Moscrop senior boys' pulled off a school first, winning its fifth consecutive district volleyball banner following a three-game sweep over Burnaby North in the title game on Wednesday.
Seven Moscrop seniors have been part of the five-year Panthers' dynasty, including Brian Pae, Jonathan Kum, Ricky Sun, Joey Wong, Marcus Jung, Nick Ngo and setter Zachary Or.
"It shows how much we've grown. I feel like it's changed my life," said Jung, the Moscrop libero.
The Panthers pulled away from North after a close opening set, nailing down the No. 1 district seed with a 25-17, 25-16, 25-17 victory.
Grade 11 power J.J. Cross was a huge factor in the Moscrop win, scoring nearly 20 kills in the sweep.
Moscrop will host the Lower Mainland qualifying tournament, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 13.
"We can make Moscrop history again," said Jung. "We went to the provincials for the first time last year. If we could win (Mainlands), it would mean so much. We want to come back next year and see that banner on the wall and know what it represents."
The Burnaby North Vikings won the No. 1 seeding into the girls' Lower Mainland tournament.
The Vikings avenged their only regular-season loss to Burnaby South, beating the Rebel girls 2521, 25-11, 16-25, 25-15 in the district final at North.
The Mainland girls' qualifying tournament will be held in either Richmond or the North Shore.
"I'm really, really excited. I have a lot of confidence my team could go to the provincials," said all-star North power Layla Balooch. "I hope we communicate, play as a unit, and play like we can."
In junior girls' volleyball, Moscrop won a third straight district banner.
North won the junior boys' title with a straight-set 3-0 victory over Byrne Creek.
