The U18 girls’ Whiskey Jacks volleyball club finished off their successful season with a second place finish at the Tier 2 Manitoba Provincial Championships in Killarney, MB over the weekend of May 1.
Coach Todd Desautels says it was a great season for the girls in many aspects.
“It was a great season for the U18 girls as it was a great chance for some of our younger 15 and 16-year-olds to spend some time playing with the 17 and 18-year-olds as they rotated in the lineup and various tournaments.”
The girls placed first in their round robin pool with two solid performances, beating out Southwest MB 25-13, 25-12 and Yellowhead Blaze of central-western Manitoba 25-19,25-11.
The team took a by to the semi-finals, defeating the  Superior North?Volleyball Club from Thunder Bay 25-19, 25-20.
The girls met up with the Big Bear Volleyball Club of Elton, MB, where they suffered their first loss of the tournament 21-25, 18-25 for the silver medal.
Melissa Felske and Meryl Smith were named to teh all-star team for Manitoba.
The girls also gained some playing time in the Portage La Prairie tournament on April 10, where they suffered a quarter-final loss in two straight sets, 23-25, 23-25 to Cloquet.
The team also traveled to Duluth on April 18 for their last tournament before provincials.
The girls lost in the quarter-finals in three sets to the Lakers Volleyball Club from Kenora after splitting the round robin sets with the Superior North Volleyball Club and the Yellowhead Blaze and earned a straight sets win against Southwest.