By Jeff D'Andrea

Marauders boys all set to host volleyball provincials

Nov 15, 2018 | 5:38 PM

In the past quarter century, the St. Mary Marauders volleyball teams have done quite well regarding the provincial title. There’s been almost a 50 per cent chance they’ll come back with one title in that time. 

Now this year, both the Marauders boys and girls have qualified for provincials. St. Mary will host the 5A Boys Provincials Friday and Saturday at St. Mary and Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The school’s track record has been good at the tournament and they’re looking forward to the weekend.

“We’ve done really well. Our school has won 11 out of the last 23 provincial titles so we’ve done really well in the past, but in no way can we take that for granted,” Marauders boys head coach Rene Quintal said. “Going into the weekend, everyone has the same record: 0-0. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in the past, it’s what you do this weekend that will make the difference.”

Quintal said the Marauders boys showed well throughout the year. At regionals last week in Warman, the Marauders were undefeated until they got to the finals, before falling to Meadow Lake Carpenter.

“We’ve had a really strong season. We’ve improved quite a bit on attack efficiency and our block defence, so we’ve improved since the start of the year,” Quintal said. “We’re able to attack from the left side, the middle, the right side and the back row. So it’s a big strength for our team.”

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As for expectations in the tournament, Quintal thinks his team will be in every match, every set and every point.

“I see us competing for every point,” Quintal said. “At the end of the match, hopefully we have more points than the other team. I think we’re as athletic as any team in the tournament. If we can do a good job at reducing our errors, and making it very difficult for teams to score against us, I think we’ll be fine.”

Here’s this week’s schedule at St. Mary.

Schedule

Friday

Marauders vs. Balgonie Greenall @ St. Mary, 12 p.m.,

Marauders vs. Yorkton @ St. Mary, 3:15 p.m.

Marauders vs. Saskatoon Holy Cross @St. Mary, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday

Marauders vs. Regina Riffel @ Sask Polytechnic, 11:15 a.m.

Playoffs

Start at 12:45 p.m. The finals will be at 5:45 p.m. at St. Mary.

Both girls teams from Prince Albert will be at the 5A Girls Provincials, as well.

Girls Provincials at Holy Cross in Saskatoon

Marauders Schedule Friday

Marauders vs Weyburn, 12 p.m.

Marauders vs. Swift Current, 3:15 p.m.

Marauders vs. Saskatoon Bishop Mahoney, 6:30 p.m.

Marauders Schedule Saturday

Marauders vs. Regina Winston Knoll, 11:15 a.m.

Crusaders Schedule Friday

Crusaders vs. Saskatoon Holy Cross, 12 p.m.

Crusaders vs. Balgonie Greenall, 3:15 p.m.

Crusaders vs. North Battleford, 6:30 p.m.

Crusaders Schedule Saturday

Crusaders vs. Regina Campbell, 11:15 a.m.

Jeff.dandrea@jpbg.ca

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