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(Players and parents: check this page frequently for the latest LVA news and announcements; for past—but still relevant—updates, click on the Club News link here and on the left.)
May • 2012
 Practice schedule for week of May 13:
>>> Click here to see the Google Calendar version <<<
Be sure to click on each item title to see the full schedule details,
including complete practice time and venue.
Monday evening, May 14 update...
Aloha All: all practices are canceled this week, due to graduations.
Next week 17U Girls only, on Mon. and Wed. (reminder—17U Girls are gearing up for the national championships in 5 weeks). 14U Girls & Boys and 18U Boys are cancelled next week as well. For any questions, please email Coach Gimi directly.
Sunday, May 13 update...
Happy Mother's Day!
Hope all you wonderful beautiful moms had a blessed day!
A big mahalo to all those players and parents who showed up this past Thursday night and Saturday to help with the Seabury Hall Crafts Fair. It was an especially busy weekend for the 17U Girls, with a Car Wash and Chow Fun Sale all day Saturday and still showing up from 4:00-6:15 at Seabury. Dedication and commitment!! That's what its all about. Mahalo again to all of you.
Important message to 14U Boys/parents:
please Call Coach Gimi at your earliest convenience: 268-1799.
This is a photo from the epic Hana vs. Moloka'i semifinal match at the MIL Division 2 Tournament
a couple of weeks ago, which the Hana Dragons won in 5, 22-25, 41-39 (!), 23-25, 25-15, 16-14.
Hana has 5 LVA boys: Hunter Perry, Rico Estocado, Dylan Lecker-Agnew, Blake Kristofferson, and
Maluhia Scott. That's Blake blocking (with Malu next to him, obscured by the Moloka'i player).
17U Girls to JOs in Ohio this summer!
9:30 p.m. update, Sat. March 25th:
17U Girls welcome home! 14U Girls return tomorrow...
LVA 17's gets bid to Junior Championship in Ohio! LVA Placed 2nd in
this weekend's Hilo regional Championship, while Hi-Intensity 18's
placed first with the 18's bid. IMUA LVA!!!!
G14 results pending. Mahalo to all who traveled to Hilo to help support your daughters' teams. Big mahalos to G14 chaperone: Tracie Bean. Head Coach
Henry Davis. And G17 chaperone: Kaihi Bissen assisted by Rick Bissen.
Head Coach Gimi Thibodeaux, assisted by Coach Bubba Thibodeaux.
Lanakila athletes in the news...
Photo taken at the Las Vegas tournament last week.
See the Club News page for last week's updates and links to the results.
At a recent 14U Girls Car Wash fundraiser:
Click on the thumbnail image to see larger version.
Reminder:
Coach Gimi has a new e-mail address: lvahawaii@yahoo.com
please use this e-mail from now on. Mahalo!
For video clips of drills at recent practices, visit the LVA 18U Boys Tumblr—
which is being repurposed for now to a general LVA Tumblr, as the
MIL boys' volleyball season is starting up soon (hence club v'ball for boys
will be put on hold—until summer and JOs in Dallas!).
14U at LVA's Juniors Tournament:
LVA 14U Girls (with Coach Henry)
LVA 14U Boys (with Coaches Mike and Bubba)
LVA athletes/parents: if you took pictures or videos during the tournament,
please consider sharing them! I'd love to put them all together in a photo-gallery page
on our website. You can text (359-1667) or e-mail me any photos. Mahalo! ~ Lloyd.
LVA Players in Action:
The 14U Girls and Boys at practice...
Click on the photos above to see the larger version. On the left are the 14U Girls with Coach Henry Davis (missing from photo is Ilihia Keawekane). On the left are the 14U Boys with Coaches Bubba and Mike.
A collage of LVA passers...
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Scenes from a carwash fundraiser...
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Scenes from a Sunday morning's practice...
Players—18U Boys above left, 17U Girls above right—doing a drill designed by Coach Gimi, in which players on a typical 6-player rotation faced the wall with hitters hitting at it, as if against an impenetrable block; block coverage was critical for this drill (click on the images to see the larger version).
LVA Girls as 2011 MIL All-Stars
A big congratulations to all MIL girls who made the 2011 MIL Girls Volleyball All-Stars. Of course, a special shout-out goes to our current LVA Girls players who made the First-, Second-Team and Honorable Mention lists:
Taylor Fernandez, Kalei Vaivai, Sienna Davis, Olivia Wallace,
Pakalana Helekahi, Leimana Kane, Gabby Cordoba,
Kayla Uyesugi, Patricia Batoon.
LVA Alumni News:
 The University of New Haven Chargers, on whose women's volleyball team former MIL and LVA standout Kaulana Ane is a member, won their 4th straight Northeast-10 Conference regular-season title last week.
In a signal honor, Kaulana was selected to be on the NE-10 Conference All-Rookie Team. A UNH Athletics article detailed Kaulana's achievements in her first season on the team:
"Kaulana Ane was named to the Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team for her contributions as a freshman. She recorded 1.08 kills, 1.69 assists and 2.40 digs per set this season. The Paia, Hawaii native totaled 105 kills, 164 assists and 233 digs so far this season."
[ For previous weeks' news items, see the Club News page. ]
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