The two-time defending city champion Vikings -- winners of the league and provincial titles in 2018 and 2019 -- were back on the court on Tuesday night and found themselves in a bit of a battle with the Peacock Toilers before prevailing 3-1 (25-17, 20-25, 25-23, 25-14) at Peacock.
It was another close loss for the Toilers (0-2) in the early part of the season, after they also fell in four sets to the Central Cyclones last week.
Central themselves improved to 2-0 on the season with a 3-0 (25-5, 25-11, 25-11) win over the Riverview Royals (0-2) at Riverview.
The game between Briercrest Christian Academy (0-0) and Cornerstone Christian School Falcons (1-0) was postponed.
In girls league action, the Peacock Toilers improved to 2-0 with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-9, 25-18) victory over the Vanier Spirits, who fell to 0-2.
The Toilers were coming off a solid showing at the 16-team Winston Knoll tournament in Regina, where they lost in the semifinal to Weyburn before defeating Regina Riffel for bronze. Brooklyn Roney was named the game all-star in the medal-winning game, and Team Saskatchewan member Summer Okerstrom was named a tournament all-star.
Boys league action continues Thursday with Riverview at Vanier and Cornerstone at Central, with game times at 6:20 p.m. Girls play will see Vanier at Central at 8 p.m. Both the boys and girls games between Peacock and BCA have been postponed due to the ongoing outbreak at Briercrest College.
