The Kamsack Comprehensive Institute senior girls Spartans volleyball team chalked up another win last week, giving the team more confidence that it will do well at the first week of November when playoffs begin.
On October 14, the Spartans won all three sets the team played against the Churchbridge team in Churchbridge.
The Spartans have played two other exhibition games, winning all sets at both, and three tournaments.
In Kamsack against Churchbridge on September 28, the Spartans won all five sets played, and in Kamsack against Preeceville on October 5, they won all four sets.
The first tournament that the team attended was a 12-team competition in Melville September 25 and 26 and although Kamsack defeated Grenfell, the team split sets with Lemberg, Melville and Fort Qu’Appelle, but lost in points, and then lost to the Gull Lake team.
At an eight-team tournament in Canora October 3 and 4, the Spartans ended up in third place after having defeated Norquay and Stobart A, losing to Kahkawistahaw, defeating Stobart B, loosing to Creighton and then defeating Canora.
At an eight-team tournament in Swan River on October 9 and 10, the Spartans won the consolation final. The team placed third in its pool, defeating the MBCI Spartans and Winnipegosis and losing to teams from Ebb and Flow and Hapnot.
The Spartans plan to compete in the Regina Christian Schools’ Invitational, which is a 16-team tournament being played tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday and then will hope to place well at the Conference competition at the beginning of November.
“It’s a pretty fresh team,” said Alexis McGonigal, who coaches the team with Tracey Fedorchuk, alluding to the fact that many of the team members are new to the team. “We have developed a lot over a short time.
“The team leaves it all out on the floor, puts in lots of hard work and members exhibit a good commitment to the team.
“We’re excited for next year because the majority of the players are expected to return and we’ll only lose three, while this year we’ve lost six players from last year,” she said.
Members of the team are: Kaylie Bowes and Allison Thomsen, who are co-captains, and Laurissa Fedorchuk, Paige Sterzer, Shayla Cote, Allison Placatka, Mikayla Woloshyn, Lexie Tomochko, Bre Bland, Curyine Stonechild, Alexis Koroluk and Shani Bear.
