R.D. Parker Collegiate’s volleyball teams were all in action Nov. 3-4, with the junior squads in Roblin and the senior teams at the Spartan Dig in Brandon.
The senior boys were the most successful, earning two outright round-robin wins by beating the Virden Golden Bears 25-13, 25-21 and the junior varsity Neelin Spartans 25-20, 26-25, while splitting 21-25, 25-18 with the Major Pratt Trojans. That performance qualified the Trojans for the A-side playoffs, where they lost 13-25, 16-25 to the Sturgeon Heights Huskies before finishing the tournament with a 24-26, 14-25 loss in the A-side consolation quarterfinals.
In Roblin, the junior varsity girls’ team beat the Goose Lake High Angels 25-21, 25-15 in the round robin, won a 25-11, 21-25 split with the Major Pratt Trojans and dropped a 25-24, 21-25 split to the Warrend Wildcats. They also fell in two sets to both the Hapnot Kopper Kweens and Dauphin Clippers, which landed them in the third place game, where they lost 9-25, 20-25 to Hapnot.
The junior boys won a 25-18, 24-25 split with the MacGregor Mustangs and lost their other three round-robin games before qualifying for the playoffs with a 25-16, 25-22 win over the Hapnot Kopper Kings. They then lost 21-25, 13-25 to the Hamiota Huskies in the playoff quarterfinals before beating the Rossburn Raiders 25-13, 25-19 to advance to the fifth-place game, where they beat the Virden Golden Bears 25-16, 25-12.
In Brandon, the senior girls lost three round-robin matches before beating the Hamiota Huskies 25-14, 25-23 in the C-side playoff quarterfinals and the Souris Sabres 25-21, 25-19 in the semifinals before ending with a 16-25, 20-25 loss to the Linden Christian Wings in the C-side finals.
The junior teams are in action Nov. 10-11 at home as hosts of the Zone 11 junior volleyball championships. The senior squads will be in action at the Zone 11 senior volleyball championships in Norway House Nov. 17-18.
