Any doubt the Vernon Panthers Junior A girls volleyball team is among the best around was wiped away on the weekend.
The Junior Cats went to Kelowna and the 32-team Best of the West tournament, and brought home the championship trophy following a 25-21, 14-25, 15-11 over the host Owls in the final.
含羞草研究社淭he girls are playing excellent volleyball over the start of the season and have cemented themselves as a top team in the valley and province,含羞草研究社 said head coach Mike Bertram, who gave way to assistant Camryn Beacom for the tourney. 含羞草研究社淪he stepped in and coached the team to victory. Her leadership was amazing.含羞草研究社
Devyn Hildebrand of VSS was the tournament MVP, while Kaydence Kitzul and Charlotte Schommer were all-stars. Teammate Amelia Spitzer was named the tourney含羞草研究社檚 top libero.
In pool play, VSS beat Kelowna含羞草研究社檚 Okanagan Mission Huskies 含羞草研究社 who won the VSS tournament two weeks ago 含羞草研究社 25-11, 25-11. They followed that up by beating Pacific Academy from Surrey 25-11, 25-14 and then Summerland, 25-17, 25-20.
In the quarterfinals the Panthers beat Prince George 25-12, 25-13 and swept Abbotsford Christinan 25-20, 25-19 in the final four.
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