St. Mary gearing up to host provincial volleyball championship
The best of the best in high school boys volleyball will descend on Prince Albert this weekend for the 5A Boys Provincial Volleyball Championship.
St. Mary is set to host this years tournament and are looking to get back on to the podium after failing to qualify for last year’s championship. Carlton, on the other hand, is looking to improve on last year’s result, when they captured bronze in Balgonie over Winston Knoll from Regina.
The last time St. Mary and Carlton made the boys provincial championships was just two years ago, when Carlton hosted the finals in 2023. The cross-town rivals met in the semi-finals that year which saw St. Mary prevail 2-0 (25-18, 25-17), advancing them to the finals, where the Marauders narrowly toppled Swift Current 2-1 (25-19, 22-25, 16-14) for the provincial championship.
Coincidentally, the St. Mary girls’ team also captured provincial gold in 2023 at St. Mary, also defeating Swift Current in the finals. However, in 2025, neither St. Mary nor Carlton qualified for provincials after failing to place top three in the regional tournament.


