BELIZE CITY, Tues. Oct. 18, 2022

High school volleyball games continue almost daily at the Mexican Center as the Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) 2022 Volleyball Tournament nears playoffs, which are scheduled to start next week Monday.

Six female, and five male teams are participating in the tournament: FEMALES (F) – Wesley College (WES), Pallotti High School (PHS), Nazarene High School (NHS), Belize High School (BHS), Edward P. Yorke High School (EPY), and St. Catherine Academy (SCA). MALES (M) – Wesley College (WES), St. John’s College (SJC), Nazarene High School (NHS), Edward P. Yorke High School (EPY), and Gwen Lizarraga High School (GLHS).

Following are the results of regular season games played in the male (M) and female (F) categories since our last reported result for Wednesday, October 5:

Thurs. Oct. 6 – (M) SJC defeated EPY, 25-8, 25-11; (M) WES def. GLHS, 26-24, 22-25, 19-17.
Fri. Oct. 7 – (F) BHS def. WES, 25-10, 25-13; (M) NHS def. EPY, 25-19, 27-25.
Sat. Oct. 8 – (M) SJC def. NHS, 25-8, 25-19; (M) GLHS def. EPY, 25-19, 10-25, 15-12; (F) SCA def. EPY, 25-8, 23-25, 15-5; (F) BHS def. PHS, 27-25, 25-12; (M) SJC def. GLHS, 25-9, 25-16.
Tues. Oct. 11 – (F) EPY def. WES, 21-25, 25-14, 15-7; (M) EPY def. WES, 25-13, 25-13.
Wed. Oct. 12 – (F) SCA def. NHS, 25-7, 25-7; (M) NHS def. GLHS, 26-24, 25-22.
Thurs. Oct. 13 – (M) EPY def. NHS, 25-8, 25-23; (M) SJC def. WES, 25-9, 25-12.

(All Star Games were scheduled for Friday, October 14.)

Sat. Oct. 15 – (M) WES won over GLHS by default, (25-0, 25-0); (M) SJC def. EPY, 25-10, 25-15; (F) SCA def. WES, 25-7, 25-6; (F) EPY def. NHS, 26-24, 25-16; (M) EPY def. WES, 25-18, 25-20.
Mon. Oct. 17 – (F) SCA def. BHS, 25-20, 25-17; (M) SJC def. GLHS, 25-10, 25-13.
Tues. Oct. 18 – (F) NHS def. WES, 25-17, 25-14; (M) NHS def. WES, 26-24, 26-24.
Wed. Oct. 19 – Rest. (Basketball planning meeting)

Upcoming volleyball games:

Thurs. Oct. 20 – (F) EPY vs BHS; (M) GLHS vs EPY
Fri. Oct. 21 – (F) PHS vs SCA; (M) SJC vs NHS

Regular season over; playoffs next.

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE:
Mon. Oct. 24 – (F) seed 1 vs seed 4; (M) seed 1 vs seed 4
Tue. Oct. 25 – (F) seed 2 vs seed 3; (M) seed 2 vs seed 3
Wed. Oct. 26 – Rest. (Basketball season begins.)
Thurs. Oct. 27 – Female Championship
Fri. Oct. 28 – Male Championship

Games start at 4:00 p.m. sharp from Mondays to Fridays. Players’ passes are only for the games the team will be playing. Entrance fee is $2.00 for regular season games and $3.00 for play-off games.

(Information courtesy Mrs. Barbara Cadle Lanza of the National Sports Council.)