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The Sports Performance volleyball program is completely dedicated to providing its athletes with the technical, tactical and physical training to reach their highest possible potential.  We will strive to help each and every player regardless of age or ability to achieve maximum performance.
 
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SPVB 18 Mizuno earned an Open Bid to the 2012 USA Volleyball Boy's Junior National Championships by finishing in 5th Place at the 2012 SCVA Junior Boys Invitational in California.


NEW - 2012 Boys High School Pre-Season Clinic [more]

Good luck to all the SPVB Boys in your high school season!  Thanks for all your hard work this Fall/Winter Season.  See you in June!

2012 SPVB Boys Summer Club Information for NEW 7th to 12th Graders

  • Flyer - Coming Soon!
  • June Practice and Tournamenrt Schedule - Coming Soon!
  • Informational Meetings in May
  • Open Tryout (no cuts)
  • New Expansion Teams or Potential to be added to Teams going to USAV Nationals in July!  
  • Focus on Individual Skill Development and Team Competition
  • This training camp is a great opportunity to meet our staff, our players and go through our training program to see if you might be interested in joining the full club program that starts the first week of September, 2012.
  • Contact Bryan Johnwick, bryan@greatlakescenter.com , if you have any questions.  

Congratulations to the following Sports Performance Teams for Qualifying for Open Division at 2012 USA Volleyball Boys' Junior National Championships in Dallas, TX!

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno
  • SPVB 16 Mizuno
  • SPVB 16 Runbird
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno

Sports Performance was named the JVA Club of the month for December 2011!  [more]

NEW - 2012 College Commitments

Zack Parik (Downers Grove North HS)
to Penn State University
Okello Hope (Whitney Young HS)
to Carthage College
Tim Shenkin (Glenbard East HS)
to Hope International (CA)
Jacob Schmiegelt (Willowbrook HS)
to Lewis University
Alex Valdez (Wheaton Warrenville South HS)
to St. Ambrose University
Matt Nussbaum (Wheaton Warrenville South HS)
to New York University
Ian Lawson (Glenbard West HS)
to Quincy University
 Matt Callaway (Wheaton Warrenville South HS)
to Penn State University
Thomas Jaeschke (Wheaton Warrenville South HS)
to Loyola University


2011 Sports Performance Boys Program
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2011 Volleyball Magazine FINAL National Club Rankings.  Congratulations gentlemen!

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 4th
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 7th
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Congratulations to SPVB 14 Mizuno for a 3rd Place finish at the Adversity B14 Open on 2/19/2012!Congratulations to SPVB 14 Runbird for a 5th place finish.

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Mizuno for finishing in 3rd Place in the 18 Open and SPVB 17 Mizuno for finishing in 5th Place in the 17 Open at the Boy’s Great Lakes Festival (Illinois Boys Qualifier)!

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Runbird for finishing in 5th Place in the 16 Open at the Boy’s Great Lakes Festival (Illinois Boys Qualifier) and earning an Open Bid to the 2012 USA Volleyball Boy's Junior National Championships!!!

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Mizuno for finishing in 5th Place in the 16 Open and SPVB 15 Mizuno for finishing in 7th Place in the 15 Open at the Boy’s Great Lakes Festival (Illinois Boys Qualifier)!

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Tornado for finishing in 2nd Place in the 16 Club Division at the Boy’s Great Lakes Festival (Illinois Boys Qualifier)!

Congratulations to SPVB 17 Mizuno and 15 Mizuno for finishing in 3rd Place in the 17 Open and 15 Open Divisions at the Molten Wisconsin Boys Volleyball Festival (Wisconsin Boys Qualifier) and earning an Open Bid to the 2012 USA Volleyball Boy's Junior National Championships!!!

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Mizuno and 16 Mizuno for finishing in 2nd Place in the 18 Open and 16 Open Divisions at the Molten Wisconsin Boys Volleyball Festival (Wisconsin Boys Qualifier)!!

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Runbird, 16 Runbird and 16 Wave for finishing in 9th Place in the 18 Open and 16 Open Divisions at the Molten Wisconsin Boys Volleyball Festival (Wisconsin Boys Qualifier)!!

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Tornado and 16 Lightning finishing in 4th and 5th Places, respectively, in the 16 Club Division at the Molten Wisconsin Boys Volleyball Festival (Wisconsin Boys Qualifier)!!

SPVB 16 Tornado

SPVB 16 Lightning

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Wave for winning the SYNC Series 16s/15s Tournament on 1/22/2012!Congratulations to SPVB 16 Runbird and SPVB 16 Tornado for a 3rd place finish.  SPVB 15 Mizuno finished in a 5th place tie. 

