There’s a piece of me that wonders what life is like for my dog Buffy, and then PVI weekend comes around and it’s no longer a mystery. For two glorious days we all get to experience total focus, connection, and joy centered around something we deeply love. We get to be like Buffy and run hard, play a game, eat lots of tasty snacks, and sometimes flop around on a grassy field. It’s good to be Buffy. It’s good to be part of the PVI community.
While the event is fresh in your mind, we’d appreciate it if you took a minute to fill out the Post-Tournament Survey. We’d love feedback from anyone that attended the event, or worked with any team that attended. The more feedback we get the better! Share this link with your whole team!
All game and spirit results are now online in the tournament spreadsheet. The spirit score results are also posted below. If you see anything that looks off, please let us know. All game results have also been posted on ScoreReport.net: Female-Matching games, Open games — Thanks to David Thompson for this work! He’d LOVE it if people could post the rest of their games this season on the system! He’s more than happy to help and answer questions about the ScoreReport.net system: dthompso@hotchkiss.org
Congratulations to the PVI2026 spirit award winners!
FM-A: Amherst GxV
FM-B: Newton V
Open A: Montpelier
Open B: Falmouth
Open C: PVPA
Please email Lee (lee@technologyventuresinc.com) where you’d like your spirit award plaque sent and he’ll get it in the mail ASAP.
We’d love to see your tournament media! Email us links, or send media directly to josh@pvinvite.org. You can also upload media to us directly at this Dropbox link.
You can order PVI2026 merchandise directly from VC until May 24th right here!
Here are photos of everything that was in lost and found. If you see something you’d really like to get back, please email Lee (lee@technologyventuresinc.com). Items not claimed by Monday, 5/26 will be donated.
Mark your calendar: PVI2027 will take place on May 15th and 16th, 2027!
It’s going to be hot tomorrow! Please bring as much water as you can to the fields tomorrow. Our water carts will be zooming around filling things as fast as possible, but any help you can give them by bringing extra water to the fields would be appreciated.
We are missing spirit scoresheets from these teams. You must turn in your scoresheet at tournament central, or by texting it to Karin, before you first game tomorrow:
Female-Matching: Four Rivers V, Burlington, Amherst GxJV, Northampton JV
To begin today’s captain’s meeting, we acknowledge that we play on fields which are part of the unceded land of the Pocumtuc. In recognition of this violent history, we commit ourselves today to being good stewards of these fields, to respect the space and keep it clean, and, most importantly, we commit to supporting indigenous people in our community in the places and spaces where they request it.
We will send out a link to where you can make a donation to the Ohketeau – the only Native founded and Native run cultural center in all of Central and Western Massachusetts. Their work focuses on uplifting the voices of Native peoples and dismantling unjust frameworks, replacing them with accessibility, equity, dignity, and wellness for our Native communities.
They provide a safe place for Native people to gather regularly and educate their youth in impactful ways – a value we share and wholeheartedly support. Please consider making a donation if you are so moved.
I’m Josh, I’m the co-TD.
I’m Lee, I’m the co-TD.
[Josh’s opening message]
I’m Pranay, the volunteer director and event program manager.
Pranay: A HUGE thanks to the PVI committee chairs that make this event happen:
Team Boxes: Connelly & Jim Stokes-Buckles
Traffic and Parking: Blair Barondes
Water: Mike Thompson, and Joe Wyman
Merchandise: Gina Wyman, Kate Kruckemeyer
Waste/Recycling: Elizabeth Schoenfeld, & Sonia Bouvier
Main Tent Food: John Grossman & Tim Parshall
Fields: Lee Feldscher & Jeff Kelly
Housing: Anne Schlereth & Scott Remick
Dinner and Party: Regine Spector Shopping: John Grossman, Jim & Connelly Stokes-Buckles
…and the army of volunteers that make the PVI possible. Please say thanks to all the volunteers you see… they are doing a ton of work! [Have them raise their hands, call them out.]
