MHSAA 2023 Senior Volleyball Championships A, AA, AAA

MHSAA 2023 VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

	GIRLS 1 A	BOYS 1A
Gold	Gilbert Plains Collegiate Institute	Alonsa School/McCreary School (Co-Op)
Silver	Glenboro School	Treherne Collegiate Institute
Bronze	Reston School	Wawanesa School
Antique Bronze	Deloraine School	Elm Creek School
	GIRLS 2A	BOYS 2A
Gold	Collège régional Gabrielle-Roy	Collège régional Gabrielle-Roy
Silver	Warren Collegiate Institute	Major Pratt School/ École St Lazare (Co-Op)
Bronze	Elton Collegiate Institute	MacGregor Collegiate Institute
Antique Bronze	Green Valley School	Rosenort School
	GIRLS 3A	BOYS 3A
Gold	École secondaire Neelin High School	École secondaire Neelin High School
Silver	Linden Christian School	Steinbach Christian School
Bronze	Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School	Linden Christian School
Antique Bronze	Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Institute	Collège Louis-Riel

AWARDS

Girls:

All Star Bronze – Brooklyn Claeys #16

All Star Bronze –  Maya Kraning #3

All Star Silver – Lexi Shearer #5  

All Star Silver – Marlie Rutherford #2

All Star Gold – Montana Jubenvill

All Star Gold – Brooke Hanke #22

MVP – Hailey Tabak #3

Players Choice Award – Jane McLean #6

Boys:

All Star Bronze – Laseck Brewer #12

All Star Bronze –  Connor Martin #12

All Star Silver – Nolan Marginet #4

All Star Silver – Tanner Pockett #8

All Star Gold – Liam Musgrave #5

All Star Gold – Colt Anderson #4

MVP – Samuel Gurke #6

Players Choice Award – Julian Mann #7

AWARDS

Player of the Game: Sponsored by TANCO: Tantalum Mining Corporation in Lac du Bonnet

Game #1: Hapnot – #6 – Kaitlyn Fieber; Rosenort – #15 – Ryleigh Schellenberg

Game #2: Gabrielle Roy – #19 – Raihanna Laarissa; St. Paul’s – #15 – Abigail Jeffrey 

Game #3: Elton – #22 – Taylor Campbell; Prairie Mountain – #9 – Maria Gundrum

Game #4: Green Valley – #4 – Georgia Friesen; Lac du Bonnet – #19 – Eva Buhay

Game #5: Elton – #28 – Emerson Geekie Towle; Warren – #7 – Jenna Cassidy

Game #6: Rosenort – #17 – Kaila Siemens; Major Pratt – #9 – Taylor Cheyne

Game #7: Gabrielle Roy – #1 – Bethany Carter; Hapnot – #5 – Cassidy Alexander

Game #8: Prairie Mountain – #9 – Maria Gundrum; Green Valley – #23 – Jasmine Barkman

Game #9: Major Pratt – #4 – Shelby McFarlane; St. Paul’s – #15 – Abigail Jeffrey

Game #10: Warren – #7 – Jenna Cassidy; Lac du Bonnet – #5 – Damarah Juba

Game #11: Rosenort – #14 – Lexie Kroeker ; St. Paul’s – #14 – Shayla Gower

Game #12: Green Valley #14 – Shawna Friesen; Warren #12 – Rianna Cassils

Game #13: Gabrielle Roy #15 – Katrine Ferguson; Major Pratt #10 – Alyssa Bily

Game #14: Elton #10 – Montana Geekie -Towle; Lac du Bonnet #11 – Vada Andrelunas

Game #15: Hapnot #2 – Addison Neill; St. Paul’s – #11 – Marlene Zimmermann

Game #16: Warren #1 – Mai Cassils; Prairie Mountain #1 – Laura Delichte

Game #17: Gabrielle Roy #26 – Jesslyn Neumann ; Rosenort – #6 – Emily Waldner

Game #18: Green Valley – #9 – Alexa Friesen; Elton – #8 – Jenna Hofer

Game #19: Prairie Mountain – #2 – Tori Mangin; Lac du Bonnet – #6 – Saffiya Rosnow

Game #20: Major Pratt – #6 – Kara Bomback; Hapnot – #1 – Morgan Burwash

Game #21 (QF): Green Valley #16 – Keira Fast; Rosenort #15 – Ryleigh Schellenberg

Game #22 (QF): Warren #14 – May Malcom; Hapnot – #2 – Addison Neill

Game #23 (QF): Gabrielle Roy #11 – Katrie LaBossier; Prairie Mountain #11 – Lean Pouteau

Game #24 (QF): Elton #2 – Payton Ainsworthy; Major Pratt #16 – Kamryn Boden

Game #25 (SF): Warren #2 – Bryn-Lee Procter; Green Valley #9 – Alexa Friesen

Game #26 (SF): Gabrielle Roy #1 – Bethany Carter; Elton #9 – Jenna Hofer

Game #27 (3rd Place): Elton #22 – Taylor Campbell; Green Valley #4 – Georgia Friesen

