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Sarnia, ON -
The St. Clair Colts reached the finals of the Junior
Boys Volleyball Championships, but lost out to the
Essex Raiders 3-0 in straight games, losing 25-16,
25-21 and 25-21.
"I thought
at times we played with them," said head coach Sue
Harrell. "They just had more experience. They did
well for being all rookies but one, and I couldn't
be happier with the season."
After a
first set loss 25-16, the Colts would come out with
the lead early in the second match, starting with an
ace from Tyler Whitbread. But Essex would rally back
and tie the match at 8-8 before overtaking the Colts
whose inexperience seem to cost them points as the
Raiders built up a seven point lead on St. Clair.
But the
Colts would rally back, as Joey Vanderwal would put
in three kills, and Jesse Marks one will, as St.
Clair would bring themselves to within one, 19-18.
Essex would push ahead but the Colts would be fast
on their heels and after an ace by Travis Moore, the
game was tied at 21-21.
But Essex
would continue their strong play, and with a kill by
Jeremy Orton, the Raiders would take the second
match 25-21, and lead 2-0.
In the
third set, the Raiders would jump out to the quick
3-0 lead, but St. Clair would keep it close, tying
the match at 8-8. But the Raiders would open up a
lead on St. Clair, sparked by a 12 point service
from Deen Oozeer, who helped put the Raiders ahead
20-9.
But St.
Clair would regroup after a time out and come out
scoring. Brett Storr would provide two kills for the
Colts, followed by a tip over by Jesse Marks. Storr
would continue his excellent play at the net,
scoring a tip over and four kills, to put St. Clair
just two back of Essex 23-21.
But that
would be as close as the Colts would come, as after
a Raiders timeout, they would come out and finish
off the match with two point, and win the third game
25-21.
Despite
not winning SWOSSAA, Harrell is pleased with the
effort her young rookie Colts team made all season
and that the extra two SWOSSAA games were great
experience for the team.
"I didn't
think we would make it this far," Harrell said. "I
just had one goal in mind to get to the [LSSAA]
finals. We did two more big games from that so I
can't complain."
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