Any doubt the Vernon Panthers Junior A girls volleyball team is among the best around was wiped away on the weekend.
The Junior Cats went to Kelowna and the 32-team Best of the West tournament, and brought home the championship trophy following a 25-21, 14-25, 15-11 over the host Owls in the final.
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Devyn Hildebrand of VSS was the tournament MVP, while Kaydence Kitzul and Charlotte Schommer were all-stars. Teammate Amelia Spitzer was named the tourneysa国际传媒檚 top libero.
In pool play, VSS beat Kelownasa国际传媒檚 Okanagan Mission Huskies sa国际传媒 who won the VSS tournament two weeks ago sa国际传媒 25-11, 25-11. They followed that up by beating Pacific Academy from Surrey 25-11, 25-14 and then Summerland, 25-17, 25-20.
In the quarterfinals the Panthers beat Prince George 25-12, 25-13 and swept Abbotsford Christinan 25-20, 25-19 in the final four.
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