The Weyburn Eagles Senior Girls Volleyball team had a successful Provincial Championship in Moose Jaw this weekend. The team started out the tournament with round robin play on Friday with the first game against Regina Miller, who they defeated with scores of 25-17 and 25-19. The team then went on to play Swift Current and were once again victorious winning both sets 25-10 and 25-14. The final game on Friday was against Aiden Bowen from Saskatoon which Weyburn triumphed over with scores of 25-19 and 25-20.

The girls started out the day on Saturday with a victory over Moose Jaw Peacock, winning the first set 25-18 and the second set 27-2. This win gave the girls a 4-0 record which got them a bye into the medal rounds.

The Eagles final game of the round robin was against North Battleford. For this game the starting line up took a much needed rest and the second line up took to the court. The girls won both sets the with scores of 25-19 and 25-21.

The next game for the Eagles was against St. Joseph from Saskatoon in the semi-finals. The girls defeated the defending champions in a hard fought match with close scores of 27-25 and 25-19. The senior player and captain of the team, Lynsey MacInnis, came through with 13 kills to help bring the team to victory.

In the finals, the girls were up against Prince Albert Carlton and got off to a bad start by giving Prince Albert a 7-0 lead. After a strong comeback the girls eventually lost the first game 18-25. In the second set the Eagles played hard, keeping a lead throughout most of the game. The team couldn't hold on to its lead and were defeated 26-24.

"This capped a very good season with a well deserved silver medal," said coach Blake Johnson. "The leadership of the Grade 12 players Lynsey MacInnis, Nicole Byrnes, Amy Satre and Jody Anderson was instrumental in the teams success.

That effort was combined with the athletic ability of the upcoming players and the overall depth of the team. The four girls graduating will be missed, but there's a strong contingent of the remaining nine players for next year,"

The top hitters for the weekend were Jenna Unraw, Tonya Mokelki and Lynsey MacInnis - all with over a 50 percent kill efficiency. The top passers were Heather Maloney with 2.3 efficiency rate and Lynsey MacInnis with a 2.4 passing efficiency. Heather Maloney and Amy Satre were the top servers with 97 percent efficiency.