Questions? Contact David Hawes (david@thehawes.com) The Bellaire Volleyball Middle School Tournament will host 32 teams competing for a championship in the largest middle school tournament in Houston. The tournament format matches competitively comparable opponents and guarantees each team plays 3 pool games and 3 bracket matches. Tournament participants should plan to arrive by 7:30 AM. DIVISIONSTeams will play in only one division. The objective behind divisions and brackets within divisions is to create more evenly matched competitions among teams with comparable skills and experience. The objective is to increase the number of points being scored by both teams, create closer final scores and reduce the chance of “blow-out” competition. Forming 8 team brackets within divisions further enables evenly matched competitions. Premier Division is for teams with a typical competitive profile for an 8th grade team where most players have competed in the prior year on the school team. Teams within the Premier division do *NOT* have multiple club players on their roster. Classic Division is for teams with players at the very early stages of their volleyball experience and have a developmental skillset profile without many, if any, travel/club players on the roster. Seventh grade players are allowed on 8th grade teams in this division. HOW TEAMS ARE PLACED INTO POOLS (16 team division)
POOL COMPETITION
BRACKET COMPETITION
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