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Extreme win Oxbow tournament

The Estevan Extreme U14 girls volleyball team was the class of the Oxbow Dungeon Cup tournament that took place on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The Extreme posted a 5-1 record during the weekend.
Estevan Extreme
Members of the Estevan Extreme U14 Volleyball Club are, back row, from left, coach Jody Waloshin, players Ava Laevens, Adyn Waloshin, Amarra Pine and Rowan O’Handley, and coach Chandra Henry. Middle row, Randi Milbrandt, Isabella Semenuik and Jenna Knibbs. Front row, Cammy Henry and Camryn Westling. Photo submitted

The Estevan Extreme U14 girls volleyball team was the class of the Oxbow Dungeon Cup tournament that took place on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

The Extreme posted a 5-1 record during the weekend. They went 2-1 in the round-robin, in which the matches were two-set, total-point affairs. Then they won three straight in the playoffs, which had best of three format.

Estevan opened the tournament with a 2-0 (25-15, 25-13) win over the Arcola Vipers Green, lost 2-0 to a team from Deloraine, Man. (25-21, 25-21), but recovered to defeat the Kipling Wheatland team 2-0 (25-21, 25-21).

In the quarter-finals, the Extreme defeated the Estevan Thunder 2-0 (25-15, 25-17), and the host Oxbow team 2-1 (25-21, 14-25, 15-13) in what coach Jody Waloshin called “a real grudge match.” The third set was particularly tight.

“It was a good back and forth game all three sets. It was the game, that, to me, seemed like it was the gold medal game, but we just ended up meeting each other in the semifinal,” said Waloshin.

Estevan defeated Deloraine 2-0 (25-21, 25-17) in the final. Waloshin noted the Extreme had eight players for the final, while Deloraine had the minimum of six, so they were tired by the end.

“Our girls really had a very good showing the whole tournament,” said Waloshin. It wasn’t like they didn’t have a bad game, but they were very consistent and very aggressive through the whole tournament, which led to our success.”

The tournament was competitive, he said, and there are a lot of individuals who have great talent, height and volleyball abilities, and have a good future in the sport.

The Estevan Thunder finished sixth in the tournament.

Eight teams were entered in the tournament.