Red Deer teams won three medals, but none of them were gold, at the 39th annual Lindsay Thurber senior volleyball tournament Saturday.
The Hunting Hills Lightning took second and the LTCHS Raiders third in the boys’ division with the Notre Dame Cougars third on the girls’ side.
Bev Facey of Sherwood Park defeated the Lightning 25-18, 20-25, 25-12 to win gold in the boys’ division while the Raiders defeated Notre Dame 25-21, 25-23 in the third-place game
In the semifinals, Hunting Hills downed LTCHS 30-28, 25-12 and Bev Facey stopped Notre Dame 25-22, 25-19.
The quarter-finals saw the Raiders defeat W.P. Wagner of Edmonton 25-18, 25-17, the Lightning stop Ross Sheppard of Edmonton 25-16, 25-15 and the Cougars down Spruce Grove 25-18, 25-21.
In round-robin play Saturday morning, the Raiders downed Spruce Grove 25-12, 25-13 and Hunting Hills defeated the Cougars 25-18, 25-15.
On the girls’ side, Sir Winston Churchill of Calgary defeated Bev Facey 25-15, 25-18 in the final.
Churchill defeated Notre Dame 25-18, 25-21 in the semifinals while Facey downed the Lightning 25-15, 21-25, 15-8.
The Cougars stopped the Lightning 25-22, 28-26 in the third-place match.
In the quarter-finals the Lightning downed Salisbury 25-15, 23-25, 15-3 and Notre Dame beat the Raiders 25-18, 21-25, 15-13.
In pool play, H.J. Cody of Sylvan Lake stopped Wagner 25-16, 25-11 and lost to Salisbury 24-26, 25-18, 5-15.
LTCHS defeated Spruce Grove 25-22, 14-25, 15-10 and lost to Hunting Hills 19-25, 13-25. The Lightning also defeated Spruce Grove 25-14, 25-21.
The Cougars lost to Churchill 20-25, 12-25 and Bev Facey 16-25, 22-25.