River City Juniors Boys Volleyball

At River City, we offer boys' volleyball at the Regional and National levels. Our goal is to provide multiple opportunities for boys to play and to grow the game.

Season will start with tryouts in August.

Practices will start in late September.

Competition will start in November

We will have team from 12u-18u. The number of teams depends on the tryout numbers.

Pre-tryout Clinic Aug 8th 8a-10am

Tryouts August 13th 6:00-8:00pm

2026-2027 Boys Coaches

Director: Deb Grafentin

Boys Coaches: Joey Nagus (Creighton Men's Club player)

Additional coaches: Lulu Ahl, additional coaches announced after tryouts

Tournaments

We enter teams into tournaments within the Region. The Region is mainly NE, IA, KS, MO, MN & CO. Boys volleyball is growing and is a State HS sport in MN, CO, KS, & MO. Our goal is to build the sport so NE can become a state with HS Boys volleyball. It is played as a spring sport in the states it is a sanctioned sport. The season runs March through May.

This makes the club season a fall/winter sport for the boys. The exception is currently Nationals which is still played in Late June-early July.

RCJRS will have both a Club season tryout and a National season tryout. If enough players from the club season wish to continue and form a team to attend Nationals. These teams will attend AAU Nationals in Orlando at the end of June or early July.

Players who competed at another club are welcome to tryout for our National season if you are not attending Nationals for your club!

Why are we doing this?

Boys Volleyball is growing across the country. Many states have boys high school volleyball that competes in the Spring, and at the conclusion of high school season play at Nationals with their club team.

Projected for 2026-27
1	Boys 18u
2	Boys 16u
3	Boys 14u
4	Boys 12u

2026-2027 Projected Teams

Teams will need a minimum of 8 players to compete
Boys who are 17 or 18 will play 18's
Boys who are 15 or 16 will play 16's, etc.
Players may be moved up an age group if their skill level allows
We are looking for 1-2 boys assistant coaches. Please contact dgraf@cox.net if interested

River City Club vs TVA League

Club Volleyball:

Higher level of training and competition
Longer season
Two practices/week
More tournaments
Requires some travel, can be regional or national
There are two seasons for boys club: 1) Main Season and 2) the National Season
Cost for the Club season can range from $600-$1200 for the main season, depending on whether a team is Regional or National
Cost for the National season is $350
Club season runs from Nov-Feb/early Mar
National season runs from May-late June/early July (includes Nationals in Orlando)