The Vernon Christian School Royals are into the Elite Eight at the B.C. 1A Senior Girls Basketball Championships at Kelowna Christian School.
The third-seeded Royals 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ playing their first-ever game in school history at the provincial finals 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ dispatched the 14th-seeded Nisga91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™a Nighthawks of New Aiyansh, near Terrace, 69-41 in their opening game Wednesday afternoon, March 2.
Caitlin Gingras was named player of the game for Vernon Christian School while Laney Munroe took the honour for Nisga91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™a.
The victory earns the Royals a berth in Thursday91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s quarterfinals at 7 p.m. They will take on the winner of a game between sixth-seeded Pacific Christian Pacers of Victoria and the 11th-rated Khalsa Lions from Surrey.
B.C. 2A
The Kalamalka Lakers from Coldstream also advanced to the Elite Eight at their provincial finals in Langley.
The sixth-seeded Lakers, the Okanagan champions, downed the Lambrick Park Lions of Victoria 56-44 in their tournament opener Wednesday afternoon.
Kalamalka will play a quarterfinal matchup Thursday, March 3, against the winner between second-ranked York House Tigers of Vancouver and the Selkirk Storm from Kimberley, seeded 15th. Tip-off is at 3:30 pm.
Game 3: Vernon Christian defeats Nisga'a 69-41
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Players of the Game:
VCS - #2 Caitlin Gringas
Nisga'a - #22 Laney Munroe
