Tues & Thur Practices Canceled............

This is an unfortunately situation that we have been presented with.

I received a call today from Bill Hill informing me that

the "W" is CLOSED again

They at this time are unable to pay their water and heating bills,

this being said they have to closed their doors.

They are hoping to find a solution to this problem, but until they do

practice on Tuesday and Thursday at the "W" is CANCELED.

This is a terrible PREDICAMENT not only for our club training there, but

for the individuals that have membership, swim, and workout there.

I hope that they do find a way to save the "W". It would be a waste to loss

such an incredible facility in our area.

Lets keep our fingers crossed.....

2009 Raffle Winners..................

We want to thank all those that purchased tickets from the girls

in this years Raffle Ticket Fundraiser

We are grateful also to the WestWood Mall for allowing us to

sell tickets to customers walking thru and shopping

LIST OF WINNERS:
Bruce and Cheryl Dykes (Gladsone)~ ATV

Bryan Renolds (MQT)~19" LCD TV

Donald Barter (Curtis) ~ Winery Gift Certificate

Brad Hamar (Palmer) ~ $20 Walmart Gift Card

Leadbetter (Negaunee) ~ Getz's Gift Certificate

Mae Ohman (MQT) ~ $25 Texture Salon Gift Card

Ben Lamirand (MQT) ~ Homemade Fleece Blanket

Jim LaJoie (Negaunee) ~ $25 MC Sports Gift Card

Rob Bell (MQT) ~ Regis Salon Basket

Chris Valima (Gwinn) ~ Stain Glass Art

Pat Bricco (MQT) ~ $25 Richer Image Gift Certificate

Delores Cote (Gwinn) ~ $25 Jandron's Gift Card

Leadbetter (Negaunee) ~ $10 Candleman Gift Card and Wells Fargo Bag

Leadbetter (Negaunee) ~ Gift Certificate to Lawry's Pasty

Ron Wait ~ Ladies Watch

Shane Depuydt (Gladstone) ~ Ladies bangle bracelet and ankle bracelet

Jon Aho (Gwinn) ~ Yonders Lotion Set

Scott Schuhmacher (Gwinn) ~ Jim's Music Gift Card

Georgia Selden (L'Anse) ~ $25 Lowe's Gift Card

Ken Clement (Rapid River) ~ $5 Play -n- Trade Gift Card and Wells Fargo Bag

~Sorry if there were any misspelled names I did my best off the raffle tickets~

Thank you again and we look forward to another great fundraiser.

WCPL Championship...........

I would like to thank first and foremost

Dominic Yoder for hosting the first of many

"Wildcat Challenge" Power League

Being our first year there were many things that we learned about running

a successful power league and we can't wait to for our next years power league.

The final competition date saw;

Border Blazers VS Articatz 17's

The Articatz 17's team even thou we were down many of our players was

able to come out victorious against the Border Blazers (3-0)

I want to thank two girls:

Kylee Fitzpatrick and Chelsey Caron for coming out

and helping us fill a team to compete in the

Championship match

It was great to see the girls play with such love and passion

This is why I do what I do twice a week for 6 months.

Thank you also to all the teams involved this year and the years to come:

Border Blazers

UP Storm

Delta Elite

Keweenaw Select

Articatz VBC

Power League Results..........

We have one event remaining in the Wildcat Challenge Power League.

4-teams are in striking range of the Championship.

The schedule will be arranged so the teams will play each other

to determine the championship fairly.

Here are the current standings for the 2009 WCPL:
Click Here to see standings

FYI: Teams earn WCPL points by set wins (1-point) and match wins (2-points).

See you at the next WCPL on April 5, 2009.

Please make sure updates to the schedule are made no later than March 30th,

if Dominic does not hear from you he will assume your

team is not competing in the Final WCPL Competition.

There will be a short Trophy presentation to the 2009 WCPL Champion

upon the conclusion of the April 5th competition.

Good Luck.

Officials Clinic.......

This weekend on March 22nd

we are hosting an officials clinic

before the "Wildcat Challenge" Power League.

Start time for the officials clinic is 11am.

We are required thru NCR to attend an officials clinic every season.

Power League will start at the end of the clinic at 1:30pm.

We are very lucky to have the opportunity to compete

every other weekend at this Power League

This playing opportunity will help us get better in our on court experiences.

PS: Pack a sacked lunch

See you at the Officials Clinic

My Sports Dreams Fundraiser........

We had a very successful Mailer Launch on

February 10, 2009

and I want to thank all the girls that participated in the

Sports Dream Mailer Fundraiser.

This fundraiser was an opportunity for the players to earn credit

toward their costs, but most importantly earn money to help the

program continue it's goal of allowing young girls the opportunity

to participate in the Articatz Club Program.

With our players and parents help and the support of our

friends and family Articatz will continue to develop the

areas young girls on and off the court.
(becoming the best volleyball player and person)

We were very lucky to have been able utilize the nation's leading sports

fundraising company "My Sports Dreams" helping us continue the goal.

Check the site Fundraising Page for upcoming programs!

New Start Dates for Youth Programs......

New start dates for our

Youth Development Programs

"Volley Tots"
This program is reserved for 3rd and 4th graders.

NEW start date is March 5th and goes till April 9th.
Days: ThursdaysSessions: 6 weeks/9 hours

Times: 6:30-8:00pm

Cost: $45

"Middle Diggers"

This program is reserved for the 5th and 6th graders

NEW start date is February 12th and goes till April 9th.

Tournament dates Mar. 21th, Apr. 11th @ the “W”.

Days: ThursdaysSessions: 9 weeks/18 hours

Times: 6:30-8:30pm

Cost: $50

All training will take place at the "W" on KI Sawyer.

This was the only gym space available for our clinic.

Please click here for more information on this program