St. Thomas More Collegiate defeated Sa-Hali Secondary to set up a 10th-place finish at the B.C. high school AA girls’ volleyball championships in Surrey.
The Knight girls beat the Kamloops school in three sets 25-10, 22-25, 15-11 to advance to the consolation final against Hatzic for ninth and 10th place at Pacific Academy last Saturday.
STM lost to Hatzic, the No. 3 Fraser Valley seed, 11-25, 25-21, 13-15 in the final placement match.
The Knights placed fourth pool play at the provincials following a three-way tie with independent rivals St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Patrick’s, all with one win and two losses. STM wound up in fourth place in the pool on a points ratio tiebreak.
The Burnaby independent also lost to eventual No. 8 Kalamalka 25-16, 21-25, 17-25 in a championship round crossover matchup.
Pool winner Lambrick Park went on to win the gold medal final in four sets over Langley Fundamental 25-11, 20-25, 28-26, 25-23.
Carver girls place eighth at single A’s
Burnaby’s Carver Christian Phoenix finished in eighth place at the B.C. high school A girls’ volleyball championships at Duncan Christian last weekend.
The Phoenix defeated Campbell River Christian in five sets outlasting the Vancouver Island school 25-17, 29-27, 15-25, 23-25, 15-9 in the second round of play.
Carver finished second in its pool behind eventual provincial champion Kelowna Christian with wins over Chetwynd and host Duncan.
Carver also dropped matches to runner-up winner Immaculata in straight sets and No. 6 finisher White Rock Christian.
Kelowna defeated Immaculata 25-21, 26-24, 19-25, 25-12 in the provincial final.
First team all-star leads Carver boys to sixth
Carver Christian finished in sixth place at the B.C. high school A boys’ volleyball championships last week.
The Phoenix boys defeated Houston Christian 25-18, 23-25, 15-10 to advance against Richmond Christian in the fifth-place matchup in Duncan. Carver lost to Richmond in straight sets.
Carver’s Austin Mao was named to the provincial A boys’ first all-star team following the tournament.
The Lower Mainland No. 2 seed finished second in its pool, beating both Fernie and Vernon Christian, before falling in three sets to host and eventual fourth-place finisher Duncan.
In championship play, Carver met the eventual top-three finishers losing in straight sets to Centennial Christian, and provincial finalists Abbotsford and Credo Christian schools.
Credo went on the defeat Abbotsford 25-22, 25-17, 25-19 in the gold-medal final.
