They were ranked 20th entering the tournament.
They finished 10th. It was a great weekend for the Parkland Vipers 16U volleyball team at the provincial championships.
In the round-robin, the Vipers picked up three impressive victories. They beat the Northeast Rampage, 25-11, 25-21. They earned another two-set win against Russell, 25-17, 25-13, and earned a hard-fought three-set victory over Interlake, 24-26, 25-15, 19-17.
The team's first playoff game was another victory, this time over the 11th-ranked Pilots Navy, 21-25, 25-22, 15-13. Their second playoff game came against the fourth-ranked Winman Surge. The Vipers pushed one of the top teams in the province, but lost in two sets, 25-27, 24-26. They beat Club West in their third playoff game and downed the eighth-ranked BVC, 25-15, 25-14. In their final game, they lost to Westman, 18-25, 19-25.
The team, led by Kathy Preston, heads to Edmonton later this month for the national championships.
