Mini Class kicks off in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, November 10, 2018 – The Mini class, the most popular in the history of the School National Volleyball Championship in Puerto Rico, will make its debut on Saturday with a total of 84 matches.

“It is the great day of the Minis, everyone is awaiting for this moment, these young athletes get the support of the families and the school community, Then we will have the youth and junior category to close the Saturday,” said Arnaldo Sánchez, director of the championship.

The action in the Mini starts at 8:00 a.m. while the Youth and Junior categories are scheduled to kick off at 1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

A total of 350 teams from 105 schools, public and private, and 35 municipalities are competing with 4,000 students and 200 coaches. During the days of competition a total of 310 matches will be played.

The active teams are distributed in the following divisions:

Senior (65 females and 40 males), Junior (59 females and 25 males), Youth (60 females and 24 males) and Mini (46 females and 31 males).

Some results:

Notre Dame of Caguas continues undefeated in the Junior Female class after a 25-14, 25-11 victory over St. Patrick of Guayama.

In other matches of the female class, La Salle edged Inmaculada in three frames (22-25, 25-19, 15-9), Emadrian defeated Caguas Private and in another three-set contest Colegio Ponceño edged CIEM 26-28, 25-18, 15-13.

The second seeded in the Junior Male class, Bayamon Military Academy added another victory after a 25-8, 25-11 win over Saint Patrick of Guayama.