And since the Toilers and Cyclones were able to do just that in their playdowns at Peacock on Saturday afternoon, both teams are now off to provincials in Moosomin this coming weekend.
The city champion Toilers opened their tournament with a surprisingly dominant 25-8, 25-6 win over Central in the tournament opener on Friday before taking a 25-17, 25-7 win over Moosomin to finish first in their pool. The Cyclones rebounded to defeat Moosomin 25-6, 25-10 to finish second and earn a playoff spot.
The other round robin pool saw Lumsden finish with a 3-0 record, including a 25-20, 25-11 win over the Vanier Spirits. Vanier won their other two contests, though, downing Notre Dame 25-21, 25-19 and taking a 25-15, 25-18 win over Melville. Their 2-1 record saw them also advance to the playoff round.
The regional semifinals saw Peacock take a 25-11, 25-8 win over Vanier to book the first provincial berth, and Central came oh-so-close to defeating Lumsden before falling 14-25, 25-16, 15-12 .
Lumsden then emerged as regional champion after an absolute barnburner with Peacock, taking a 26-24, 25-27, 15-6 victory.
The third provincial spot went to the Cyclones after they defeated Vanier 25-13, 25-11.
Falcons fall in 2A girls regionals
The Cornerstone Christian School Falcons fell short in their bid for a 2A girls provincial berth after falling in their regional semifinals.
Cornerstone was coming off an impressive showing in the Conference championships the previous weekend, where they went unbeaten in the round robin with wins over Strasbourg (25-18, 15-15) and Gravelbourg (25-18, 25-11) before downing Southey (25-16, 25-17) in the semifinal and Strasbourg (26-24, 25-19) in the final.
That sent the Falcons to regionals at Regina Harvest City this weekend, where they opened with a 25-20, 16-25, 15-9 win over Vibank before losing their second round robin game 25-17, 22-25, 15-8 to Carlyle.
Their 1-1 record was good enough for a semfiinal berth, but Cornerstone ran into the eventual regional champions Harvest City and fell 25-22, 25-12 to see their season come to an end.
Cornerstone dominates 2A boys conference
The news wasn’t all tough for Cornerstone on the weekend, as the city final runner-ups didn’t drop a set on their way to claiming their 2A boys conference title.
The Falcons won their opener 25-6, 25-11 over the Riverview Royals to kick things off and followed with a 25-13, 25-17 win over Gravelbourg before defeating Pontiex 25-17, 25-11 and Davidson 25-4, 25-9 to finish with a 4-0 record.
Riverview finished 2-2 and just missed one of the two regional berths. They rebounded from their loss to Cornerstone with a 26-24, 25-15 win over Pontiex and later downed Davidson 25-15, 20-25, 15-7 for their second win. A 25-16, 25-16 loss to Gravelbourg would seal their fate, though, as Gravelbourg would finish 3-1 and take the second regional spot.
Provincial and regional draws are expected to be released Monday, and you can check those out at www.shsaa.ca.
