Salmon Arm Observer Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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Jewels nearly upset giants The Salmon Arm Secondary Junior Jewels were strong at the 2012 Junior Girls’ High School Basketball Valley Playdowns hosted at the Jackson Campus gym Friday and Saturday – but weren’t guaranteed a berth at the provincials. The Jewels, who won the North Zone during league play, defeated Sa-Hali of Kamloops 30-20, with Alyson Bannister named player of the game. Next was Penticton, ranked eighth, who Salmon Arm defeated 48-31. Player of the game was Carly McDonald. In the final game versus number-one ranked South Kam, the final score was 52-42 for South Kam. The Salmon Arm
squad was leading the Kamloops girls until the fourth quarter. “We led for threequarters of the game by as much as 12,” reported coach Lynn Durkee. “They hit four threes in the fourth quarter and pulled out a win. The girls played the toughest defence I’ve seen in years. They worked so hard and just came up short – they were so close to pulling off a major upset.” Defensive player of the game was Carly McDonald and player of the game, Alyson Bannister. Both Tricie Tuaiti and Zayhna Lewis were named all-stars. The Jewels, given an honourable mention in the rankings, faced a challenge from Kelow-
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Winners: Jr. Jewels player Carly McDonald moves the ball up court during the Jewels 30-20 win over Sa-Hali Secondary at the Junior Girls’ High School Basketball Valley Playdowns held in Salmon Arm. na, ranked 15th, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday – after press deadline – to determine who would join
South Kam at the provincials. In league play, the Jewels split their games with Kelowna.
In first-round action for the Valley Zone playoffs, the Senior Jewels basketball team played third place North Kamloops Saints Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Kamloops. Down 26-23 at the half, the Jewels missed the offensive tenacity inside of Sam Bergman (out with a broken finger) and North Kamloops played well in the second half to come away with a 54-33 win. Top Jewels scorer was Taylor Bahen with 8. The players and parents appreciated Terry Michell’s coaching this year. Five of the girls are graduating: Taylor Bahen, Claire Beldi, Steph Jetty, Stef Kelly and Ailsa McLellan.
Rabbitt named to all-conference team
Jordyn Rabbitt BASKETBALL PLAYER sion’s second Team. Rabbitt was second in SAIT Trojans scoring with a total of 198 points and an 11 points per game average for sixth spot in ACAC south division scor-
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ing. The five-ft. six-in. Rabbitt led the Trojans in assists and was third in the ACAC south division with 59 assists in 18 games for an average of 3.28 per game. She is an Academic Upgrading student at SAIT Polytechnic.
Duxbury shines
Wrapping up her basketball season with a bang, Salmon Arm’s Jorri Duxbury was second highest scorer, earning 12 points for the TRU WolfPack at
the team’s final game at the Canada West playoff series held over the weekend. Although the ‘Pack lost two in a row in the best-of-three quarterfinal versus the thirdranked team in the nation, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, TRU had already found success, making its first appearance at the event. “We couldn’t hit shots in the first half but played better in the second,” TRU head coach Scott Reeves said of Saturday’s 56-
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