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Carver girls in top 10, boys just miss

Carver Christian High School volleyball teams finished their respective provincial A championship tournaments with 10th and 11th final placements last weekend.

Carver Christian High School volleyball teams finished their respective provincial A championship tournaments with 10th and 11th final placements last weekend.

The Carver girls dropped a 25-18, 26-24 decision to Langley Christian in the final battle for ninth place, while the boys' team defeated Fernie in straight sets to finish up in 11th place overall.

The girls finished fourth in pool play, including a three-set loss to eventual last-place finishing Salmo, before losing straight sets to eventual champion Kelowna Christian in championship play on Day 2.

Later in the day, Carver found its game, handing Credo Christian a 26-28, 2523, 15-12 defeat.

The Burnaby girls posted another tiebreak win over Fernie on Saturday to advance against Langley Christian.

Kelowna Christian defeated Immaculata 3-0 in the gold-medal final.

The Carver boys had a promising start but wound up missing their goal of a final top-eight finish.

Carver placed second in power-pool play with opening round wins over Fernie and Houston Christian.

In the following playoff rounds, the Burnaby boys stole a set in back-to-back losses to both Vernon Christian and Houston.

Carver finished up with a 25-20, 25-19 win over Fernie to place 11th.

"Although we didn't finish as high as we hoped, . we completed the season with integrity, sportsmanship, no regrets and had tons of fun," said Carver coach and athletic director Henry Chung. "We had everyone in our Carver community excited and we can't wait until the next season."

Kelowna Christian also won the boys' A banner.