Timely readers of this edition of the Merritt Herald will be able to get over to the Merritt Secondary School gymnasium today (Thursday) to see the MSS junior girls volleyball team in action starting at 5 p.m.
The Lady Panthers are scheduled to play both the South Kamloops Titans and the Westsyde Whundas in the final week of regular-season West Zone competition prior to the start of playoffs next Thursday in Kamloops.
In league play last week, MSS defeated South Kamloops in straight sets, 25-21 and 25-18, before losing to their arch rivals from Sa-Hali Secondary.
On the weekend, the junior girls squad, which is coached by Shelly Moorhead and Dwayne Suzuki, took part in the third annual Spike Pink Volleyball Challenge at Sa-Hali. The event is a fundraiser in support of breast cancer research. This year’s event raised a total of $1,900 with the MSS team chipping in $310 in donations.
Round robin play saw the Merritt Secondary juniors defeat the host Sabres 2-0 (25-16, 25-18) before being edged 2-1 by both the Titans and the Whundas.
Both matches saw the Panthers take the opening set before narrowly losing in third-and-final tiebreakers.
Scores against the Titans were 25-18, 26-28, 17-19 and against the Whundas 25-20, 23-25, 14-16.
