Provincial AAA JV Girls Volleyball Championship (2024)

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Greetings from the MHSAA

Welcome to the Provincial Junior Varsity Volleyball Championships!

Nearly 6,000 student athletes participate in high school volleyball in Manitoba every year, making it one of our largest sports. A great deal of hard work has gone into practice, matches and tournaments in preparation for this Championship. All teams have now focused their attention on this weekend with the goal of becoming Provincial Champions. We wish you success as you strive to achieve your ultimate goal and hope that the Provincials will be a special memory for you all.

Thank you to the organizing committee for your efforts in hosting this event. The support of all the student and staff volunteers is very much appreciated and is a very valued component to the overall success of this Championship.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our major corporate partners for their tremendous support – Boston Pizza, Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, Manitoba’s Credit Unions, Manitoba Hydro, Mikasa, Luscious Orange, Payworks, Hudl, and Sport Manitoba.

Congratulations to all who will be competing for the coveted title of MHSAA Provincial Champions.

Chad Falk
Executive Director
Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association

Clothing Sales

Clothing items can be purchased through a Kahunaverse Team website by clicking here.

Items for sale include:

Hoodies- $40.95

Long Sleeve- $25.25

T Shirts- $21.50

All clothing can be purchased indivdiually online and then the items will be shipped together to the athletes school for them to receive a week after the event.

Due Date for purchases to be ordered.. Tuesday, November 22nd @ Midnight

TOURNAMENT ALL STARS/ MVP

Tournament MVP

Laura Ellis #2- Outside Hitter- Neelin

Tournament All Stars

Kassie Puchailo #3- Libero- Neelin

Dana Linov #9- Setter- Neelin

Katey Ward #14- Middle- Neelin

Andrea Fischer #60- Millieu- Leo Remillard

Isabelle Boucher #43- Gauche- Leo Remillard

Ruby Harrisko #14- Setter- Stonewall

Student Life

Thursday at both schools classes will be taking place so athletes and visitors will be given specific spaces to hang out when the event is taking place. On Friday, Parent-Teacher Interviews will be happening at both schools, again athletes and visitors will be given specific spaces to remain while Provincials is happening.

Parking

Ecole Parkside School

1. All parking happen at the baseball lot off of the campground road and/or along the campground road (North end of the school). No parking for spectators in our staff parking on the North side and No parking in our bus loop
2. Teams and spectators and officials to enter our building through the back west doors so they can come in and go straight to the gym.

W.C. Miller Collegiate

1. There will be limited parking at the school on Thursday during school hours. Therefore we have received approval for parking along the street during our tournament dates. Town instructions below...
   1. lifting the parking ban along a section of 6^th Street SE during the volleyball tournament being held at W.C. Miller Collegiate between November 24 and 26, 2022. This temporary approval is limited to the west side of 6^th Street SE only and for the portion from the southernmost parking lot access to 25 feet from the south property line

   2. The approval is also on the condition that the Town is not snow clearing during that time. Since 6^th Street SE is a collector street, it will be a priority for snow clearing and we would not be able to allow parking there until snow clearing is complete. The Town will be asking the Altona Police Service to not enforce the no parking zone currently in place in the area and the time period as noted. If Public Works needs to clear snow during that time, the no parking zone will be enforced. We can confirm the status of the Town’s snow clearing when we get closer to the dates.

2. Buses can be parked at the South West Church, two streets down.

DEADLINE DATES

ONLINE ROSTER due by SEPTEMBER 29. All JV and Varsity team rosters must be entered online regardless of whether they will be attending ProvincialChampionships. Schools with two teams or more, in a single gender/category (i.e.varsity girls), must complete separate online rosters for each team. No lateralmovement allowed between rosters.

ZONE AND INTERZONE PLAY-OFFS The convenor must notify Greg by phoneat 204-925-5642 or email (greg@mhsaa.ca) following the conclusion of the zonechampionship (or when the zone representative has been declared). You must declareyour representative for each category by:

- Letter of intent to participate signed by the Principal.
- All Schools applying for a wildcard must pay a $25 non-refundableapplication fee. Schools selected to play in a wildcard game willadditionally be invoiced for the wildcard game fee of $75. The schoolwill then have 20 working days from the date of the invoice to pay thefee(s) or they will be subject to further sanctioning.
- All teams applying for a wildcard will have their season recordtaken from the MHSAA website. Teams applying must ensuretheir online record accurately reflects all games played (league,exhibition, & tournament). Additionally, any team thatparticipates in an out of province tournament or exhibition gamemust email greg@mhsaa.ca with the date, opponent(s) and scoresof those games by the deadline above.

