Six Swift Current athletes were able to represent the southwest and their province on the national stage last week at the 2019 Volleyball Canada Cup in Halifax.
Shaye Wall - Sask Selects Green (Div 2 Men's Bracket)
Prelim:
Lost 3-2 to Nova Scotia
Lost 3-1 to BC Blue
Power Pool:
Lost 3-2 to Quebec 2
Lost 3-1 to 3-1 to BC Blue
Won 3-0 over PEI
Playoffs:
Won 2-0 over Nova Scotia (Tier 2 QF)
Won 2-0 over Manitoba Selects (Tier 2 SF)
Lost 2-0 to Quebec 2 (Tier 2 Final)
Parker Bloom and Clay Thierman - Sask Youth Green (Div 1 Men's Bracket)
Prelim:
Lost 3-0 to Quebec 1
Won 3-1 over Sask Youth White
Won 3-2 over Ontario Red 1
Won 3-1 over Atlantic
Playoffs:
Lost 2-0 to BC Selects (Tier 1 QF)
Placement:
Won 2-1 over BC Red
Lost 2-0 to Ontario Red 1
Abby Sauder and Avery Tonnies - Sask Selects Green (Div 2 Women's Bracket)
Prelim:
Won 3-0 over Manitoba Selects
Won 3-0 over Newfoundland
Lost 3-1 to Alberta Blue
Playoffs:
Won 3-0 over PEI (Tier 1 Round of 16)
Lost 2-0 to Alberta Blue (Tier 1 QF)
Placement:
Won 2-1 over Manitoba Youth
Lost 2-0 to Alberta Black
Mackenzie McIntyre - Sask Selects Women's White (Div 2 Women's Bracket)
Prelim:
Won 3-2 over Northwest Territories
Lost 3-1 to Nova Scotia
Lost 3-0 to Manitoba Youth
Playoffs:
Lost 3-0 to Ontario Red 2 (Tier 1 Round of 16)
Placement:
Lost 2-0 to New Brunswick
Won 2-1 over Northwest Territories
Won 2-0 over Manitoba Selects
The summer representing Saskatchewan isn't done for three of the six.
Wall, Sauder, and Tonnies will be on Team Sask's men's and women's teams for the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games, which run August 9-18 in Swift Current. Volleyball will be played out of the Innovation Credit Union iPlex.