November 21, 2019 · 0 Comments
By Brian Lockhart
The Westside Secondary School Thunder senior boys volleyball team will be competing at the provincial level at OFSAA after coming out on top in the regional competition at CWOSSA held in Walkerton on Thursday and Friday, November 14 – 15.
The boys team has had an outstanding season going undefeated in the regular season with an 8 – 0 record before heading into the playoffs in a showdown with other District 4 teams.
They won their District semi-final with a 3-0 match win over Erin District High School.
In the District final the won 3-0 over Norwell District to claim the championships and earn the right to go on to the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association and compete with other district champions.
CWOSSA competition pitted eight championship teams in a round-robin style tournament.
Westside won six sets to advance to the semi-final.
In that match they defeated the team from Gault 2 -1.
The final had Westside up against
Bishop Macdonell from Guelph.
The Thunder won the title after winning three straight sets.
The team will now go up against the
best boys senior volleyball teams in the
province when they compete at the
Ontario Federation of School
Athletic Associations (OFSSA).
This year, the volleyball competition will take place in Stratford on November 21 – 23. Photo page B2.