Sabres, Huskies, win volleyball titles

      Summers' Corners (AA), New Sarum (A), the TVDSB South-West girls' champions 

          November 27, 2017

By Rob J. Ross

ST. THOMAS -   The New Sarum Huskies and Summer's Corners Sabres, are heading to the final day.

The Huskies and Sabres won their respective Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) South-West regional elementary girls' volleyball final, at Locke's school.

Both teams advance to the TVDSB championship day, the Volleyball Valley finals, Saturday, December 2, at various locations in London.

Check the Valley finals schedule.

In the 1A final, New Sarum took the third and decisive game, 15-11, winning a back and forth match over the Locke's Lions, two games to one.

The Huskies opened with a 25-23 win, but Locke's tied the match, taking game two, 25-23.

Summers' Corners captured the AA title, sweeping the Port Stanley Phantoms, 26-24, 25-16.

Locke's won the girls' wild card match over Port Stanley, earning their berth to the final day

For the boys, Southwold (AA champ), Sparta (A winner) and Mitchell Hepburn (wild card), are the region's representatives.

At the Valley championships, it is three games of pool play for each division, followed by semi-finals and a final.

A year ago, the Summers' Corners girls brought home a silver medal.

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