Raiders win Piikani-hosted SWJHAA Junior B Boys volleyball tournament

SWJHAA 2014/15 Junior B Boys Champions: J.T. Foster Raiders
T. Lucas photos

Bryan Burns

Piikani Nation Secondary School held the post season playoff tournament for the South West Junior High Athletic Association (SWJHAA) B Boys volleyball league. The tournament saw four teams play a best of three, winner move on format to see who would be crowned the champion.


In the first game, first seeded J.T. Foster (Nanton) took on fourth seeded TMS (Kainai). J.T. Foster won the first set 25-10 and second set 25-23 to advance to the championship. In the second game, second seeded Willow Creek Composite High (Claresholm) defeated third seed Piikani two games to one with scores of Piikani 25 WC 16, WC 25 Piikani 22 and WC 25 Piikani 21.

Second place: Claresholm Cobras

TMS defeated Piikani 25-11 and 25-21 to take home third place. In the championship game, J.T. Foster defeated Willow Creek 25-19 and 25-21. Congratulations to all of the players and coaches.

A special thanks to Mark Anderson for running our concession and both Jaron Weasel Bear and Jesse Plain Eagle for volunteering their time and demonstrating respect in sport throughout the day.

A note about the Piikani Boys team

This year the Piikani B Boys showed great potential with many of the athletes being first year grade 7 players. The boys were coached by Chris Hales who is new to the school and enjoyed his first year of coaching. Coach Hales taught the boys that it was important to have fun and maintain a positive attitude while being on the court. For many of the players it was their first time playing organized volleyball and provided the opportunity to learn the basics of a game they will enjoy to play for many years. Good season boys!