MOOSEJAWTODAY.COM -- The Vanier Spirits just keep rolling along in the Moose Jaw High Schools Athletic Association senior girls volleyball league.
The defending city champions ran their record to 4-0 on Tuesday night, taking a 25-10, 25-19, 25-15 victory over the Rouleau Rebels at Vanier. Rouleau fell to 1-3 to sit in fifth place in the seven-team league.
It’s been an almost perfect season in the Moose Jaw league for the Spirits thus far, as they’ve dropped only two sets -- taking a 3-1 victory over the Peacock Toilers on Sept. 24 and 3-1 win over the Central Cyclones to open their campaign on Sept. 17. Vanier also swept Notre Dame 3-0 back on Sept. 19.
The Cornerstone Christian School Falcons continued their stellar campaign and kept pace with the Spirits with a 25-18, 25-23, 23-25, 25-19 win over the Cyclones at Central on Tuesday. That improved their record to 4-1, good enough for second place.
The schedule couldn’t have worked out better, either, as the final game of the regular season before Tier seeding will see Vanier at Cornerstone on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
The other senior girls game Tuesday saw Peacock improve to 3-1 thanks to a 21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-16 win over the Briercrest Christian Academy Cougars. Briercrest fell to 2-2 and sit in fourth place, a win behind the Toilers.
The lone senior boys score reported Tuesday was a barnburner, as Vanier battled to a 25-20, 15-25, 25-12, 16-25, 15-12 win over Peacock. The Vikings improved to 2-1 to sit in second place, Peacock fell to 1-3 and are in fifth.
No score was reported from the boys game between Central and Briercrest Christian. The Cyclones were unbeaten at 2-0 heading into the game, Briercrest was 1-1.
Girls league action continues on Tuesday, Oct. 8 with Central at Rouleau, Vanier at Briercrest Christian and Notre Dame at Peacock. Boys games will see Briercrest at Vanier and Cornerstone at Central.
