The Beaverlodge Royals are representing in St. Paul as the Northwest Regional champions at the 3A level (Photo submitted by Lorilee Rheaume)

By Shaun Penner

Provincial Volleyball

Area high schools open provincial volleyball tournaments Thursday

Nov 22, 2019 | 9:20 AM

Six area high school volleyball teams are scattered across Alberta, as provincial championships are being held this weekend. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s action to open each tournament.

4A Boys and Girls (Jasper Place High School, Edmonton)

Both the boys and girls teams from Charles Spencer are representing the Northwest Region at this year’s tournament.

The Mavericks ladies went 1-2 on the opening day of the event, falling to Hunting Hills out of Red Deer (16-25, 22-25) and St. Francis from Calgary (21-25, 21-25) before picking up a win to close out the day over William Aberhart out of Calgary (25-21, 25-23).

Meanwhile, the men’s side also went 1-2 on day one. They opened with a loss to Notre Dame out of Calgary (19-25, 18-25) before picking up a win over Okotoks’ Holy Trinity Academy (25-23, 17-25, 16-14). They would close out the day with a loss to Chinook High School out of Lethbridge (21-25, 26-28).

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Both teams play their first playoff games today. The men will take on Harry Ainlay out of Edmonton at 10 a.m., while the women will face Chinook at 2 p.m. Their next match will be decided based on those outcomes.

3A Boys (Magrath High School, Magrath)

The St Joe’s Celtics are the zone representatives down in southern Alberta.

Those Celtics came away with a win on Thursday over St. Paul (25-23, 25-27, 15-11) to open the tournament.

Round robin play continues Friday, with the Celtics playing three matches. They’ll face Strathcona Christian at 11 a.m., Morinville at 3:15 p.m. and Lethbridge Collegiate at 7 p.m.

3A Girls (St. Paul Regional High School, St. Paul)

The Peace Country is well represented at the 3A Girls championship, with both Beaverlodge Regional High School and Peace Wapiti Academy taking part.

Beaverlodge opened with a win yesterday, taking a three-set victory over McCoy High School out of Medicine Hat (25-20, 22-25, 15-12).

PWA also won their opener, claiming a victory over Crescent Heights out of Calgary (25-18, 25-23).

Both teams will play again at 9 a.m. with Beaverlodge taking on Springbank and PWA facing Cochrane. That will be the first of two games for each team Friday, as Beaverlodge will take on Barrhead at 12:45 p.m. and Holy Rosary from Lloydminster at 4:30 p.m.

Peace Wapiti will also take on St Joseph High School out of Red Deer at 2 p.m., followed by the host St. Paul at 5:45 p.m.

2A Girls (Three Hills School, Three Hills)

Sexsmith Secondary School opened play in Three Hills Thursday with a loss to Rundle College out of Calgary (16-25, 21-25).

They will play two round robin matches on Friday, first against Magrath at 11:30 a.m., followed by a matchup with Onoway at 5:45 p.m.

All matches are being streamed on the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association YouTube channel.