Crusaders keep eyes on third in senior boys’ volleyball
GUELPH – The Lourdes Crusaders kept their chances of finishing in third place in the District 10 high school senior boys’ volleyball league’s final standings alive as they swept the Bishop Macdonell Celtics Tuesday.
The Crusaders can finish third with a win over the Guelph CVI Green Gaels Thursday, the final day of the league’s regular season.
The Gaels will have something to play for Thursday, too, as they can claim fifth in the six-team league with a win over the Crusaders.
Heading into the final day, the Centennial Spartans lead at 9-1 while the Ross Royals are second at 8-1. The Spartans will win a tiebreaker should they finish deadlocked with the Royals. Both are already assured of byes in the quarter-finals set for Monday.
Lourdes is at 4-5 and the Centre Wellington Falcons at 4-6. Both are already assured of hosting games in the quarter-finals. The Falcons will win the tiebreaker if they finish knotted with the Crusaders.
Bishop Mac is fifth at 2-7 and GCVI sixth at 1-8.
The semifinals are to go Nov. 9 while the championship game is set for Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. at the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre.
Lourdes 3 Bishop Macdonell 0
The Crusaders won 25-10, 25-20, 26-24.
Ross 3 Guelph CVI 1
The Royals won 25-17, 25-14, 20-25, 25-21.
Junior Boys’ Volleyball
All six teams have cemented their final finishing positions with the final day of the regular season to be played Thursday.
Centennial Spartans lead at 9-1 and are followed by the Ross Royals at 7-3, Orangeville Bears at 6-3, Centre Wellington Falcons at 4-5, Guelph CVI Green Gaels at 2-7 and Lourdes Crusaders at 0-9.
While Centennial and Ross have completed their regular seasons, the other four are to play Thursday. Orangeville and Ross can finish tied for second, but the Royals will win the tiebreaker.
The Spartans and Royals are to get byes in the quarter-finals that are set for next Monday and are to host quarter-final victors in the semifinals that are to be played next Wednesday.
The championship game is scheduled for Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. at the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre.
Ross 3 Guelph CVI 2
The Royals won 27-25, 25-17, 8-25, 16-25, 15-11.
Orangeville 3 Centennial 0
The Bears handed the Spartans their first loss in league play this season as they prevailed 25-23, 26-24, 25-19.
- Guelph Sports Journal