The E.L. Crossley Cyclone senior boys volleyball team got its money’s worth on the championship side at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations AA championships in St. Catharines.

The 14th-seeded Cyclone completed pool play Friday with a 2-1 loss (25-27, 25-16 and 10-15) to ninth-seeded Samuel Genest and defeated 19th-seeded Hammarskjold 2-1 (25-20, 21-25 and 15-12) to finish pool play with a 2-2 record. All four of the Cyclone’s matches went to three sets.

“We were joking with the boys. We told them we think they want to play every set here and they are really looking to be in it tomorrow,” co-coach Jess Kropac said. “Their goal is the highest number of sets (played). If there is an award for the highest number of sets played, it’s going to be us which is great.”

Unfortunately for Crossley, its record did not advance it to the championship side of the bracket and they ended up in Friday’s consolation quarter-finals.

“It was a bit of a heartbreaker, I am not going to lie. We had a really good solid start to the first day and we were hopeful to go championship side but OFSAA is so fickle,” Kropac said. “You have to play almost perfect and unfortunately we had a few mistakes we weren’t able to correct and now the boys have new energy which is great.”

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