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Hometown Heat is a volleyball club based in Wisconsin, WI, ranked as high as #1254 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 7 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 7 team-seasons.
7 teams · Ages 12–16, 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Hometown Heat is a club volleyball program based in Wisconsin, WI, competing in the Badger region. In 2025-26 it fielded seven girls teams aged 12 to 18.
Its girls program ranks #1,254 nationally and #31 of 126 in WI for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,478. That places it in the Developing tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 7 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 229 matches and won 148 of them, a 65% win rate. Its strongest team, Hometown Heat 18-Heat, is #322 nationally and #71 in WI, at 1,789 Elo on a 32-7 record.
Teams averaged 33 matches each over the season. The club entered 18 events between 4 January and 29 March, a season of about 3 months.
Those events were held in three states, with nine of 18 outside WI. Destinations included MN and IA. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#1254 nationally · Club Score 1478
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #1254 | 1478 | 7 |
Every team Hometown Heat fielded in the 2025-26 season, with its age group, national rank and win-loss record. Elo rating measures strength from results: it rises faster for beating strong opponents than for beating weak ones, so a team that plays up is not punished for losing.
| Team | Program | Age | Elo | Record | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hometown Heat 18-Heat | Girls | 18 | 1789 (Elite) | 32-7 | 82% |
| Hometown Heat 12-Kindle | Girls | 12 | 1681 (Premier) | 21-5 | 81% |
| Hometown Heat 15-Flare | Girls | 15 | 1635 (Premier) | 24-14 | 63% |
| Hometown Heat 14-Ignite | Girls | 14 | 1589 (Competitive) | 22-13 | 63% |
| Hometown Heat 14-Ember elite | Girls | 14 | 1589 (Competitive) | 19-14 | 58% |
| Hometown Heat 16-Inferno | Girls | 16 | 1577 (Competitive) | 22-17 | 56% |
| Hometown Heat 13-Spark | Girls | 13 | 1405 (Developing) | 8-11 | 42% |
Where Hometown Heat competed in the 2025-26 season: every tournament its teams played, the host city, how strong the event was, and what each team's record was there. It shows how far the club travels and the level of competition it takes on.
Elite, Premier, Competitive and Regional rate the strength of each event's field, from where it ranks nationally against every other tournament that season. An Elite event draws hundreds of teams from across the country; a Regional one is a local weekend.
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Prep Dig Bracket Busters (12s-17/18s) (Regional) | Appleton, WI | #1011 of 3,214 | 3-1 | Hometown Heat 14-Ignite — 14 Girls: 3-1 |
| 2026 Silver Lake Showdown (Regional) | Rochester, MN | #522 of 3,214 | 10-5 | Hometown Heat 14-Ember elite — 14 Girls: 3-2; Hometown Heat 13-Spark — 13 Girls: 3-2; Hometown Heat 15-Flare — 15 Girls: 4-1 |
| 2026 Mizuno March Mania (U11/12, 13-16, 17/18) (Regional) | Wisconsin Dells, WI | #477 of 3,214 | 23-7 | Hometown Heat 16-Inferno — 16's Division: 4-1; Hometown Heat 15-Flare — 15's Division: 4-1; Hometown Heat 14-Ignite — 14's Division: 3-2; Hometown Heat 18-Heat — 17/18's Division: 4-1; Hometown Heat 14-Ember elite — 14's Division: 4-1; Hometown Heat 12-Kindle — 12's Division : 4-1 |
| 2026 Prep Dig Spikefest (Regional) | Shakopee, MN | #836 of 3,214 | 9-4 | Hometown Heat 16-Inferno — 16 Girls: 4-3; Hometown Heat 18-Heat — 17/18 Girls: 5-1 |
| Madtown Youth Invite (Regional) | Sun Prairie, WI | #1697 of 3,214 | 4-1 | Hometown Heat 14-Ignite — 13/14 Girls: 4-1 |
| Madtown Jamboree (Regional) | Sun Prairie, WI | #1276 of 3,214 | 4-2 | Hometown Heat 16-Inferno — 15/16 Girls: 4-2 |
| Madtown Rumble (Regional) | Sun Prairie, WI | #1404 of 3,214 | 5-1 | Hometown Heat 12-Kindle — 12 Girls: 5-1 |
| 2026 Mizuno Presidents' Day Challenge - WI (Regional) | Wisconsin Dells, WI | #435 of 3,214 | 13-7 | Hometown Heat 16-Inferno — 16's Division: 3-2; Hometown Heat 14-Ignite — 14's Division: 2-3; Hometown Heat 18-Heat — 17/18's Division: 4-1; Hometown Heat 14-Ember elite — 14's Division: 4-1 |
| 2026 Presidents Day Tourn. Hosted by Jr's VBC (Regional) | Pleasant Prairie, WI | #389 of 3,214 | 4-2 | Hometown Heat 15-Flare — 15/16 Club: 4-2 |
| Key City Clash (Regional) | Dubuque, IA | #577 of 3,214 | 4-5 | Hometown Heat 13-Spark — 13 Girls: 1-3; Hometown Heat 14-Ember elite — 14 Girls: 3-2 |
| 2026 Prep Dig Minnesota Slam (Regional) | Rochester, MN | #444 of 3,214 | 9-2 | Hometown Heat 15-Flare — 15 Girls : 5-1; Hometown Heat 18-Heat — 17/18 Open: 4-1 |
| NVC Tournament - January 31 (Regional) | Rochester, MN | #1596 of 3,214 | 3-1 | Hometown Heat 14-Ignite — 14 & Under: 3-1 |
| 2026 Mizuno UNI-Dome Challenge (Competitive) | Cedar Falls, IA | #283 of 3,214 | 2-3 | Hometown Heat 13-Spark — 13's Division: 2-3 |
| '26 LOVB Twin Cities - Big City Luau (Competitive) | Twin Cities, MN | #227 of 3,214 | 24-12 | Hometown Heat 16-Inferno — 16 Oahu: 3-2; Hometown Heat 18-Heat — 18 Lanai: 6-0; Hometown Heat 14-Ignite — 14 Maui: 3-2; Hometown Heat 13-Spark — 13 Maui: 2-3; Hometown Heat 12-Kindle — 12 Maui: 4-1; Hometown Heat 15-Flare — 15 Hawaii: 4-1; Hometown Heat 14-Ember elite — 14 Hawaii: 2-3 |
| 2026 JVC Winter Classic - Powered by Under Armour (Competitive) | Milwaukee, WI | #110 of 3,214 | 13-10 | Hometown Heat 12-Kindle — 11/12's Club/Classic: 5-2; Hometown Heat 15-Flare — 15 Premier: 1-4; Hometown Heat 16-Inferno — 16 Premier: 1-4; Hometown Heat 18-Heat — 17/18 Premier: 6-0 |
| Frostbite Festival 12's & 14's (Regional) | Rochester, MN | #629 of 3,214 | 7-8 | Hometown Heat 14-Ignite — 14 Silver: 4-3; Hometown Heat 14-Ember elite — 14 Gold: 3-5 |
| 2026 Prep Dig Resolution (Week 2 - 15s/18s) (Regional) | Appleton, WI | #422 of 3,214 | 8-10 | Hometown Heat 16-Inferno — 15/16 Open: 3-3; Hometown Heat 15-Flare — 15/16 Open: 2-4; Hometown Heat 18-Heat — 17/18 Open: 3-3 |
| NVC Playday (Regional) | Rochester, MN | #1232 of 3,214 | 3-0 | Hometown Heat 12-Kindle — 12 Girls: 3-0 |