Serve City Volleyball girls club tryouts coming Sept. 30, Oct. 21 to Wheaton, Elgin, Des Plaines

Serve City Volleyball is planning for its best season to date when the club launches its fourth year of operations in the Chicago suburbs. The season tips off with tryouts for its middle-school girls' national and regional teams on Sept. 30 and its high-school girls' national and regional teams Oct. 21 and 29. Tryout signups have begun at www.servecityvolleyball.org/introduction-girls.

After running a pilot national program in 2017-18, the Serve City girls program is launching its first-ever national team program in 2018-19. Serve City will offer both national and regional teams at the 12-U, 13-U, 14-U, 15-U, 16-U and 18-U age levels at its Wheaton/Carol Stream, Elgin and Des Plaines training locations. Visit www.servecityvolleyball.org/introduction-girls for full details.

The girls regional team season will run from Nov. 26 to April 14, while the girls national team season will take place from Nov. 26 to April 14 and, after a short break, resume from May 5 to June 16. Serve City's national season will conclude at the Asics Jr. National Championships June 14-16 at Navy Pier in Chicago.

For the second straight year, Serve City will feature girls teams at practice facilities in Wheaton/Carol Stream, Elgin and Des Plaines, with athletes representing more than 30 suburban communities, including Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Lombard, Carol Stream, Bartlett, West Chicago, Winfield, Elmhurst, Elgin, Aurora, Naperville, Downers Grove, St. Charles, Geneva, South Elgin, Dundee, Des Plaines, Arlington Heights, Palatine and Mount Prospect.

Serve City will kick off middle-school girls tryouts at three locations on Sunday, Sept. 30. Wheaton tryouts will take place at the Central Athletic Complex, 500 S. Naperville Road in Wheaton. Serve City 12-U tryouts will run from 4-5:30 p.m., followed by 13-U from 5:45-7:15 p.m. and 14-U from 7:30-9 p.m.

Serve City will also hold middle-school girls tryouts in Des Plaines from 9 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30 at its practice facility at Oakton Community College. Girls in fifth to eighth grades are eligible to try out.

Serve City's Elgin middle-school girls tryouts are scheduled for 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at The Centre of Elgin.

Girls make-up tryouts will also be available on Monday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 6 at Serve City's main campus in Wheaton.

Serve City high-school girls tryouts then tip off on Sunday, Oct. 21 for athletes who aren't competing on a high-school varsity team. Wheaton tryouts will take place at the Wheaton Park District Community Center, 1777 S. Blanchard St. Tryouts for 15-U (high-school freshmen) run from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., followed by 16-U and 17-U tryouts from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Des Plaines high-school girls tryouts will hit the courts for 15-U, 16-U (sophomores) and 17-U (juniors) from 9 to 11 a.m. at Oakton Community College. Elgin tryouts for 15-U to 17-U will be 3:30 to 5 p.m. at The Centre of Elgin.

High-school varsity players interested in playing for a Serve City team in Wheaton, Elgin or Des Plaines are eligible to try out after their school season ends on Monday, Oct. 29 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Wheaton or Monday, Nov. 5 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Wheaton. Varsity athletes whose season continues beyond these dates can contact Serve City to set up another make-up tryout.

Serve City girls tryout registration has begun. Families must register for tryouts online to reserve a spot for their daughter at tryouts by visiting www.servecityvolleyball.org/introduction-girls.

Visit www.servecityvolleyball.org for more details on teams, practices, tournaments and fees, or contact Girls Director Jeff Smith at jsmith@servecityvolleyball.org for more information.