Two Airdronian volleyball players will be among the more than 2,500 competitors at this week’s Alberta Winter Games (AWG) in Spruce Grove.
Nicole Cebak and Mikaelyn Sych, both 14, will be on the Zone 2 girls’ volleyball team for the bi-annual event between Feb. 9 and 12. The duo played for the George McDougall High School team last fall and currently plays for the Southern Alberta Volleyball Club (SAVC) Shock.
Cebak, who will act as team captain, has been playing club volleyball for four years, while Sych has been playing for the past two years.
“Our goal for the Winter Games is to try our best and see how far that takes us,” said Cebak.
“We wish all athletes to have wonderful, successful, and peaceful Winter Games,” said Sych.
“Mikaelyn is very hard-working player, full of energy and encouragements, and hungry to learn the sport,” said Iveta Cebak, coach with the SAVC Spice, the team Sych played for last season.
“I still remember her surprise and happy face when I asked her to join my team.”
Read next week’s City View for a full wrap of all the area athletes competing at the AWG.
The Bert Church Chargers girls’ won the JV version of the 2012 Bert Church Invitational (BCI) tournament on home court, Feb. 4.
The team beat Calgary’s Central Memorial Rams 49-24 in the final to claim the championship.
“The girls have really bought in to the defensive system we are trying to implement and the growth of the team has been very impressive the past few weeks,” said Chargers’ head coach Andy Kirk. Charger Shannon Kirk was named tournament MVP and was an all-star, while Kayla Malone, who led Bert Church in scoring in the final, was also a named a tournament all-star.
The Chargers’ JV boys won BCI bronze by beating the Holy Trinity Knights of Okotoks in the third-place game. Bert Church’s Orhan Pottinger was selected as a tournament all-star. Sir Winston Churchill of Calgary won gold by defeating Canmore in the final.
