Battleford Heat bring home provincial gold
A full team effort made for a memorable weekend for the 13-U Battleford Volleyball Club Heat this past weekend, as they took home gold in Tier One of the Sask Volleyball Provincials in Saskatoon and Warman.
The Heat went undefeated in four round robin games, then narrowly took out the Saskatoon JCVC Fusion in the first playoff game, before topping JCVC Attack in the semifinals and Saskatoon HVC White in the finals.
The Heat won the gold medal game in two straight sets, 25-20, 25-18.
“I was so proud of the team,” said Heat co-coach Reagan Lavallee, who coaches with her husband Cliff. “We were one of the only teams that came with 12 players. Lots of teams have less. We came with 12 players and at this age it’s fair play, so whoever is on the bench in the first game, comes on in the second game and there’s no subbing players off in the first two sets, and we won that final gold match with all our players together.