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The considerable skills of members of Belmont SecondaryB次元官网网址檚 girls volleyball team were on display both on the beach and on the hardwood this summer.
While the schoolB次元官网网址檚 teams had some great players in the past,
Belmont Secondary coach Mike Toakley said the current group that won the provincial championship last year is impressive. B次元官网网址淲e have a half dozen players all coming through at the same time that are each exceptional,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 very difficult to make the provincial team for the Canada Games, and we had two Island players do that this year.B次元官网网址�
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The playersB次元官网网址� success in the indoor game is translating to beach volleyball as well, Toakley noted.
BelmontB次元官网网址檚 Gracie May and her partner, Arden Copping, earned a silver medal at the Beach B.C. championship in August at Spanish Banks in Vancouver. Another Belmont player, Jocelyn Sherman, playing with Abby Willett from Reynolds Secondary, took home the bronze. B次元官网网址淭hat was quite surprising considering it was JocelynB次元官网网址檚 first outing on the provincial stage,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淪he has picked up the beach game in a big hurry. She was a big part of last yearB次元官网网址檚 junior team, helping us to a big upset in the Island championship.B次元官网网址�
Meanwhile May and Copping followed up their silver medal performance in Vancouver with a ninth-place finish at the Seaside Tournament in Oregon, which also took place in August. B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 impressive when you consider thatB次元官网网址檚 the biggest beach volleyball tournament,B次元官网网址� Toakley said. B次元官网网址淭hey lost in a tiebreaker to the second seed. Finishing ninth out of well over a hundred teams puts them in elite company.B次元官网网址�
BelmontB次元官网网址檚 Savannah Purdy joined Erin Mutch from Oak Bay on Team B.C. for the Canada Summer Games, which took place July 28 to Aug. 13 in Winnipeg. They managed a victory against Prince Edward Island before getting knocked out of medal contention following defeats to Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. B次元官网网址淭eam B.C. did manage to beat the gold medal winner, Manitoba, in the round robin,B次元官网网址� Toakley added.
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