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The Okanagan Valley junior girls basketball semifinals will feature a pair of Kelowna teams and two from Penticton today at Okanagan Mission Secondary School.
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Host OKM Huskies earned a berth in one semi against the Penticton Lakers beginning at 1 p.m. by edging the North Kamloops Saints 47-40 in their opening game on Friday. And the No. 1-seed Kelowna Owls will take on the Princess Margaret Mustangs of Penticton in the other semi starting at 2:30 p.m.
The Owls, also the top-ranked team in the province, advanced to the semis by handling the Sahali Sabres of Kamloops 59-20 while Princess Margaret won a defensive battle with the Vernon Panthers by a score of 30-26.
The winners of today’s semis will play for the Valley pennant starting at 8:30 p.m. today at OKM.
Lily Pink’s 13 points led Okanagan Mission to their victory over NorKam. Makenna Jacklin and Emily Zylyk added nine points each for the Huskies, who led 25-21 at the half and 39-38 going into the final quarter.
The 36th annual B.C. junior girls championship tournament is scheduled for March 1-4 in Langley
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Huskies, Mustangs lose in senior semifinals
Both Kelowna teams came up short in their bid for an Okanagan Valley senior AA girls basketball pennant on Friday at Okanagan Mission Secondary School.
Ranked fourth in the province, the provincially No. 4-ranked OKM Huskies fell to the No. 6 South Kamloops Titans 54-51 in one semifinal on Friday while the No. 5 Immaculata Mustangs dropped an 80-74 decision to the third-ranked Vernon Panthers.
SouthKam and Vernon, assured of representing the Okanagan at the 45th annual provincial AA championship tournament in Langley March 1-4 will meet for the Valley title beginning at 8:15 p.m. today at OKM while OKM and Immaculata will play for third place and another provincial berth starting at 6:30 p.m. The fourth- and fifth-place finishers will earn a wild-card bid to also represent the Valley at provincials.
OKM defeated the Westsyde Whundas of Kamloops 67-22 today for the right to play in the bronze-medal game while Immaculata downed the Clarence Fulton Maroons of Vernon 82-50 to advance against the Huskies.
Trailing by 13 points at one point in the first quarter of their game against South Kamloops, the Huskies battled back to get to within one in the third quarter, but couldn’t get any closer.
Grade 12s, Marin Felt and Hannah Walline managed 11 points apiece for OKM in the defensive battle that saw Kiara Gaspari contribute eight points in a losing cause. The Huskies were scheduled to play the Westsyde Whundas of Kamloops today for the right to play in the bronze-medal game.
Immaculata hung in against Vernon until early in the second quarter when the Panthers went on an 18-0 run. And while the Mustangs clawed back to within three (60-57) in the third quarter, Vernon’s depth proved the difference down the stretch.
As usual, Immaculata was led by Ashlyn Day (30 points) and Kate Johnson (24 points), but managed to get only 11 points from the rest of the roster. Vernon was led by Megan Rouault and her 24 points while Brianna Falk chipped with 20 points to go along with 18 by Kelsey Falk and 12 by former Immaculata Mustang, Mackenzie Horst.
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