Regional V-Ball Updates:

As we are reaching the middle of March we are almost to the halfway point of the 2008-2009 indoor volleyball season here in the Seattle area. The usual mixed bag for me in terms of results, formats, played, etc.. My coed 6's team which I play on with my brother John and sister-in-law Amy finished second as we lost in the finale to the top team in the league from the regular season. An overall fun season once again. Way to go Happy Fun Ball!! My men's indoor league team (Fouschee & Associates) is in as close of a dogfight for our weekend league as we have been in for years. We play our final head-2-head match versus our main rival this weekend. We head into the match tied for first, should be a fun game. ;-) As for the indoor USAV club team we have had a very mixed result this season to date. Never having the same lineup once might somehow be contributing to that fact some. (No surprise huh?) That being the case we have made the upper bracket at all of the tournaments we have played, one a regional event over arch-rival Island Style, and finished third this last weekend in the most recent regional tournament. I am having a good time continuing to play at the AA/A level and remaining competitive, even if we are not in all of the finals or taking home too many top prizes. Such is life I guess as one ages and continues to try and compete with the young bucks coming up through the ranks. Madman V-ball has continued to prosper as both men's teams continue to finish near the top of tournaments and we appear to be on the verge of adding both a 3rd men's team and a women's team under the banner of the club by the end of the season. Not too shabby I think and fun to see other people excited and interested in the progress and focus we have as an organization. It has really been nice over the last several years to see some of my efforts really making what I feel is a positive impact on the regional volleyball scene as a whole. More to come as the wedding plans continue apace and we try and cram in as many things as possible into our busy lives. Hope everyone is well out there as we celebrate another St. Patrick's Day.