The Duchess Park Condors kept their title hopes alive at the BC Secondary School Sports Association double-A boys volleyball championship Thursday afternoon in Langley.
They needed a fifth and deciding set but they got what they were after, defeating the Surrey Christian Falcons 3-2 (24-26, 28-26, 19-25, 25-19, 15-13) to advance to the semifinal round.
The Condors will face the South Kamloops Titans Friday at 5:30 p.m..
The Titans lived up to their nickname while sweeping the D.P. Todd Trojans in the three straight sets, 25-18, 25-18, 25-14.
“The probabilily of (South Kamloops) winning it all is very high,” said Trojans head coach Jonathan Lawrence. “They’re a very good team and they’re huge. I was talking to their coach and they set at one point on their front line they have three guys and all of them touch 11-foot-five. They’re super-deep and they all serve really tough and they just overpowered us.”
The Trojans will play Surrey Christian Friday at 4 p.m.. The best D.P. Todd can finish now is fifth.
At the triple-A boys championship in Victoria, the Prince George Polars dropped down to the consolation round after a 3-0 loss to Kitsilano. The Polars are 2-2 at the 16-team tournament.
The top-ranked Cedars Christian Eagles scored a 2-1 win Thursday afternoon over No. 2 Vancouver Christian to remain undefeated at the single-A boys championship in Vancouver and North Vancouver.
Cedars started with straight-set wins over St. Ann’s Academy and Credo Christian.
The Eagles play Nanaimo Christian today at 9 a.m. in a round of 16 elimination playoff.
At the double-A girls provincials in West Vancouver, the Shas Ti Kelly Road Grizzlies started their BC title quest Thursday with a pair of victories, defeating John Barsby 2-1 and Mount Elizabeth 2-0. In their third match of the day the Grizzlies lost 2-1 to Abbotsford Christian.
The Grizzlies face West Point Gray Academy today at 10:30 a.m. in a playoff match.
At the triple-A girls tournament in Dawson Creek, the College Heights Cougars opened against their crosstown rivals, the Duchess Park Condors and scored a 2-1 victory Thursday morning. The Cougars went on to lose 2-0 to Brentwood College, while the Condors rebounded with a 2-1 triumph over Crofton House.
The Prince George Polars are also in Dawson Creek as the third North Central zone team and they fell 2-0 to Stelly’s and 2-0 to L.V. Rogers.
In the late games Thursday, Duchess Park lost 2-0 to Brentwood, College Heights topped Crofton House 2-1 and PGSS dropped 2-1 decision to Charles Hays,
In todays round of 16 matchups, PGSS will face Brentwood at 9 a.m., College Heights takes on Charles Hays at 11 a.m., and Duchess Park meets Stelly’s at 1 p.m.
At the single-A girls tournament in Castlegar/Nelson, Cedars Christian dropped a 2-1 decision to White Rock Christian in their opener. Cedars also blanked Duncan Christian 2-0 and lost 2-1 to Sparwood in Thursday’s preliminary round.
Cedars will play Vancouver Christian in a playoff today at 11 a.m.