If your application does not include the letter of intent, and/or is late, the applicationwill not be considered. Wildcard game date and location will be determined once theteams have been selected. Automatic wildcard spots may be awarded. WildcardApplication Deadlines are as follows:

SEEDING INFORMATION will be taken from the MHSAA website. All teams willhave until the dates below to ensure their season record accurately reflects all gamesplayed throughout the season. Additionally, any team that participates in an out ofprovince tournament or exhibition game must email greg@mhsaa.ca with the date,opponent(s) and scores of those games by the deadline.

A. FORMATS: (see draw appendix on page 125-126 of MHSAA handbook)

“AAA” Varsity, and “A/AA”, “AAA” & “AAAA” JV Formats – Twelve (12)girls and Twelve (12) boys teams. The boys and girls championships will use
the same format. There will be three power pools of four teams for round robin.Round Robin will be used to determine play-off seeding, as all teams willadvance to single eliminate play-off. All round robin matches will be best twoout of three. The 1st and 2nd set is won by the first team to score 25 points viarally-point scoring, with a minimum lead of two points. The deciding 3rd set isplayed to 15 points with a minimum lead of 2 points. (no point cap). “AAAA”all play-off matches are a best three out of five. A set is won by the team whichfirst scores 25 points via rally-point scoring, with a minimum lead of two points.The deciding 5th set, if required, is played to 15 points with a minimum lead of2 points. (no point cap). “A/AA” & “AAA” all play-off matches are a best twoout of three. A set is won by the team which first scores 25 points via rally-pointscoring, with a minimum lead of two points. The deciding 3rd set, if required, isplayed to 15 points with a minimum lead of 2 points. (no point cap).

“A” & “AA” Format –Sixteen (16) boys and (16) girls teams will be selectedfor placement in one of four Provincial Qualifiers. Format will be round robinwith the first team earning a qualifier spot for provincials and the 2nd and 3rdplace teams advancing into a play-off for the remaining qualifier spot. The toptwo teams from each Provincial Qualifier, along with the Zone 11 Champion,and Host school will advance to the Provincial Championship. The ProvincialChampionship will see Ten (10) girls teams and Ten (10) boys teams. The boysand girls championships will use the same format. There will be two pools, eachwith five teams. The top four teams from each pool will advance to theChampionship side. There is no Consolation side. All matches are a best two outof three. The 1st and 2nd set is won by the first team to score 25 points via rally-point scoring, with a minimum lead of two points. The deciding 3rd set is playedto 15 points with a minimum lead of 2 points. (no point cap).

“AAAA” Varsity - Twelve (12) girls and twelve (12) boys teams will competein Regional Playdowns for the first two (2) rounds. The winners will thenadvance to the Final Four Championship. All matches are a best three out offive. A set is won by the team which first scores 25 points via rally-point scoring,with a minimum lead of two points. The deciding 5th set is played to 15 pointswith a minimum lead of 2 points. (no point cap).

B. RULES: the playing rules of Volleyball Canada shall govern the competitionunless specified below. Special playing rules approved by the MHSAA will takeprecedent over rules in the official rulebook.

Junior Varsity Eligibility Rule: in order to be eligible for the junior varsitycompetition the athlete must meet the following requirements:
a) Participating athletes must be under the age of 17 as of midnight of thecurrent school year, August 31.
b) Students are eligible to participate in junior varsity for two years. Indetermining the two-year clause, member schools must count grade 9
as the first year. The athlete's eligibility begins upon enrolment ingrade 9 and is allowed two consecutive years of competition from time
of enrolment in grade 9

For “A” and “AA” schools students may compete in an unlimited number ofmatches at the varsity level and still maintain their eligibility to compete in thejunior varsity Provincial Championships. Students must compete in aminimum of 6 games at the JV level in order to be eligible to compete in zoneand provincial play-offs. Tournaments would count as two (2) games.NOTE: (the intent of this rule is to allow schools to utilize some athletes toform both teams NOT to better one and/or both teams)

For “AAA” and “AAAA” schools students may not compete in more than threematches at the varsity level. (league, exhibition, or tournament - Tournamentscount as two matches). Rural “AAA” Junior Varsity teams are allowed tocompete against rural varsity “A” and “AA” teams without these matches beingcounted as varsity level.

The libero number will be REQUIRED only on the rotation lineup card for eachset and not on the player roster.

Teams will be allowed 12 substitutions per set. A player can be substitutedunlimited up to the 12 substitutions per set.

