Thursday, Nov. 1, Spiritwood hosted BattleWest’s annual Junior Girls Volleyball District Championship with the North Battleford Comprehensive High School squad coming out on top.
After a long day of competition, it came down to the John Paul II Crusaders and the NBCHS Vikings facing each other in the gold medal game.
Head Coach Jeff Gibson told the News-Optimist, “These two teams were very familiar with each other as they had played four times over the course of the season leading up to the final match with each team winning two matches. This made for a highly anticipated battle in which both teams fought hard.”
He says NBCHS came out firing to start the match but JP soon answered with a push back to make it a closer game. The Vikings would end up taking the first set 25-16.
“The second set was much tighter as each team traded points throughout,” he said. “There was never more than a three point difference in the score until the end when the Vikings took the Crusaders in the second set to win gold and the BattleWest District Championship.”
Gibson said, “Winning gold was a great way to cap off a very successful season for the NBCHS Vikings. The season, as well as the final match between both schools, was a testament to the strength of girls’ volleyball in the Battlefords.
