Am I correctly seeing some Blue Ridge teams accepted to next weekend's CHRVA Bid Regionals? That's new (for this year, at least).

Metro 18s may have earned an Open bid today by making Gold bracket at NEQ. If confirmed, their National division bid will flow to VAJRS 18s, and so on. Other CHRVA teams are in Gold at NEQ and MEQ, but I don't know if anyone else has locked in a bid.

CHRVA uses the AES national rankings. They are the only rankings that include all of a team's match results against other AES teams. USAV rankings generally only include USAV sanctioned tournaments (no AAU, JVA or LOVB). While CHRVA is obviously a USAV region the USAV rankings are essentially brand new and has some issues. The AES national ranks incorporate a lot more strength of schedule data into the ranking and make it harder to be ranked highly even though you are only competing in local tournaments. For example, Capital Hill and Triple Crown aren't sanctioned USAV events and aren't included in the USAV results. But you are facing tougher competition at both of those tournaments than a typical local CHRVA tournament or even a USAV qualifier in the lower divisions (see the CHRVA teams who competed in American divsions and faced a lot of 1000+ national ranked teams, resulting in a very good USAV ranking but a national ranking 400 or more ranks lower).

For the teams that compete at the upper levels of USAV qualifiers (Open, USA and Liberty depending on the strength of the qualifier) the USAV ranks are generally pretty accurate though and map reasonably well to the AES national ranks.

Makes sense - thank you!
Appreciate the explanation.

Anonymous wrote:It's based on "SportsEngine AES Power Rankings", with "Show National Ranks" checked.

I see it now. Thank you!

Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand how the CHRVA accepts the teams for the regional bid? https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/events/41449

I assumed it would be the top 12 CHRVA rankings from the USAV National list (as long as they didn’t win a National bid or have actually registered) but I see higher ranked teams waitlisted and lower ones accepted.

CHRVA uses the AES national rankings. They are the only rankings that include all of a team's match results against other AES teams. USAV rankings generally only include USAV sanctioned tournaments (no AAU, JVA or LOVB). While CHRVA is obviously a USAV region the USAV rankings are essentially brand new and has some issues. The AES national ranks incorporate a lot more strength of schedule data into the ranking and make it harder to be ranked highly even though you are only competing in local tournaments. For example, Capital Hill and Triple Crown aren't sanctioned USAV events and aren't included in the USAV results. But you are facing tougher competition at both of those tournaments than a typical local CHRVA tournament or even a USAV qualifier in the lower divisions (see the CHRVA teams who competed in American divsions and faced a lot of 1000+ national ranked teams, resulting in a very good USAV ranking but a national ranking 400 or more ranks lower).

For the teams that compete at the upper levels of USAV qualifiers (Open, USA and Liberty depending on the strength of the qualifier) the USAV ranks are generally pretty accurate though and map reasonably well to the AES national ranks.

Anonymous wrote:It's based on "SportsEngine AES Power Rankings", with "Show National Ranks" checked.

It's not only this, though; teams have to meet specific criteria about the number and kind of tournaments they play in, and the club must be pre-registered for USAV Nationals by the specified cutoff time.

Imagine being on a highly ranked team, and your club director fails to register your team on time!!!

It's based on "SportsEngine AES Power Rankings", with "Show National Ranks" checked.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand how the CHRVA accepts the teams for the regional bid? https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/events/41449

I assumed it would be the top 12 CHRVA rankings from the USAV National list (as long as they didn’t win a National bid or have actually registered) but I see higher ranked teams waitlisted and lower ones accepted.

https://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/document/1d1a-2794789/2026_CHRVA_Junior_Girls_Bid_Tournament_57_.pdf
This gives you everything you are looking for.

Can someone help me understand how the CHRVA accepts the teams for the regional bid? https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/events/41449

I assumed it would be the top 12 CHRVA rankings from the USAV National list (as long as they didn’t win a National bid or have actually registered) but I see higher ranked teams waitlisted and lower ones accepted.

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FPYCparent wrote:The official bid tracking spreadsheets were updated today. BRVA seems to have accepted the USA division bids (14s and 15s). The Metro and MDJRS bids are also reflected in the documents. I'll update the first post...and I'll hold off on my bid-declining rant for now. . Basically, don't compete for a bid if you aren't going to accept it.

One 18 National division bid has been reallocated, so CHRVA is now second in line to get another bid there (would have VAJRS moving up based on current results). Not sure how 5th place from Bid Reginald will be determined. I've heard it was up to a coin toss in recent years.

