The Lindsay Thurber Raiders captured gold and silver at the annual Hunting Hills Lightning senior volleyball tournament during the weekend.
The Raiders won the girls’ title with a 25-20, 25-13, 25-22 victory over the Notre Dame Cougars. The Harry Ainlay Titans of Edmonton captured the boys’ crown, defeating the Raiders 24-26, 25-20, 25-21, 22-25, 17-15.
The LTCHS girls defeated Harry Ainlay 25-6, 25-12 in the semifinal after beating Charles Spencer 21-25, 25-18, 15-6 in the quarter-finals.
In pool play the Raiders downed Hunting Hills 25-19, 25-15, Bishop Carroll 25-15, 25-10 and Paul Kane 17-25, 25-15, 15-7 while losing 22-25, 25-18, 12-15 to Spruce Grove.
Notre Dame reached the final with a 25-12, 25-16 win over Spruce Grove in the semifinals. They downed Bishop Carroll 25-11, 25-15 in the quarter-finals.
In pool action, the Cougars stopped H.J. Cody of Sylvan Lake 25-15, 25-17, Archbishop O’Leary of Sherwood Park 25-19, 25-20 and Charles Spencer 25-22, 25-16. They lost 20-25, 20-25 to Ainlay.
Other quarter-final play saw Spruce Grove defeat H.J. Cody 25-15, 25-19 and Ainlay down O’Leary 25-18, 26-24.
Hunting Hills dropped a 23-25, 17-25 decision to H.J. Cody in a play-in game. The Lightning were 0-4 in their pool while H.J. Cody was 2-2.
Spruce Grove defeated Harry Ainlay 25-16, 16-25, 15-13 to take third place.
On the boys’ side, the Raiders defeated Notre Dame 25-23, 25-22 in the semifinal and Spruce Grove 19-25, 25-18, 19-17 in the quarter-finals. Ainlay stopped Charles Spencer 25-15, 25-23 in the semifinals and Ernest Manning 25-16, 25-20 in the quarter-finals.
Notre Dame, who defeated Paul Kane 25-12, 25-10 in the quarter-finals, went on to take third place with a 25-21, 25-18 victory over Charles Spencer.
In pool action the Raiders downed Ernest Manning 25-16, 25-22 and Paul Kane 25-14, 23-25, 15-13 and lost to Notre Dame 25-23, 17-25, 8-15 and Charles Spencer 15-25, 23-25.
Harry Ainlay posted a 4-0 record in pool play.
Notre Dame was also undefeated as they stopped Ernest Manning 25-13, 25-16, Charles Spencer 25-19, 25-16 and Paul Kane 25-16, 20-25, 17-15.
In play-in games Ernest Manning downed Hunting Hills 25-22, 25-16 and Paul Kane stopped Lacombe 25-12, 25-21.
In their pool, Hunting Hills lost 17-25, 22-25 to Lacombe, 16-25, 11-25 to O’Leary, 18-25, 14-25 to Spruce Grove and 18-25, 19-25 to Ainlay.
Lacombe was 1-3.