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The Briercrest Christian Academy Cougars came within a single win of a gold medal but ended up settling for silver at the SHSAA 3A girls provincial volleyball championship this past weekend.
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As it turns out, Briercrest wasn’t done there, either, as they’d knock off Dalmeny 25-16, 25-17 to advance to the gold medal game.
Briercrest Christian opened the tournament with a 25-16, 25-19 loss to Lanigan before picking up what would be D FUXFLDO ZLQ RYHU 0DSOH Creek -- with the way things played out the rest of the round robin, without that win, the Cougars would have missed the playoffs.
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That set up the match with Unity, who had put together a 3-1 record in their round robin and were the top seeds out of Pool B.
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The Briercrest Christian Academy Cougars were also in action in Outlook but went 1-2 in the round robin and missed the playoffs.
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Be sure to check www.shsaa.ca for provincial draws in the coming days.