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Mizuno for getting into the Gold Bracket and finishing in 5th Place at the SCVA Junior Boys Invitational in California.  SPVB 18 Mizuno earned an Open Bid to the 2012 USA Volleyball Boy's Junior National Championships!

SPVB 18 Mizuno

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Mizuno for winning the 16 Open Division at the Dennis Lafata Gateway Boy's Festival (Missouri Boys Qualifier) and earning an Open Bid to the 2012 USA Volleyball Boy's Junior National Championships!!!

SPVB 16 Mizuno     

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Mizuno for winning the NVC/Lewis University Invite on 1/8/2012!

SPVB 18 Mizuno

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Runbird for finishing in 2nd Place and SPVB 16 Mizuno for 3rd Place at the NVC/Lewis University Invite on 1/7/2012!

Congratulations to Jack Burton - 2015 and Zach Meyer- 2015 (SPVB 15 Mizuno) for being selected to the 2011 USA Volleyball Boys' Select Holiday National Training Camp in Poway, CA

                        

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Mizuno 2011-2012 Palos Point Series Overall Runner-up and Final Day Champions!  Top 5 finish by SPVB 18 Runbird (5th Place).

SPVB 18 Mizuno

Congratulations to the following SPVB Boys for their individual 2011-2012 Palos Point Series 18s/17s Awards!  

  • Thomas Jaeschke - SPVB 18 Mizuno - Best Attacker 
  • Matt Guerrieri - SPVB 18 Mizuno - Best Libero

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Mizuno for winning the GLC 18s/17s Tournament on 12/10-11/2011! Congratulations to SPVB 18 Runbird for finishing in 2nd Place and SPVB 18 Wave for 5th Place.

SPVB 18 Mizuno

Congratulations to the following SPVB Boys for their individual 2011-2012 Palos Point Series 16s/15s Awards!  

  • Michael Simmons - SPVB 16 Mizuno - Best Attacker 
  • Robert Smith - SPVB 16 Mizuno - Best Libero

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Mizuno 2011-2012 Palos Point Series Overall Runner-up!  Top 5 finish by SPVB 16 Runbird (3rd Place).

SPVB 16 Mizuno

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Mizuno for finishing 1st and 3rd place in Bracket A at this weekend's Palos Point Series League (Dec. 3rd and 4th)! 18 Runbird finished in 5th place both days in Bracket A and 17 Mizuno finished 1st Place in Bracket C on Sunday.

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Mizuno for winning the GLC 16s/15s Tournament on 12/3/2011!Congratulations to SPVB 16 Wave for finishing in 2nd Place and SPVB 16 Runbird for a 3rd Place tie.   

SPVB 16 Mizuno

SPVB 16 Wave   

Congratulations to SPVB 18 Mizuno for finishing 2nd Place at the GLC 18s/17s Tournament on 11/19/2011!  SPVB 18 Runbird finished in 4th Place.

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Mizuno for winning the GLC 16s/15s Tournament on 11/12/2011!

SPVB 16 Mizuno                

Congratulations to SPVB 16 Runbird for finishing 2nd Place at the GLC 16s/15s Tournament on 11/12/2011!

SPVB 16 Runbird        

Greg Petty, SPVB 18 Mizuno, and the 2011 USA Boys' Youth National Team set to compete at the 2011 FIVB Youth World Championship in Argentina and the 2011 Youth Pan American Cup in Mexico.

                 

SPVB 18 Mizuno finishes in 4th Place in 18 Open at the 2011 USAV Boys Nationals! SPVB 17 Mizuno finishes in 5th Place in 17 Open!

 SPVB 18 Mizuno

2012 College Commitments - [more]

2010 - 2011 SPVB Boys News & Results [more]

2009 - 2010 SPVB Boys News & Results [more]

2010 SPVB Boys YouTube Video [more]

Best Wishes to the SPVB Boys Alumni playing volleyball professionally overseas!

  • Sean Rooney
  • Andy Hein
  • Jose Rivera
  • Kyle Gramit
  • Ryan Kwiatkowski
  • Brock Ullrich 


February 18 - 19, 2012; Boy’s Great Lakes Festival #2 

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 3rd Place tie - 18 Open
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 23rd Place tie - 18 Open
  • SPVB 18 Wave - 32nd Place tie - 18 Open
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 5th Place tie - 17 Open
  • SPVB 17 Runbird - 47th Place tie - 17 Open

February 11 - 12, 2012; 2012 Boy’s Great Lakes Festival #1 

  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 5th Place tie - 16 Open
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 5th Place tie - 16 Open - Earned Open Bid
  • SPVB 16 Wave - 21st Place tie - 16 Open
  • SPVB 16 Tornado - 2nd Place - 16 Club
  • SPVB 16 Lightning - 10th Place - 16 Club
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno - 7th Place tie - 15 Open

