Yukon's junior male volleyball team capped off an incredible performance on Friday afternoon, defeating Team Alberta North in three sets to win gold in the AWG final.

The team didn't drop a set throughout the entirety of the tournament.

Early nerves were evident for the team and Alberta North was able to build a lead, with Yukon trailing by as many as six points before they staged a comeback late in the set.

After tying the score at 19, Yukon's Albert Spycher was able to reel off several tough serves and Yukon came out on top 25-22.

Alberta North wouldn't get any closer than that as Yukon calmed their nerves and rediscovered their rhythm, taking the next two sets, 25-19 and 25-20.

The team exhibited the reason they were able to remain perfect; team chemistry, cohesiveness and experience.

Several members of the team were on the 2010 AWG squad which faced Alberta North in the finals in Grande Prairie, Alta. Yukon ultimately lost that match in four sets.

"We were still bitter about that loss,” said team captain Michael Hunter. "To be able to win today, in front of friends and family, it's a great feeling.”

Yukon's head coach, Shaun McLoughlin, said despite Yukon's lead he didn't have a chance to relax on the sidelines.

"Until you see the ball hit the floor on that final point you just never know what's going to happen,” he said.

He said the early nerves were to be expected and the team was able to quickly regain their composure.

"We were nervous in the first set but after we took a timeout we came out level headed and confident,” he said. "We were able to build a lead and never lost it from there.”

The core of the team has been playing together for a little over a year and winning the gold medal was a culmination of that dedication.

"It feels great,” said Hunter. "Our team has been working hard and it paid off today.”

On the women's side, Team Yukon faced a tough match-up in the gold medal game against Team Alaska.

The Yukon team played strong in spurts but Alaska's depth and consistency was ultimately too much as they took the game in three sets, 25-5, 25-12 and 25-11.

Natasha Bilodeau, head coach of Team Yukon, said consistency was an issue the team struggled to amend throughout the tournament.

"The whole week has been a bit of a process getting them to all get together and play really well at once,” she said. "They did really well against this strong Alaskan team but could still afford to minimize some of the errors on our side.”

Yukon displayed the team's potential early in the second set, storming out to a 4-0 lead before Alaska was able to tie it up at five points each. They never looked back from that point.

"It's a game of runs and one of the things that has been a weakness with this team is they tend to play really good for 5 points, then fall off it for awhile, and then get back at it again so even in the third game if they had been able to tighten up on some of the errors it would have been a lot closer,” said Bilodeau. "When you're making a lot of errors in your own game, no one has to beat you.”

Bilodeau said perseverance was a main theme in this year's squad.

"The ability to keep turning over a new leaf was one of our strengths,” she said. "We really struggled earlier in the week but the girls worked hard to come together as a team and they did a really good job.”

The team was able to end a silver medal drought for Yukon's women volleyball that has lasted nearly 30 years, with the last silver medal coming to the Territories 1986 team.

"The girls are stoked to have silver,” said Bilodeau. "It's been a long time.”