Beaver Valley Premier

BVP 16s

February 25, 2012   Columbus, OH

OVR Championships

1st Place

L to R:  John Price, Brandon Buck, Aaron Mueller, Dan Zajac, Mitch Brewer,

Lee Smith, Brennan Restelli, Tyler Herrmann, Stephen Jones, Alden Test, Josh Creese

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BVP 18s

February 26, 2012   Columbus, OH

OVR Championships

3rd Place

L to R:  Coach Matt Zatchey, Justin Gleason, Reid Tomlinson, Cody Brooks,

Logan Campbell, Josh Creese, Brandon Buck, John Price, Lee Smith

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BVP 14s

February 25, 2012   Columbus, OH

OVR Championships

3rd Place

First Row (L to R):  Mark Stephenson, Dru Stuebgen, Anthony Baronio, Capen Brendle

Second Row (L to R):  Coach Justin Gleason, Blake Parrish, Luke Pecora, Tristan Pitts,

Michael Spiridonakos, Matt Corcoran, Jake Albert, Zachary DeDionisio, Derek Kuhn

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BVP 14s

February 18-19, 2012   York, PA

2nd Place Silver

L to R:  Capen Brendle, Michael Spiridonakos, Anthony Baronio, Derek Kuhn,

Dru Stuebgen, Luke Pecora, Jake Albert, Matt Corcoran, Blake Parrish,

Zachary DeDionisio, Mark Stephenson, Tristan Pitts

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BVP 16s

February 12, 2012   Ambridge, PA

1st Place

L to R:  Josh Creese, Tyler Herrmann, Mitch Brewer, John Price, Anthony Sprentz,

Lee Smith, Brennan Restelli, Brandon Buck, Dan Zajac, Aaron Mueller, Alden Test

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BVP 14s

February 12, 2012   Ambridge, PA

1st Place

First Row (L to R):  Mark Stephenson, Dru Stuebgen, Jake Albert,

Blake Parrish, Anthony Baronio

Second Row (L to R):  Zachary DeDionisio, Luke Pecora, Capen Brendle,

Michael Spiridonakos, Tristan Pitts, Matt Corcoran, Derek Kuhn

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BVP 18s

February 4-5, 2012   Columbus, OH

3rd Place

L to R:  Josh Creese, Andrew Stojan, Aaron Mueller, Logan Campbell,

Cody Brooks, Reid Tomlinson, Lee Smith, Justin Gleason, Brandon Buck

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BVP 18s

January 29, 2012   Ambridge, PA

1st Place

L to R:  Logan Campbell, Brandon Buck, Andrew Stojan, Reid Tomlinson,

Cody Brooks, Lee Smith, Aaron Mueller, Justin Gleason, Josh Creese

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BVP 16s

January 14-15, 2012   Rochester, NY

1st Place Silver Bracket

Sitting:  Asst. Coach Justin Gleason

First Row (L to R):  Anthony Sprentz, Mitch Brewer, Brennan Restelli

Second Row (L to R):  Alden Test, Stephen Jones, Tyler Herrmann, Aaron Mueller

Third Row (L to R):  Brandon Buck, Josh Creese, John Price

Fourth Row (L to R):  Dan Zajac, Lee Smith

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BVP 18s

January 8, 2012   Thiel College

3rd Place

L to R:  Aaron Mueller, Josh Creese, Logan Campbell,

Reid Tomlinson, Andrew Stojan, Brandon Buck, Cody Brooks, Lee Smith

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BVP 16s CHAMPIONS

December 28, 2011   Mason, OH

1st Place

L to R:  Assistant Coach Justin Gleason, Stephen Jones, Lee Smith, Josh Creese,

John Price, James Price (assistant coach), Brandon Buck, Tyler Herrmann, Aaron Mueller 

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BVP 14s

December 27, 2011   Mason, OH

6th Place

Front (L to R):  Dru Stuebgen, Blake Parrish, Tristan Pitts

Back (L to R):  Anthony Baronio, Derek Kuhn, Michael Spiridonakos,

Matt Corcoran, Mark Stephenson

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BVP 16s CHAMPIONS

December 17, 2011   York, PA

1st Place

L to R:  Assistant Coach Justin Gleason, John Price, Anthony Sprentz,

Josh Creese, Mitch Brewer, Dan Zajac, Brennan Restelli, Lee Smith,

Aaron Mueller, Brandon Buck, Alden Test

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Congratulations to the players who were

chosen for the 2012 BVP teams.