February 4 - 5, 2012; Molten Wisconsin Boys Volleyball Festival

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 2nd Place - 18 Open
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 9th Place tie - 18 Open
  • SPVB 18 Wave - 27th Place tie - 18 Open
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 3rd Place tie - 17 Open - Earned Open Bid
  • SPVB 17 Runbird - 20th Place - 17 Open
  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 2nd Place - 16 Open
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 9th Place tie - 16 Open
  • SPVB 16 Wave - 9th Place tie - 16 Open
  • SPVB 16 Tornado - 4th Place - 16 Club
  • SPVB 16 Lightning - 5th Place - 16 Club
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno - 3rd Place - 15 Open - Earned Open Bid

January 28 - 29, 2012; Adversity Balboa Bay Invitational Results

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 4-3 record
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 5-2 record
  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 7-0 record
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno - 3-5 record

January 22, 2012; SYNC Series 16s/15s Results

  • SPVB 16 Wave - 1st Place - Champions!!!
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 3rd Place tie
  • SPVB 16 Tornado - 3rd Place tie
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno - 5th Place tie

January 14 - 16, 2012; SCVA Junior Boys Invitational Results

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 5th Place - Earned Open Bid

January 14 - 15, 2012; Dennis Lafata Gateway Boy's Festival Results

  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 16 Open Champions - Earned Open Bid
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 9th Place tie - 18 Open
  • SPVB 18 Wave - 27th Place tie - 18 Open
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 5th Place tie - 17 Open
  • SPVB 17 Runbird - 14th Place - 17 Open

January 8, 2012; NVC/Lewis University Invite 18s/17s Results

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 1st Place - Champions!!!
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 5th Place tie
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 5th Place tie 

January 7, 2012; NVC/Lewis University Invite 16s/15s Results

  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 2nd Place
  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 3rd Place tie 

December 17 - 18, 2011; Palos Point Series #3 18s/17s FINAL STANDINGS

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 2nd Place Overall
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 5th Place Overall

December 10 - 11, 2011; Great Lakes Center 18s/17s Results

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 1st Place - Champions!!! 
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 2nd Place
  • SPVB 18 Wave - 5th Place

December 10 - 11, 2011; Palos Point Series #3 16s/15s FINAL STANDINGS

  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 2nd Place Overall
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 3rd Place Overall

December 3 - 4, 2011; Palos Point Series #2 18s/17s Results

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 5-1 record; 2nd Place Overall Standings
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 4-2 record, Bracket A
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 4-2 record, Bracket C
  • SPVB 18 Wave - 4-2 record
  • SPVB 17 Runbird - 3-3 record 

December 3, 2011; Great Lakes Center 16s/15s Results

  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 1st Place
  • SPVB 16 Wave - 2nd Place
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 3rd Place tie
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno - 5th Place tie
  • SPVB 16 Tornado - 7th Place tie 
  • SPVB 16 Lightning - 9th Place tie

November 19 - 20, 2011; Palos Point Series #2 16s/15s Results

  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 4-2 record; 2nd Place Overall Standings
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 4-2 record; 3rd Place Overall Standings
  • SPVB 16 Wave - 4-2 record
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno - 3-3 record
  • SPVB 16 Tornado - 2-4 record 
  • SPVB 16 Lightning - 4-2 record

November 19, 2011; Great Lakes Center 18s/17s Results

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 2nd Place 
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 4th Place
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 11th Place

November 12, 2011; Great Lakes Center 16s/15s Results

  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 1st Place - Gold
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 2nd Place - Gold
  • SPVB 16 Wave - 3rd Place - Gold
  • SPVB 16 Tornado - 1st Place - Bronze
  • SPVB 16 Lightning - 1st Place - Copper

November 12 - 13, 2011; Palos Point Series #1 18s/17s Results

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 5-1 record
  • SPVB 18 Runbird - 5-1 record
  • SPVB 18 Wave - 2-4 record
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 3-3 record
  • SPVB 17 Runbird -  3-3 record

November 5 - 6, 2011; Palos Point Series #1 16s/15s Results

  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 2nd Place
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 4th Place
  • SPVB 16 Wave - 9th Place
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno -  15th Place
  • SPVB 16 Tornado - 22nd Place
  • SPVB 16 Lightning - 26th Place

2011 USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Championships in Minnesota

  • SPVB 18 Mizuno - 4th Place - 18 Open
  • SPVB 17 Mizuno - 5th Place - 17 Open
  • SPVB 17 Runbird - 18th Place - 17 Club
  • SPVB 16 Mizuno - 29th Place - 16 Open
  • SPVB 16 Runbird - 27th Place - 16 Club
  • SPVB 15 Mizuno - 15th Place - 15 Open
  • SPVB 14 Mizuno - 9th Place - 14 Club