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Semiahmoo Totems past and present celebrate basketball success

Reigning provincial senior girls hoops champs meet members of school’s 1953 championship team
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Anne Jones, a member of Semiahmoo’s 1952-‘53 girls basketball team, shows current players Madelyn McKinnon, Nicole Pajic, Faith Dut, Izzy Forsyth and Deja Lee a team jacket from that season. (Brian Giebelhaus photo)

Basketball champions past and present gathered last week to celebrate and remember a pair of provincial high-school hoops championships won more than a half-century apart.

On Thursday (April 18), members of the Semiahmoo Totems senior girls basketball team – who won a B.C. triple-A senior girls championship March 2 over the Walnut Grove Gators – gathered at South Surrey Athletic Park’s Rotary Field House, where they were not only congratulated by South Surrey-White Rock MP Gordie Hogg in an official ceremony, but also got the chance to meet with a few members of the last Semiahmoo senior girls team to hoist a provincial championship trophy, way back in 1953.

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The meeting – organized by Hogg’s office – was a chance for the school to celebrate its athletic history. Former players brought with them a scrapbook of memorabilia and old newspaper clippings from the 1952-‘53 team’s journey to a B.C. title, as well as team jacket from that year – originally blue to match Semiahmoo’s team colours, but now faded by time to purple.

Capping the proceedings, Hogg couldn’t resist challenging current Totem Faith Dut – a six-foot-three senior who is bound next season for the NCAA’s University of Florida Gators – to a quick game of one-on-one, with the younger (and taller) Dut emerging victorious.



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South Surrey-White Rock MP Gordie Hogg tests his defensive skills against Semiahmoo Totem basketball star Faith Dut during an April 18 event. (Brian Giebelhaus photo)
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Anne Jones (seated) and Edna Davis. both members of Semaihmoo’s 1952-‘53 girls basketball team show current Totems Madelyn McKinnon, Nicole Pajic, Faith Dut, Izzy Forsyth (holding a team jacket from 1952-53) and Deja Lee items from a scrapbook of their championship year. (Brian Giebelhaus photo)
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Pat McKay and Anne Jones from Semiahmoo’s 1952-‘53 girls basketball team look over a scrapbook from their season. (Brian Giebelhaus photo)