Hawks soar

 

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Holy Cross Collegiate Junior B boys and girls volleyball teams held their home tournament on Oct. 18.
The girls pushed the final game to the third and deciding set, but lost to Rundle College in what was a tightly contested match.
Girls team captain Hope Given thought her team gave it their best shot in the final and were right there the whole game.
“We played really well, I think everyone who played the last set really improved (from) the second set where everyone was playing their best too,” said Given.
There were strengths seen all over the court for the girls. The ball was passed around really well during sets on the Hawks side of the net.
“We called the ball really well and when we were in the middle passing the ball back, we did well,” said Given.
Given added that coming into the tournament they wanted to try their best and whatever happens will happen and team huddles always helped.
Boys’ coach Angela MacLean was impressed with her team’s effort and their vast improvement not only in the tournament, but the season.
“This is a triple ball tournament, the purpose of that is more touches and hits, and the boys really improved in their passing this year. Today was a great improvement in our service,” said MacLean. “I have a lot of first year players and they all showed major development in passing and setting the whole year.”
Leadership proved to be one of the strengths of the boys team this year.
“I had a couple strong leaders in Grade 8 and in this last tournament a lot of my players developed. The boys were talkative on the court and were very positive,” she said.
MacLean now has seen the boys learn the basics and for next year can work on more systems with players in set positions.