Hussar alumni volleyball tourney returns

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Hussar alumni volleyball tournament will take place on Feb. 28.
It is open to anyone who went to the school and wants to make a team for a day.
“It’s a high school reunion type thing, where every year the grad class has had a tournament. This year we have teams from as far back as parents and the community residents who have graduated in the 70’s and 80’s and individual year teams that go back to 2001, ” said Cole Kaiser, tournament organizer.
The tournament is very affordable for everyone, and the proceeds go to a very worthy cause.
“What we do is the entry fee is $50 a team and that money goes to ‘Kids Up Front,’ that’s an organization in Calgary and one of the girls that graduated from Hussar is actually one of the managers of the non-profit group,” said Kaiser. “Every year we have a theme and this year’s theme is ‘Tight ‘n Bright.’ The team that is the best dressed gets picked by the ‘Kids Up Front’ group and they get a prize package supplied by them, and the best dressed individual and the team that wins the tournament get a prize.”
In 2011, Hussar closed their high school so students were forced to go to Strathmore. However, Hussar residents who graduated in Strathmore are allowed to participate in the tournament.
“A lot of times they get their friends and people they’ve graduated with … a lot of kids go to Strathmore now, so we get some from there who are coming back, but generally it’s made up of core kids in the Hussar area,” said Kaiser.
Games will begin at 8:30 a.m. and go right until 7 p.m. followed by the dance at 9 p.m. at the community hall, which will be $10 and opened to anyone in the surrounding communities
The deadline is Feb. 23 and you can register by contacting Kaiser at 403-901-9174.