There were no surprises in Moose Jaw High School Athletic Directorate boys volleyball action on Wednesday night, but the Central Cyclones and Vanier Spirits showed it's going to be a battle right to the end in the girls standings.
The Cyclones moved into a tie for second place in the five-team girls league with the closest match of the evening, finding themselves down to their last game before prevailing 3-2 over the Vanier Spirits 16-25, 26-24, 18-25, 25-18, 16-14.
Central improved to 3-2 with the win, Vanier fell to 2-4.
It was the second barnburner of a match in a row for Central, after they nearly became the first team to hand the undefeated Peacock Toilers a league loss last week, again taking it right down to the last game. The defending provincial 4A girls champions would find a way in the end, though, prevailing 3-2 (22-25, 23-25, 25-14, 25-17, 15-13) to improve to 5-0.
No score was reported from the Wednesday girls game between Notre Dame and Peacock.
Over on the boys side of things, it was business as usual for both the Vanier Vikings and Assiniboia Rockets.
The Vikings remained unbeaten and improved to 7-0 with a 3-0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-15) victory over Central, while Assiniboia kept pace and improved to 6-1 with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-23) sweep of the Cornerstone Christian School Falcons.
The Peacock Toilers improved to 3-4 and moved into a tie for third place with the Cyclones after taking a 3-1 (25-27, 25-9, 25-23, 25-20) win over the Avonlea Eagles.
Cornerstone sits in fifth place at 2-5 while Avonlea remains winless at 0-7.
Boys league action continues on Tuesday, Oct. 18 with Peacock at Assiniboia at 7 p.m. followed by Avonlea at Vanier and Cornerstone at Central at 8 p.m.
The girls are also back on the court with Briercrest Christian Academy at Central at 6:20 p.m. and Notre Dame at Vanier at 7 p.m.
