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Post by berryfanta on Jan 23, 2019 13:17:48 GMT -5
Since there's been some discussion about a few of the top teams in Minnesota (Lights, MN Select, M1 18-1 teams) I figured a place to talk about their league might be nice. This year, Northern Lights finally decided to play with the other top clubs in the Twin Cities. In the past they had only played in the Northern Lights Power League but all of the top clubs in the area are in this year. Sounds like Lights decided they want some competition instead of scrimmaging themselves in NLPL. I have not had a chance to watch personally because I've been coaching every weekend but they are already two dates in. Week 1 Final FinishesWeek 2 Final FinishesThe next series date is not until after President's Day. Has anybody made it out yet to check the action? |
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Post by vbnerd on Jan 23, 2019 14:10:27 GMT -5
Sounds like Lights decided they want some competition instead of scrimmaging themselves in NLPL. The results you just posted show them finishing 1,2,3 and 5, as well as taking 8 of the top 18 places in a 156 team field. Their 14's played 2 18's teams, and won one, and lost the other 15-13 in the 3rd. Their 12's team beat a couple of 15's teams. What makes you think this structure provides Northern Lights with more competition? |
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Post by boh on Jan 23, 2019 15:26:28 GMT -5
Maybe I am not reading things correctly? This seems like a really odd layout for an area that has such good volleyball teams.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 17:51:14 GMT -5
Why is Kokoro listed as a WI club?
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Post by berryfanta on Jan 23, 2019 18:08:19 GMT -5
Sounds like Lights decided they want some competition instead of scrimmaging themselves in NLPL. The results you just posted show them finishing 1,2,3 and 5, as well as taking 8 of the top 18 places in a 156 team field. Their 14's played 2 18's teams, and won one, and lost the other 15-13 in the 3rd. Their 12's team beat a couple of 15's teams. What makes you think this structure provides Northern Lights with more competition? Because in the past, Northern Lights basically played themselves in the power leagues. Their top younger teams always played up, even in the NLPL. They wanted to have their top teams have the chance to play teams from M1, Kokoro, Select, etc instead of basically 18-1 playing 18-2, 18-Black, 18-Red every few weeks. In the past it was basically lights did NLPL with some local clubs and all of the others did the Molten Series. They're all doing Molten this year. |
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Post by berryfanta on Jan 23, 2019 18:09:14 GMT -5
Why is Kokoro listed as a WI club? My best guess is because the couple who runs Kokoro lives in Wisconsin, but you are right, their facilities are in Minnesota. Maybe I am not reading things correctly? This seems like a really odd layout for an area that has such good volleyball teams. The Molten series does bracket play instead of pools every week. The NLPL did the same thing last year. Every team still gets 3 matches played. |
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Post by n00b on Jan 23, 2019 18:11:22 GMT -5
Why is Kokoro listed as a WI club? Because they’re based in Hudson, Wisconsin. About 30 miles east of Minneapolis. (At least that’s the address on their website). |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 19:01:51 GMT -5
Hmm. That's not where they are based. Not unless they moved.
I know Luczak came from Wisconsin. Sting, I think. But they are in North St. Paul. Unless they have two sites now. Hudson is just over the border.
My guess is that RT and Jennifer live in Hudson?
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Post by reader on Jan 23, 2019 23:57:27 GMT -5
North St Paul is on the eastern edge of the Twin Cities and Hudson is just across the WI border, not that far away. The fact is that the Twin Cities have a lot more people than western Wisconsin and in order to draw from that population the club moved closer to town.
MN geography is a bit odd. You've heard of St Paul, but there are also separate cities called North St Paul (located east of St Paul), West St Paul (which is to the south) and South St Paul (also east of St Paul.)
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Post by snickers on Jan 24, 2019 8:32:47 GMT -5
Then there is Interstate 35W. Which, obviously, goes north and south.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 17:46:11 GMT -5
Then there is Interstate 35W. Which, obviously, goes north and south. Except when it doesn't, like when it goes east to merge with 35E. There's also East St. Paul, but it's a neighborhood, not a separate city. What I never understood about this place is why all the French names are not pronounced correctly. |
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 24, 2019 17:53:22 GMT -5
Is "Molten" some company founder's name or is it named after lava?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 17:58:47 GMT -5
First name. Molten Tachikara. Guy had balls. You have to give him that.
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