Hawks lose close match in zones

By Brad Everett Times Contributor

The Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks lost in the first round of the playoffs to Prairie Christian Academy, after coming second in their pool at zones at Strathcona Tweedsmuir School this past weekend.
“I was very happy with the team’s performance at zones,” said coach Josh Jalbert. “It was the hardest and best I saw the team play all year. They were taking big swings on their attacks, setting up big blocks and scrambling on defence. The one thing that let us down was inconsistent passing on serve receive.”
The weekend got off to a rough start with the Hawks losing tie-breaking sets to both Our Lady of the Snows from Canmore and St. Joseph’s Collegiate from Brooks, on Nov. 15.
Saturday morning, they turned things around, defeating Sundre High School 25-23 and 25-14, before downing Banff Community High School in straight sets 25-23 and 25-14 which allowed them to place second in the pool.
“I think we had the opportunity to win each of our round robin games and finish first in our pool, but instead we finished second which gave us a playoff match against PCA (Prairie Christian Academy),” said Jalbert. “I believe PCA was probably the toughest team that we had played in the tournament.”
The match was close, with the Hawks losing in straight sets, 27-25 and 26-24.
“It was hard going out of zones like that, but I’m proud of how the boys played,” said Jalbert.