May Day
John May and his son, Garrett, wear provincial volleyball gold medals from different eras. (photo: TARA WALTON/TORONTO STAR)
It was over 30 years ago that John May, then a student at Toronto’s David and Mary Thomson Collegiate, paraded around a gym in Kingston after winning a provincial high school championship in volleyball.
His son enjoyed the same kind of jubilation last year, only with Birchmount Park Collegiate.
Now, just like his father, Garrett May, 17, has a chance to reach the provincial finals for a second straight year. And that’s just about as far as May is hoping the family tradition goes, since his dad lost that ‘78 championship.
May is a left side hitter with power on the senior boys’ team at Birchmount Park, and he was a huge factor in leading the Panthers to their 2008 Ontario gold medal.
On the volleyball court, he’s as close to a perfectionist as it gets.
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