      The 14U LAC (Lampman, Arcola, Carnduff) Thunders Girls Volleyball Club took home gold at the Jan. 22-23 tournament in Estevan hosted by the Estevan Exteme Volleyball Club. Thunders player Katie Weinrauch also took home the tourney's Most Valuable Player award.
           The team went undefeated throughout the entire tournament, winning their round robin matches and defeating the Estevan Extreme on Friday 25-15 and 27-25 and Carlyle's Â鶹ÊÓƵeast Volleyball Club on Saturday 25-20 and 25-10.
           Advancing to the final, the girls met the Estevan team again where they won gold in two sets with scores of 27-25 in the first and 25-15 in the second.
           This is the team's first year and its nine-player roster is made up of four members from Lampman, three members from Arcola and two members from Carnduff. The team's coaches-Head Coach Shalane Haselhan from Carnduff and Assistant coach Tiana Palmer from Estevan-both grew up in Lampman.
           The girls will be competing next in Saskatoon/Warman Feb. 6-7 in their first Sask Cup of the year, where a total of 34 teams will be competing.
