Edmonton's first family-owned youth volleyball league

Every roster spot is
earned, never bought.

$0
Every player plays free No registration fee, ever. You enter the draft, owners pick their teams, and you play a season built in the shape of the pros.
Enter the Draft  → Own a Team
Free to play Youth · U17 Mixed gender Edmonton, AB
8Franchise teams
104Players drafted
$0To play, ever
7Game nights
1Championship Day
How HALO works

Five steps from
sign-up to champion.

Submit your expression of interest, get drafted to a real team, and play a season with a real ending.
01
Step 01

Register your interest

Any player under 17 submits a free expression of interest — name, position, highlights. It takes minutes, costs nothing, and it puts you in the draft pool.

Free — no fee, everU17OnlineOpen to all
02
Step 02

Get drafted

Owners and coaches scout every profile, then pick their rosters live at the HALO Draft Party — the big night that opens the season.

8 teams pickingLive draft party
03
Step 03

Get your team

Your colors, your number, your squad. You're part of a real franchise with a name, a brand, and an owner who's all-in for the season.

Your colorsYour player card
04
Step 04

Play the season

Seven game nights of real volleyball — four games every night on one court, a full single round-robin with zero byes. Every night counts toward the standings.

7 game nights4 games a nightFull round-robin · no byes
05
Step 05

Crown a champion

All eight teams reach Championship Day. A seeded single-elimination bracket runs to the Final on the show court — one team lifts the title and takes home the prize.

$5,000 to the champion teamAll 8 teams inShow-court final
The launch event

Every season starts
with a youth draft.

This is what sets HALO apart from day one. Every player under 17 — girls and boys, same rosters — enters one pool. Owners and coaches scout the field. Then, on one big night, eight teams build their squads, live.

The Draft Board

Round 2 · On the clock

Your profile is your card. Name, position, highlights, photo — the card owners and coaches see on draft night. Build it once, and you're on the board for one of eight teams.

Thirteen rounds, live. The draft runs snake-style until every roster holds thirteen players. Nobody pays for a spot. Everybody earns one the same way — by being picked.

Put your name in the draft  → View the draft explainer

Draft entry closes [date] · Draft Party [date & venue]

The season

A real season with
a real ending.

Built in the shape of the pros: a full round-robin, a mid-season twist, and one day where everything is decided.
Weeks 1–7

The Round-Robin

Seven game nights, four games each night on a single court. Every team plays all seven opponents once — zero byes. Every result moves the standings, and the standings decide your Championship Day seed.

After Week 4

The Player Market

A mid-season window where players can opt in — with family consent — to move for more court time. Two out, two in per team, worst team claims first. No money changes hands, ever.

Week 8

Championship Day

All eight teams make it. Seeded quarterfinals into semifinals, a bronze match, and the Final on the show court. One day, one champion, $5,000 to the winning team.

The social contest

Post for your team.
Win the pizza party.

Every week, players post about their team on Instagram or TikTok. Verified likes roll up to team totals — and the top two teams on the board win the $200 pizza party.

Team totals only, always. Individual player counts are never published — your post feeds your team's bar, and the whole squad climbs together.

Post it, tag the league, upload a screenshot. League staff verify every post weekly, then the week closes and two teams eat.

See the full Pizza Score  → Submit your post
For prospective owners

Own a franchise.
Build a team.

HALO is a family-owned league — eight teams, each owned by a local family that names it, brands it, and backs it for the season. The league runs the machinery. You run the story.

What ownership means

One all-in number: $8,000The full season, capped. League fee, full team kit, coach stipend, and court time — all handled through league-managed procurement, so no owner can outspend another.
Your identity, professionally builtYou choose the name, colours, and design. The league delivers the brand kit, team page, and media-day photography to a professional standard.
A seat at the draft tableYou and your coach scout the pool and pick your thirteen players live on draft night — the marquee event of the season.
Owner perks all seasonFour all-season passes, owner credentials, Championship Day hospitality, and a voice on the owners' council.
Real sponsorship rightsSell team-level sponsorship within league category protection. Every dollar you raise offsets your $8,000 — and anything beyond it lifts all eight franchises. Your relationships, the league's parity.
A share of the league's successAfter a league reserve is set aside, the season surplus is distributed equally among the eight owners. Everyone wins together.
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The HALO Team Owner Handbook — First Edition is here. The complete reference — the cap and procurement system, the draft, the Player Market, the sponsorship rules, and your obligations — with a four-page Quick Reference up front. Download it now, then raise your hand.

