13 All Star National Team 5th at AAU National Tournament

Above: #8 Cecily Gable, #2 Madison Bond, #11 Brooke Rutherford, #16 Anna Stavurm, #10 Lindsey Ferrall,#4 Roxanna Wood, #14 Sydni Anderson, #18 Sydney Janeski, #7 Olivia Howell, #5 Kate Kheradvar, Not shown team member #12 Katie Pain could not make the trip due to medical conditions.

The 13 All Star National team will go down not once, but two times for their outstanding appearance at the AAU National Tournament, led by the expertise coaching of one of Metro's former alumni  and current
Coach and Marketing Director, Coach Katie Hybnerova.  For the first time in Metro history the team was ranked #1 in the tournament after 3 days of playing. They marked one of the best records any Metro team has ever recorded going 9-1 at a National Tournament and capturing 5th place for the highest finish of any Metro team in a National Tournament. They had the second highest point percentage of 71 teams that competed in their category, with an incredible point ratio of 1.4613.

 From the very first match of the tournament, Metro came out on fire! BOMBA steam rolled over their first opponent defeating them 25-4;25-13. After shutting down their next opponent Union 13, they faced the number 14 ranked team in the tournament. Dropping game 1 by a close margin 25-23, the girls new they had to pick it up and that they did winning the next two games 25-13; 15-9 to take the match 2-1!
Day 2 the girls were just as strong winning match 1 with force 25-12; 25-14. The first game of match 2 the girls found themselves down 23-25.  Losing game 1 lit a fire in the girls and they came out with a furry and dominated game 2 winning 25-14. Game 3 team BOMBA picked up where they left off and never looked back winning 15-11.  The last game of day 2 Metro’s BOMBA shocked the #16 ranked OVA Molten and put them away easily in 2!
On day 3 the team was faced with their history making challenge. After breezing by the #27 and #15 ranked team, they found themselves going into the last game of the day facing #1 ranked team Queens from Puerto Rico. The team brought and left everything they had on the court and it showed! Game 1 BOMBA outscored Queens an astonishing 25-11.  In game two history was set in stone with a victory win 25-17!!  Metro 13 All-Star National team BOMBA had just become the first ever Metro/Delta Region team to be ranked #1 at Nationals.  The girls were ecstatic they knew what they had just accomplished and that day they were #1 in the country, something that few teams rarely get to say.
The last day of the Junior National Tournament, the morning started with a first round by for the team in the gold bracket! Metro’s first match of the day was against Power 13 Black who had previously played a morning game. Power 13 Black came out strong and ready to play, while Metro just couldn’t get in the groove. They took a tough first game loss and knew that they would have to fight in order to keep their tournament hopes alive. They fought, but could not pull of the win loosing game two 25-21. It was a heart breaking loss, but the girls kept their heads held high! BOMBA knew that the y had achieved great strides, and their tournament appearance would only be a beginning to what the future holds for the team and Metro!