LCS wins junior titles; Credo Christian, Brookswood take Grade 8 titles

The Langley Christian Lightning swept both the Junior Boys and Junior Girls volleyball titles while the Credo Christian Kodiaks and Brookswood Bobcats won the respective Grade 8 boys’ and girls’ titles. The teams were playing at Langley Events Centre on Thursday.

Grade 8 Boys

The Credo Christian Kodiaks defeated the Walnut Grove Gators 3-0, taking the first two sets by identical 25-21 scores before completing the sweep 25-22.

In the bronze medal game, Langley Christian topped Brookswood 3-1. The teams traded the first two sets – 25-23 for LCS and 22-25 for the Bobcats. The Lightning won a back-and-forth third set 26-24 and finished the match 25-14.

Grade 8 Girls

Brookswood swept LCS in the girls’ final, winning 25-21, 25-20, 25-18 while the third-place game was a five-setter with the Gators rallying from 2-1 down, taking the fourth set 25-23 and then the deciding set 15-9.

Junior Boys

Langley Christian was a 3-0 winner over the Langley Fundamental Titans, winning by scores of 25-15, 25-22 and 25-14. The R.E. Mountain Eagles defeated Credo Christian 2-0 in the third-place game.

Junior Girls

The junior girls final went four sets. Langley Christian won the first two sets 25-21 and 25-21 before Walnut Grove stayed alive with a 25-23 victory in set three only to drop the fourth set by that same 25-23 score.

And in the bronze game, the Bobcats won 2-0 over Mountain, topping the Eagles 31-29 in a marathon first set and then closing things out 25-21.

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