All-Pakmen Girls’ 17U Championship Final Sets RIM Park Buzzing

  It's 4:30 pm on Sunday, 19th April, at Rim Park in Waterloo. A weary Durham Attack player winds her way through the thinning crowds at the Ontario Volleyball Championships. "An all-Pakmen 17U girls' final," she sighs to an accompanying friend, "what's with that?"   "That" was the final that set RIM Park abuzz. The dominant 17U ... More

Pakmen brush off pesky WASPS to win provincial 16u gold

  By David Winer Every now and then a championship season can be traced to a single, game-changing moment. For the Pakmen 16u boys, such a dramatic reversal in fortunes pivoted on one of their most embarrassing sets of the season. A result, that could have sent the entire season's hopes and dreams careening out of control. Silver ... More

Historic Ms Pakmen 15U, 16U and 17U medal wins at 17U Championship

In week 1 of the Provincial championships the Ms Pakmen 16U team made history by becoming the first Pakmen girls team to win a Division 1 Tier 1 championship winning the 16U girls title. This weekend the Pakmen girls were at it again setting a few more records for the club and possibly Ontario. For perhaps the first time ever teams from the ... More

Upstarts capture all-Pakmen 18U provincial final

By DAVID WINER Before the two combatants took to the floor Sunday (Apr. 26) afternoon for the 18U gold medal match at the Ontario Volleyball Association championships at RIM Park in Waterloo, the winning club was already a certainty. All that remained in doubt was which Pakmen players would wear the gold. For the first time in OVA ... More

Pakmen dominance at Provincials comes with record performances

  By DAVID WINER The Mississauga Pakmen were so successful at the Ontario Volleyball Championships, the players earned enough medals to open, not one, but two high-end jewelry shops. Competing the past three weekends at RIM Park in Waterloo, the Pakmen slammed the door shut on any doubts that they truly are the class of the OVA. E... More

Canada’s Best: Pakmen U15 Win Nationals!

Pakmen legend and standout coach Jessy Satti has been coaching Provincial and National beach volleyball champions for the past 5 years so it comes as no big surprise that he guided his first indoor rep team to a National Championship in his very first year coaching indoor rep volleyball. "Jessy is one of the top young coaches in Canada, I've ... More

Pakmen 15U boys are Volleyball Canada champions

  15U PAKMEN BOYS Mississauga Pakmen 15U boys must have felt like the only people on the block who didn't share in awinning $10 million lottery ticket. Entering last month's (April 17-19) Ontario Championships at Waterloo's RIM Park as the favorites in their particular age group, the 15U boys were instead stymied in the final, ... More

Pakmen’s coaching talent pool continues to grow with hiring of Harris

Photo: Head coach of Team Ontario u19 Gold Medal winning team Matt Harris (left)   By DAVID WINER The powerhouse Mississauga Pakmen became an even greater teaching institution this past week, with the hiring of another talented volleyball mind. While Matt Harris was brought into the fold to do a job, volleyball is more than just a ... More

Sky’s the limit for the Pakmen’s Vernon-Evans

By DAVID WINER Sharone Vernon-Evans is at the top of his game -- literally. The question remains, while those around him argue the sky is the limit for the 6-foot-7 star of the Mississauga Pakmen, does he display the focus and determination to reach Canadian prominence? Vernon-Evans gave the national volleyball community a taste of ... More

Pakmen lead Ontario to near Challenge Cup sweep

By DAVID WINER Ontario dominated at the recent National Team Challenge Cup in Edmonton, winning three of four divisions, and capturing silver in the other. Anchoring the Ontario onslaught, were a whopping 20 members of the Mississauga Pakmen, who comprised greater than 20 per cent of the 96 all-stars selected to represent the province. ... More