{"id":11986,"date":"2019-07-16T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T16:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=11986"},"modified":"2019-07-16T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T16:30:17","slug":"powell-representing-n-s-at-canada-cup-u-16-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=11986","title":{"rendered":"Powell representing N.S. at Canada Cup U-16 volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER: <\/strong>The\n volleyball bloodlines that run through the Fall River and Waverley area\n has once again led a local player to representing her province at a \nnational tournament\u2014this time on home soil for the very first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breagh\n Powell, of Fall River, will represent Volleyball Nova Scotia (VNS) at \nthe Canada Cup U16 volleyball championships, being held July 18-21 in \nHalifax. It\u2019s the first time it\u2019s been held in Halifax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was \nextremely excited when I heard the news,\u201d said Powell. \u201cI wasn\u2019t really \nexpecting it. I\u2019m very fortunate I got a position on the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot to process almost because wearing your provincial flag while you\u2019re playing can get to you sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lockview High student said it means everything to her to represent N.S. She plays club volleyball with Sackville Sonics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s\n a really big opportunity,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of work as\n there\u2019s a lot of training with it it in such a short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to see how it plays out for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powell,\n a Grade 11 student, said her expectations are level, but the \ncompetition she expects to be up tempo, especially with teams from B.C.,\n Alberta, and Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose are some big teams coming from out west here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She hopes to learn some new skills from the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\n playing with a lot of players that I\u2019ve looked up to since I started,\u201d \nshe said. \u201cI\u2019m excited to learn things from them and pick up skills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powell is looking to take advantage of this opportunity for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\n think this definitely opens up some doors for me for provincial \nteam-wise as I know I can try out for Team Atlantic and Canada Games, \ntoo,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament takes place at Dalplex and everyone is encouraged to come watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two\n other members of Lockview High\u2019s varsity team will also wear the VNS \ncolours this summer. Amy Carey made the U17 Eastern Elite provincial \nteam and Lianne Rogers is on the U15 squad. They all tried out at Elite \nDevelopment Camp (EDC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FALL RIVER: The volleyball bloodlines that run through the Fall River and Waverley area has once again led a local player to representing her province at a national tournament\u2014this time on home soil for the very first time. Breagh Powell, of Fall River, will represent Volleyball Nova Scotia (VNS) at the Canada Cup U16 volleyball [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[599,600,2,123,484],"class_list":["post-11986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-breagh-powell","tag-canada-cup","tag-fall-river","tag-volleyball","tag-volleyball-n-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}