The 2025 boys’ highschool season must be thrilling. Many states are sanctioned and have a wealthy historical past of boys’ volleyball. Some states like Minnesota are simply turning into sanctioned, whereas states like Texas supply the game and are working diligently on getting boys’ volleyball sanctioned. First Level continues to push for highschool boys’ volleyball to develop. They’re elevating funds, consciousness and even internet hosting a event in Texas.
We reached out to all of the volleyball leaders in every state to make this text potential. This preview wouldn’t be potential with out all of the leaders submitting info. The leaders’ names are included with the state. Some states didn’t have the time to submit a write-up. In the direction of the top of Could Volleyball Journal will do recap of the 2025 season. Ensure to succeed in out to kevinpratte6@gmail.com to have your state or area be highlighted. Within the recap article we are going to ensure to spotlight New York, Virginia, and Wisconsin that gives boys’ volleyball within the fall.
Over the following couple of days, we will likely be releasing our three half article. Good luck to all of the groups this season and we sit up for masking the game this spring.
Southern Part, California:
(Michael Boehle)
The California Southern Part is huge. It ranges from Santa Barbara to San Clemente and goes all the best way to the Arizona border. The highest expertise tends to be within the Southern California seashore communities. Lots of the highschool athletes play for a number of the high golf equipment, MB Surf, Balboa Bay, Rockstar, 949, and lots of extra. Among the high groups competing for league and CIF titles will likely be Loyola, Mira Costa and Newport Harbor.
Prime Groups:
- Loyola
- Mira Costa
- Huntington
- San Clemente
- Newport Harbor
Prime Gamers:
- Grayson Bradford, Mira Costa
- Blake Fahlbusch, Loyola
- Marek Turner, Woodrow Wilson
- Cooper Keane, Mira Costa
- Jack Loper, San Clemente
Quoteworthy: “Yearly the extent of highschool boys’ volleyball will increase, this yr being no totally different. Loyola, Mira Costa, Newport, Huntington Seaside, to call just a few will as soon as once more compete in a way more well-rounded southern part. Mira Costa will are available as the favourite with eight to 10 groups that may actually win all of it,” – Michael Boehle, Loyola Head Coach and AVCA Coach of the Yr ’23 and ’24.
Arizona:
(Kevin Powell)
With the commencement of an extremely robust senior class final yr, it opens issues up for another applications to make themselves identified this season. Whereas there are nonetheless loads of proficient seniors this yr, the youthful gamers on a few of these high groups are going to be those who decide if their program wins all of it or loses to a extra constant opponent.
Prime applications:
1 – Sandra Day O’Connor
2 – Perry
3 – Highland
4 – Casteel
5 – Higley
Gamers to observe:
OH – Carter King (Sandra Day O’Connor)
OH – Greyson Carter (Perry)
MB – Joe Hodgson (Highland)
L – Layton Bluth (Casteel)
OPP – Brayden Vanderpool (Higley)
Noteworthy: This yr brings convention realignment, splitting AZ into 4 conferences (6A-3A). Probably the most intriguing storyline is the brand new addition of groups transferring from 5A as much as 6A this yr (Higley, Casteel, and Williams Subject). These groups have executed nicely in 5A and must show they’ve the consistency to win towards the 6A groups that convey extra physicality, expertise, and training to the desk.
Quoteworthy: ”6A ought to see extra parity this yr than we now have up to now. The highest 8 via 10 groups ought to beat one another up in the course of the season, after which the state event will likely be determined by matchups and who can carry out when it issues. With the opposite conferences having some clear front-runners, 6A must be a canine battle of a event this yr.” –Kevin Powell (Mountain View)
Colorado:
(David Zimmerman)
As the game of boys’ volleyball continues to develop in Colorado, CHSSA has determined to separate into two divisions, 5A and 4A to assist create higher match ups and alternatives for state playoffs. This yr consists of greater than 70 groups, and because the expertise and expertise proceed to develop throughout the state, there was an explosion of nice match ups and parody. Mountain Vista gained their first ever boys volleyball state championship final season upsetting a number of preseason favorites. Whereas there are some groups in good positions to win all of it this season, the continued progress of the game will imply that no staff is assured to win all of it.
Prime applications
1 – Mountain Vista, the defending state champion
2 — Littleton Public Faculties
3 – Grandview
4 – Legend
5 – Fountain-Fort Carson (defending state runner up)
Prime Gamers:
S — Rafa Urbina (Legacy)
OH — Jackson Shaw (Eaglecrest)
S — Hayden Dejager (LPS)
OH — Tristan Rowley (Vista Peak)
OH — Luke Colquette (Mountain Vista)
OH – Reed Fisk (Valor Christian)
Noteworthy: With the break up to 5A and 4A, extra groups will get an opportunity to compete in State playoffs of their respective division. Arvada West, a brand new program final yr (2024) that confirmed early promise by breaking into regionals would be the Colorado State consultant for the First Level Foundations 1st Annual Boys volleyball invitational in Austin, Texas on March twenty eighth via March thirtieth. That is the primary ever boy’s nationwide excessive faculty event of its type, and it’ll conclude with a participant clinic run by USMNT coaches Karch Kiraly and Luka Slabe. That is of explicit be aware as a result of First Level Basis was the group that pushed for the sanctioning of boys’ volleyball in Colorado.
