The Notre Dame Cougars placed second in the girls’ division of the University of Alberta high school volleyball tournament during the weekend.
The Cougars defeated the Hunting Hills Lightning 25-16, 25-19 in the semifinals, then lost 22-25, 19-25 to Edmonton’s Ross Sheppard in the final.
Kendra Sorensen and Laura McTaggart were named to the all-star team.
Meanwhile, the Lightning, who downed the Lindsay Thurber Raiders 16-25, 27-25, 15-13 in the quarter-finals defeated Harry Ainlay of Edmonton to capture bronze.
LTCHS were 3-0 in their pool before losing to the Lightning, Strathcona (25-18, 22-25, 13-15) and Bev Facey of Sherwood Park (22-25, 22-25) to place eighth.
Central Alberta League play continues on the girls’ side tonight with interlocking games at Camrose and West Central in Rocky Mountain House.