The College Heights Cougars started the double-A boys volleyball provincial championship tournament as the No. 6 seed but finished as the silver medalist. The Cougars faced the second-ranked Langley Christian Lightning in Saturday's final, played at the Langley Events Centre, and fell 19-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-18. Earlier, in the semifinal round, College Heights defeated top-ranked Pacific Academy of Surrey 12-25, 25-20, 25-23, 22-25, 15-11. Members of the Cougars in the photo above, back row, left to right, are manager Blair Walkey, Nigel Thompson, Nehemiah Ohori, Nathan Provan, coach Jay Guillet, Jared Apolczer, Jonah Gilbert and Ben Shand. In the front row, from left, are Quinten Astorino, Evan Guillet, Nick Hansen, Graham Walkey and Aiden Smith. Shand and Graham Walkey were chosen as first-team all-stars, while Hansen got the nod as top libero for the second year in a row.
