Local teams shone at the provincial high school volleyball championships over the weekend.
At the AAA varsity tournaments at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, both the Garden Valley Collegiate Zodiacs boys and the W.C. Miller Collegiate girls made it to the podium.
After a third-place finish in the round robin (1-2), the Zodiacs made short work of the Louis-Riel Voyageurs in the quarterfinal (winning it in three sets) and then beat the Calvin Christian Eagles in two to advance to the championship match against the Neelin Spartan Varsity team. Neelin came out ahead in three sets (22-25, 25-19, 15-11) to clinch the banner.
On the girls side, the Aces were also third in their pool (1-2) but then downed the Balmoral Hall Blazers (25-23, 6-15, 13-15) in the quarterfinals to go up against the Stonewall Rams in the semifinal.
The Rams won it in three (25-27, 25-23, 11-15) to advance, eventually losing to the Westgate Wings in the final.
Altona, meanwhile, went on to down the Neelin Spartans 15-25, 25-17, and 11-15 to finish in third place.
Closer to home, Morris School and Rosenort School were hosting the AA championships, and the home teams went the distance.
On the boys side, the final came down to the Morris/St. Jean (Co-op) Mavericks and the Rosenort Redhawks.
Rosenort, who was flawless in their four round robin games and also bested the Goose Lake Raiders in the semi-final in two sets, won the championship in three (16-25, 25-22, and 3-15).
On the girls side, the Redhawks were also undefeated in their pool. They beat the Prairie Mountain Predators in two sets in the semi-final, but then came up short in the final against the Elton Sabres (24-26, 24-26) to place second in the province.
The Rosenort Redhawks boys team (Title Pic) won the AA championship last weekend, while the girls (above) came in second place. The GVC Zodiacs (below, left) and the W.C. Miller Aces (below, right) finished in second and third place, respectively, at the AAA championships.
