ESTERHAZY - A couple of schools from southeast Saskatchewan competed at the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association's 3A boys' volleyball provincials in Esterhazy on Friday and Saturday.
The Oxbow Prairie Horizons School Black Knights went 2-3 during the weekend. They dropped their first two games of the round robin, falling 2-0 (25-22, 25-15) to Unity and 2-1 (25-20, 22-25, 16-14) in a tight game against Osler Valley Christian Academy.
Oxbow recovered to win back-to-back games, defeating Rosthern Junior College 2-1 (21-25, 25-15, 15-6) and their southeast rivals, the Carnduff Education Complex Tigers, 2-1 (17-25, 25-20, 15-9).
Oxbow finished third in the round robin with a 2-2 mark and faced the second-place team from the other pool, the host Esterhazy team, in the quarter-final round. Oxbow lost 2-0 (25-22, 25-15), ending Oxbow's tournament. Esterhazy went on to win provincials.
As for Carnduff, they went 1-3 in the round robin to qualify for the quarter-final. Their lone win was a 2-1 (26-24, 22-25, 15-10) victory over Rosthern in their second game.
In addition to the loss to Oxbow, the Tigers fell 2-0 (25-22, 25-17) to Unity and 2-1 (25-22, 23-25, 15-11) to Osler in the round robin. In the quarter-final, they fell 2-0 (25-21, 25-16) to Regina Christian School, who was the top-ranked team in the other pool.
