Wednesday, Nov 22, 2017
Sports
A Bounce in the House
The Big Kahuna volleyball tournament Nov 29 - Dec 2
By Ian Esplen, Volleyball BC
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Big Kahuna Volleyball Championships will take place, Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at the
Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC. This event acts as the official BC
School Sports Senior Volleyball Provincial Championships in the AA Boys, AAA
Boys and AAAA Girls divisions.
This past season, BC School Sports had 1,271
teams, comprised of 16,252 athletes – Grade 8-to-Grade 12 – compete in the
sport of volleyball. Of those teams, 145 competed in the Senior Boys
volleyball and 273 competed in Senior Girls volleyball.
Langley Christian School (AA Boys), Semiahmoo Secondary School (AAA Boys)
and Belmont Secondary School (AAAA Girls) are all back looking to repeat as
provincial champions in 2017.
All
three teams will be returning their MVPs from last year’s championships,
Mike Dowhaniuk (Semiahmoo), Brodie Hofer (Langley Christian) and Savannah
Purdy (Belmont).
Handsworth Secondary School standout and UBC recruit, Kayla Oxland will also
be playing in the tournament and searching for a second championship – She
was part of a powerhouse Handsworth team that won in 2015 when she was only
in Grade 10.
Some of the top teams challenging them for volleyball supremacy this year
are, Duchess Park Secondary School (AA Boys), George Elliott Secondary
School (AA Boys), Abbotsford Christian School (AA Boys), Mt. Baker Secondary
School (AAA Boys), Delta Secondary School (AAA Boys), Oak Bay Secondary
School (AAA Boys), Earl Marriott Secondary School (AAA Boys & AAAA Girls),
Handsworth Secondary School (AAAA Girls) and Semiahmoo Secondary School (AAAA
Girls).
AA Boys, AAA Boys and AAAA Girls divisions are defined as follows, AA Boys,
81-225 senior aged (Grade 11 & 12) boys enrolled at the school, AAA Boys,
more than 226 senior aged boys enrolled at the school and AAAA Girls, more
than 251 senior aged girls enrolled at the school.
The BC Provincial Championships originally started as an invitational
tournament in 1940s with the first “official champion” being crowned in
1959. In 1994 the tournament moved to Kelowna where it remained for 20
years. In 2014 it moved to Langley Events Centre.
Notable players who have competed at past AA & AAA Boys Provincial
Championships include, Gord Perrin (Prince Charles), Fred Winters
(Claremont), Ben Chow (Fleetwood Park), Marc Howatson (Oak Bay) Steve
Marshall MEI) and Brett Youngberg (Elgin Park).
Details, a list of competing schools, rankings and the tournament schedule
and information about tickets can be found
here
and you can follow along on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #BCVolleyChamps.
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