St. Jerome’s & Mallaig in boys, Beaux Lacs’ girls medal at ASAA Volleyball Provincials

Image: St. Jerome’s Spartans with the 1A ASAA Provincial banner. 

The northeast zone represented very strongly in 1A and 2A Provincial competitions this weekend, taking home some major hardware.

The St. Jerome’s Spartans boys volleyball team won zones and hosted Provincials in Vermilion, and finished the season with gold medals around their necks.

They beat St. Michael’s 25-15, 25-22, in straight sets to claim the 1st place banner, the school’s first since 2014.

En route to the title was a very tough matchup against Ecole Mallaig School, which took three sets to decide. The Mallaig Stingers found a way to bounce back though in the bronze medal game, and beat the Two Hills Tigers.

The northeast took three of the top spots in the final tournament.

 

In the 1A girls side, Ecole des Beaux Lacs Attack punched their ticket thanks to a zones gold.

In the end, they came close, but were forced to settle for silver with St. Mary’s taking the victory.

Beaux Lacs beat Ecole Plamondon in the quarterfinal and then the top-seeded Paul Rowe in the semi-final.

In 2A boys competition, Assumption represented the northeast after a zones championship. Their tournament ended in the consolation bracket.

The Notre Dame Wildcats girls team entered 2A girls Provincials as the defending champions, but with an entirely new team comprising the core this go around.

They took the zones banner and threatened for another medal in 2023.

Making the final four, the Wildcats lost to OLMPC in the semi-final, and then another defeat in the bronze medal match vs Sexsmith to finish in 4th place.