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Zumba & Ice Cream during the NL Annual Ice Cream Social

The younger teams had a fun Tuesday night as they skipped SAQ in favor of Zumba, and then had Ice Cream with Strawberries, Bananas, chocolate & whip cream to finish off our crazy dress night. Here's some clips of the Early wave doing Zumba and the Late wave doing Zumba. On Wednesday it was the older teams chance to show their stuff. Here's some clips of Wednesday's Early wave doing Zumba and then the Late wave.

Northern Lights Wins Gold, Silver, & Bronze in 14's & 16's Divisions of the Rochester Cup

Northern Lights teams traveled to Rochester for the two-day, Rochester Cup, winning both of the top divisions and placing all 4 of our teams in the 16's into the semi finals.

Congratulations to the 14-1 team for winning the 16's Division, defeating the NL 15-2 team in the finals.  NL 14-1, NL 16-Black, NL 15-2, and NL 15-Black all made the final four. The 16-Black team placed third defeating the 15-Black team in the 3rd/4th place match.

Congratulations to the 13-1 team for placing 2nd and taking home the Silver medals in the 14 Gold Division in the first weekend of the Rochester Cup.

Northern Lights Wins all Divisions at the AAU Super Regional

Northern Lights hosted the 2nd Annual Northern Lights AAU Super Regional on the weekends of May 4/5 and 11/12. During the first weekend of competition NL won all 3 age divisions. During the second weekend of competition NL won both age divisions.

Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the 18's division. They defeated M1 181 in the finals.

Congratulations to the 17-1 team for winning the 17's division. They defeated M1 171 in the finals.

Congratulations to the 17-Black for placing 3rd in the 17's division.

Congratulations to the 16-1 team for winning the 16's division. They defeated the NL 16-2 team in the finals in a great 3 set match.

Congratulations to the 15-1 team for winning the 15's division. They defeated our 15-2 team in the finals.

Congratulations to the 14-1 team for winning the 14's division. They defeated our 14-2 team in the finals.

Northern Lights 16-1's awarded 16 Open Bid

Congratulations to the 16-1 team for being awarded an At Large Bid into the 16 Open Division of the USJN Championships. The 16-1 team had missed qualifying at two the toughest Qualifers, Big South and Northern Lights, by just 1 position at each event.

With this Open Bid, Northern Lights has now qualified a team in each of the 5 Open Divisions (14 Open, 15 Open, 16 Open, 17 Open, & 18 Open) at the USJN Championships the #1 tournament in the USA.

NL medals 3 teams at the Northern Lights Qualifier & puts 10 teams in the Gold!

Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 18 Open Division by defeating Sky High in the finals. This is the 2nd National Qualifier that the 18-1 team has won and Qualified at for the 18 Open Division of the USJN Championships in Dallas late this June.

Congratulations to the 17-1 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 17 Open Division by defeating KC Power in the finals. This is the 2nd National Qualifier that the 17-1 team has Qualified at for the 17 Open Division of the USJN Championships in Dallas late this June.

Congratulations to the 17-Black team for placing third at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 17 USA Division to take home a bronze medal. They defeated Platform Elite in the 3rd place match. The 17-Black team was also previously qualified for the USJN Championships in Dallas late this June.

10 of our 14 teams who played in this event were in the Gold Brackets/Pools and NL had teams in the Gold of all 9 divisions of the tournament!

Northern Lights wins 3 of the 5 Divisions entered at the North Country Region Metro Championships.

The weekend of April 27-28 was very successful for 7 of our younger Northern Lights teams. The club entered 5 age divisions at the NCR Metro Championships and won 3 of the divisions and was 2nd in the other two! This was another great performance by our younger teams.

Congratulations to the 12-1 team for winning the 12 Blue Gold Division. They defeated Wicked Moose in the finals.

Congratulations to the 12-2 team for winning the 12 Blue Silver Division. They defeated Team Edge in the finals.

Congratulations to the 13-Black team for placing 2nd in the 13 Blue Gold Division. They lost to Cannon Falls Crush in the finals.

Congratulations to the 14-Red team for placing 2nd in the 14 Blue Gold Division. They lost to M1-141 in the finals.

Congratulations to the 14-White team for winning the 14 Blue Silver Division. They defeated Kokoro 141 in the finals.