Quoteworthy: “I’m actually excited by the continued progress of boys’ volleyball in Colorado. An increasing number of boys are giving this sport an opportunity and that is resulting in Colorado gamers getting alternatives to play on the subsequent degree and as a coach, I can’t consider something higher than to see one my gamers get to play in faculty” — Head Coach Dave Zimmerman of Arvada West Excessive College.
Florida:
(Charles Norman)
Florida Excessive College Boys’ Volleyball has gone via an enormous change over the offseason. Each staff used to play in a single class, there would solely be one state champ. This yr there will likely be three lessons and three state champs. The category the faculties are positioned in are based mostly on the inhabitants of the college.
Prime Gamers:
- Tyler Windt – Exterior – Lake Howell
- Jacob Little Philips – Setter – Winter Park
- Tyler Johnson – Setter – Cypress Bay
- Isaiah McCoy – Center – King’s Academy
- Micah Amestoy – Reverse – King’s Academy
Prime Faculties
- Winter Park
- Southwest Miami
- King’s Academy
- Lake Howell
- Columbus
Noteworthy: The True North Slunks Invitational would be the largest highschool event run within the state this yr with 32 taking part groups.
Quoteworthy: ”Florida options a number of the greatest volleyball within the nation for highschool. I can’t think about we gained’t see groups like Winter Park and Miami on the state championships later this yr. It’s additionally all the time enjoyable to observe faculty commits to rival faculties play one another.” – Max Kuhn, World Outreach.
“The extent of volleyball in Miami and Florida altogether has progressively gotten higher and higher over the previous couple of years. It’s actually a sight to see as a result of anybody can upset anyone on any given night time,” – Head Coach Emilio Urgell, Mater Lakes Academy.
Hawaii:
Hawaii volleyball continues to have a gentle stream of expertise coming from all the islands. Over 100 groups play in two totally different divisions of play with two groups successful the Division 1 and Division 2 state title on the finish of the yr. This yr Hawaiian highschool applications are scheduled to return out to The Better of the West event in San Diego, CA.
Prime Applications:
1 Punahou
- Moanalua
- College Lab College
- KSK Hawaii
- Iolani
- KSK Kapalama
- Mililani
- Hawaii Baptist
- St. Louis
- Mid Pacific
Prime Gamers:
- Cameron Porter (PUN)
- Afatia Thompson (PUN)
- Wil Niethammer (PUN)
- Tanoa Scanlan (PUN)
- Malu Wilcox (MOAN)
- Ezekiel Sablan (MOAN)
- Koa Laboy (UH LAB)
- Trey Ambrozitch (UH LAB)
- Noa Yamashiroya (IOL)
- Connor Williams (KSK)
- Cullen Pua (KSK BI)
Noteworthy: The Conflict of the Titans Boys Volleyball Tourney takes place Easter weekend at Punahou. Eight of the highest groups from Hawaii and the mainland play in two swimming pools in a greatest of 5 match format to determine the very best of the very best. Previous tourney winners are Mira Costa (CA), Huntington Seaside (CA) Corona Del Mar (CA) & Punahou (HI).
Quoteworthy: “A number of good groups with stable expertise reside within the state of Hawaii this yr. As all the time, who ever comes out on high on the finish of the season may have run the gauntlet and may have earned it,” – Rick Tune, Punahou Head Coach.
Kevin Pratte has enthusiastically been concerned in volleyball for over 23 years. Pratte began taking part in in center faculty and was lucky sufficient to play NCAA Division 1 volleyball at The College of the Pacific. After his taking part in profession Pratte obtained concerned in teaching volleyball. In 2009 Pratte was the graduate assistant coach for the College of Nebraska ladies’s volleyball program. Later in his profession Pratte made teaching stops at College of the Pacific, a number of group faculties and coached at WAVE Volleyball Membership for seven years. At the moment Pratte is a bodily training instructor within the San Diego Unified College District, San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary member, a university volleyball recruiting coordinator, hosts a volleyball podcast present, the proprietor of the Center Hitter web site and runs a non-profit group to assist increase funds to offer boys’ highschool volleyball college students scholarships to play membership volleyball. He’s excited to proceed writing for Volleyball Journal and is keen to cowl the sport.
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