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The Athabasca Aces were close, but not close enough in a pair of games last weekend. On Friday night they played host to the Devon Barons and lost 7-5. On Saturday they were in Drayton Valley and lost 6-5 in a shootout.

A remarkable season reached its end last weekend for Edwin Parr Composite’s senior boys volleyball team. The Predators were in Whitecourt for the provincial championship, where they won two of their five games, falling short of the playoff round.

One bad match in the semifinals was all it took to knock the R.F. Staples senior boys volleyball team out of contention for a spot at provincials.

“The best team in the zone won.” That was how Keith Szautner, coach of the R.F. Staples senior girls volleyball team, described his squad’s loss to the Barrhead Composite High School Gryphons in the 3A North Central Zone final Nov. 17 at R.F.

Boyle School’s senior high volleyball teams wrapped up their seasons at zone tournaments on the weekend. The boys Huskies were in Westlock, where they won silver. “They did really well. I’m really proud of them,” said coach Joel Sawka.

Next stop, provincials.

The Blackhawks may have recorded a 5-0 victory against EG715, but coach Lee Abernathy was not best pleased. “The girls did not play well,” he said. “We only played about 18 minutes of the game, the rest was very scrambly.

Another weekend, another collection of gold. Senior Gryphons boys and girls added to their haul of precious metal with victories away from home, reinforcing Barrhead’s reputation as a kingdom for school volleyball.

R.F. Staples and Barrhead Composite High School split the top spots at the Junior High Divisional Championships, which were hosted last Wednesday at the Rotary Spirit Centre. In addition to those two schools, the tournament was attended by St.

The Westlock Midget Warriors came out to an early lead over the Warburg Mustangs last Friday night and held on to post a 5-4 win.