The Official Ball is the Mikasa VQ200W-CAN (Red/White)

Tie Breaking Procedure:
If two or more teams are tied at the end of the preliminary round, the followingcriteria will be applied, in order:
a. The team having the best ratio of won/lost matches, consideringmatches between the tied teams, will be ranked higher;
b. The team having the best ratio of won/lost games, considering matchesplayed between the tied teams, will be ranked higher;
c. The team having the best ratio of won/lost games, considering allmatches of the round, will be ranked higher;
d. The team having the best ratio of points for/against, considering gamesplayed between the tied teams, will be ranked higher;
e. The team having the best ratio of points for/against, considering allgames played during the round, will be ranked higher;
f. Toss of coin

When you apply this rule to break a tie you should follow this sequence:

i.When two teams are tied, the tie-breaking criteria are applied one afterthe other until the tie has been broken.
ii. When three or more teams are tied, the tie-breaking criteria are appliedone after the other until all the tied teams have been ranked.

NOTE: This means that if there is a tie among teams X, V and Z and criteria “b’is able to determine X as first, Y as second and Z as third, then no further criteriaare to be used. The tie is broken. However, if criteria “b’ determines X as firstand there is still a tie between Y and Z. then the ranking of the remaining teamswill be determined by proceeding to criteria “c and so on, if necessary. Do notstart at (a) again. Continue through the sequence of criteria using the results ofteams x, y, and z for criteria (d).

Interzones are to be determined by the MHSAA. If the zone/interzonechampionship is won by the host school, then another wildcard spot becomesopen. Interzone and wildcard games will be the best 3 out of 5. There will be nointerzones in the varsity “A” & “AA” category.

Teams are to bring their own warm up balls

Net Heights: JV Boys – 2.35m JV Girls – 2.20m Varsity Boys – 2.43m Varsity Girls – 2.24m

Uniform Rule: Style and colour of uniform must be consistent throughout theteam. Compression undergarments can be worn, with no restrictions on colour orlength.Athletes, team members and coaches are not permitted to wear headwear duringcompetition, opening ceremonies, awards ceremonies, banquets and/orluncheons. Inappropriate bench conduct (i.e., changing tops, jerseys,uniforms, at the bench or on the playing field) is not acceptable. Any athlete,team member or coach deemed in violation may be subject to a fine in the amountof $50-$200 assessed to the school.All uniforms must be numbered 1-99, (whole numbers). (While MHSAAallows 1-99, it is preferred that the appropriate numbers of 1-15 be used).Captains bars are not required on uniforms.

Coaches should be advised that if the uniform rule is not adhered to, the teammay not be allowed to compete and may be fined up to $200. The schoolmay also be put on probation (probation being that if the school violates theinfraction again, the school may be fined $200 and be suspended from allMHSAA activities).

Advertising on uniforms must adhere to guidelines as outlined on pages 130-131 of MHSAA Handbook.

It is expected that all teams attend opening ceremonies and related functions(Banquets, etc.). Non-attendance may result in fines and/or further
sanctions against the school.

3. AWARDS
Awards Presentation: All teams that medal are expected to stay for the presentationof the awards. Teams may be fined for not being present for the awards.In each division, the championship team will receive the Championship banner, firstplace medals and Championship T-shirts The runner-up team in the championshipevent will receive a finalist banner and second place medals. The third place team inthe championship event will receive third place medals (excluding "AAAA")Six All-stars and one MVP will be awarded. A Players Choice Award will be selectedfor Varsity only.

Schools with team rosters that exceed the allotted number of awards would beresponsible for the cost of any additional awards required.

4. SUPERVISION
At all MHSAA Provincial Championships, interzone and wildcard games,participants must have a teacher from the school division in attendance as asupervisor, or they will not be allowed to compete. In individual sports where it maybe unrealistic for one teacher to accompany one student, the zone may designateteacher supervisors for athletes. This must be a written request, signed byeach principal involved, and approved by the MHSAA, well in advance. Thedesignated teacher supervisor should have a copy of the letter, with them during the
championship.

Teachers employed in the school division where they are coaching a team, may be thesupervisor for that team. The responsibility rests with the school to ensure thatsupervisor(s) are fully acquainted with all MHSAA rules, regulations, andconsequences. Violation of this rule may result in a fine up to a maximum of $200.

5. INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURE
The MHSAA, in cases of severe weather disruptions, may have to make decisions asto the possible rescheduling of Provincial Championships. MHSAA decisions will bebased on Environment Canada weather reports, the Manitoba Highway reports andweather conditions at the host site.
Information on possible schedule changes will be posted on the host website between6:30 and 7:00 am on the day of the Championship. Schools will also be emailed anychanges. In case of inclement weather, schools should refrain from travelling toProvincial Championships until they receive notification from the MHSAA AssistantExecutive Director with instructions and updated scheduling. Schools deciding totravel prior to receiving notification from MHSAA Assistant Executive Director doso at their own risk and will be responsible for their travel and hotel costs, should theevent be postponed or changed.

Many schools travel to Provincial Championships on the day prior to thechampionship beginning. In cases where most schools are already at the host site, theconvenor along with MHSAA assistant director will try to modify schedules toaccommodate teams that will be arriving later due to weather conditions.