NL 14-2 Wins Northern Lights Qualifier & NL puts 6 teams in the Gold!

Congratulations to the 14-2 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 14 USA Division by defeating Iowa Rockets in the finals.

Congratulations to the 14-1 team for placing 2nd in the 14 Open Division. This 2nd place finish Qualified them for the 14 Open Division of the USJN Championships in Dallas late this June.

Six of our 16 teams who played in this event were in the Gold Brackets/Pools and 3 were in the Silver Brackets.

NL Qualifier Set up teams

The set up for the Qualifier is going well. Last night the 15's teams knocked out 10 more courts than we expected, and as result todays set up crews are really far along. We do not need the following teams to show up for set up tonight Wednesday April 17. 14-2, 14-Black, 14-Red, 14-White, 13-1, 13-2, & 13-Black. You will all be doing take down instead on April 28th.

15-1 & 14-1 are still needed to do the final court taping, net set up, and bannering tonight Wednesday April 17.

NL 17-1 Places 2nd and Qualifies at Big South!

Congratulations to the 17-1 team for placing 2nd in the 17 Open Division at the Big South National Qualifier. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 17 Open Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Congratulations to the 16-1 team who made it to the Gold Pool on day 3 and finishted tied for 5th.

NL 18's teams travel to Italy

The Northern Lights 18-1, 18-2, 18-Black, & 18-Red teams will be traveling and competing in Italy from March 24- April 2 with BringitUSA. They will be spending the first few days sightseeing in Rome, Milan, and Venice. After that they will be competing in a high level tournament in Pordenone Italy (18-1), Falconara (18-2), Milan (18-Black), and Albisola (18-Red) with Junior teams from Italy and around the world. The team's written journals and pictures can be seen by clicking here.

NL 15-1 Places 3rd and Qualifies at Colorado Crossroads!

Congratulations to the 15-1 team for placing 3rd in the 15 Open Division at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 15 Open Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Northern Lights sent 4 teams to the tournament and had 3 of them in the Gold Championship Brackets, and one in the Silver Bracket.

NL 18-1 Wins & 17-2 Places 2nd at Colorado Crossroads!

Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the 18 Open Division at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 18 Open Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Congratulations to the 17-2 team for placing 2nd at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier 17 USA Division. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 17 USA Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Congratulations to the 16-2 team for placing 3rd at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier 16 USA Division. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 16 USA Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Northern Lights sent 7 teams to the tournament and had 6 of them in the Gold Championship Brackets, and one in the Silver Bracket.

NL wins 8 divisions of the Omaha President's Day Tournament

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-1 team for winning the 12's Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. They played Nebraska Elite in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 14-1 team for winning the 14 Open Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. The 14-1's played MN Select 141 in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 15-1 team for winning the 15 Open Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. They played Colorado Jrs in the finals. This is the 2nd year in a row that the 15-1 team has played Colorado Jrs in the finals, and both times NL has won.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-2 team for winning the 16 Club Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. The 16-2's went undefeated in the tournament and played our own 16-Black team in the finals....so Congratulations also to the 16 Black team for placing 2nd.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-1 team for winning the 17 Open Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. The 17-1's went undefeated in the tournament and played KC Power in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-2 team for winning the 17 Club Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. The 17-2 team played our own 17-Black team in the finals . . . so once again Congratulations also to the 17 Black team for placing 2nd.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 18-1 team for winning the 18 Open Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. They went undefeated for the tournament and played Iowa Rockets in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 18-2 team for winning the 18 Club Division of the Omaha President's Day tournament. 18-2 played Club Iowa Jrs in the finals.

Northern Lights placed 20 of it's 24 teams into the Gold Brackets of the tournament. This was an excellent showing for all Northern Lights teams!

Northern Lights 13-Black wins the local President's Day Tournament

Northern Lights 6 teams in the local Presidents Day tournament, and place all 6 of those teams in the Gold Brackets. This was an excellent showing for our young Northern Lights teams!

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 13-Black for winning the 13's age division. They defeated M1 13-1 in the finals.

Congratulations also to the Northern Lights 14-Red team which finished 2nd in the 14's age division.

College Coach Elite Prep Camp - June 10-12

Northern Lights  is pleased to offer a great new camp for ELITE level players: our College Coach Elite Prep Camp!

