Milwaukee Sting VBC hosts our 2nd annual Presidents Day event on February 14-16, 2009 in Wisconsin Dells, the Water Park Capital of the World. The site will once again be the Wisconsin Dells Center. The host hotel is the Chula Vista Resort.

Click here to download the Tournament Information Book. The Saturday waves have been set; 13’s-15’s will play the AM wave and 16’s & 17/18’s will play the PM wave. Check-in for all teams is Friday from 4:00-9:00. Teams that play in the PM wave on Saturday can also check in from 9:00-12:00 on Saturday morning. All check-in is at the Wisconsin Dells Center.

The play schedule will be out the week of February 9.

For a complete team list, please click here.

Yes, we understand. "But we don't have boys teams?" We are still a volleyball club and in the end, it's about promoting the sport and believe it or not we do have some brothers interested in volleyball at Sting. On the evening of Friday, February 6th from 5:30 - 9:30 USA Volleyball will be holding tryouts for the National High Performance (HP) program. This is not to be confused with the Regional Program Tryouts which have yet to be announced. For those who are unfamiliar with what HP is, it's USAV's "pipeline" program for the National and Olympic teams. Athletes tryout for 1 of 3 levels depending on age. The youngest age group is the "Select" age group. The next level up is the "Youth" age group. The top kids from this program make up our Youth National Team (YNT). The next level up is the "Junior" program with the top athletes at that level making up USA Volleyball's Junior National Team (JNT). Age definitions are defined in this brochure along with everything else you need to know about the tryout.

This is not a Sting hosted event. We are merely trying to do our part and get the word out as we feel it's important for people to be aware of. If you have questions about the tryout, please contact the USA Volleyball High Performance Office at 719.228.6800. The HP Office will be able to answer all of your questions concerning the tryout.

We are finally under way with the competition portion of the club season. It's the time when we begin to see where our teams stand compared to others and it's the time kids and parents alike get to hang out and enjoy the downtime with one another. Road trips are always fun as evidenced here. Sue Minton is seen here proudly displaying her drink of choice by the half gallon on the bus in Rochester, MN. I wonder if she backs that up with a metamucil chaser?

If your team has a successful outing. If they are improving. If something interesting happens please write about it, send it to us and we will happily add it to the front page of the Sting website. Pictures to go along with the story/article are strongly encouraged. Also, as the season moves forward, you will notice that teams who recently played are listed in a section of the sidebar with where they played and what place they earned. If it's Power League or Badger Tour, results won't be posted until the end because there is no placing from weekend to weekend. Coaches are encouraged to email us with their place and when we get it, we will post it. If your team isn't listed, talk to your coach.

So far, Sting is off to a great start and we have all of the makings of another great season of improvement along with some fun. Keep it up, everyone.

Milwaukee Sting will be hosting a recruiting seminar for all Sting players interested in competing at the collegiate level. One must pre-register to attend this seminar.

Registrations are now being accepted for the 2009 Volleybees program. This program is ideal for 1st-4th grade girls and boys. All sessions are held on Saturdays beginning January 17 at Waukesha County Technical College—Service Building.

This program will include:

Milwaukee Sting 18 Black setter Jamie Mueller is heading to Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville (SIUE) in the fall of 2009. Jamie will join fellow Sting 18's player Sam Minton at SIUE. Both will join Sting Alum, Diane Schmidlin (Brookfield East, HS).SIUE is part of the NCAA DI Ohio Valley Conference.

Great job Jamie! We are proud of you.