The U16 Smashing Bananas celebrate their first place finish at provincials. (Submitted/ Rene Quintal)

By Nigel Maxwell

Volleyball

Bananas strike Gold

Apr 17, 2023 | 5:00 PM

The U16 Smashing Bananas have punched their ticket to Nationals, following a dominant performance this past weekend.

Provincials were held in Warman, and the bananas squad was 3-0 at the completion of their pool’s round robin.

The bananas would then go on to beat both the Jr. Sundogs and Lloyd Rustlers, before toppling the Huskie Pride in the final (25-10, 25-16).

The U15 Bananas squad will also head to nationals after winning bronze.

After going 1-2 in their respective pool, the bananas faced RVC White in the first round of the playoffs and won two straight matches.

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They then fell to RVC Green before beating the Estevan Extreme in their final game.

The U15 Bananas. (Facebook)

Nationals will be held next month in Edmonton.

On the girls side, the U16 En Fuego squad won bronze in Div. 2. They beat Loreburn, after losing out in the first round of the playoffs to the Route 20 Renegades.

En Fuego was 4-0 after pool play.

In other action, the U13 Toppers Esprit won bronze in Div. 2, defeating Summit VC1.

The U16 Toppers. (Facebook)

U13 Esprit. (Submitted photo)

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