Metro 17 Travel got an open bid in Boston. Not sure if any other CHRVA teams have gotten additional bids yet this weekend, but with Metro having open bids at 15, 16, and 17s, it sets up an interesting test of how the Metro National teams at those age groups will stack up at regionals in 2 weeks without the Travel teams there.

NEQ for 18s and 17 Open is next weekend and it is probably another good shot for Paramount 17s to get their open bid. They were 6-2 in Boston and just missed making top 4, going 1-1 in their gold pool.

I'm sure Coach Nick lost his mind over this. Paramount was banned from going to Sunshine b/c so many complaints about his behavior- there were tournament officials at each match to keep him in check the last time Paramount played at Sunshine. If Paramount keeps it up they'll be down to fewer and fewer qualifiers

Keep your dramas to yourself. Every coach may have his/her outburst in the past but it's tough love and nothing else. Coach Nick is still well respected in the DMV.

Keep drinking the kool-aid. It's quite the opposite and it's impacting their recruiting.

This is a ridiculous and demonstrably false statement. You are telling me the team that Coach Nick has coached since U14 (that is currently a U17 team) has had their recruiting negatively impacted? In the class of 2027, they have a Penn State commitment (this was the year after they won the National Championship), a Vanderbilt commitment, a UCONN commitment, a Delaware commitment, and an Old Dominion commitment. The Penn State commit also made the USA U19 National Team, which clearly wouldn't have happened if Coach Nick or Paramount weren't in good standing with college coaches or with USAV. Why didn't Metro's star 2027 middle (who is a phenomenal player) make the USA U19 National Team if Silvia is so well-respected and well-connected? You don't have to like the guy, but the lengths that people will go to to lie is just ridiculous.

I would not say that the PP is necessarily lying. There are lots of urban legends going around in the parent circles. You hear a story from a "knowledgeable" parent, then you share it with others, including on DCUM. Every single one of us was on Mount Stupid at some point and spoke with a lot of confidence about things we didn't really understand. Some people simply spend more time on Mount Stupid than others - what matters is to figure out when you have no idea what you are talking about and stop believing everything you hear. But I can also see why others could try to paint a nasty picture of other clubs and intentionally lie to accomplish whatever goals they might want to accomplish. Some might have some personal beef with Coach Nick. I don't know the guy (and there is very little chance that I will ever see him), but I read his name a lot on this forum.

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FPYCparent wrote:The official bid tracking spreadsheets were updated today. BRVA seems to have accepted the USA division bids (14s and 15s). The Metro and MDJRS bids are also reflected in the documents. I'll update the first post...and I'll hold off on my bid-declining rant for now. . Basically, don't compete for a bid if you aren't going to accept it.

One 18 National division bid has been reallocated, so CHRVA is now second in line to get another bid there (would have VAJRS moving up based on current results). Not sure how 5th place from Bid Reginald will be determined. I've heard it was up to a coin toss in recent years.

Metro 17 Travel got an open bid in Boston. Not sure if any other CHRVA teams have gotten additional bids yet this weekend, but with Metro having open bids at 15, 16, and 17s, it sets up an interesting test of how the Metro National teams at those age groups will stack up at regionals in 2 weeks without the Travel teams there.

NEQ for 18s and 17 Open is next weekend and it is probably another good shot for Paramount 17s to get their open bid. They were 6-2 in Boston and just missed making top 4, going 1-1 in their gold pool.

I'm sure Coach Nick lost his mind over this. Paramount was banned from going to Sunshine b/c so many complaints about his behavior- there were tournament officials at each match to keep him in check the last time Paramount played at Sunshine. If Paramount keeps it up they'll be down to fewer and fewer qualifiers

Keep your dramas to yourself. Every coach may have his/her outburst in the past but it's tough love and nothing else. Coach Nick is still well respected in the DMV.

Keep drinking the kool-aid. It's quite the opposite and it's impacting their recruiting.

This is a ridiculous and demonstrably false statement. You are telling me the team that Coach Nick has coached since U14 (that is currently a U17 team) has had their recruiting negatively impacted? In the class of 2027, they have a Penn State commitment (this was the year after they won the National Championship), a Vanderbilt commitment, a UCONN commitment, a Delaware commitment, and an Old Dominion commitment. The Penn State commit also made the USA U19 National Team, which clearly wouldn't have happened if Coach Nick or Paramount weren't in good standing with college coaches or with USAV. Why didn't Metro's star 2027 middle (who is a phenomenal player) make the USA U19 National Team if Silvia is so well-respected and well-connected? You don't have to like the guy, but the lengths that people will go to to lie is just ridiculous.

Nice that the Penn State commit will be joining the 3 other CHRVA players on their roster.

Getting back on track ...

