YSAA 2022 – Dawson Invitational Volleyball Tournament

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FAB FOUR – The winning St. Francis volleyball teams pose for a pic after the Dawson Invitational Volleyball Tournament (DIVT) Oct. 29 at Robert Service High School in Dawson City. St.Francis swept F.H. Collins in all four finals of the tourney.

St. Francis sweeps Dawson Invitational Volleyball Tournament

Whitehorse’s St. Francis of Assisi school swept all four division finals of the Dawson Invitational Volleyball Tournament (DIVT).

By Morris Prokop on November 8, 2022

Whitehorse’s St. Francis of Assisi school swept all four division finals of the Dawson Invitational Volleyball Tournament (DIVT).

The tournament took place at Robert Service School in Dawson Oct. 27-29.

18 teams competed in four divisions consisting of Grades 9-10 and Grades 11-12, each with boys and girls divisions.

Dave Rawlings, a phys-ed and science teacher at Robert Service, was the tourney’s organizer.

“The tournament went really well,” he recalled. “It was really nice to see a lot of the communities come join us again for our 43rd DIVT, and it was nice to have Whitehorse back again this year … just to have those extra (teams) on the court.”

“We had rural representation from Watson Lake, Haines Junction, and Faro. Our rural representation was down this year but we had much higher Whitehorse representation versus last year.”

Porter Creek Secondary School and CSSC Mercier also took part in the tourney.

According to Rawlings, conflicting scheduling played a part in the drop in the number of rural teams.

The tourney finals turned out to be a two-horse race.

“St. Francis swept the tournament with first place in all divisions and F.H. Collins was the runner up in all (the divisions),” related Rawlings.

He added “It’s an amazing tournament and it takes weeks of planning, then it’s over so shortly, but we do it because it’s fun.”

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11/3/2022