Mount Sentinel Wildcat teams continue to build for post season zone tournaments
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The bad news for Mount Sentinel is the Golden Eagles won the Selkirk Storm High School Girl’s Volleyball Tournament in Kimberley.
However, the good news for the Cats is, despite finishing fourth in the eight-team event, Mount Sentinel is getting ever so close to the elite teams in the Kootenay zone.
Meaning, when the Kootenay High School A Girl’s tournament rolls around, the Cats will be in the thick of things when organizers hand out the winner’s hardware and a trip to the provincial tournament.
“We now have a two weeks to prepare for the Kootenay finals,” said Mount Sentinel head coach Joe Moreira.
“Golden is now the favorite, but there are four other teams (including the Wildcats) that want an opportunity to beat them.”
The Cats lost to Fernie Falcons 25-23, 25-18, in the consolation final in a match that “neither team showed the same fire that was clearly evident in the semi finals.”
But it was a nail biting loss to Cranbrook’s Mount Baker Wild, won by the East Kootenay squad 21-19 in the third game, which had Moreira & Company feeling very good.
“Although the loss meant we wouldn’t have another chance to play Golden (in the final), the match left us feeling pretty good about how we competed,” Moreira explained.
The Wildcats opened the tournament with a loss to David Thompson of Invermere.
The club then reeled off wins over J. Lloyd Crowe Hawks of Trail and Creston’s Prince Charles Comets before dropping a straight set match to Golden — 25-21, 25-22.
Mount Sentinel rebounded during the playoff round, edging out the host Storm 2-1.
Single-A teams in the Kootenay zone now return to the practice court in preparation for the zone playoffs November 18-19 in Fernie.
Wildcat boys mixed it up against elite provincial teams
The Mount Sentinel Wildcats continue to improve on a season quest to be ready for the upcoming B.C. High School AA Boy’s Volleyball Championships at the end of the month in Kelowna.
The Cats finished with a 3-2 record to place 11th overall at an elite high school boy’s tournament in Kelowna.
Mount Sentinel, still missing starting setter Myles Christman due to an eligibility ruling by B.C. School Sports, defeated Rutland Voodoos 2-0 and Vernon 2-0 before finishing the tournament with a major victory over No. 2 ranked single-A, Kelowna Christian 2-0.
Mixed into the weekend were losses to Kelowna Secondary 3-1 and Sahali 2-0.
The Cats now travel to Cranbrook to participate in the Mount Baker Wild tournament beginning Friday.
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