Riverside Rebels claim gold in tune-up tourney
It may have been a smaller tournament, but it was gold nonetheless for the 14U Riverside Rebels girls volleyball team this past weekend at home.
The club team won the 13U provincials last year, and this year’s team is essentially the same, save for one new player, and one player who stuck behind to keep playing with the 13U team.
According to the Rebels’ coach, the tournament proved to be a good way to get back into the groove, because most of the team hadn’t been able to focus on volleyball the past few weeks.
“It was an awesome experience to get some games in because our girls have been engaged in school basketball, so we’ve been kind of slowly getting into volleyball,” Rebels head coach Vic Stynsky said. “We’ve played some exhibition matches but we haven’t had a tournament. It was nice to get a full day in where we played some other 14U teams and actually the Biggar team was a 15U team so we got to play some competitive volleyball.”