KING'S POINT - It was a heartbreaker for the Valmont Academy senior boys volleyball team over the weekend as the local team played South West Arm Academy for the championship game and lost, placing second in the Island Boys Small Schools Volley-ball tournament held at Valmont Nov. 22-24.
This is the fourth year the school has lost the championship match but the team was happy to have placed second, after taking on a strong team from Southwest Arm, favoured to win the tournament.
Eight schools participated in the tournament, and were divided into two divisions, A and B. In Division A, schools included Valmont Academy, Mary Simms All Grade, Basque Memorial and St. Anne's School. Division B schools included South West Arm Academy, Our Lady of Labrador, William Gillett Academy, St. Mark's School.
Games began on Thursday evening and saw competition between Valmont Academy and St. Anne's School, St. Mark's School and Southwest Arm Academy, and Mary Simms All Grade and Basque Memorial.
The majority of games were played on Friday with all schools competing, followed by a banquet and dance.
On Saturday, the final games were played, a battle between Valmont Academy, the first place team in Division A and St. Mark's School, the second place team in Division B, which ended with a win for Valmont, taking two of the three games played. Basque Memorial was the second place team in Division A, which took on Southwest Academy, the first place team in Division B, and both games played were won by the team from Southwest Arm.
The championship game was played between Valmont Academy and Southwest Arm Academy on Saturday afternoon, and ended with scores of 6, 14 for Valmont and 25, 25 for Southwest Arm.
Sportsmanship awards were presented to students playing in the tournament, including Jordan Rowsell for Valmont Academy, Philip Etheridge for Our Lady of Labrador, Matthew Furlong for St. Mark's, Dwayne Russell for William Gillett Academy, Leslie Earle for Basque Memorial, Michael Alyward for Mary Simms All Grade and James Fitzgerald for Southwest Arm Academy.
The staff of Valmont Academy would like to acknowledge the support and dedication of the community of King's Point, and give thanks to Roger Jacobs who organized the tournament. Commitment like this is what makes small schools such excellent places to learn and grow.
Valiant effort for Valmont
The boys volleyball team at Valmont Academy placed second in the Island Boys Small Schools Volleyball tournament last week in Kings Point. The team members include: Front (l-r) - Jordan Rowsell, Jarett Newbury, Mark Burt, Anik Tunduan and Aaron Thomas; ba
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November 28, 2007
- Published on July 9, 2010
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Staff ~ The Nor'wester
Small schools volleyball tournament last week
It was a heartbreaker for the Valmont Academy senior boys volleyball team over the weekend as the local team played South West Arm Academy for the championship game and lost, placing second in the Island Boys Small Schools Volley-ball tournament held at Valmont Nov. 22-24.
This is the fourth year the school has lost the championship match but the team was happy to have placed second, after taking on a strong team from Southwest Arm, favoured to win the tournament.
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