Leighton Levy, Star Writer

Lyssons Primary are the 2014 National Primary-Level Volleyball Champions. On Saturday, the St Thomas-based school successfully defended their title at the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) Phillip Greenland Developmental Volleyball Championship as they overcame Westmoreland's Unity Primary 39-17 in the final held at Wolmer's High School for Girls.

In doing so, they became the first school to defend its title in the five-year-old competition.

Lyssons, the St Thomas champions, went undefeated all season, while winning their parish title for the fifth straight year and was the favourite to win the national title. They duly obliged winning all their Group 'A' matches before battling by Clan Carthy 16-15 in the quarterfinals.

They advanced to Saturday's final by defeating Chantilly Primary 34-24.

Unity, the champions of Westmoreland, advanced to the knockout round, after finishing second in Group 'A'. There, they defeated their parish runner-up Little London 17-11. In the semis, they showed grit in overcoming two-time St Ann champions Inverness 27-25.

Inverness would take third by virtue of a 19-13 victory over Chantilly. Radjae Reid of Lyssons was adjudged the Championship MVP while Javin Williams of Unity won the President's Madd Skills Award.