The Duchess Park Condors were in air space all their own at the Halloween Havoc high school volleyball tournament.
The event, held at College Heights secondary school on the weekend, featured Grade 8 and junior boys divisions and the Condors claimed both titles.
At the Grade 8 level, Duchess Park was especially dominant as both of its teams played in Saturday's championship match. In the final, Duchess Park 1 edged Duchess Park 2 in three tight sets. Scores were 25-23, 25-27, 17-15.
In the junior final, the Condors clashed with the Kelly Road Roadrunners and emerged with a 25-16, 27-25 victory. The upstart Roadrunners had stunned the Condors with a 25-23, 15-25, 15-13 win in the round robin portion of the event.
The tournament victory was the second in a row for the junior Condors.
College Heights will host the junior boys zone championship this weekend. The top two teams will advance to provincials, Nov. 21-23 in Abbotsford.
The College Heights Cougars finished 10th at the 16-team George Elliot Coyote Classic senior boys volleyball tournament in Winfield on the weekend.
The Cougars compiled a 3-2 match record. Their victories came against the host Coyotes (25-20, 25-20), Mount Sentinel of South Slocan (25-15, 25-16) and Vernon Christian (25-23, 25-16). College Heights suffered its losses against Clarence Fulton of Vernon (best-of-five, 26-28, 25-18, 29-27, 25-23) and Pacific Academy of Surrey (25-17, 26-28, 15-11).
