A trio of No. 1 volleyball teams will compete at Spain Park’s annual HeffStrong Tournament this weekend.

No. 1 teams are Class 7A Bob Jones, Class 6A Mountain Brook and Class 5A Arab, along with 15 other ranked teams, playing in the two-day tournament beginning on Friday at Hoover’s Finley Center.

The tournament is named for former Alabama volleyball player Erin Heffner Ventress, who was an assistant coach at Berry Middle School (Spain Park feeder school) after serving as an assistant at the University of Montevallo.

Ventress was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and died February 8, 2014. She was recognized as an SEC Legend in 2015 and Spain Park bestows jersey No. 8 — Ventress’ Alabama number — on a player who represents resilience, grit and high standards on and off the court.

Spain Park HeffStrong Tournament

In addition to Bob Jones, Class 7A teams fourth-ranked Thompson, fifth-ranked St. Paul’s, sixth-ranked Hoover and eighth-ranked and host Spain Park will play in the tournament.

There are seven Class 6A teams with No. 1 Mountain Brook, second-ranked Spanish Fort, third-ranked Bayside, fourth-ranked Hazel Green, fifth-ranked Northridge, sixth-ranked-ranked Buckhorn and ninth-ranked Fort Payne.

In addition to top-ranked Arab, other Class 5A teams include third-ranked Montgomery Academy, fourth-ranked Guntersville, fifth-ranked Jasper and No. 10 Sylacauga.

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Class 4A second-ranked Trinity is also among the field.

The tournament features 40 teams in eight pools of five teams each. Pool play begins at 4 p.m. on Friday with the last match of the night starting at 8. Pool play resumes at 8 a.m. with single elimination bracket play starting at 1 p.m. The top two teams in each pool play in the Gold Bracket while No. 3 and No. 4 seeds play in Silver Bracket competition.

The championship round is scheduled for 5 p.m.