Hawks and Spartans face off at volleyball tourney

Times Reporter

 

Holy Cross Collegiate, HCC, hosted a Junior Varsity girls home volleyball tournament Sept. 16 and 17.  

“It was our first tournament of the year. We ended our tournament winning our bronze medal match,” said Darren Perizzolo, Head Coach of the Hawks Junior and Senior Varsity Womens teams at HCC.

“This group of young women are very eager to learn, and are a very coachable bunch. So far things are going very well. I am extremely impressed with the work ethic and enthusiasm that these young women bring to every practice.”

The tournament brought teams in from all over the zone, including Strathmore High School’s, SHS, JV Spartans. 

The Spartans started off the tournament by playing Three Hills, Strathcona Tweedsmuir, and HCC Jr. A, winning all three matches in the third set of the round robin. 

In the quarterfinals the Spartans were up against Queen Elizabeth school, winning with a score of 15-9 in the third set. In the semi-final match HCC and SHS faced each other once again across the net.  

The Spartans took another victory, winning both sets by a score of 25-22.  

The Spartans and the Hawks will be facing each other at least three more times in league play, and each game is almost guaranteed to be a great match up. 

In the final the Spartans played the Chestermere Lakers. It was a close match with the Spartans coming out on top, scoring 25-21 in one set and 28-26 in the other.   

“It’s a great start to the season but we definitely have some things to work on,” said SHS JV girls coach Jerry Flaws. 

“We need to work on court positioning and blocking. We served well and passed well this weekend, which is a huge asset at all levels of play.”

The Spartans and Hawks faced each other again on Sept. 20. The results were unavailable as of press time.