This is a high-intensity camp designed for Varsity and Elite Junior Club players. The camp will be coached by collegiate coaches, and run like a college level practice. Get direct access to the best coaches in the Midwest! Designed to push top-level volleyball players.

Players planning to attend this camp should be able to keep up in a COLLEGE atmosphere practice and should have ELITE club experience. Excellent Individual skills are stressed. 7:1 camper to staff ratio.

Click here for a list of coaches attending, dates, costs, and registration instructions. 

Congratulations to our January Thaw Champions

Congratulations to these teams for winning their respected club divisions at the January Thaw:  18-1s, 17-2s, 16-2s, 15-2s, 14-1s and 13-1s.  All of the teams did great, and you can check all of the final results at Real Time Results.

Half-Day Winter Events

Northern Lights  is offering an inexpensive and flexible competition opportunity for your teams - our 2013 Winter Play Dates. These play days offer flexibility to pick the dates you want to play. All teams will play half day format with a guarantee of 3 matches Sign up today - space is limited.

Dec 9th, Ref Clinic & Player / Parent Meeting

Weather Update: the forecast is for 10-15 inches of snow, with this storm being one of the top ten snow falls ever in the Twin Cities. We are concerned for how bad conditions will be several hours from now, especially at 5:00 when the Parent Meeting will be done.

Because of this, we are making the following schedule changes:

We are still running the Referee Clinic today for anybody that can attend. Start time is still 12:00 noon. We will not hold the Parent Meeting today. We will run the Referee Clinic again Monday at 5:30 pm followed by the Parent Meeting at 7:00 pm for all players and parents. Any players that do not attend the Referee Clinic today, must attend tomorrow at 5:30. All players and parents must attend the Parent Meeting that will be held at 7:00 pm Monday.

All practices will be cancelled on Monday night so we can hold the Parent Meeting. Please pass the word to all teammates, parents, coaches, etc.

Elite Setter Camp with Cathy Noth

Northern Lights  is pleased to offer an Elite Setter Clinic with Cathy Noth. The clinic will run for two days - December 28 and 29. This is an excellent opportunity to get quality instruction and repetition during your Christmas break! Sign up today - space is limited.

November 11, 2012 ----15's-18's Tryouts completed

Congratulations to the 186 new players ages 15-18 selected for the Northern Lights 2013 teams. The first practice for the 15's-18's will be on Monday November 12th, check the schedules link on the left side of this page for exact times.

November 11, 2012 ----Congrats to State Tournament Champions

Northern Lights would also like to congratulate all the players who were named to the All Tournament teams, including NL players: Jamie Cairncross, Lydia Dimke, Samantha Flattum , Alyssa Goehner, Erica Handley, Carlee Hoppe, Mackenzie Horkey, Afton Sobasky, & Sarah Wilhite.

Congratulations to Sarah Wilhite, 2012 Baden Ms. Volleyball

Congratulations to Sarah Wilhite who was selected by the MN Coaches Association as the 2012 Ms. Volleyball. Sarah plays for Eden Prairie High School. Last year she played for NL 17-1 and will be completing her club career on a NL 18's team this year.

November 7, 2012 ----Congrats to All State Players

Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to all of the High School Players in Minnesota who were selected for the MN Coaches Association All State teams. 16 players from Northern Lights were selected, they are:

November 6, 2012 ----Congrats to Star Tribune & Pioneer Press All Metro Players

Northern Lights would also like to extend our congratulations to the 12 Northern Lights Players who were selected to either the Star Tribune All Metro Teams and/or the Pioneer Press All Metro teams.

November 4, 2012 ----Congrats to State Tournament Players

October 28, 2012 ----11's-14's Tryouts completed

Congratulations to the 111 new players ages 10-14 selected for the Northern Lights 2013 teams. The first practice for the 11's-14's will be on Tuesday October 30th.

11's: Meet in SAQ room at 4:45, Practice from 5:30 - 7:30
12's: Meet in SAQ room at 4:45, Practice from 5:30 - 7:30
13's: Meet in SAQ room at 4:45, Practice from 5:30 - 7:30
14's: Meet in SAQ room at 6:45, Practice from 7:30 - 9:30

Northern Lights Ranked as #1 Club!

The November issue of Volleyball Magazine, which each year issues the National Club Rankings, has ranked Northern Lights as the #1 club in the 17's and 15's age divisions.   Congratulations to all the players who made this possible!