Mount Sentinel off to provincials once again, make 26th straight appearance after bouncing Crowe and Stanley Humphries at zone finals
By The Nelson Daily Sports
In 1985, Microsoft Corporation released the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0; compact Discs are introduced to American Consumers and the Mount Sentinel Wildcats won the West Kootenay High School AA Boy’s Volleyball zone.
Twenty-six years later, technology has changed but the same school is being represented at the Provincial AA Volleyball championships.
The Wildcats booked its 26 consecutive trip to the provincials by defeating Trail’s J. Lloyd Crowe Hawks and the Rockers of Stanley Humphries during the zone finals Wednesday at the Mount Sentinel gymnasium.
The Cats posted straight set wins over both teams.
Mount Sentinel enters the tournament, set for two weeks time at UBC Okanagan gymnasium in Kelowna, up a few rungs on the ranking ladder after posting wins over Kimberley’s Selkirk Storm and Prince Charles Comets of Creston during the recent Mount Baker Tournament in Cranbrook.
Selkirk is ranked 12th while the Comets are locked in tenth spot.
“Mt Sentinel has now moved up in the rankings and is playing some of their best volleyball of the year heading into to the Provincials,” said head coach Glen Campbell.
Leading the Cats is senior striker Zach Grigg.
The Grade 12 player won the Spike Competition in Cranbrook and has been recruited heavily by colleges and universities.
Grigg has been recognized at one of the top five high school players in B.C.
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