2026 Snowflake “Be Like NAT” Volleyball Invitational (Want to ADD 3-4 schools)
Date September 18-19, 2026 Every team is guaranteed 5 matches
All matches are 2 of 3 rally games (Games 1 and 2 to 21 and if needed 3rd game to 15)
Preliminary Pools: Round Robin pool play played on Friday, September 18th. If we have 15 teams we will use 3 Pools of 5 schools or if we have 16 teams we will use 4 pools of 4 schools.
Tournament Round: Teams will be broken into two Brackets from Pool Play results:
Gold Bracket: will be the top 8 teams from the three/four Pool Play Groups.
Silver Bracket: will be the bottom 7or 8 teams from the three/four Pool Play Groups.
Tiebreaker for the #3 seeds seeding to either the Gold or the Silver bracket on the next page.
Awards: Gold Bracket: 1st Place team will receive a Trophy, Individual Medals and Champions T-Shirt for each player and the 2nd Place in the Gold Bracket will receive a Runner-up Plaque.
Silver Bracket: the Silver Bracket Champion and Runners-up will receive a Plaque.
Officials: All matches on both days will have certified AIA officials.
Friday: Pool Play will only have one AIA Official on the stand; line judges will be Snowflake HS JV & Freshman VB players; and score table will be adults from the community.
Saturday: Tournament will have two AIA Officials; line judges will be adults from the community and score table will be adults from the community.
Scorer/Line Judges: Day 1 – Snowflake HS Volleyball Freshman & JV teams will be the Line Judges on each court during Friday Pool Play.
Day 2 – Paid workers from the Snowflake-Taylor communities
Hospitality Room: Day 1 –No Hospitality Room on Friday
Day 2 – Food and Drinks in the checkered area of the entrance to both gyms (Hospitality Room will open up at 10am and catered by El Cupidos Mexican Restaurant)
Athletic Trainer: We DO NOT have a trainer on staff, so your coaches will need to do pre-game preparations with your athletes. We will be happy to provide your team with injury ice.
COST: $500 per team
Casa Grande Union High School is starting a Boys Volleyball team this year. We are looking for a few games to play, if possible. If interested, please contact Athletic Director, Randy Robbins by email or by phone (602) 738-2654. Thanks!
Boys Basketball
2026 Damian Lillard Classic: 16 teams. Entrance fee waived for out-of-state teams, 4 games guaranteed, competitive teams, great facilities, free t-shirts for players, and a hospitality room.
The dates are Dec. 26th to Dec. 30th and will be played at Oakland High in Oakland, CA.
If you have any interest or questions, please email damianlillardclassic@gmail.com or give me a call at 510-517-2659
San Tan Foothills is in need of boys and girls tennis matches. If you're schedue is not full and would be willing to add us please email. AD Rick Romero at rromero@fusdaz.org
Rio Rico is in need of matches (home or away). The program is entering in the second year of a two year scheduling block having to schedule from scratch. Please contact athletic director, Chris Laughland, at claughland@scv35.org / 520-375-8762
520-375-8762