Northwest Volleyball

FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY:

We are moving matches originally scheduled for Surprise Lake Middle School over to Fife High School. 

HELLO CLUBS AND TEAMS:

As noted below, we had some difficulties holding onto some of our gyms due to district basketball games and rescheduled games due to weather. We have finalized most of the gyms and were comfortable enough to submit the format and playing schedule to AES. We expect to have the playing schedule in our hands Wednesday night and will make the schedule live as soon as we are able. 

THE SCHEDULE IS NOW POSTED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES AND INFORMATION ABOUT COACHES MEETINGS, ETC.

14 CLUB TEAMS AT KENT MERIDIAN, PLEASE CHECK YOUR POOL SHEET FOR YOUR PLAYING SCHEDULE.

We apologize for the inconvenience and delays. Gym changes were due to district basketball tournaments, and our last change was Wednesday at 9:30 PM! These delays are beyond our control.

We invite everyone to join us for the best Presidents Weekend Tournament in the Northwest, now in our 28th year, the President’s Day Weekend Tournament has evolved into one of the best three-day tournament values in the Northwest. 

Your entry fees are not paying for the rental of a big facility, convention center, or sport-court rentals — we are one of the last great multi-site tournaments.  In attending the Northwest Juniors President’s Day Weekend Tournament, you can expect to find quality competition for teams of all ages and skill levels.  This tournament will be held at various schools on over 25 courts in and around the South Seattle area (including Kent, Des Moines, Auburn, Renton, Tacoma, Tukwila, Burien).  The tournament is a three-day wave progressive pool play format similar to that of a National Qualifier. 

Up officials are provided for most matches — all three days. 

This tournament provides an excellent opportunity for out of state teams to spend the three-day weekend in the great city of Seattle, playing volleyball against some of the best teams in the Northwest.  It is also a great opportunity for U17 and U18 teams not able or unwilling to participate in out of state showcase tournaments.  This event has been a huge success in years past and will offer great competition for all age groups at a reasonable price. With the increased popularity of the U14, U15, & U16’s divisions over the past few years, this tournament will be the premier early season event for these age groups in the Western United States.  The tournament format will be pool play on Saturday and Sunday with playoffs on Monday — ALL TEAMS HAVE PLAYOFFS ON MONDAY.  Play should continue no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday so plan accordingly.

• Up Officials are provided all three days; teams must supply a second referee, lines people, and score keeping crew during their officiating assignment. Please know that there is a shortage of officials this weekend because four separate events in the Northwest are providing officials - teams may need to provide an R1 on occasion. Officials will be overworked this weekend -be sure and thank your officials :)  
• All pool play matches will be 2/3 to 25 points with a 27-point cap.  Game 3 is to 15, no cap. Exception: Some 3 teams pools will play 3/3 to 25.
• Playoffs will be 2/3 to 25, Game 3 to 15 — with no caps in any games.
• Event tees are provided by Fine Designs and will be available at most sites throughout the weekend.

Three-day Tournament:

• 20- 30 courts in the South Puget Sound area (Sea Tac, Kent, Auburn, Sumner, Puyallup, Tacoma).
• We will initially plan for 22 courts and expand if the field grows, and courts are available.
• As of 12/18/24, we have expanded 14, 16, 18's.
• AM WAVE:
  • U14 Division: Up to 80 92 Teams Total; will be pre-seeded and split into Open (32 Teams) and Club (60 Teams). The Club Division will be split into Club A (30 Teams) and Club B (30 Teams) - the top 8 teams from each 1/2 will play in the Gold and Silver Divisions, all other teams will have playoffs in their "half".
  • U12 Division:  24 teams Total
  • Saturday and Sunday & first rounds of playoffs Monday. 8:00 Start all three days,
• PM WAVE:
  • U18 Division: Up to 36 Teams Total
  • U16 Division: Up to 52 Teams Total; will be seeded and split into Open (24 Teams) and Club (28 Teams). 
  • U15 Division: Up to 28 Teams Total
  • Saturday and Sunday, second rounds of playoffs Monday. Play starts at 3:00 PM Saturday and Sunday, and 1 PM Monday.

Monday is Single Elimination Playoffs. AM Wave teams will start playoffs at 8 AM; PM Wave teams will start no sooner than 10 AM. All playoff matches will be 2/3 

PLEASE NOTE: As of 2/9/25 some of these gyms are now TBA because their basketball teams may be hosting home playoff games on 2/15/25. We are working to find replacement gyms and/or a formatting solution to losing up to 6 courts Saturday. As soon as we have more information, we will be able to finalize a format. 

GIRLS DIVISIONS: 
We are reconfiguring the gyms and will update again as soon as we have confirmation on availability of new gyms.

