 The 15U Â鶹ÊÓƵeast Vipers were in Warman, Sk, at the Legends Centre for the weekend of March 28 and 29 where they competed in their second Sask Cup.
Starting in a pool of five, Arcola took on Regina RVC Gold in the first match of the day. Losing this one in a close battle the girls would take on Martensville, which they would win. They then came up against Wakaw Warriors but lost in another close battle. The final game of the round robin had the Vipers take on the Regina QCVC Royal Black who was seeded first in the pool. The girls took them to three sets and narrowly lost.
This placed them in a fifth match for the day against the Hafford Warriors which the Vipers narrowly won. The girls fought tooth and nail as the scores for the games escalated with one set going to 32-30, while the final set went 19-17 in favour of the Vipers.
An early morning game against the Yorkton Blitz which saw the Vipers earn another victory, which set them up to play against Estevan in the semi-final. A fun aspect against the Estevan game was that it was aired live online, as all games played on court 1 had this privilege and the draw happened to have us play there because of the early morning win.
In the match against Estevan the girls played particularly well and despite a close score the Vipers earned the win in two sets, fighting back in the second set after Estevan took an early lead. The girls never gave up though and it was their attitudes that helped them climb back into the game.
The wins and losses over the weekend had led the girls to the gold medal match in Tier 3 where they took on Rosetown. The girls’ serving went extremely well in the first set with the Vipers taking it, but despite taking a lead in the second set Rosetown fought back into the match taking this one. The game went to three and in a point for point battle Rosetown won 16-14.
The 15U Vipers earned a silver medal in Tier 3 for their efforts. Overall this has them ranked 18th out of 39 teams in the province. And with placing 11th at the first Sask Cup they will be ranked rather well going into provincials.
Next action for the Vipers will be April 11 and 12 in Regina for a 15U RVC tournament.
Also, congratulations to K’Lyn Duttenhoffer of Lampman who was unable to come with us to Warman as she was competing at the Regional Drama Festival in Moosomin where she earned an Unsung Hero award and a Technical Medallion.
