Wednesday evening, October 4, was a big night for teams named after birds of prey as the Avonlea Eagles and Cornerstone Christian School Falcons had identical two wins and one tie in Moose Jaw high school junior girls volleyball play.
Both teams battled to a 1 - 1 set tie when they faced each other however the Falcons had a 45 to 36 cumulative points edge in the two sets versus the Eagles.
Central Cyclones (Gold)
The Cyclones Gold team came out of the evening with two losses and one win outing.
The Cyclones Gold team lost in two straight sets to the Cornerstone Christian School Falcons.
The set scores were Cornerstone 25 and Cyclones 14.
The second set saw the Cyclones lose to the Falcons 25 - 15.
Against the Avonlea Eagles the Cyclones once again fell in two straight sets to lose the match.
The score of the first set was Cyclones 9 and the Eagles 25.
The second set saw an improvement in the Cyclones play but nevertheless they lost 25 - 19 against the Eagles.
The Cyclones did manage to win a match in the evening defeating the Toilers Green team 2 - 0 in sets.
The score of the first set was Cyclones 25 and the Toilers 19.
Cornerstone Christian School Falcons
The Cornerstone Christian School Falcons team came out of the evening with two wins and a tie.
Against the Cyclones Gold team the Falcons won both sets in the match.
The first set score was 25 - 14 in the Falcons favour.
The second set saw a minor improvement in the Cyclones but they ended up losing to the Falcons 25 - 15.
In their match against the Toilers Green team the Falcons won both sets.
The Falcons won the first set 25 - 18.
In the second set the Falcons swooped in for a 25 - 14 victory.
Against the Avonlea Eagles the two teams named after birds of prey managed a tie 1 - 1 in sets.
However the Falcons did out score try the Eagles 45 - 36 cumulatively over the two sets.
The Eagles took the first set 25 - 20 over the Falcons.
In the second set the Falcons dominated play in the second set to win 25 - 11.
Peacock Toilers (Green)
The host team the Peacock Toilers lost all three of their matches.
The Toilers lost their match against the Cyclones Gold team with a 2 - 0 set score.
The Toilers lost the first set 25 - 14.
In the second set the Toilers Green team came alive and fought for the win right to the bitter end of the set.
The Toilers lost the second set 25 - 22 against the Cyclones.
Versus the Avonlea Eagles the Toilers lost the match losing both sets.
The first set was in the Eagles favour and they defeated the Toilers 25 - 9.
The second set was more exciting as the Toilers challenged throughout the set but in the end the Eagles won 25 - 22.
In their third match of the evening the Toilers fell to the Falcons 2 - 0.
The set scores were 25 - 18 and 25 - 14 in the Falcons favour.
Avonlea Eagles
Avonlea may only be a village with officially just less than 400 inhabitants but their junior girls Eagles squad swooped hard against their opponents.
Against the Central Gold team the Eagles had their talons sharpened up razor sharp as they won the match with a 2 - 0 score.
In the first set the Eagles won 25 - 9.
In the second set the Cyclones were more alert but despite this the Eagles swooped in and latched onto a 25 - 19 victory.
The Eagles also defeated the Toilers Green team with a 2 - 0 set score.
The Eagles grabbed onto the Cyclones early and stripped them clean winning 25 - 9.
In the second set the Cyclones showed the Eagles they were no easy prey and fought back.
The final score was Eagles 25 and Cyclones 22.
The matchup against the Falcons pitted the Eagles against a tough bird of play with the match ending tied 1 - 1 in sets.
The Eagles managed to hold off the Falcons in the first set winning 25 - 20.
In the second set though the Falcons dove on the court and the Eagles. The Falcons won 25 to the Eagles 11 points.
The Falcons managed to outscore the Eagles by a 45 to 36 points margin over the two sets.
Results from other matches were unavailable at time of publication
