‘volley. boys hit the road

Three area teams are off to B.C. junior boys provincial volleyball championships on the Nov. 4 weekend at Quesnel. .

‘Thornhill, Kitimat and Ter- . race. teams from the Northwest . Zone. are: heading east for this’

20-team tournament.

Teams have been split into’ -

four pools of five teams: Each - five-team section plays a round- robin series with the top eight advancing to a championship quarter-final round.

_ All round-robin games are Friday the 4th. Playoffs are next - day.

Kitimat is grouped with

‘Quesnel’s Corrilieu, the Fraser |

Valley’s. Clearwater, Dawson ‘Creek Central and Prince

George Kelly Road. Thornhill is grouped with Quesnel’s Maple Drive,

Kamloops’ Westsyde, Macken- zie and Dawson Creek’s South Peace,

Skeena’s opponents are Williams Lake, John McInnes ‘of Prince George, Fort.St. John and Maple Drive. :

Meanwhile, ‘Prince George is- hosting a major tournament this weekend. ‘A’ boys and girls teams from Skeena and Thorn- hill are attending.

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This is the Thornhill Junior Secondary School boys ‘A' volleyball team that took 12 out of 13 matches to win their recent home court tournament.

Thornhill ‘A’ takes own tournament |

A record of 12 wins out of 13 matches gave Thornhill ‘A’ boys

the championship of their junior ~ high school volleyball tourna- ‘ment on the Oct. 15 weekend.

-Thornhill’s ‘A’ girls also

made it to the final of their 10-team draw, but lost out to Kitimat for the title.

Looking at the girls’ side, their 10 teams were split into divisions of five for round-robin play. Following this, the top two on each side went into semi-final action. Third-place teams met to decide fifth and sixth places.

Kitimat posted a perfect eight-

win, n no-loss record to advance to firstin their division. Thorn- hill ‘B’ moved into the semis on

a five-win, three-loss record.

In the other division, Thorn- hill ‘A’ took first at seven wins, one loss. Terrace Skeena moved

up with five-and-three.

In the girls’ semis, Thornhill

‘A’ beat Thornhill ‘B’ 15-4, 15-8. Kitimat took Skeena 15-10, 12-15, 15-7.

In the playoff for third and fourth, Skeena defeated Thorn- hill ‘B’ 15-12, 15-11. The fifth and sixth place match saw Booth of Prince Rupert knock off Kit- wanga 8-15, 15-13, 15-10.

The championship game was

poten

. The Terrace Skeena Junior ‘A’ boys volleyball team is , set for provincial finals at Quesnel

the first weekend of November.

standings.

Coach Gary Fuller says the boys should finish well up in the

over in. two ‘with Kitimat win- ning over Thornhill ‘A’ 15-6, 15-8. Kitimat wound up with 12 wins out of 13 games. The boys 10-team side played the same format as the girls,

’ with Thornhill ‘A’ and Kitimat

providing similar action by also meeting in the final.

However, this time it was Thornhill’s turn to win.

Both finalists posted eight- win, no-loss marks in the round- ‘robin. Smithers (six-and-two) and Skeena (five-and-three) also moved into the semi-finals.

Both semis were decided in

‘straight sets — Thornhill over

Smithers 15-3, 15-9, and Kitimat over Skeena 15-8, 15-5.

‘Smithers and Skeena dropped to the third and fourth playoff game which went to Skeena 15-9, 15-8. .

The playoff for fifth and sixth needed three sets before Kit- wanga downed Thornhill ‘B’ 12-15, 15-9, 15-10.

The championship match saw Thornhill’ take the first game

handily by a 15-4 score. Kitimat

‘came back to hand Thornhill

their only loss — 10-15, But Thornhill regrouped and down-

‘ed the Aluminum City boys 15-7

to capture their own tourna- ment.

During presentations, Thorn- hill ‘A’ boys added to the win- ning collection by being named the most sportsmanlike team. For the girls’ side, Houston went home with the award for best sports. .

Six players on each side of the tourney were named to the all-

star team. These were as follows: Girls — Kristen Anderson

-(P.R. Booth), Rochelle Pelletier

(Skeena), Spring Johnson (Kit- wanga), Rachelle Selina (Kiti- mat), Colleen Johnston (Kiti- mat), Marg Holosko (Thornhill).

Boys — Eugene Dasilva (Kiti- mat), Dipin Bawa (Kitimat),

Chad Ziegler (Thornhill), Ray- |

mond Brown (Thornhill), Paul Manhas (Skeena), Derrick Houled (Smithers).

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