Two Burlington high school teams are a step closer to Halton titles. M.M. Robinson's junior boys volleyball team swept Oakville Trafalgar in a playoff semifinal at home on Monday, Nov. 9, and Nelson's senior girls basketball team beat Iroquois Ridge 50-32 in a semifinal of their own at Nelson.
Robinson won the sets 25-20 and 25-23, according to results posted by the Halton Secondary School Athletic Association, which runs high school sports across the region.
It was a closer match than the junior boys' three regular-season games in late October, when they didn't let an opponent past 19 points in a set.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Set scores |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 22 | Iroquois Ridge (away) | Won 2-0 | 25-13, 25-15 |
| Oct. 27 | Frank Hayden (home) | Won 2-0 | 25-12, 25-12 |
| Oct. 29 | Abbey Park (home) | Won 2-0 | 25-8, 25-19 |
| Nov. 9 | Oakville Trafalgar (home, semifinal) | Won 2-0 | 25-20, 25-23 |
Oakville Trafalgar swept Nelson's junior boys 25-10, 25-18 at Nelson on Oct. 27 and knocked M.M. Robinson's senior girls out of the Tier 2 basketball playoffs 51-40 in a quarterfinal on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Nelson's senior girls won their Tier 1 semifinal by 18 points less than a week after a 76-26 loss to King's Christian Collegiate on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Before that loss, they had won comfortably against Garth Webb and T.A. Blakelock.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 22 | Garth Webb | Won | 59-30 |
| Oct. 29 | T.A. Blakelock (home) | Won | 50-33 |
| Nov. 3 | King's Christian | Lost | 26-76 |
| Nov. 9 | Iroquois Ridge (home, semifinal) | Won | 50-32 |
Nelson's junior girls basketball team also won Monday, beating Frank Hayden 72-13. The school's junior boys volleyball team is out, after losing 2-0 to Garth Webb in their quarterfinal on Nov. 5.
