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Cougars, Lightning can only hope for fifth place

The best the Red Deer teams can do at the provincial 4A high school volleyball championships is fifth place.

The best the Red Deer teams can do at the provincial 4A high school volleyball championships is fifth place.

Both the Notre Dame Cougars and Hunting Hills Lightning lost in quarter-final play Friday and dropped into the fifth-sixth place semifinals this morning.

The Cougars finished pool play on the girls’ side Friday morning, losing 24-26, 25-22, 3-15 to Sir Winston Churchill of Calgary.

They then downed St. Francis of Calgary 25-19, 15-25, 25-12, 25-23 in a qualifier match before losing to second-ranked William Aberhart of Calgary 11-25, 8-25, 25-20, 19-25.

They meet Bow Valley this morning.

Meanwhile on the boys’ side, the Lightning lost 20-25, 25-22, 14-16 to Sir Winston Churchill to finish their pool at 0-3.

They then downed Lloydminster 25-8, 25-12, 25-19 in a qualifier match before losing 25-21, 25-20, 22-25, 21-25, 10-15 to Edmonton Christian.

The Lightning take on Bishop Carroll of Calgary this morning.

l It was a rough day for Central Alberta teams at the 2A girls’ provincials in Rimbey Friday.

The host Spartans dropped all three of their starts — 13-25, 12-25 to Bearspaw, 23-25, 18-25 to Mayerthorpe and 18-25, 11-25 to Strathcona-Tweedsmuir — and finished pool play at 0-5.

Meanwhile, St. Dominic of Rocky Mountain House lost 11-25, 22-25 to Vegreville and 20-24, 11-25 to Magrath.

Three Hills dropped a 15-25, 6-25 decision to Spirit River and lost 13-25, 19-25 to Vegreville.

Vauxhall won all three of their matches Friday beating Mayerthorpe 2-0, Peace River 2-0 and Bearspaw 2-0 while Spirit River downed Chris the King from Leduc and Magrath by 2-0 scores while Vegreville stopped Chris the King 2-1.

Strathcona-Tweedsmuir defeated Bearspaw 2-1 and lost 2-1 to Peace River while Magrath downed Christ the King 2-1.


• The Central Alberta Christian High School Knights of Lacombe placed first in their pool in the 2A boys’ championships in Kitscoty with a 4-1 record.

They downed South Central 25-18, 25-15, St. Mary’s 25-11, 25-20 and St. Martins de Porres 25-21, 25-20 on Friday.

• In 3A girls’ play in Camrose, the Lacombe Rams are 4-0 heading into their final pool match today against Rundle College of Calgary.

The Rams defeated Barrhead 25-22, 25-22, St. Joseph’s of Grande Prairie 25-23, 25-19 and Edmonton Christian 25-23, 25-21 Friday.

Meanwhile, Camrose lost to Beaverlodge 23-25, 8-25, Chestermere 20-25, 25-27 and to Holy Trinity of Edmonton 17-25, 15-25 and are 1-3.

• The Wetaskiwin Sabres are 1-3 in the 3A boys’ finals in Whitecourt.

They defeated Peace Wapiti of Grande Prairie 25-22, 24-26, 15-12 and lost 19-25, 22-25 to Magrath, 24-26, 16-25 to Barrhead and 20-25, 25-21, 7-15 to Ardrossan.