After defeating Bishop MacDonnell of Guelph on Feb 21, the Norwell District Secondary School senior girls’ volleyball team advanced to OFSAA in Ottawa on March 4-6. The team entered the tournament ranked 10th in the 20-team provincial championship.
In round-robin play, the girls started with a loss to Lo-Ellen Park (Sudbury); rebounded with a win over L’Escale (Rockland, east of Ottawa); lost a three-set thriller to the eventual silver medalists, General Amhurst (Amhurstburg); and finished with a win over Timmins. With a record of 2-2, the Redmen qualified for the consolation round and defeated Mentor College (Mississauga) in three sets straight.
On the final day of competition, Norwell won in five sets over St. Thomas Aquinas (Oakville). Unfortunately, the girls were not able to hold off St. Mary’s (Cobourg) in the consolation finals. The team has as many as six players graduating this year, but the coaches are excited about the challenges of working with a different group of girls next year, and are eager, just like the returning players, to get back to OFSAA for 2014.