Game #28 (Gold Medal): Gabrielle Roy – #11 – Katrie LaBossier; Warren #16 – Colby Darragh

Player’s Choice Award: St. Paul’s #15 – Abigail Jeffrey

All Stars: Gabrielle Roy – #19 – Raihanna Laarissa; Gabrielle Roy – #15 – Katrine Ferguson; Warren – #2 – Bryn-Lee Procter; Warrren – #7 – Jenna Cassidy; Elton – #8 – Jenna Hofer; Green Valley – #4 – Georgia Friesen

MVP: Gabrielle Roy #1 – Bethany Carter

AWARDS

PLAYER OF THE GAME AWARDS:

• Western Safety Sign 1st Player of the Game award: given to the P.O.G. of the winning team.
• Subway 2nd Player of the Game award: given to the P.O.G. of the losing team.

Game #1: #16 Tristan Manning | #14 Bobby Smith
Game #2: #19 Jacob Boisjoli | #4 Peter Hillman
Game #3: #2 Scott Toews | #31 Zach Hamelin
Game #4: #20 Josh Bartlett | #26 Cody Howard
Game #5: #8 Josh Edwards | #1 Conner Graham
Game #6: #11 Reece King | #13 Cole Koop
Game #7: #1 Jack Hutton | #2 Griffin Albrecht
Game #8: #7 Sasha Zinchuk | #11 Tanner Manning
Game #9: #5 Judah Beach | #8 Paul Girard
Game#10: #2 Colby Lowe | #13 Rowen Welch
Game#11: #29 Georsen Labauza | #16 Johnny Neufeld
Game#12: #9 Kenneth McDonald | #6 Dylan Hood
Game#13: #11 AJ Peters | #24 Matthew Schroeder
Game#14: #21 Alek Ouimet | #11 Carson Taylor 
Game#15: #27 Carter Lehman | #7 Meegwan Little
Game#16: #15 Zacharie Giroux | #17 Griffin Friesen
Game#17: #12 David Purdy | #12 Logan Guild
Game#18: #15 Rylan Kiliwnik | #10 Wyatt Schroeder
Game#19: #19 Kai Gaudet | #14 Bobby Smith
Game#20: #15 Isaiah Friesen | #3 Nathan Dyck
Game#21: #17 Griffin Friesen | #3 AJ Guzman
Game#22: #17 Vadym Pertsatii | #9 Kenneth MacDonald
Game#23: #11 Maxime Vermette | #10 Derrick Hohmann
Game#24: #27 Carter Lehmann | #1 Preston Friesen

PROVINCIAL ALL-STARS & AWARDS: #20 – Joshua Bartlett (Gabrielle-Roy Les Roys); #15 – Zacharie Giroux (Gabrielle-Roy Les Roys); #11 – A.J. Peters (Rosenort Redhawks); #17 – Vadym Pertsatii (Major Pratt Trojans); #2 – Colby Lowe (Major Pratt Trojans); #27 – Carter Lehmann MacGregor (Mustangs)

Most Valuable Player Award: #11- Maxime Vermette (Gabrielle-Roy Les Roys)

Players’ Choice Award (selected by participating teams): #11 – Tanner Manning (Morris / St.Jean Baptiste)

AWARDS

GIRLS TOURNAMENT MVP: Tyra Lasiuk – Neelin High School

CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-STARS: Tristyn Hanneson – Dauphin Clippers; Julia Martens – Westgate Wings; Ashra Reimer – Linden Christian Wings; Raya Suderman – Linden Christian Wings; Kruz Wilson – Neelin Spartans; Anne Gravelle – Neelin Spartans

DAIRY FARMERS OF MANITOBA PLAYERS’ CHOICE AWARD: Mia Dulaquis – Balmoral Hall

BOYS TOURNAMENT MVP: Nathaniel Berube – Neelin High School

CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-STARS: Samuel Anderson – Linden Christian Wings; Hayden Poegelt – College Louis-Riel; Kingston Thomas – Neelin High School; Kal-El Wilson – Neelin High School; Corey Brandt – Steinbach Christian School; Lukas Klassen – Steinbach Christian School

DAIRY FARMERS OF MANITOBA PLAYERS’ CHOICE AWARD: Jesse Vandenberg – Garden Valley Collegiate

