52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships – Orlando Sentinel
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black’s Teagan Mitchell-Timmons,(5) left and Kennedy Walker, (2) right, attempt to block the ball during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel) (Left to Right) Top Select 16 […]
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black’s Teagan Mitchell-Timmons,(5) left and Kennedy Walker, (2) right, attempt to block the ball during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
(Left to Right) Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s Kennedy Lang, (3), Alexandra Kennedy, (17) and Jenny Glushakov (2) prepare for the serve during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black’s Teagan Mitchell-Timmons,(5) spikes the ball during the match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s Alexandra Kennedy, (17) hits the ball during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black players celebrate a point during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black’s Avery Valentine, (12) drives the ball during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s Kaleigh Lang, (33) taps the ball over the net during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s players celebrate a point during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black’s Keely Starnes, (6) hits the ball during the match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s Joanna Cen, (7 ) bumps the ball during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black’s head coach Matthew Jackson coaches the players during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s head coach German Del Valle, coaches his players during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s Kaleigh Lang, (33) hits the ball during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black players listen to coach Matthew Jackson and celebrate their match win in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s Joanna Cen, (7 ) hits the ball over the net during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black’s Teagan Mitchell-Timmons,(5) left and Kennedy Walker, (2) right, attempt to block the ball during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Top Select 16 Elite of Orlando’s players celebrate their match win in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Massive 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
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Winter Park Volleyball Club (WPVC) 16 Armour Black’s Teagan Mitchell-Timmons,(5) left and Kennedy Walker, (2) right, attempt to block the ball during their match in the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships at the Orange County Convention Center. Orlando, Fla., Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
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An excellent overture to an important summer – the Montenegrin U16 water polo team defeated Spain in a friendly match played in Kotor 15:14. The “Young Sharks” led practically from the first to the last minute, and when they took a 180:15 lead with 12 seconds left, it was clear who would celebrate in the […]
An excellent overture to an important summer – the Montenegrin U16 water polo team defeated Spain in a friendly match played in Kotor 15:14.
The “Young Sharks” led practically from the first to the last minute, and when they took a 180:15 lead with 12 seconds left, it was clear who would celebrate in the “Zoran Džimi Gopčević” pool, although the Spaniards managed to endure a more bearable defeat in the end.
The most efficient player in our selection was Danilo Roganović with five goals, Stefan Vraneš and Andrej Durutović scored three each, and Luka Dragović, Dimitrije Milić, Luka Nikolić and Luka Popović scored one each.
Montenegro will be competing in the European Championship from July 7th to 13th in Manisa, Turkey – in the group stage, our national team will play against Greece, Italy and Croatia.
‘This is never what college sports were meant to be’
However, while McCoy and her team are not responsible for how WSU got into this situation, they are accountable for how WSU responds to it. That is to say that the optics of a 10-minute Zoom meeting, in which 18-24-year-olds learn that their or their teammates’ athletic pursuits will no longer be supported by WSU, […]
However, while McCoy and her team are not responsible for how WSU got into this situation, they are accountable for how WSU responds to it.
That is to say that the optics of a 10-minute Zoom meeting, in which 18-24-year-olds learn that their or their teammates’ athletic pursuits will no longer be supported by WSU, followed by little communication or dialogue, are not great and could have been easily avoided.
Would a question-and-answer period during the Zoom meeting have changed the outcome of numerous current athletes and alumni scorning the university? No, probably not.
However, student-athletes, many of whom have moved across the country or the world to entrust their athletic and academic careers to an institution, deserve a little more grace than that.
“We were upset because they said they had known for weeks but didn’t tell us because a few of us had made it to Nationals and were still competing,” WSU sprinter Ashley Hollenbeck-Willems said.
The WSU track and field program has consistently produced national champions. While some of the program’s most decorated athletes were distance runners, four out of the five athletes to represent WSU at Nationals this past year were sprinters, comprising a 400-meter relay team.
One of those relay team members, Mason Lawyer, set the WSU record in both the indoor and outdoor 200-meter dash this year and competed in the 100 and 200 at Nationals.
Days following WSU “limiting” his events and not renewing his coach’s contract, Lawyer is in the transfer portal.
He joins a slew of WSU athletes in the portal, including Hollenbeck-Willems and Lyons, who must cancel leases and figure out their next steps without the assistance of significant name, image and likeness deals or, for many track athletes, the benefit of full scholarships.
