Alta High School’s second annual “Volleybrawl” tournament wrapped up this year, once again proving to be a highly anticipated event. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural tournament, Volleybrawl brought together various clubs and organizations for a day of spirited competition and community building. The event not only offers clubs an opportunity for exposure but also allows students to have fun and build relationships with their friends.
Volleybrawl is a school-wide volleyball tournament where teams, composed of members from different clubs, compete to see who has the best team chemistry and volleyball skills. While some participants may be new to the sport, the event emphasizes learning new skills and working together as a team. This year’s tournament featured a wide array of clubs from Admin, to some of our dance teams like Ballroom, Advanced social dance, Drill team, drama/ improve, Dance co, and other music teams including Drumline, Band, Orchestra, Theater department,and Color guard. Some other sports teams included Hacky Sack, Spikeball club, Girls lacrosse, Boys lacrosse, Boys soccer, Boys wrestling, Girls cross country, Hockey, Boys tennis, Girls tennis, Wrestling coaches, Girls basketball, Boys basketball, We had some other teams participating too such as, FCCLA, Alta CTE, Volleygons (math department), LIA (latinos in action), and, Counseling crushers.
Ranking teams and how it works- The seeding for the tournament’s bracket is determined through a form that is sent out to everyone where they can rate out of ten stars how much they think a team is going to win and support their favorite teams and guess how they think the games are going to go. They then put together a bracket and the teams battle it based on these predictions.
With 28 teams playing in the volleybrawl tournament 4 remained undefeated in the semifinals. First up hacky sack vs boys soccer. After a close game the hacky sack team came out on top. A great effort from both sides created a great game to watch. Zac and Adam from student gov were on the announcer and gave some great commentary, contributing to the hype of the game.
Next up was CTE vs Boys Basketball, a tough game with volleyball players on both teams, the Basketball team was determined to make sure CTE didn’t make it to the finals this year too. At the last seconds of the game tied up, serving was CTE, and boys basketball fumbled. Leaving the finals up to CTE and Hacky Sack.
This year’s tournament concluded in an exciting final match held during the Homecoming assembly. The finalists were the CTE department and the Hacky Sack club. After a hard-fought battle, the CTE team emerged victorious winning by 5 points, securing a close win and the title of Volleybrawl champions for 2025.
