Richmond Christian Eagles are heading to the Kootenays for next week’s provincial “A” girls volleyball championships after taking top honours at the Lower Mainland playoffs.
Coming off a second place finish at the Richmond championships, the Eagles showed why they have been a fixture near the top of the provincial rankings for much of the season at the eight team tournament held at Ecole secondaire Jule-Verne in Vancouver.
Richmond Christian produced straight set wins over Carver Christian, St. Johns, King David, Pemberton Secondary to reach the final. The Eagles met Carver Christian again and duplicated the earlier result for their third consecutive Lower Mainland championship.
Sitting third in the latest provincial rankings, the Eagles now head east as a serious medal threat. The three-day provincial tournament runs from Dec. 3-5 and is being hosted by Mt. Sentinel Secondary.
The team is coached by Patrick Wong and Leanne Wong.
The roster features: Grade 12s — Taylor Archibald, Courtney Burkholder, Leah Goertz, Kaitlynn Lam, Rebekah Prasad and Jaylen Yee; Grade 11s — Emma Burton, Hannah DyNing, Madison Fleischer, Juliette Sutter and Ellen Yam; Grade 10s — Emma Burrage and Nadine Plett.
The managers are Makena Anderson and Casey Tin.
Meanwhile, the Eagles senior boys team is at Abbotsford this week for the provincial “A” championships.
The 12 team tournament starts tomorrow and concludes on Saturday at Abbotsford Christian.
