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Panthers claim two provincial basketball championships

Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary's Grade 9 boys and Grade 8 girls win B.C. high school basketball tournaments
Jennifer Lang
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Being best in B.C. tastes great: Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers Grade 8 girls team savour their gold-medal victory at the B.C. girls high school basketball championships over the weekend. India Atkins was tourney MVP

• Lord Tweedsmuir’s Grade 8 girls (pictured) have capped off the season by claiming gold at the provincial basketball championships over the weekend, a week after winning the Fraser Valley championships.

India Aikins was tourney MVP, Samantha Ogbeiwi was named first team all star, and Anna Bodnar was named to their second team.

• The LTS Grade 9 boys were also provincial champions, winning 82-47 over Burnaby South.

• The LTS Junior Girls finished the tournament just out of medal contention, in fourth place.

 

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