It also leaves three coaches and their families in a similar state of transition.
Coaches and pundits alike warned that Olympic sports could suffer drastically as schools attempt to reorder their budgets to prioritize revenue sharing.
Track and field was the first WSU sport affected. It almost certainly won’t be the last.
WSU, along with the rest of college athletics, is in uncharted waters.
Before any more programs drown at sea, the powers that be — college presidents and athletic directors, conference commissioners and TV executives — should come to terms with the weight of their actions and do everything they can to reverse course.
That won’t happen because TV executives are getting everything they want and everyone else is just trying to survive.
College sports may never be the same again and no one should be spinning it into a positive or spending any energy not attempting to fix what is clearly broken.
“This is never what college sports were meant to be,” Brooke Lyons said. “College sports are meant to build a spirit and community within the universities. Obviously, now we’re seeing it’s just kind of tearing them apart, and it’s lost its purpose. And I think people need to realize that quick, or else there’s going to be a lot more issues like this.”
Perhaps the powers that be in college athletics should start listening to the college athletes themselves.
Taylor can be reached at 208-848-2268, staylor@lmtribune.com, or on X or Instagram @Sam_C_Taylor.
Cha Cuñada finds new fulfillment in deputy role for Letran Lady Knights
Published June 21, 2025 5:26pm Updated June 21, 2025 5:26pm Known for her calm demeanor on the court as a player, Cha Cuñada now brings that same steady presence to the Colegio de San Juan de Letran women’s volleyball coaching staff in the NCAA. The 25-year-old former outside spiker admitted she was never the vocal […]
Known for her calm demeanor on the court as a player, Cha Cuñada now brings that same steady presence to the Colegio de San Juan de Letran women’s volleyball coaching staff in the NCAA.
The 25-year-old former outside spiker admitted she was never the vocal leader back in her playing years and hat’s exactly what she is using now in guiding the next generation of the Lady Knights.
“Mostly po talaga, [ang trabaho ko sa team ay] para lang nila akong ate. Parang ako kumbaga ‘yung taga-balance sa team kasi syempre si coach ‘pag nagagalit, so parang sa akin sila nagra-rant or humihingi ng advice,” Cuñada told GMA News Online.
“Pero at the same time, sa skills din kasi naging player din naman ako kaya tumulong-tulong din ako pagdating sa drill. Pinagkakatiwalaan din naman ako ni Coach O (Oliver Almadro) and ‘yung mga players alam ko naman na nakikinig din naman sila sa akin.”
As a silent operator, Cuñada made sure her game did the talking.
The 5-foot-5 hitter suited up for both the indoor and beach volleyball teams for Letran from Season 94 to Season 98, a stretch that saw her leading the Lady Knights to a beach volleyball crown in Season 98 and bagging the MVP plum in the process.
She has now transitioned to coaching, helping Letran head coach Oliver Almadro full-time since Season 99 as they look to lead the rebirth of the Lady Knights.
Cuñada admitted that transitioning from player to coach wasn’t easy, especially since many of the players on the current roster were once her teammates, making it tricky to strike the right balance in her new role.
“At first, mahirap kasi maraming players dito ‘yung naabutan pa akong maglaro, sina Lara, si Nathalie [Estreller], si Juday [Nitura]. So parang ang hirap, hindi ko alam kung paano ‘yung magiging approach ko sa kanila,” Cuñada, who previously had stints with Chery Tiggo and Cignal, added.
“Pero na-realize ko na hindi naman lahat kailangan idaan sa taas ng boses, nakikinig naman sila kahit ‘pag kinakausap ko lang nang maayos.”
Thousands raised for Ronald McDonald House at Newark volleyball event
NEWARK Ohio (WSYX) — Thousands of dollars were raised for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio during a beach volleyball tournament in Licking County. The 5th Annual “Dig It for the House” beach tournament, hosted by Newark Station, took place today with WSYX reporter Kate Siefert serving as the emcee. The nonprofit organization […]
NEWARK Ohio (WSYX) — Thousands of dollars were raised for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio during a beach volleyball tournament in Licking County. The 5th Annual “Dig It for the House” beach tournament, hosted by Newark Station, took place today with WSYX reporter Kate Siefert serving as the emcee.
The nonprofit organization allows families to stay together while children undergo treatment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. This year’s event in Newark successfully raised more than $19,000 for the Ronald McDonald House, which recently completed a massive expansion project. It is now the largest Ronald McDonald House in the world.
