The Old Saybrook Parks and Recreation (OSPR) Department held its second annual Co-ed Volleyball Tournament on April 28. The tournament took place during Friday Night Teen Center hours and was open to all students who are between grades 6 and 8. Five co-ed teams featuring six players each entered into the tournament. The teams were Black Magic, Krusty Krab Pizzas, Volleyballers, Axelottels with Capes, and Smokecoid.

The tournament was a one-night event. It started off with a round robin portion that allowed the teams the opportunity to play against each other once and also get in a good practice round with their teammates. Each game was either five minutes long or lasted until one team scored 15 points. Based off each team’s win-loss record in the round robin, the seedings were determined for the single-elimination, bracket-style tournament.

The single-elimination games went for either 10 minutes or until a team scored 15 points. Black Magic, which consisted of Gannon Efinger, Kayla Holt, Gabe Karr, Trey Martin, Will Webb, and Nate Lacey-Giugno, was crowned the 2017 volleyball champions. Black Magic was seeded No. 1 in the tournament and took on the 2nd-seeded Volleyballers in the championship game. The Volleyballers were Ryan Stratton, Jack Forrestt, Bradley Kulman, Maggie Ashe, Jake Pavlovich, and Kyle Colella,

The OSPR would like to thank all the players who participated in the tournament. For more info on OSPR programming, visit www.oldsaybrookrec.com.

Information courtesy of Taryn Erb