The Gilbert Plains Trojans won the bronze medal at the Manitoba High School Athletic Association’s A/AA Junior Varsity Volleyball Provincials in Winnipeg, hosted by Immanuel Christian School.
The Trojans began the tournament with a 16-25 and 20-25 loss to the Gabrielle-Roy Led Roys of Ile-des-Chenes.
Gilbert Plains then lost to the Warren Wildcats, 23-25 and 13-25 before getting into the win column with a 25-27, 25-23 and 15-7 win over the Wawanesa Warriors.
In the quarterfinals, the Trojans faced their Parkland rivals, Goose Lake Angels, scoring a 25-20, 22-25 and 15-11 victory to advance to the semifinals, where they lost, 17-25, 25-16 and 8-25 to Warren.
In the bronze medal game, Gilbert Plains defeated Wawanesa, 25-21 and 25-20 to win the bronze.
Taedyn Solski was named to the tournament all-star team.
Warren went on to win the provincial title with a victory over Gabrielle-Roy.
Clippers win
The Dauphin Clippers hockey team continued its winning ways, Sunday afternoon, scoring a 3-2 overtime win over the Minnedosa/Erickson Chancellors.
Ethan Carnegie’s second goal of the game, 13 seconds into overtime lifted Dauphin to the victory.
Ronin Mouck had Dauphin’s other goal, while Zachary Lamb and Grady Burton replied for the Chancellors.
Chase Glover made 33 saves to record the win in goal, while Parker Soltys made 23 saves for the Chancellors.
Clippers assistant coach Curtis Yaschyshyn said the Clippers got better as the game went on after a slow start.
“We haven’t skated in a week and it showed out there, today. Hopefully, the boys are learning that we can’t just show up at the rink and go. We’ve got to be ready to play right off the first puck drop,” he said.
The Clippers weren’t skating as well as they have in the past, which led to their lacklustre play at times.
Yaschyshyn said it is always a concern when the team is not playing well.
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