The route to the provincials for Moscrop volleyball teams is built on the roots of success at the school.
Joining the senior boys and girls programs in chasing the elite dream are the Moscrop juvenile girls Panthers, who pushed the envelope all the way to the Vancouver and Districts final.
The Handsworth Royals were the only team to solve the Panthers in the tournament, winning the final 2-0 (25-16, 25-19).
But the journey to that point was chock-full of thrills and spills.
In the Van Districts, they began the march among the lower ranked. The Burnaby school opened against No. 1-seed Steveston-London Sharks in Richmond, but proved up to the task with a two-set win. Then Moscrop drew defending champion St. Thomas Aquinas in the semifinal, and after losing the opening set, found their equilibrium to defeat the Vancouver school 2-1, propelling the Panthers into a showdown with Handsworth.
Prior to the tournament, the squad took a circuitous journey to the playoffs, falling to Burnaby Central in the playoffs then extending their season with a victory over Elphinstone on the Sunshine Coast in a must-win contest.
