WEYBURN - The SHSAA 5A Girls Provincial Volleyball Championships will be hosted by the Weyburn Comprehensive School on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15 and 16.
The Weyburn Comp Eagles senior girls team will be playing as the host team, and will have four round-robin games to play before the championships get into playoffs.
The Eagles head coach Andrea Kerr noted there will be 10 teams attending, with a total of 175 athletes and coaches here for the two-day provincial tournament.
On Friday, the Eagles will take on Swift Current at 2 p.m. and Regina Campbell Collegiate at 4 p.m., both in the Cugnet Centre.
The action switches over to the Eagle gym on Saturday, as the Eagles will face Saskatoon St. Joseph at 9 a.m., and Prince Albert Carlton at 11 a.m.
Depending on how they play, the quarter-finals are at 12:30 p.m., and the semi-finals at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, with the bronze medal game at 4:30 p.m. and the gold medal game for the championship at 5:30 p.m.
Asked about the competition they’ll be facing in the four matches, Kerr said the Eagles have done all right against two of the four teams, while Swift Current and Regina are both very good teams they have faced before.
“We do play very well against Swift Current, they seem to bring out the best in our girls,” she said. “We haven’t played Campbell for a month or month and a half, so it will be a challenge.”
For the games on Saturday morning, Kerr noted they have played St. Joe’s before and have had some good matches against them, as well as Prince Albert’s team.
“I feel like the girls will have a good matchup against them,” she said.
Volleyball fans are invited to come out to see the best girls in the province play, and noted the WCS Foods teacher and staff will have a very good menu available for the athletes and spectators to enjoy.
“We invite local volleyball fans to come out and see some high-calibre volleyball which is coming to us, which is very nice,” said Kerr.
As this is a provincial championship, admission is $8 for adults and $6 for students in Grades 7-12, each day.