There are 16 USAV qualifiers for 18s teams in 2026, all completing play in two weeks. Eight qualifiers have been/will be played with no CHRVA teams, two qualifiers were played with one CHRVA team, one with two CHRVA teams, two with three CHRVA teams. Over 30 CHRVA clubs have sent (or will send) a team to a qualifier to compete for an 18s bid. The most bid-seeking CHRVA teams will be at NEQ this weekend. Boston and Ohio Valley had the most CHRVA representation after NEQ, which probably makes sense from a "travel distance" perspective.

NOTE: As noted in the first post, Metro, VAJRS, Columbia, and VA Elite have already secured USAV bids via the region. Those four teams can move up to a higher division by earning a bid at a qualifier ... or via reallocation from another region. Bids to the Open, USA, and Liberty divisions can only be earned at qualifiers.

Here's a participation breakdown by division in the 18s age group (multiple events at the same division denoted in parentheses):

18 Open - Metro (5), Paramount (2)

18 USA - Loudoun Elite (4), Virginia JRS (3), Columbia (2), Delaware United (2), Virginia Elite (2), Blue Ridge, EC Power DE, Empire, Paramount

18 Liberty - Maryland JRS Elite (3), MVSA (2), Premier (2), Annapolis, Brandywine, Empire, MOJO Elite, Virginia Elite, VolleyViet

18 American - Liberty Elite (3), MOJO Elite (2), Premier (2 events, two same-division teams at one of those events), South River (2), The St. James (2), Apex Performance, Arundel Aviators, Battle, Baltimore Elite, Delaware JRS, DMV Academy, EC Power DE, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Intensity, Maryland Exclusive, Maryland JRS Open, Metro North, Platform, VAVA, Vienna Elite

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Yes, I've started looking at the CHRVA participation at the 15 qualifiers for younger age groups, but there is still more than a month of play remaining. There are definitely some eye-openers at the other age groups. How about Empire and GO Valley teams playing in the Open division at multiple qualifiers? If you are like me, you may not have known that those CHRVA clubs even exist!

Just watched the video. He’s clearly just a pumped up coach who won a big match. It’s hardly aggressive compared to what I’m used to seeing in AAU basketball and football.

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FPYCparent wrote:The official bid tracking spreadsheets were updated today. BRVA seems to have accepted the USA division bids (14s and 15s). The Metro and MDJRS bids are also reflected in the documents. I'll update the first post...and I'll hold off on my bid-declining rant for now. . Basically, don't compete for a bid if you aren't going to accept it.

One 18 National division bid has been reallocated, so CHRVA is now second in line to get another bid there (would have VAJRS moving up based on current results). Not sure how 5th place from Bid Reginald will be determined. I've heard it was up to a coin toss in recent years.

Metro 17 Travel got an open bid in Boston. Not sure if any other CHRVA teams have gotten additional bids yet this weekend, but with Metro having open bids at 15, 16, and 17s, it sets up an interesting test of how the Metro National teams at those age groups will stack up at regionals in 2 weeks without the Travel teams there.

NEQ for 18s and 17 Open is next weekend and it is probably another good shot for Paramount 17s to get their open bid. They were 6-2 in Boston and just missed making top 4, going 1-1 in their gold pool.

I'm sure Coach Nick lost his mind over this. Paramount was banned from going to Sunshine b/c so many complaints about his behavior- there were tournament officials at each match to keep him in check the last time Paramount played at Sunshine. If Paramount keeps it up they'll be down to fewer and fewer qualifiers

Keep your dramas to yourself. Every coach may have his/her outburst in the past but it's tough love and nothing else. Coach Nick is still well respected in the DMV.

Keep drinking the kool-aid. It's quite the opposite and it's impacting their recruiting.

This is a ridiculous and demonstrably false statement. You are telling me the team that Coach Nick has coached since U14 (that is currently a U17 team) has had their recruiting negatively impacted? In the class of 2027, they have a Penn State commitment (this was the year after they won the National Championship), a Vanderbilt commitment, a UCONN commitment, a Delaware commitment, and an Old Dominion commitment. The Penn State commit also made the USA U19 National Team, which clearly wouldn't have happened if Coach Nick or Paramount weren't in good standing with college coaches or with USAV. Why didn't Metro's star 2027 middle (who is a phenomenal player) make the USA U19 National Team if Silvia is so well-respected and well-connected? You don't have to like the guy, but the lengths that people will go to to lie is just ridiculous.

I get a message saying that the movie is private.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN1wX9pm_iY&t=34s

Just the last 20 seconds. He clearly couldn't contain his excitement from beating the next age group of the "enemy" club.

He is overly competitive (especially during game time) but truly a master coach in practice at the same time. So take whatever you see there...