The College Heights Cougars are seeded second in their pool following preliminary-round matches Wednesday at the double-A boys provincial volleyball championship in Langley.
The Cougars won two of three matches in Day 1 of the tournament, while the D.P. Todd Trojans went 0-3 in their seeding matches. College Heights opened with a 23-25, 19-25 loss to Langley Christian, then strung a pair of wins together, beating Surrey Christian 25-15, 25-22 and D.P. Todd, 25-21, 25-17. For the Cougars, ranked eighth in the province, the win over the seventh-ranked Trojans avenged a four-set loss to D.P. Todd two weekends ago in the North Central zone final.
In other results Wednesday from Surrey, the Trojans lost to Surrey Christian, 23-35, 16-25, and Langley Christian, 21-25, 21-25. Langley Christian went undefeated at 3-0 and will be seeded first in Pool B, followed by College Heights, Surrey Christian and D.P. Todd. D.P. Todd returns to the court today at 9 a.m. against Pacific Academy (first in Pool C), while College Heights faces Selkirk (third seed in Pool C) today at 11 a.m.
Winter weather took a toll on the Princess Margaret Mustangs of Penticton, whose bus slid off the highway into the ditch Tuesday near Princeton. Nobody was injured but the Mustangs were forced to stay overnight in Princeton and had to forfeit their first match Wednesday against MEI.
Meanwhile at the triple-A boys tournament, also in Langley, the Prince George Polars, ranked 20th out of 24 teams, defeated the North Peace Polars of Fort St. John 25-22, 25-21 in their opening match. The Polars took on David Thompson and Steveston London later Wednesday.
Today in Abbotsford, the fourth-seeded Cedars Christian Eagles will be on the court to play top-seeded Abbotsford Christian. The Eagles also play No. 10 Carver and No. 5 Centennial today. On Friday they face seventh-seeded Vernon.
Prince George senior girls teams also begin their provincial title quests today.
The third-ranked College Heights Cougars and fourth-ranked Duchess Park Condors are in Parksville for the B.C. high school triple-A senior girls championship. College Heights starts today against fifth-ranked Vernon, ninth-ranked Ballenas and 15th-ranked Windsor, while Duchess Park plays sixth-ranked Seaquam, 10th-ranked Little Flower Academy and No. 16 South Kamloops.
At the double-A girls championship in Mill Bay, the fourth-ranked D.P. Todd Trojans open against sixth-ranked Surrey Christian, 10th-ranked Brentwood and 16th-ranked Smithers.
At the single-A girls championship in Kelowna the 10th-ranked Cedars Christian Eagles open against ninth-ranked Duncan Christian, a wildcard and 12th-ranked Fernie.
At the junior girls tournament in North Delta, the North Central zone-champion Prince George Polars have Pool E scheduled games today against Langley Fundamental, Seaton, and Spencer.
In Pool A, the Duchess Park Condors will face Thomas More, Langley Christian and Van Tech in opening-day matches today.
