SWAC Sports Report: Leader and Fox Valley teams competitive in volleyball
Submitted by Valerie Gordon
Junior District Volleyball championships took place on Saturday. All Saints hosted the SWAC boys district championship (commissioner Casey Yeomans). The qualifying teams (Cabri, Irwin, Consul, Frontier, Leader, All Saints) were put into two pools of three. Cabri won their pool and beat Consul in one cross over semi final and Irwin School, first in their pool, beat All Saints in the second semi final. The Cabri boys team went on to win the district championship (2-0) over Irwin. This was Cabri’s third time in the SWAC junior district final, and their first win. The Cabri boys were undefeated in every tournament and match they played this year (29-0 record).
Fox Valley Senior Girls.
Leader Senior Girls.
Shaunavon hosted the SWAC girls district championship (commissioners Chris Cragg and Carmen Stevenson). Participating teams were Shaunavon, Eastend, Ecole Centennial, Hodgeville, Leader and Fox Valley). Ecole finished first in their pool and defeated Shaunavon in the semi final, Leader was first in their pool, but lost to Eastend in the other semifinal. Eastend and Ecole Centennial had battled earlier in the day during pool play, and met up again in the final. Ecole Centennial won the title with a 2-0 win over Eastend in the championship match. This is the fourth year in a row that Ecole Centennial has won the district championship.
SHSAA Senior Girls Conference Volleyball took place on Saturday, November 2. The 1A, 2A and 3A designations are determined by total enrollment (boys and girls) in grade 10-12 in their schools. Thanks to our commissioners of SWAC hosted conference tournaments - Geraldine Ham (@ Frontier), Lana Marshall (@ Leader), and Rob Englot (@ Hodgeville).
1A girls teams, Fox Valley, Frontier and Vanguard, all advance to the 6-team 1A West Regional tournament, hosted by Fox Valley on Friday, November 8. The top two teams there advance to SHSAA provincials.
2A Leader hosted a conference girls playoff that also included Herbert and Gull Lake. The 6 participating teams were put into two pools of 3, with cross over semi finals before the final. Herbert lost both pool games and was eliminated. Leader and Gull Lake were in the same pool due to rankings. Gull Lake won both pool games and Leader finished second with a record of 1-1. In the semi final pool cross over, Gull Lake lost a heartbreaking match to Plenty (2-1) and was eliminated. Leader defeated Elrose, the top team in the other pool, and advanced to the conference championship against Plenty. Leader lost the final match, but advanced to the Regional West tournament as the #2 seed. The Leader girls will be headed to Saskatoon for their Regional playoffs.
Senior Boys Volleyball Conferences- Friday, Nov 8.
1A Consul will host Fox Valley, Cabri, Frontier, Marengo
2A Herbert will host Kincaid, Gravelbourg, Coronach, Ponteix
2A Leader will play in the WestCentral district for their playoff and 3A Shaunavon will be in the SouthCentral district for conference playoffs.
Start Dates for Winter Activities
The SWAC/SHSAA curling season officially starts on Monday, November 4. Doubles curling is now an SHSAA medal sport. SWAC will be offering a “learn to play doubles’ clinic in the next few weeks for our grade 9-12 teams.
Wrestling and Basketball seasons begin on November 18. There will be a SWAC senior and junior basketball league organized for schools. SWAC is also going to bring in 3 vs 3 basketball this season. Anyone who watched 3 vs 3 during the Summer Olympics knows what an exciting sport it can be. SWAC is hoping schools take advantage of this opportunity to introduce the sport to their students.