Highlanders bounce Hillside

Senior girls bring volleyball title to North Shore

By BILL BELL

If there is one truism that holds water in high
school senior girls volleyball, it is “When you're
hot, you're hot and when you're not, you're not.”

That statement proved
true for the “hot” West
Vancouver Highlanders as
they captured the Van-
couver and District
Championship last weck.

On the opposite end, that
statement became, Hillside
Highwaymen coach, Wayne
Desjardins’ nightmare as his
team lost its first ever match
to West Vancoypver in five
meetings this year.

“We certainly didn't come
up with a very good effort.”
said Desjardins.

“The girls didn't seem to
be up for the entire tour.
nament.” Desjardins said as
he tried to explain away his
teams | other loss to Alpha.

But while, Desjardin

The ’

moaned, Highlander coach.
Doris Weseman was cc-
static.

“It's about time,” she said.
“This tame everybody played
well, they played excellent
volleyball.” :

West Van lost the opening
round to Alpha, but then
proceeded to upset Hillside
and then Knocked off New
Westminster to capture first
place.

Both Wes! Vancouver and
Hillside will be playing in the
B.C. Double A Senior Girts
Volleyball Championship
being held J hursday, Friday
and Saturday at Sutherland
Senior Secondary.

There will be 16 of Britush
Columbia's best senior girls

"car isn’t helping Chrysler:

volleyball teams vying for
the crown, but it is Victoria's
Mount Douglas which ts the
favorite.

The 16 teams are divided
into four pools for an initial
round robin. The top two
teams in cach pool advance

to championship round.

West Vancouver has
drawn the pool with Mount
Douglas in it, which caused
Weseman to speculate, “if
they have a rotten day and
we have a great day, we
might possibly beat them”.

Desjardins, despite his
teams defeat in the D's is a
little more optimisuc.

“I hope to be in the top
half of the tournament, that's
my realistic goal, but I'd love
to be in’ the” medals,”
Desjardins said.

Desjardins predicted that
the tournament would be a
close one, do to the fact that
“there are sO many un.
predictable teams”

“The team which gets hot
in this tournament will be
the winner,” he said

The championship match
will be played Saturday mght
at 8:30 p.m.

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