Grand Forks Secondary School’s (GFSS’s) senior girls and boys basketball teams finished second in the Kootenay Zone playoffs, according to coaches Riley and Brandon Friesen.
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The girls beat Nakusp Secondary 46-13 in a qualifying game Thursday, Feb. 17, at South Slocan’s Mount Sentinel high school. The girls played well at the zone finals Saturday, Feb. 19, against Fernie Secondary, but lost 38-77.
“I was incredibly proud of them. They played right to the end, which is all I asked of them,” Ms. Friesen told The Gazette.
The girls’ coach went on to say that 2021-22 had been “a development year” after COVID-19 sunk school sports the year before.
The Senior Boys got off to a great start Saturday, Feb. 26, at their zone finals in Fernie. The squad won their qualifying game against Sparwood, but lost a hard fought game against Fernie, who took the zone title.
“It was a tough loss,” Mr. Friesen said, explaining that key players had been sidelined by injuries earlier in the tournament.
Friesen gave Game MVP to eleventh-grader Danny Macmaster for his performance against Sparwood, giving Tournament MVP to Kitchener Leslie in Grade 12. Saturday’s game against Fernie was Leslie’s last game as a high schooler.
The Senior Girls swept the Koots in 2018, 2019 and 2020, with the boys going to provincials in 2020, according to the Friesens.
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