We are striving to make PVI the best and GREENEST tournament on the planet! Please tell your teams to make as little trash as possible. You have in your team boxes – green bags for compost, clear bags for trash and blue bags for recycling. These bags can be brought to tourney central, and if you bring them to one of our recycling ambassadors wearing a green sash – there is fun swag to be had!
[Back to Josh]
This is Karin: She’s the scorekeeper. Send her your data. Please write neatly. Use the team name we use for you in the schedule. Text exact, specific data. She gets upwards of 700+ data communications this weekend so… be clear!
My challenge to your whole crew: Aggressively thank these people that make the PVI possible!
A few more special thanks:
A massive thanks to VC Ultimate. They are just awesome. And they make THE BEST gear!
[The Oxbow Marina for letting us use these beautiful fields]
Okay… now to some logistics:
Our trainers are: – Upper fields – Mieka Davis (508) 277-4156 – Lower fields – Sat Ben Machon (413) 346-8717 & Sun Kelli Steele (413) 575-8251
Please add all three trainers to your contacts on your phone.
Who is at this event for the first time? Attended 3-5 times? More than 5? Who was here at the first one in 2014? Anyone attend one of the St. Johnsbury Academy Invitationals?
Some numbers for y’all:
58 Teams, 7 states, 16 fields, 1,100 players, over 250 coaches, chaperones, and managers, 175 games, 20 acres, 4.3 miles of painted lines.
The big thing: Know the tournament schedule and program! Know where your team needs to be at what time. Understand how the schedule works. Understand how the event works.
Some important items:
Be careful on Island Road. Drive 15mph or slower. Only park on the grass in the designated parking areas. Please minimize trips to and from the Oxbow to reduce traffic on Island Rd.
Some of these fields are being used for the first time today since the spring floods, so there could be debris or trash on the fields. Also, the Oxbow is a natural place, so over the winter some wild animals may have taken up residence on the fields. Please have both teams line up on the back end zone line together before the first games and walk the entire field to pick up anything that shouldn’t be there and mark any obstacles or unsafe areas before you start your game. There are trash/recycling/compost bags in your team boxes you can use for trash and debris.
Start and cap your games on time.
No softcaps
No horns
Text in your scores to Karin at 617-797-5627.
All games must be played.
Please set alarms on your phones for hard cap.
No dangerous plays, spiking, poor language, or bad behavior. At all. Just don’t. I will eject your entire team.
Bring a full water bottle each day. We’ll have water towers all over the place and Gatorade at tourney central. Anything you can do to cut down single use plastic bottles would be appreciated. If you run out of water at your field please text Joe at 413 439-5998.
Weather: 5 horn blasts = get to your cars, wait for call/5 horn blasts. Text/@PVInvite/Email will be sent out with updates.
Keep all sidelines clear. Nothing, at all — even players! — within 3 feet of any sideline. All hard objects — tents, chairs, must be at least 7 yards from any sideline. Some sidelines are very narrow. Do not store any gear or items on the narrow sidelines. That means most chairs and tents will need to be on the wider sidelines or out the back of the endzones.
You’ll find water on the sidelines. If your jugs are empty, call one of the posted numbers.
You’ll find extra food at tourney central.
Porta-Johns can be found near tourney central, on the lower fields, and on the far fields (near field 17)
When you leave a sideline, please leave it cleaner than you found it.
Opponent late? Assess a point for every 3 minutes they are late.
A chaperone must be with your team at ALL times. You cannot leave your team unattended at any tournament location or event.
Please, please, please return your completed spirit score sheet promptly at the end of your games on Saturday and Sunday. Please. You are bringing a hard copy of the sheet at the end of each day.
Thank you sponsors: VC, Discraft, Friction Gloves, Northampton HS Athletics, The City of Northampton, Baystate Hand and Wrist Surgery, Lander Grinspoon Academy, The Nature Club, The Black Sheep, USA Waste and Recycling, Walmart, Spikeball, Tandem Bagels and most importantly the Oxbow Marina.