As in previous years, in the U14’s and U16′ age groups we will use region Power League rankings (as of the January Power League) to determine seeding. For Evergreen Region and Canadian teams, we encourage you to register in the division that you think suits your team. We reserve the right to move teams based on seeding and/or to balance the fields. 

Seeding in an inexact science, and we do our best to ensure teams are placed in the appropriate division and have a great experience. 

U12 - U18 Divisions (3-day): $650.00 early entry for teams registered and paid by 12/27/24 at 9:00 PM PST. After 12/27/24, entry fee is $700.00 per team.

When paying by credit card, a credit card processing fee applies. If paying by check, registration & acceptance date will be when the check is received, not when a team is registered online. 

Entry fee is refundable if the tournament is cancelled. Payment is required for acceptance, and teams will be accepted first PAID, first in. Registration date does not determine order, nor guarantee acceptance. There is a $50 administration fee for teams that drop after payment. No refunds after the entry deadline unless the tournament is cancelled. 

For out-of-region teams, this is a stay and play tournament. Teams will be accepted after they pay AND after they have secured their hotel block (minimum 4 rooms per team).

We typically get quite a few Canadian teams in our tournaments.  Roster verification is now handled by the USA Volleyball National Office; however, we encourage Canadian teams to connect with our Region Office so that the region can connect you with the proper contact at USAV. The National Office will collect your documents and contact us to inform us that your team is able to participate. Please do not procrastinate. The national office WILL NOT allow your team to play without proper documentation. 

Puget Sound Region Office: 425-673-4103, office@psrvb.org

We will hold a coaches meeting 30 minutes before the start of play at your gym on Day 1.
We ask that ALL COACHES attend the meeting - even #4 teams in pool. At the coaches meeting, tournament directors will go over specific gym rules, introduce officials, and collect rosters. The coaches meeting serves as your team's first warning regarding food and drink rules in their gym. It is the coaches responsibility to convey these rules to their players and parents. 

Additional information on rosters:

1. We will provide the AES rosters to our tournament directors, so there is no need for you to print them out.
2. PLEASE REMEBER: You must bring your USAV roster with you to the coaches meeting. Only cross off the players that are not playing AT ALL this weekend. 
3. You will sign and turn in your USAV roster at the coaches meeting Saturday.
4. The AES roster is for our Tournament Directors Reference, The USAV Rosters get turned into our region office for verification after the event. 
5. Because it is a multi-day tournament, you only turn in the roster on the first day.

ROSTERS:

If you need to make changes after the roster deadline, please email our tournament director (info@volleyballnw.com). The USAV roster is the official roster for the tournament, so if your AES roster cannot be modified in time, please at least sure your USAV roster is accurate (this includes making sure waivered players are on your USAV Roster) - this is the roster you turn in at the coaches meeting on Saturday and this roster must be accurate. Once you turn in your USAV roster, you cannot make changes.

Coaches, note that we do not have the ability to add waivered players to AES rosters. That can only be done at the AES/USA Volleyball level.  If you have waivered players, we are aware that they will not appear on your AES roster.  As long as they are on your USAV roster -- WHICH YOU TURN IN AT THE COACHES MEETING -- then they will be legal to play this weekend.

We will use AES tournament software to manage the Presidents Weekend Tournament.

We ask clubs to enter their rosters in AES by the roster deadline (usually the Monday before play begins). It has been our policy to not publish the playing schedule until all rosters have been submitted.

PLAYING FORMAT: WE WILL NOT SWITCH SIDES FOR ANY MATCHES

Depending on the format and number of matches, pool play matches will be one of three formats:

• 2/3 to 25 points with a 27-point cap.  Game 3 is to 15, no cap.
• 2/2 to 25 with a 27-point cap in both sets.
• 3/3 to 25 points with 27-point cap on all three sets.

Monday Playoffs will be 2/3 to 25, Game 3 to 15 — with no caps in any games.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ADJUST (SHORTEN) MATCHES IF WE ARE RUNNING LATE

Officials are provided for most matches, teams must supply a second referee, lines people, and scorekeeper crew. 

Event tees and prizes are provided by Fine Designs and will be available at most sites (not at Dakine, Puget Sound VB Academy, Pierce College, or Sunrise Courts).

SPECIFIC GYM RULES ARE LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE

[FULL 2025 GYM LIST] - Google Maps

We will be using many of the gyms currently in use for the Puget Sound Region Power League, so most of these gyms already have established guidelines and Spectator rules.

As we get closer to the tournament, we will post facility rules for each gym. Here is a LINK to the Puget Sound Region facility rules page.

We would ask that you respect our graduated entry so that we can reduce the crowds entering the buildings at the same time.

