Senior high AA girls volleyball provincials kick off in Kelowna Nov. 27 with Charles Hays Secondary looking to bring home some hardware.
After defeating Smithers Secondary School to claim the Northwest zone championship, the Charles Hays senior girls volleyball team has their eyes on another banner at the provincial championship tournament in Kelowna. The 16-team tournament consists of four pools of four teams. Charles Hays is in pool D with DP Todd Secondary from Prince George, Pacific Christian School from Victoria and Southern Okanagan Secondary School from Oliver.
ach team will play the other three in its pool once. After pool play concludes, teams will be seeded one through four. All 16 teams qualify for the knockout round, with the top seed in Pool D facing the fourth seed from Pool A. The same format applies across Pools B and C. Both teams in each matchup advance, with the winner moving on in the championship bracket and the loser entering the consolation round.
Charles Hays senior girls qualified for the 2024 tournament but went winless through five games. Charles Hays will be looking to use the disappointment and experience from last year to make a deep run.
Charles Hays will kick off their tournament at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 27 against DP Todd followed by games at 2:15 and 4:45 p.m. against Pacific Christian and Southern Okanagan. All tournament games will be streamed on the BC School Sports YouTube channel.