Please make sure you promptly report your game scores after each round to Karin at 617-797-5627.
We have AMAZING merch made by VC! Make sure to visit the merch tent!
Please stay off the docks, away from the boats, and out of the water. There is no fishing.
The next PVI will take place on May 15th and 16th, 2027!
Everything I just said will be posted online and sent to you.
Our tourney merch is awesome! Make sure to pick your gear up early! It’s going to sell out!
If your first game is at 8am, please make sure you check in before 7:20am. If you’re first game is at 9:30am, please make sure to check in before 8:50am. That being said, the earlier you check in the better! Check in will open at 6:45am. You will get your spirit score sheets and dinner tickets (if you ordered any) at check in.
Has at least one person on your team joined the tournament text group? We will be sending out important tournament updates via text message. In order to receive the updates, you will need to sign up by texting @pvi2026 to the number 81010. You can leave the channel any time by texting @leave @pvi2026 to the number 81010.
Please report your scores, immediately after each game by texting them to Karin (617-797-5627) in this format: “Open/F-M Team1 [score] Team2 [score]” Please fully identify all teams!
Josh (josh@pvinvite.org)
LOTS of food at PVI included in your tourney fee!
At tourney central there will be all day:
free gatorade ( but no cups – please bring refillable bottles!)
PBJ – including sunbutter/gluten free/etc for dietary needs.
pickles. so many pickles.
watermelon
cookies
Your team bin will have:
bread
pb/nutella (if allergen issues – please let me know asap, if your team hasnt already submitted this info!)
apples
bananas
cookies
Sidelines – water stations will be filled constantly.
All of our prep is in high gear! The fields are mowed and lined. Team boxes are being assembled. Merch is being sorted. Team hosts are prepping. And so much more!
When you check in with us at the tournament central tent right after your arrive you will: 1) Introduce us to your two cleared chaperones and 2) Show us your medical authorization forms that covers all of their players. These can be digital.
Here’s the current list of missing info. Note: The dietary needs form is now closed. If you didn’t fill out the form and there is something we absolutely must know about your team’s dietary needs, please email me directly: josh@pvinvite.org
Please drive 15mph or less on Island Pond Road. This is the entrance road to the Oxbow.
Please refrain from bringing single-use plastic bottles to the event. We have lots of free Gatorade at tournament central and water towers all over the place!
All teams must check in at tournament central when they arrive.
We will be sending out important tournament updates via text message. In order to receive the updates, you will need to sign up by texting @pvi2026 to the number 81010. You can leave the channel any time by texting @leave @pvi2026 to the number 81010.
Have yet to submit their roster: Arlington (Female-Matching), Lexington V (Female-Matching), Newton V (Female-Matching), Amherst BxJVB (Open), Bard (Open), Northampton V (Open)
Have yet to submit their dietary needs: Amherst GxJV (Female-Matching), Amherst GxV (Female-Matching), Arlington (Female-Matching), Four Rivers V (Female-Matching), Lexington V (Female-Matching), Newton V (Female-Matching), Acton Boxborough (Open), Amherst BxJVB (Open), Amherst BxV (Open), Bard (Open), Brookline (Open), Columbia 68s (Open), Columbia JV (Open), Columbia V (Open), Forest City (Open), Hartsbrook (Open), Montclair JV (Open), Montclair V (Open), Monument Mountain (Open), Natick (Open), Newton North (Open), Northampton JV (Open), Northampton V (Open), PVCICS (Open), Scarsdale (Open), Westfield V (Open)
Here are the teams that are not yet cleared to play. The list has been getting smaller, but please keep in mind that you must be off this list in order to play this weekend.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions! (josh@pvinvite.org)
And now a message from Elizabeth & Sonia, our waste and recycling leads:
Please spread the word! We look forward to seeing you at PVI this year, and we’re hoping to continue to set records for the least trash ever at a tournament!
The following teams are not yet cleared to play. A team must be cleared in order to start playing on Saturday. You can view a detailed list of what you’re missing on the team status spreadsheet.
