Page C2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 16, 1992

Elementary players but superior skills

Cassie Hall not only hosted the Dec. 5
Elementary girls volleyball tourney, they
cmerged with their first trophy in several
years.

Cassie Hall grade 7s took all three
games in their round robin pool then pro-
duced a come-from-behind effort to earn
a berth in the final.

Felled 15-8 by Uplands in the first
gamne of the semis, Cassie Hall turned it
around to take the next two 15-8 and 15-
3.

On the other side, Clarence Michiel,
also 3-0 in round robin, found them-
selves in a gripping semi with
Kilwanga.

Dropped 15-8 in the first game,
Clarence Michiel fought back to con-
vincingly take the next 15-4,

With boll teams digging in for the rub-
ber, the game turned into something of a
marathon, Clarence Michiel outlasting
Kitwanga 16-14,

That effort scemed to take a lot out of
the victors, however, Clarence Michiel
having no answer to Cassie Hall’s attack
in the final and bowing out in two
straight, 15-4, 15-5.

Kitwanga finished in third spot, an ex-
cellent finish for a combined grade 6/7
squad, with Uplands fourth.

In the grade 6 half of the tournament,
Veritas needed three games to defeat
Uplands in their Gold Pool opener.

That, however, was the only time they
would be taken all the way, even when
facing the Bench brigade again in the
semi-final. Veritas took Uplands in the
rematch 15-6, 15-5.

Cassie Hall’s 2-1. record was enough to
secure top spot in the Green Pool and ‘set
up another rematch semi-final against
Clarence Michiel.

Cassie Hall had won that round robin

mecting in three games and the semi was
another close fought duel.

This time however, after squeezing a
16-14 first game win, Clarence Michiel
completed the reversal by taking the sec-
ond 15-9 for the match.

The final, however, was all Verilas
who took the title in consecutive games,
15-4, 15-8.

Cassie Hall finished in third with
Clarence Michiel fourth.

“You couldn’t ask for a better tourna-
ment,’ organizer Dick Springer said of
the day’s play, noting a good turnout of
parents had ensured ‘‘there wasn’t a scat
available’? for many matches.

He also credited the Skeena Jr.
Secondary volunteers for the excellent
job they had done officiating all the
games.

With 14 teams entered and some with
rosters as high as 20, Springer said the
event attracted approximately 200 stu-
dents including distant Stewart.

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Veritas made it a clean sweep in the
Dec. 5 Elementary boys volleyball
tournament hosted by Thornhill school,

Bul organizer Gregg Halfyard said all
150 participants could take credit for
showing a skill level he described as the
best he’d scen in four years of putting on
the event.

Those skills were certainly on display
in the grade 7 final where Veritas and
Centennial Christian needed all three
games to settle the issue. oe

“Tt was like a grade 9 game,’’ Hal-
fyard said, with solid serving, bumping
and effective set-spike combinations.

“Rallies were lasting 10 or 11 hits,
That’s unheard of at. this fevel,’’ he
added,

Both teams had reached the final by
posting perfect 3-0 records in round
robin play.

Clarence Michiel took third ahead of
Uplands, Cassie Hall, Kitwanga, Thom-
hill and Copper Mountain.

In grade 6 action, Veritas and Uplands
also emerged from the round robin at 3--
0, Veritas taking the final in two straight.

Clarence Michiel again placed third
followed by Cassie Hall, Centennial
Christian and Thornhill.

Halfyard said the resulls were a tribute
to the excellent work done by Verilas

~coaches John McGowan and Dianna

Lorenzon.

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