Provincial News Release
Nov 26th, 2009 by keith
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 23, 2009
BC GIRLS AA VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS HIT VANCOUVER ISLAND
VICTORIA – Young athletes from all over BC will descend upon Vancouver Island on December 2nd, as Victoria hosts the 2009 AA Girls Volleyball Provincial Championships. This is the first time in over 10 years that the province’s AA high school volleyball season will wrap up in the BC capital and the first time in several years that the final games have been held on the Island.
The latest season polls have St. Thomas Aquinas from North Vancouver, Brentwood College from Mill Bay, St. Patrick’s from Vancouver, Pacific Academy from Surrey, and Woodlands from Nanaimo rounding out the top five teams in the province.
“There are approximately 90 AA schools and the top 16 are competing in provincials,” says Lindsay Brooke, the Director of Athletics for tournament host St. Michaels University School. “It’s arguably the best high school volleyball that you can see.”
Teams from across BC will have to fight an uphill battle to nab the provincial title this year, as they face many strong schools, such as St. Patrick’s, who have won four times over the past 10 years.
“The SMUS team has learned a lot and improved immensely over the last few months,” says their coach Allison Fenneman. “The girls plan to utilize home court advantage and come out firing!”
The tournament will run from December 3-5 with games at St. Michaels University School and St. Margaret’s School. The provincial champions will be determined in the last game of the tournament at 5:00 pm on Saturday at SMUS.
Participating Teams*
Vancouver Island: Brentwood, Woodlands, St. Michaels University School
Lower Mainland: St. Patrick’s, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas More
Fraser Valley: Holy Cross, Pacific Academy, Fraser Valley Christian
Okanagan: Kalamalka, Westsyde
North Central: College Heights
Northwest: Mount Elizabeth
Kootenay: Prince Charles
*Notre Dame, Langley Fundamental, Brock and Selkirk are competing for two Wild Card spots.
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For more information:
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Telephone: 1-250-370-6164
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