Timeline & Coaches meeting:
SATURDAY: 
•    7:00 AM: Doors will open to all AM WAVE participants and coaches
•    7:30 AM: Coaches meeting. Coaches, our tournament directors have your AES rosters as submitted by your club directors. We need you to turn in your USAV Roster (which indicates who has and has not completed officiating requirements and also lists waivered players. Canadian teams can turn in their AES Rosters
•    For USAV events held in the Puget Sound Region, there is also an ID Check at the coaches meeting for all adults listed on the roster. Please come prepared.
•    If you have a waivered player that player must appear on your USAV roster as approved by your region office.
•    Only players and coaches listed on the roster signed at the coaches meeting may participate. Once the event begins, there can be NO ROSTER CHANGES.
•    7:30 AM: Spectators may enter the building
•    At the conclusion of AM Wave, we ask that your gather your belongings, clean up your team areas and clear the gym so we can prepare for PM WAVE.

FOR PM WAVE: AM WAVE is scheduled to finish at approximately 2:00 PM. We ask that PM WAVE coaches and teams begin entering the gym NO EARLIER than 2:15 PM in order to allow AM WAVE teams to leave the gym. 
•    2:15 PM: Participants and coaches may begin entering the buildings
•    2:30 PM: Coaches meeting. Coaches, our tournament directors have your AES rosters as submitted by your club directors. SEE AM WAVE INFORMATION FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS.
•    2:30 PM: Spectators may enter the building
•    At the conclusion of your pool, we ask that you clean your team areas and leave in a timely manner so that your Tournament Directors can prepare the gym for Sunday.

FOR SUNDAY: Timelines remain the same EXCEPT you will not need to turn in new rosters. There will not be a coaches meeting on Day 2 or Day 3, however coaches, players and spectators are expected to know and follow gym rules at their new venue. Coaches (not spectators) if you need clarification, please check in with the tournament director on-site. “We didn’t know” will not save your team from a food or drink penalty.

FOR MONDAY: Doors will open at 7AM for teams and spectators. 

28900 124th Ave SE, Auburn, WA 98092

Facility Rules

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events. Cash only.
• Gate fees are used to offset gym costs, residual monies collected are donated to the NW Juniors Scholarship program.
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• NO FOOD allowed in the gym
• Outside chairs are NOT allowed
• The commons will be available for team areas. You may set up a food table there, but we ask that every team clean up after themselves.

2901 54th Ave E, Fife, WA 98424

Facility Rules

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events. Cash only.
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• Gate fees are used to offset gym costs, residual monies collected are donated to the NW Juniors Scholarship program.
• Please note that the common (foyer) area is very small. Teams are advised to plan accordingly and bring outdoor tents for their eating areas. 
• Personal Coolers are allowed in the foyer and the hallway.
• No food tables, no common food. 
• No sports drinks or pop in the gym.
• There is limited bleacher seating on one side of the gym. Personal chairs are allowed on the other side of the big gym and in the auxiliary gym, but please bring something like a blanket to place the chair on. At no time should spectator seating interfere with playing or bench areas. Please be courteous and share or vacate your seat when your athlete is not playing. 

5616 20th St E, Fife, WA 98424

COURT 1: Aux Gym, to your left when you enter the foyer.
COURS 2 & 3: Main Gym, to your right when you enter the foyer.

Facility Rules

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events. Cash only.
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• Gate fees are used to offset gym costs, residual monies collected are donated to the NW Juniors Scholarship program.
• Please note that the common area is small so there will be no teams areas in the hallway. There will be a classroom at the end of the hallway open for teams, and there is an outdoor courtyard (also at the end of the hall) where teams can set up team areas. Teams are advised to plan accordingly and bring outdoor tents if they want their own team areas. 
• Personal Coolers are allowed in the hallway, but not food tables, no common food. 
• No sports drinks or pop in the gym - water only.
• Court 1 (Aux Gym): There are full bleachers in this gym, so outside seating is not necessary.
• Courts 2 & 3 (Main Gym): There will be limited bleacher seating on each side of the gym. Personal chairs will be limited to areas that do not interfere with playing or bench areas. Please be courteous and share or vacate your seat when your athlete is not playing. 

2818 69th Ave W, Tacoma, WA 98466​

Facility Rules: https://dakinevc.com/dakine-facility-details/

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events.
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• Gate fees go to offset gym costs at Dakine SC.

