attended Colorado Crossroads March 11-13, 2006

Northern Lights has a great Presidents Day in Omaha and locally!

We are sure every team has their own success story and we are proud to have such a great showing. Below is a listing of how our 22 teams did. Congratulations to all teams!

November 10, 2005

Northern Lights would like to congratulate the 11 players from the club who were selected to the All State Teams at the State Tournament Banquet. Those players are:

November 8, 2005

Kaepa Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to the 9 Northern Lights Players who were selected to the Star Tribune All Metro Teams.

Kaepa Northern Lights would like to congratulate all of our 2005 players who made it to the State High School Tournament. We are pleased to have 16 players on 7 different High School teams who accomplished this.