Four high school provincial boys volleyball champions will be declared this weekend as the boys teams take to the court.

The Small Schools Boys Volleyball tournament is being hosted by St. Mark�s School in Kings Cove. Eight teams will compete in a two-division round robin tournament. Competing in Division A will be Bishop White All Grade (Port Rexton), Mary Simms All Grade (Main Brook), Fortune Bay Academy (St. Bernards), and Basque Memorial (Red Bay). Vying for top honors in Division B is the host, St. Mark�s, Main River Academy (Pollard�s Point), William Gillett Memorial (Charlottetown) and E.A. Butler (McKays). The tournament begins 9:00 a.m. Friday and concludes with the championship match, 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

The 2A teams will converge on Roddickton as Cloud River Academy plays host. Ten teams will compete in two-division in round robin play beginning 4:00 p.m. Thursday. Competing in Division A will be Jens Haven Memorial (Nain), Grandy�s River Collegiate (Burnt Island), John Watkins Academy (Hermitage), Cape John Collegiate (LaScie) and Cloud River Academy. Division B will see action from Random Island Academy, Labrador Straits Academy (Forteau), Gill Memorial (Musgrave Harbour), Point Leamington Academy, and Canon Richards Memorial (Flower�s Cove). The top two teams meet in the cross-overs Saturday afternoon followed by the championship game.

The 3A Provincial Tournament will take place at Tricentia Academy in Arnolds Cove. Nine teams will be competing for the championship banner. Division A will consist of Tricentia Academy, J. M. Olds Collegiate (Twillingate), Menihek High (Labrador City), Roncalli High (Avondale) and Dorset Collegiate (Pilley�s Island). Competing in Division B will see action from Pearson Academy (Wesleyville), St. James Regional High (Port aux Basques), Discovery Collegiate (Bonavista) and King Academy (Harbour Breton). The first match will be played Thursday evening and continue throughout Friday and Saturday, ending with the championship match at 4:00 p.m.

Gander Collegiate will host 10 teams in the Boys 4A event. Division A will see competition between Southwest Arm Academy (Little Heart�s Ease), Gonzaga High (St. John�s) Corner Brook High, Exploits Valley High (Grand Falls-Windsor) and Queen Elizabeth Regional High (Foxtrap). Vying for top spot in Division B is Gander Collegiate, Ascension Collegiate (Bay Roberts), Booth Memorial (St. John�s), Clarenville High and Stephenville High. Matches will be played at both Gander Collegiate and St. Paul�s Intermediate School. Matches at both venues start 1:00 p.m. Friday, and continue throughout Friday and Saturday. The semi-finals are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, followed by the championship match at 3:30 p.m.

In addition to gold and silver SSNL medals, a championship banner will be awarded to the winning teams. SSNL believes strongly in the values and principles of Sportsmanship. In recognition of this, an individual sportsmanship medal will be presented to one deserving person on each team. All teams and officials vote to recognize a team who has displayed great sportsmanship, as well. This team is awarded the Team Sportsmanship Banner.

School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador tournaments are made possible, in part, because of the generous support of corporate sponsors. Subway, Dairy Farmers Association/School Milk Foundation and R.B.C. are sponsors of SSNL.

For complete schedule and game scores, visit our website at www.schoolsportsnl.ca

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Convenors:
Boys 2A Volleyball - Rhonda Martin 457-2430 (Tel) 457-2409 (Fax)
Boys 3A Volleyball - Lisa Courtney 463-2283 (Tel) 463-2193 (Fax)
Boys 4A Volleyball - Bob Dyckson or Deon Goulding 256-2581 (Tel) 651-2986 (Fax)
Boys Small Schools Volleyball - Glen O�Driscoll 447-6211 (Tel) 447-2126 (Fax)

Media contact:

Karen Richard
Executive Director
709-729-2795