Please click the Teams link on the left for the teams.

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Congratulations to

Justin Gleason, Mikey Sokol, and Lee Smith

for earning 2nd Place in the USA Volleyball

High Performance National Championships in

Tucson, AZ on July 25-29, 2011. 

These three BVP players were selected from players across

Ohio and Western Pennsylvania to represent the OVR HP Team. 

In pool-play, the team defeated USA BSA1 Blue 3-2, Florida 3-0,

China 3-0, USA BSA2 Red 3-0, USA BSA2 White 3-0, and

Aloha (Hawaii) 3-0.  The OVR team was defeated by

USA BSA1 White 2-3 and Badger (Wisconsin) 1-3. 

The National Championships had the Ohio Valley Region team

face the Badger Region with the Badgers winning 3-0.

Awesome job Justin, Mikey, and Lee!

OVR HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM

Top (L to R):  Asst. Coach Alex Hoekstra, Lee Smith, James Hofmann,

Alex Carpenter, Head Coach Glenn Freed

Bottom (L to R):  Justin Gleason, Willy Veverka, Mikey Sokol, Dylan Kembre,

Jacob Blizzard, Matt Kues, Cougar Clark

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Congratulations to Lee Smith

for earning honors as an ALL-STATE Finest 40 Player.

He was a freshman at Ambridge Area High School

and his team was 2011 WPIAL Bronze Medalist

and 9th Place in the State.  This is the first time in school

history that an Ambridge freshman has been honored as an

All-State player.  Lee was also an All-WPIAL First Team selection

and First Team All-Section.  Lee led the team in kills (459),

hitting percentage (.336), and aces (45).

Congrats Lee!

Lee Smith

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Congratulations to Mikey Sokol

for earning honors as a State First Team All-Star.

He was a senior at Archbishop Hoban (Akron, OH)

and his team was 2011 State Runner-up.

Mikey was also a North Region First Team All-Star.

He will be playing NCAA Division II volleyball

at Mount Olive College in Mt. Olive, NC.

 Good Luck, Mikey!

"My whole life I've faced opponents that are taller, faster, stronger,

and that jump higher than I do, but I continually succeed for two

reasons:  I've worked harder than they have, and I want it

more than they could ever imagine." - Mikey Sokol

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BVP 18s

February 5-6, 2011 Winterfest in Columbus, OH

2nd Place in Gold

L to R:  Dean Casello, Cody Brooks, Mikey Sokol, Kevin Renner,

John Marchetti, Justin Gleason, Andrew Stojan, Joe Conrad

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Congratulations to BVP and Ambridge Standout

Chris Vrooman

2011 AVCA Division III

National Player of the Week

& EIVA-Hay Player of the Week

Chris Vrooman is a 2007 graduate of Ambridge Area High School

and a senior at Juniata College.  Chris was selected as the Division III

National Player of the Week and the EIVA-Hay Conference Player of the Week

for matches ending January 16, 2011.

Juniata is currently ranked 2nd in the Division III National Poll.

Chris helped BVP become the 2004 & 2005 AAU National Champions.

With BVP, he was an AAU 2004 All-American and the 2005 All-American MVP.

In 2006 & 2007, Chris was an All-State player for Ambridge High School.

Awesome job, Chris.

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BVP 14s

January 23, 2011 - Columbus, OH

2nd Place out of 9 Teams

L to R:  Philip Tkatch, Noah Hartman, John Price, Brennan Restelli,

Garrett Foley, Anthony Sprentz, Alden Test, Mitch Brewer

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BVP 18s

January 15, 2011 - Parma, OH

L to R:  Dean Casello, John Marchetti, Andrew Stojan, Justin Gleason,

Lee Smith, Mikey Sokol, Logan Campbell, Kevin Renner

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Click here for a Holiday Video.

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Congratulations to the 2010 WPIAL AA Champions

Ambridge Bridgers

Back-to-Back-to-Back Champions

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Congratulations to BVP and Ambridge star

NICK GOODELL

for signing the National Letter of Intent and

accepting the volleyball scholarship

to Penn State University

2010 NCAA National Finalist, 2009 National Semi-finalist & 2008 National Champions

2010 Ambridge graduate Nick Goodell #13

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