SPORTS

St. Thomas Aquinas finish
third in girls’ tournament

SINCE ITS inception in
1988, the ‘‘A’’ tournament
has provided girls in smail
schools around B.C. with
an opportunity to compete
in a Provincial Girls’
Basketball Championship.
This year St. Thomas Aquinas
High School (STA), one of the
Catholic public schools of the
Vancouver Archdiocese, hosted
the tournament March 5 to 7.
After an opening ceremony
featuring-an address by the Arch-
bishop of Vancouver, Most Rev-

erend Adam Exner, eight basket-
ball teams, Brentwood College,
Charles Bloom, Credo Cristian,
Ron Pettigrew Christian, Pember-
ton, STA, Salmo and Queen
Charlotte squared off in some ex-
tremeiy close and hard—~fought
games.

Ranked second going into the
tournament, STA opened the
tournament by easily defeating
Queen Charlotte 70-24 but STA
suffered a mild upset in semi-final
action in a hard-fought 50-52 foss
to the eventual champion, Credo
Christian.

STA then rebounded to take

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

third with a 74-61 defeat of
Brentwood College.

Senior standout and STA player
Erin Mackey was named the tour-
nament’s first all star.

dennifer McGucken, who grad-
uates this year, and Jamie
Mackey, in Grade 1[0, were
selected to the tournament's se-
cond all star team.

Jamie was also selected as the
tournament’s top defensive player.

Meanwhile in Sparwood, STA’s
senior boys’ basketball team, who
are ranked number one in ‘‘A’”’
schools (75 or fewer boys in
Grades 11 and 12), captured their
first provincial title at the B.C.
““A’? Senior Secondary Boys
Basketball Championships ltast
weekend.

The Fighting Saints defeated
Ron Pettigrew Christian Lions of
Dawson Creek 84-70 in the final.

On Saturday the nen
Shore-Howe Sound zone repre-
sentative was led by senior guards
David Bernier and Miki Trpin
who netted 29 and 22 points
respectively.

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