To celebrate how all players have improved their volleyball skills this season, MYA Volleyball runs the popular "FroYo Challenge" near the end of the regular season. For 2026, the FroYo Challenge is on May 16th. 

2026 FroYo Challenge Results

Congratulations to the teams below! First place receives a $100 gift card, second place receives a $90 gift card, and third place receives a $80 gift card. 

4th Grade House

1st place - ES4-5 Purple (Lo) - 8 points
2nd place - ES4-1 Blue (Stanzel) - 6 points
3rd place (tie) - ES4-3 Red (Raminpour) and ES4-4 Pink (Dolina) - 4 points

5th Grade House

1st place - ES5-5 Purple (Herzog) - 25 points
2nd place - ES5-1 Gold (Ailani) - 21 points
3rd place - ES5-8 Turquoise (Grenfell) - 15 points

6th Grade House

1st place - ES6-8 Lime (Fairbank) - 10 points
2nd place - ES6-4 Pink (Richardson - Tsang) - 6 points
3rd place - ES6-10 Turquoise (Fine) - 5 points

7th Grade House

1st place - MS5-5 Purple (Froemling - Gerasimas) - 5 points
2nd place (tie) - MS7-1 Red (Borbely) and MS7-8 Lime (Park - Tardaguila) - 4 points
3rd place - MS7-3 Blue (Simmon) - 3 points

8th Grade House

1st place - MS8-4 Pink (Rudra Sundaram - Swift) - 8 points
2nd place (tie) - MS8-2 Green (Minksy) and MS8-3 Red (Chirico - Gray) - 6 points  
3rd place (tie) - MS8-6 Orange (Stone) and MS8-10 Turquoise (Kucko - Plummer - Templer) - 5 points

High School House

1st place - HSH-4 Pink (Filippone) - 9 points
2nd place - HSH-2 Red (Yakatan) - 8 points
3rd place - HSH-3 Blue (Simmon) - 6 points

Middle School Select

1st place - MSS-3 Blue (Ding) - 18 points
2nd place - MSS-1 Green (Rudin) - 17 points
3rd place - MSS-5 Orange (Yakatan - Reza) - 14 points

High School Select

1st place - HSS-1 Blue (Rudin) - 25 points
2nd place - HSS-6 Vienna (Buescher) - 23 points
3rd place (tie) - HSS-2 Purple (Anderson) and HSS-4 Yellow (Jacobson - Fuller) - 14 points

High School Travel

1st place - HST-1 Blue (Wang) - 34 points
2nd place - HST-2 Green (Hannibal - Morgan) - 28 points
3rd place - HST-5 Vienna (Hatcher) - 26 points
 

FroYo Challenge Goals

The FroYo Challenge incentivizes teams to use multiple touches to win points, thus helping the teams strive towards what we know is the most fun, effective, and rewarding way to play volleyball together as a team. Based on the rules described further down on this page, the top 3 finishers in each league for FroYo points - including ties - will win a gift card based on the following:

• 1st place - $100 gift card
• 2nd place - $90 gift card
• 3rd place - $80 gift card

Gift cards will be handed out during the playoffs so that coaches can use them in a season-ending celebration at a place of their choosing. "FroYo" was adopted during a time when there was seemingly a FroYo place on every corner; teams are free to choose any place they'd like to use their gift card. 

Our referees handle counting FroYo points during the match. Please be extra patient with our refs as this is another custom rule for them to learn and remember. As with all our matches, there is never a reason for parents to talk to our refs, and this includes when refs are determining if a FroYo point was earned. Coaches know to talk politely and calmly to our refs with any questions they have, and our refs will do their best to correctly and promptly identify FroYo points. Remember that the gift card is a small reward - our goal is to incentivize the right way to play volleyball and to help with our overall goal of each player wanting to play volleyball again at the end of the season.

FroYo Point Details

The full rules for each league are listed below; here's a summary to help remember the main rules:

• 4th and 5th grade - team must use 2 or 3 touches, with the opposing side unable to return the ball.
• 6th grade - team must use 3 touches, with the opposing side unable to return the ball.
• 7th and 8th grade - team must use 3 touches with the 3rd touch being an arm swing above the shoulder, which includes spikes, rolls, and dinks, with the opposing side unable to return the ball. 
• MSS / HS House / HSS / HST - 2nd or 3rd touch must be an arm swing above the shoulder that the opposing team is unable to control on the first touch and thus unable to return (any controlled touch by the opposing side nullifies the FroYo point). 

A clarification for the rules for 4th through 8th grade - "the opponent does not return the ball" means that after your team sends the ball over, your team wins the point without having to touch the ball again. It doesn't matter if the opponent lets the ball drop, or hits it out-of-bounds on either side of the court, etc. 

Details for each league (note that for 4th through 8th grades, a FroYo point is scored using the same rules as the extra point incentive that is used all season):

• 4th and 5th Grade House Leagues: Teams earn FroYo Points with a combination of 2 or 3 consecutive touches on one side that goes over the net and leads to an immediate win where the opponent does not legally return the ball over the net into play.  A two-touch combination earns a team 2 FroYo Points and a three-touch combination earns 3 FroYo Points.

• 6th Grade House League:  One FroYo Point is earned with each extra point scored by the team following the 3-touch extra point rule for Elementary school matches: "At the discretion of the referee, an extra point is awarded to a team that executes a multi-touch combination that leads to an immediate win where the opponent does not legally return the ball over the net into play.  For 6^th Grade House, any three legal touches earns the extra point. The opportunity to earn an extra point on a multi-touch combination is nullified if the opposing team legally returns the ball over the net and into play.”

• 7th and 8th Grade House Leagues:  One FroYo Point is earned with each extra point scored by the team following the 3-touch extra point rule for Middle School matches: "At the discretion of the referee, an extra point is awarded to a team that executes a three-touch combination that leads to an immediate win where the opponent does not legally return the ball over the net into play. For the 7th and 8th Grade House leagues, three-touches earns the extra point.  However, the third touch must involve an arm swing above the shoulder and can be executed by a front-row or back-row player.  Rolls and tips/dinks are counted as hits, while forearm passes/bumps and two arm hand sets are not.  The opportunity to earn an extra point on a multi-touch combination is nullified if the opposing team legally returns the ball over the net and into play.”

• MS Select, HS Select, HS Travel, and 9^th-12^th Grade House Leagues:  Teams earn FroYo Points by recording "Spike Kills".  For the purpose of the FroYo Challenge, a spike (also called a "hit" or "attack") must involve an arm swing above the shoulder and can be executed by a front-row or back-row player.  Rolls and dinks are counted as spikes, while forearm passes ("bumps") and two arm hand sets are not. "Dumps" from a setter are also not counted, unless the setter is making an overhand arm swing on the second touch. The spike can happen on the second or third touch on the side.  A Spike Kill is when the opponent fails to control the ball after the spike and cannot legally return it into play.  Note that the Spike Kill only counts if the opposing team cannot control the ball – if they dig the spike and have a controlled 2nd and/or 3rd touch but fail to play the ball back over the net legally; it does not count as a Spike Kill. Also not counted is when the spike is dug in a controlled fashion but there's no 2nd touch due to a miscommunication between teammates - that can happen on any shot and is not counted as a Spike Kill. 

Referees record FroYo Points throughout the match on poster boards setup in each gym. FroYo gift card winners are announced once all results have been collected for each league.