HOA Power League: 16 Division
Power League is underway on the Kansas side and 16 teams qualified for the annual battle for the National bids. The format is a qualifier tournament where the pool winners would qualify and play for seeding entering the three-weekend slugfest. Here are the teams that qualified and rankings entering Power League.
Power ‘] 16-1, Dynasty 16-1, Mavs KC 16-1, Shockwave VBA 16-1, Pohaku 16-1, PVA 16-1, Mavs KC 16-2, South KC Juniors 16-1, Mizuno Club North 16-1, Tamales 16-1, Shockwave VBA 16-2, Dynasty 16-2, KC Challenge 16-1, Dynasty 16-3, Kansas Networks 16-1, Power ‘] 16-2
After two early play dates, Dynasty 16-1 is sitting pretty at 10-0 behind the play of a dynamic roster that includes dynamite pins Skyler Pierce Skyler Pierce 6'3" | OH Olathe Northwest | 2024 State #4 Nation KS and Carlie Cisneros Carlie Cisneros 6'0" | OH Liberty North | 2024 State #7 Nation MO . The defending 15 Open National Champions want to show they can repeat as 16-year-olds. Right on their heels at 9-1 is the Mavs KC 16-1 team featuring Kelsey Schenck and Sophia Bond Sophia Bond 5'7" | DS/L St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 State KS . This team knows what it takes to win after grabbing hardware from nationals a season ago.
Two teams sit tied currently at 8-2. One team we expected, Power ‘] 16-1, the other we didn’t know much about being Power ‘] 16-2. In fact, in the opening match of Power League, it was 16-2 knocking off big sister in straight sets. The 16-1 team has fire Power in Rachel Van Gorp Rachel Van Gorp 5'9" | OH Heritage Christian | 2024 State #94 Nation KS and Jillian Huckabey Jillian Huckabey 6'0" | OH Olathe Northwest | 2024 State #74 Nation KS . On the 16-2 team, continue to look for Ava Anderson and Ashlynn Jaccard Ashlynn Jaccard 5'11" | MB Lansing | 2024 State KS to make plays in the final play date.
The final teams we will highlight come in with 7-3 records and sitting locked up in a 5th place tie in Shockwave 16-1 and Pohaku 16-1. Shockwave has to see Dynasty 16-1 and Power ‘] 16-2 on the final day. Power ‘] 16-1 and Mavs KC 16-1 are teams still left for Pohaku. Jillian Gregory Jillian Gregory 6'0" | OH Maize South | 2025 State #66 Nation KS and Camdyn Stucky Camdyn Stucky 6'1" | S Maize South | 2024 State #97 Nation KS are standout players for Shockwave. The same can be said for Ava Martin Ava Martin 5'10" | S Bishop Miege | 2024 State #77 Nation KS and Ava Spachek Ava Spachek 5'11" | OH St. James Academy | 2024 State KS for Pohaku.