Portland boys volleyball club wins national championship

Last month, a boys volleyball team from Portland won the 18 and under American division title at the 2024 USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Championship in Dallas, Texas. It’s the second consecutive appearance at the national tournament for the members of the Portland Chaos 18U boys volleyball team who attend high schools in the Portland metro area. 

Last year, the Oregon School Activities Association voted to make boys volleyball an “emerging activity,” with roughly 70 high school teams competing in the season that ended this past spring. We hear from Nerisa Laban, the founder, director and coach of the Portland Chaos Volleyball Club and two players on the team: co-captains Given Unwin and Lopaki Laban, who is also Nerisa Laban’s son and winner of the MVP award at the national tournament.