The Prairie Storm and the North West Fury won their respective tournaments hosted North West-Storm Volleyball Classic held at the NationsWEST Field House last weekend.
The tournament was for teams aged 16 and under.
In the girls' final, the Storm out of Edam defeated the Waldheim Raiders 2-1 (25-27, 25-20, 17-15) in an exciting match-up. In the final set, the Raiders took an 8-2 lead before the teams switched sides of the court. The Storm battled back to force the set past the 15-point limit.
It was a rematch of their meeting in the round robin. The Storm and the Raiders split the sets to tie the match. Each team won eight sets in the round robin to set up their rematch in the finals.
The Battlefords Volleyball Club Force won two sets in the round robin and finished in the fifth place game against the LVC Sirens.
On the boys' side, the Fury downed the Saskatoon Huskies 2-0 (25-13, 25-20) in the final to claim the gold medal. It was a rematch of their round robin game that saw the Huskies win 2-0 (25-19, 25-21). The Huskies did not drop a set the entire round robin, but fell short in the final.
North West finished the round robin in second place, winning five of eight sets played. The BVC Thunder won three sets in the round robin to set up a match in the playoffs with Laloche for third place. Laloche beat the Thunder to finish third.
In a bit of confusion in the boys' draw, the team from Swift Current pulled out of the tournament before it began.
The second Subway Sask Cup draw for this age group will be March 15-16. The boys' tournament is in Lloydminster while the girls play in Prince Albert.