11002 18th Ave E, Tacoma, WA 98445

Facility Rules

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• Gate fees are used to offset gym costs at Franklin Pierce HS.
• Personal food, lunch bags, or small coolers ARE allowed
• NO food tables allowed
• NO large coolers allowed
• Electrical outlets are strictly off limits including charging camera's or personal phones
• Team areas may be set-up upstairs only

2400 S. 240th St, Des Moines, WA 98198

Facility Rules

• Not charging admission at this time.
• HIGHLINE will not charge for entry.  But people will have to buy a 1 day parking pass for the parking on campus. $1-$2 at the kiosk in parking lot.. They will now be ticketing on the weekend. 
• Bring your own chair and a towel blanket to put underneath to protect the floor.
• No team table /picnic food in the gym. Tables and team food need to be outside. You may bring individual servings of food to eat inside, but must clean up after yourself. 

10020 SE 256th St, Kent, WA 98030

Facility Rules

3 Gyms: Main Gym is Courts 1 & 2. West Gym, Ct. 3, is across the foyer from the Main Gym. East Gym, Ct. 4, is accessible through courtyard opposite the foyer (There will be signage).

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events. Cash only.
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• Gate fees are used to offset gym costs, residual monies collected are donated to the NW Juniors Scholarship program.
• Please note that the common (foyer) area is small. Teams are advised to plan accordingly and bring outdoor tents for their eating areas. 
• Personal Coolers are allowed in the foyer and the hallways.
• No food tables. 
• No sports drinks or pop in the gym.
• Main Gym: There is 2nd floor bleacher seating above/around the courts in the Main Gym. No spectators on the court level of the main gym.
• West and East Gym, please bring your own chairs. Personal chairs are allowed on the opposite side of the benches and score table, but please bring something like a blanket to place the chair on.
• At no time should spectator seating interfere with playing or bench areas. Please be courteous and share or vacate your seat when your athlete is not playing. 

9401 Farwest Dr SW, Lakewood, WA 98498

[DO NOT GO TO THE PUYALLUP CAMPUS]

GYM RULES: Use Parking Lots B & C 
Guest Wi-Fi will be available. We will update when we get the login credentials.  Username = NWVolleyball; PW = K6bnaxNk

Facility Rules

Attendees are encouraged to use their best judgement regarding masks and social distancing while on campus.  Everyone must respect the wishes of other attendees.  Harassment or shaming of others, due to differing personal viewpoints, will be subject to immediately removal from the facility and a permanent ban from campus.

• $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events
• Mask wear is OPTIONAL by all attendees and participants
• Proof of Vaccination or Screening Questionnaires are no longer required
• No communal food, no food tables and no coolers allowed in the building
• Personal food is allowed in the area outside the gym, but no drinks or food in the gym
• No personal chairs allowed as there is plenty of bleacher seating

4918-B 20th St E, Fife, WA 98424

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events.
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• Gate fees are used to offset gym costs at Puget Sound VB Academy.

Facility Rules (posted 1/19/23)

16719 110th Avenue E, Puyallup, WA 98374

Facility Rules

• $5 gate fee for all attendees age 11-64 yrs old
• Players and coaches, ONLY, on sport court. Court shoes only. No crossing through the courts
• Players and spectators are welcome to eat and drink inside the facility, just not on the sport court
• No gum is permitted
• Spectator seating is provided, please do not bring chairs
• No ice chests/coolers inside
• Tailgating in parking area is NOT ALLOWED
• Please park in Puyallup Juniors designated parking. If parking on the road, all wheels must be off of the roadway
• The use of alcohol is strictly forbidden

2001 Milton Way, Milton WA 98354

Facility Rules 

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events. Cash only.
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• Gate fees are used to offset gym costs, residual monies collected are donated to the NW Juniors Scholarship program.
• Please note that the hallways to the rest of the school are blocked off to teams. Team areas may be set up in cafeteria.
• Personal Coolers and food/beverages are allowed in the foyer and cafeteria.
• Your team is responsible for cleaning up their area at the end of their wave.
• No food, sports drinks, or pop in the gym. ONLY WATER allowed inside the gym.
• There is limited bleacher seating on one side of the big gym. Personal chairs are allowed on the other side of the big gym, and in the auxiliary gym, but please bring something like a blanket to place the chair on. At no time should spectator seating interfere with playing or bench areas. Please be courteous and share or vacate your seat when your athlete is not playing. 

12420 Ainsworth Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98444

Facility Rules

• Daily: $5 gate fee for all girls PSR hosted events
• Under 10 and over 65 admitted free. Rostered coaches and players admitted free.
• Gate fees are used to offset gym costs at Washington HS.
• Personal food, lunch bags, or small coolers ARE allowed.
• NO food tables allowed.
• NO large coolers allowed.
• Electrical outlets are strictly off-limits including charging camera's or personal phones.

Contact Information:

For questions about the 2023 President’s Day Weekend Tournament, please contact our Tournament Director, Tony Miranda via email at tony@nwvolleyball.com  or by phone at 425-497-1051 ext. 102