SASKATOON - The Estevan U15 Extreme volleyball team travelled to Saskatoon on the weekend to attend the Sask. Volleyball provincial tournament.
Estevan had a strong showing in the round robin, going 2-1 to finish second in their pool. They swept the Yorkton Bongos 2-0 (25-13, 26-24), lost 2-0 (22-25, 14-25) to the Regina Volleyball Club Green, and recovered to defeat the Regina Volleyball Club White 2-1 (25-16, 15-25, 15-10).
In the quarter-final round, Estevan defeated the Golden Ticket program out of Moose Jaw 2-1 (20-25, 26-24, 15-8), but then lost 2-0 (25-13, 25-18) to Saskatoon’s Huskies Premier in the semifinal round, and 2-0 (25-12, 25-9) to Prince Albert’s Smashing Bananas in the bronze medal game.
Eight teams entered provincials.
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Both the under-14 and under-15 male teams for the Estevan Extreme volleyball program travelled to Manitoba recently for the Brandon Volleyball Classic.
The U14 team finished second in their event, which had 16 teams. In the round robin, Estevan lost 2-0 to the Junior Pilots (26-24, 25-22) and to Wheat City (25-20, 25-22), then had a 1-1 decision (25-17, 22-25) against the 204 Cardinal to finish fourth in their pool.
After a 2-0 (25-13, 25-20) win over the Winman Warriors, the Extreme went to the quarter-final round, which they won 2-0 (25-13, 25-20) over Wheat City. Then they knocked off the Winman Wolves 2-0 (25-12, 25-8) in the semifinal round.
Estevan faced the Junior Pilots again in the gold medal game, but lost 2-0 (25-23, 25-21). All of the teams they faced were from Manitoba.
The U15 team finished fifth in the 12-team event. After dropping a 2-0 (25-13, 25-10) decision against the Bisons, Estevan had a 1-1 decision (20-25, 25-19) against the Brandon Volleyball
Club and a 2-0 (25-23, 25-20) victory over the 204 White to finish second in their pool.
Estevan lost 2-0 (25-19, 25-19) to the Aztecs in their first quarter-final game, but recovered to sweep the Brandon Volleyball Club 2-0 (25-15, 25-22) once again. Then they won 2-1 (18-25, 25-19, 19-17) against the 204 White to clinch fifth.
They also played their games against Manitoba teams.
