As zone championships approach, the Lake City Falcons senior girls basketball team picked up some much-needed wins during the weekend at the Pioneer/Panago Falcons Classic in Williams Lake.
Following two wins the Falcons finished second in the tournament after facing a tough Caledonia Secondary School squad from Terrace in a lopsided 67-12 final.
“We have had to travel a lot this season and have met some very strong teams outside of our zone,” said Falcons head coach Brigette Peel. “It was reassuring to come home and win meaningful games against teams in the north zone.
“This group of girls is very dedicated to improving the way we play basketball every weekend. We’ve worked extensively on creating a defensive identity that definitely helped us in our wins this weekend.”
Playing in front of their peers at the LCSS Williams Lake Campus on Friday, the Falcons swooped to a 68-60 victory over the Prince George Secondary School Polars. Falcons guard Laura Pfleiderer was named player of the game.
Next, in a too-close-for-comfort affair on Saturday morning, the Falcons edged Fort St. James, 34-33, to land a berth in the tournament final, with Inderroop Randhawa picking up the player of the game nod.
Pioneer/Panago Classic all-stars for Williams Lake went to Laura and Randhawa, while Emma Pfleiderer was named player of the game for the Falcons in the tournament final.
The Falcons will now prepare to host the North Zone Championships coming up Feb. 19-21 with teams slated to compete from Fort St. John secondary, Dawson Creek secondary, Prince George secondary and Correlieu secondary of Quesnel.
“We hope to make a strong showing at zones this year and beating another ‘AAA’ team in PGSS is a good start,” Peel said.
Final placings in the tournament were as follows:
First: Caledonia
Second: Lake City secondary
Third: Cedars (Prince George)
Fourth: Fort St. James
Fifth: Kelly Road (Prince George)
Sixth: Prince George secondary
Seventh: Acwsalcta (Bella Coola)