In girls’ league play, the Peacock Toilers capped their campaign with a perfect 9-0 record after taking a 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-17) win over Briercrest Christian Academy (2-6) in Caronport.
The Central Cyclones finished in second place with a 5-3 record after sweeping the Vanier Spirits 3-0 (25-8, 25-10, 25-19) at Central. Vanier fell to 1-8 on the season.
The girls’ semifinals will take place on Thursday, Nov. 4 and will see Vanier at Peacock and Briercrest Christian at Central. Both games start at 6:20 p.m.
The boys league saw a strange occurrence as the Cornerstone Christian School Falcons and Vanier Vikings actually didn’t go to five games, with the Falcons emerging with a 3-1 (25-23, 17-25, 25-22, 25-21) victory at Vanier. Cornerstone finished with a perfect 10-0 record, Vanier fell to 7-3 and finished third.
The Central Cyclones (7-3) secured second place with a commanding 3-0 (25-7, 25-7, 25-13) win over Briercrest Christian (0-10) and the Peacock Toilers (4-6) landed in fourth after winning 3-0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-8) over the Riverview Royals (2-9).
Boys playoffs begin with the quarter-finals on Tuesday, Nov. 2, as Briercrest is at Vanier and Riverview at Peacock, with both games at 7 p.m. The lowest surviving seed will advance to face Cornerstone and the remaining winner will face Central in the semifinals, with both games at 8 p.m. on Nov. 4.
