Top highschool teams battle it out for glory when the 2024 Rebisco Volleyball League (RVL) National Finals fires off Friday, Nov. 22, at Gameville in Mandaluyong City.

The yearly competition makes it much sweeter for the winner, giving away cash prizes to the podium finishers including the champion (P100,0000 and up to the fourth place team.

"Our goal with our league is to provide a high-quality tournament where our country's young players can compete and hone their skills while still young," said RVL program head Ysay Marasigan. "Our future volleyball stars will be coming from here, but more importantly, we want them to develop values such as teamwork, integrity, discipline, healthy-living, and a never-give-up attitude."

"Whether they become volleyball players or not in the future, these are values that can take with them wherever they go," he added.

Bannering the finalists is the defending champion Bacolod Tay Tung of Western Visayas alongside its neighbors in University of San-Jose Recoletos (Central) and Linao High School (Eastern).

Representing Luzon are King Montessori School (NCR), University of Batangas (South), Bicol Region's Naga College Foundation, and Santa Cruz's Academy of Lubao Inc. (North).

On the other hand, Mindanao bets are composed of Sto. Niño National High School (South), which has indigenous people from Talaingod, Davao del Norte, Corpus Christi School (North) and Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (Central).

"All the teams are deserving finalists, and the addition of cash prizes are sure to make them compete harder," Marasigan, who started RVL in 2017.

Aside from the crown, the four highest finishers will earn a spot for the Invitationals tourney where two international teams in Northern California Volleyball Association (USA) and Nakornnonthaburin Volleyball (Thailand) are included.

"We are honored to have teams from Thailand and the USA... It would be good for our local teams to have exposure to the style of plays of other countries," Marasigan continued. "So that they can have more exposure to other types of play and learn from them."