Hernewood Win Intermediate A Boys Volleyball Title!

The Hernewood Huskies defeated the Vernon River Mustangs 3-1 to capture the 2018 P.E.I.S.A.A Grant Thornton Intermediate A Boys Volleyball Championships on Thursday. The tournament was held at Hernewood Intermediate School. This was the first ever Provincial A Boys title for Hernewood.
The Montague Mustangs captured the bronze medal with a 3-1 win over Ecole-sur-Mer.
Tournament most valuable player was Dylan Bridges of Hernewood. The all-stars were Noah Farrell of Ecole-sur-Mer, Eric Batten of Montague, James Wood and Dylan MacLean of Vernon River and Brandon Gard of Hernewood.
 
Semi-Finals Number # 1
Vernon River Mustangs over Ecole-sur-Mer Requins 3-2 (25-18, 25-22, 18-25, 24-26, 15-10)
The number two seed in the east Vernon River edged the number one seed in the west, Ecole-sur-Mer 3-2 to win the first semi-final.  Vernon River took the first two sets (25-18, 25-22) to jump to a quick 2-0 lead in the match.  But Ecole-sur-Mer battled back to win set three by a score of 25-18.  In the fourth set, Vernon River seemed to be on the verge winning the match, leading 24-19.  But after a side-out made it 24-20, Noah Farrell went back to serve for Ecole-sur-Mer.  He would rifle six point to allow the Requins to win 26-24 and tie the match at 26-26.
In the final set, Dylan MacLean of Vernon River opened the game with a six-point serving rotation to give the Mustangs a 6-0 lead. With Vernon River leading 9-3, Ecole-sur-Mer narrowed the gap to 9-7.  But a 5-point rotation by Evan Doherty put Vernon River up 14-7.  After Ecole-sur-Mer closed the gap to 14-10, a side-out would give the Mustangs the win.
Semi-Finals Number 2
Hernewood Huskies over Montague Storm 3-1 (25-8, 15-25, 25-22, 27-25)
The number two seed in the west, Hernewood Huskies defeated the number one team in the east, the Montague Storm 3-1 to win the second semi-final.  The Huskies opened the match with a 25-8 win in the first set.  Montague would battle back to take the second set 25-15.  In a back and forth game three, Hernewood would prevail 25-22.
Montague would open the fourth set with a 5-point service rotation by Jackson Skrynsky. The Storm would lead 10-5 and 14-8.  At 17-10 it looked like the Storm were going to force a fifth and deciding set.  But Hernewood was not dead yet. They battle back to take a 20-19 lead.  The teams would battle each other. With the score tied at 25-25 and Montague serving, the Huskies forced a side-out before Bradley Hardy would serve the match winner and Hernewood would upset the defending Island champions Storm.
Bronze Medal
Montague Storm over Ecole-sur-Mer Requins (25-23, 25-22, 19-25, 25-20)
The Montague Storm defeated Ecole-sur-Mer Requins 3-1 to capture the bronze medal at the 2018 P.E.I.S.A.A. Intermediate A Boys championship.  Montague took the first set 25-23.  The second set was very close as well with Montague prevailing 25-22.