Durham Attack | 15U Boys Bring Home Bronze from Provincials

Another stellar weekend of volleyball from the 15U boys as they traveled to London to take on the rest of the qualifiers in the tier 1 provincials.

The opening match against Pakmen was 2 quick sets, 25-20, 25-16. This gave the opportunity for 14U call ups, Rob Wojcik and Alex Dawson to get a taste of playing with the big boys. They both got rid of the jitters and managed to get some clean touches on the ball.

Match 2 against eventual gold medalist, Crush, was a hard battle that not even mixing the starting lineups could salvage. To their credit the boys came back and gave them a fight, scoring 6 consecutive late points, going down in two sets 10-25, 19-25.

Maverick Wildcards from Ottawa provided the opposition for the third match, a three set barn burner with great aggressive play at the net from middles Nate Minard and Pierre Auger. Libero Tom Alayon and Power Seb Keegan, conducted a passing clinic for a thrilled crowd as Durham came through in three sets 20-25, 25-21, 15-10.

The last match of the day came immediately and saw our boys going straight into a warm up on a new court. Cam Wynn came in for power and Bryan Wysocki stepped in to help in the middle but the day had clearly taken it’s toll and we went down in two heart breaking sets, 23-25, 23-25.

A new day dawned and it was time for the crossover against arch rival Toronto West. These two teams split matches throughout the season in OVA 15U and 16U, exhibition and Can-Am play. Both sets were close as Award of Excellence winner Tim Flynn set the team for two nail biting, come from behind wins, 25-22, 25-23.

Going into the semi-final against host, number one ranked, Forest City, we knew we had our hands full. Pete Koropatwa came in to right side and provided steady blocks against a relentless barrage that ended in two sets, 14-25, 15-25.

The bronze medal match was a return visit with the Mavericks and they wanted revenge from the close round robin match. They were, however no match for the combined hustle of Kieran Sadler and Scott Cockburn who refused to go home without the medal they worked so hard for over the season. In a pair of come from behind, extra points sets, Attack Black prevailed 29-27, 26-24.

As always the 15U boys showed up with most of the squad of ‘all star’ parents to cheer them on to what was possibly their best performance, so far, this season – look-out Moncton because here they come!

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