Raise your hand

Franchise slots are limited to eight. Tell us who you are and we'll be in touch with the full owner package.
Add your name and email so we can reach you.

You're on the list.

Thanks — we'll be in touch with the full owner package and next steps.

Partners

This isn't a logo
on a banner wall.

Sponsoring most leagues buys attention. Partnering with HALO buys a place in the one thing every family repeats — that their kid plays for free. Eleven positions, each a physical asset you can point to. Allocated in order of commitment, and when a category closes, it closes for the season.

A sponsorship is a transaction. This is closer to a founding stake in something a city hasn't had before — Edmonton's first family-owned youth league, in its first season, where no player ever pays to play.

You make free-to-play possibleEvery roster spot is earned in the draft, never bought. No family pays a cent — and that goodwill has to come from somewhere. It comes from the partners on the jersey, the card, and the carpet. You're not buying space beside the league. You're the reason it runs.
One of eleven — not one of a hundredMost deals shrink your mark into a wall of logos. HALO carries eleven partners, sized to be read: the chest of the jersey, the back of a kept player card, the frame around every rally. Category exclusivity is real, and it's protected.
In from the first whistleThis is the inaugural season. Founding partners are named once, and they're named first — there is no earlier a brand can arrive, and no way to buy that timing back later.
Every asset is something you can point toNot impressions on a report. A jersey a teenager wears all season. A card that lives on a fridge. A step-and-repeat every family photographs on Draft night. You'll see exactly where your brand sits before you commit a dollar.
HALO 2026 Partnership Inventory — cover slide
PDF · 12 pages · 2026 season

What your brand actually gets

The full Partnership Inventory, asset by asset — jersey, court, card and carpet — with every tier and the complete inventory table. Read it here, or take it with you.

Download PDF
The official partners
Named, category-defining roles — value delivered in kind, credited all season long. All three open for 2026.
Official · in kind
Official Apparel Partner
Outfits all 104 players in game and warmup kit, and is credited as the league's apparel partner across every jersey story.
Position openYour mark here
Official · in kind
Official Ball Partner
Supplies the ball every rally is played with, on every court, all season — the most-touched object in the building.
Position openYour mark here
Official · in kind
Official Draft Party Venue
Hosts the red-carpet Draft Party that opens the season — the night every player, family and owner is photographed.
Position openYour venue here
The partnership ladder
Three cash tiers, eleven total positions. Every tier stands on the Draft Party step-and-repeat; the marks scale up from there.
Presenting Partner
$15,000
1 available · per season
Open
Jersey chest, home + away, all 8 teams · four end-line A-frames · lead mark on 104 player cards · “presented by” every game night.
Gold Partner
$8,000
2 available · category-exclusive
Open
Open
Jersey logo spot, home + away · two corner A-frames · co-mark on the player card · guaranteed category exclusivity.
Founding Partner
$4,000
8 available · per season
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Your logo in the Founders' Block on all 104 warmup jerseys · your own sideline A-frame · website, socials and PA mentions.
The invitation

Eleven positions. One season.

Partnership conversations are built one-to-one — grounded in your brand, not a rate card. Tell us the category you'd want to own, and we'll bring the case to you.

Start a partnership conversation  →
Rules & downloads

How the league
is governed.

Everything is written down and public — the draft, the Player Market, the cap, the bracket. Read it, download it, hold us to it.
PDF · 25 pages · 14 sections

The HALO Rulebook

Edition 1.0

The official rulebook: eligibility and the co-ed floor, the 13-round snake draft, the Player Market, competition format under Volleyball Canada rules, standings, the Championship Day bracket, franchise economics — including the team-sponsorship cap offset — coaching and safety standards, and data consent. Sections 11–12 (safety and privacy) remain under legal review and may be revised before the season.

Download the Rulebook (PDF)
PNG · 2 explainers

The Quick Explainers

The whole league on two shareable graphics — how HALO works in five steps, and how the draft turns an expression of interest into a roster spot. Made for the family group chat.

How HALO Works The Draft
PDF · 19 pages · First Edition

Team Owner Handbook

The complete owner reference — the $8,000 cap and how procurement enforces it, the draft, the Player Market, the team-sponsorship rules and the offset, and owner obligations. Opens with a four-page Quick Reference. Evergreen by design; season dates live in the league calendar.

Download the Handbook (PDF)
Online form · 4 steps

Draft Entry & Letter of Intent

The player expression of interest — bio, positions, club résumé, photo, and the integrated Letter of Intent with parent consent. Mostly taps, a few minutes, completely free.

Enter the Draft  →