MHSAA 2023 VOLLEYBALL PARTIICIPANTS
	GIRLS	BOYS
A	Deloraine School	Elm Creek School
	Glenboro School	Glenboro School
	Baldur School/Cartwright Community Independent School (Co-Op)	Hamiota Collegiate Institute
	Reston School	Frontier Mosakahiken School
	Fisher River High School	Wawanesa School
	Hamiota Collegiate Institute	Treherne Collegiate Institute
	Gilbert Plains Collegiate Institute	Alonsa School/McCreary (SchoolCo-Op)
	Frontier Misakahiken School	École Pointe-des-Chênes
	Rivers Collegiate Institute	Fisher River High School
	Grandview School	Baldur School/Cartwright Community Independent School (Co-Op)
AA	Major Pratt School	Carberry Collegiate Institute
	Collège régional Gabrielle-Roy	MacGregor Collegiate Institute
	Hapnot Collegiate Institute	Collège régional Gabrielle-Roy
	St Paul’s Collegiate Institute (Elie)	Hapnot Collegiate Institute
	Rosenort School	Rosenort School
	Elton Collegiate Institute	Elton Collegiate Institute
	Warren Collegiate Institute	Landmark Collegiate Institute
	Prairie Mountain High School	Major Pratt School/ École St Lazare (Co-Op)
	Green Valley School	Morris School/ École régionale St Jean Baptiste (Co-Op)
	Lac du Bonnet Senior School	Boissevain School
AAA	Calvin Christian Collegiate Institute	Steinbach Christian School
	Collège Stonewall Collegiate	Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School
	Niverville High School	Garden Valley Collegiate Institute
	Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School	Linden Christian School
	Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Institute	École secondaire Neelin High School
	Linden Christian School	Collège Louis-Riel
	École secondaire Neelin High School	Collège Stonewall Collegiate
	W C Miller Collegiate Institute	Springfield Collegiate Institute
	Churchill High School	R D Park Collegiate Institute
	R D Park Collegiate Institute

Neelin rallies incredibly to reach, win final

Spartans claim double gold at AAA provincials

By: Thomas Friesen

Jada McMillan stepped back to the service line with everything — or nothing — to lose.

Down 24-18, her Neelin Spartans needed a miracle or the best string of points they could play or their season would end with a bronze-medal match. The Spartans rallied and stole the set, then the third, then breezed through the provincial AAA varsity girls championship match, beating the Linden Christian Wings 25-19, 25-15 in Dauphin on Saturday.

“There was a point where I just thought ‘OK, I guess this is kind of it.’ Once we got rolling, I honestly felt like I became a cheerleader, tried to stay positive for them,” said Spartans head coach Lana Dubois

“Kruz (Wilson) was diving, everyone was getting ups we would not typically get. Nothing was hitting the floor and I feel like I blacked out.

“It was honestly the most crazy thing when you watch kids come back. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced that in my life in sports.”

The Spartans didn’t start the week strong, going 1-2 in the top power pool and finished third. They got past the Sanford Sabres 25-23, 25-16, then met the Westgate Wings in what was originally the top two teams in the 12-team field.

Westgate won the first set 25-22, then led 22-13 before the Spartans started their improbable rally. It included, Dubois said, eight straight points by Maci Hlady at the net and an entire Neelin team that simply refused to go down.

They fought off five set points to tie it 24-24, then lost one and scored three more to force a third, which they won 15-10.

“It was actually the most insane thing I’ve ever experienced,” Dubois said, adding the team carried that energy through to the final.

“(Linden Christian’s) a great team, they were a really good team but at that point we realized how much we persevered in that (semifinal). We … had like two missed serves the entire match and everyone was just going.

“Everything was going for us.”

Neelin setter Tyra Lasuik was named tournament MVP, while left side Anne Gravelle and Wilson made the all-star team.

Dauphin beat Westgate 17-25, 25-22, 15-13 for bronze.

“It’s a great day to be a Spartan,” Dubois said.

NEELIN BOYS DOMINATE

That sentiment rang true for the Neelin boys, who dropped just one set all weekend en route to gold.

“It is so awesome. It’s an amazing feeling. These kids worked so hard, they practise so much, all the hard work came to fruition,” said head coach Jill Martine.

“Every team gave us a run, the boys just came to play.”

Neelin cruised through pool play, only letting two of six sets hit 20-plus points allowed. They got the No. 1 seed for the playoffs and blitzed Niverville 25-18, 25-16 before their lone snag of the weekend.

Louis-Riel took the first set of their semifinal but Neelin replied with two dominant ones, winning 18-25, 25-17, 15-9 to reach a final against Steinbach Christian.

The Spartans took that one 25-18, 25-22.

“We all were locked in, we were there to win and very much in control,” Martine said.

Neelin had an overflow of players who could have started on medallists in this event, which ultimately made the lineup that capped the season with a banner that much stronger.

Grade 11 left side Kal-El Wilson and libero Kingston Thomas were named provincial all-stars while senior left side Nathaniel Berube earned the MVP nod.

“He’s just such a consistent player and such a smart player,” Martine said. “He’s a true team player, he never gets down, point by point with him, he just is all about the team and we can always depend on him.

“This group just worked really hard. We practised five to six times a week and everybody was really important to our success.”

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