The Duchess Park Condors lost just one of their four games at the double-A girls provincial basketball championship in Langley.
Unfortunately for the Condors, that one defeat came on Day 1 of the tournament and it dropped them out of contention for a medal.
Ranked seventh going into the 16-team tournament in Langley, the Condors dropped a 72-39 decision Wednesday to Thomas More Collegiate of Burnaby. Duchess Park then reeled off three consecutive wins to claim ninth place.
The Condors defeated Westsyde of Kamloops 76-41 and Whistler 62-48 and in Saturday's ninth-place battle toppled Lambrick Park of Saanich 68-38. In that game, Rebecca Landry scored 18 points for Duchess Park, while Brynn Dergousoff and Litsana Thanos chipped in with 15 and 11 points respectively.
South Kamloops won the championship 70-43 over G.W. Graham of Chilliwack.
In the 24-team junior girls provincial tournament, also in Langley, the College Heights Cougars finished 18th, losing their final game 58-46 to W.L. Seaton of Vernon. The Cougars finished with a 2-2 record.
The Duchess Park Condors (1-3) lost their final game Saturday 42-27 to Sir Winston Churchill of Vancouver and placed 22nd. The Kelly Road Roadrunners (1-3) finished 23rd, winning their final game 59-35 over Hazelton.
Wednesday in Langley, the boys get their turn under the provincial spotlight.
The D.P. Todd Trojans turned in an impressive performance in the North Central zone championship two weekends ago in their home gym and used that to jump three places in the provincial double-A rankings.
Backed by North Central zone MVP Cameron Sale and zone all-stars Holden Black, Randy Sandhu and Saagar Shergill, D.P. Todd is seeded No. 2 in the 16-team provincial tournament.
The Trojans, 78-59 winners over the Kelly Roadrunners in the zone championship game, Feb. 23, will open Wednesday against No. 15 Pacific Academy of Surrey at 11:45 a.m.
Charles Hays of Prince Rupert is the top seed.
At the B.C. triple-A boys championship in Langley the North Central zone champion Duchess Park Condors are ranked No. 4 and will take on the No. 13 Caledonia Kermodes of Terrace in their first game Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.
Sir Charles Tupper (Vancouver), Vernon and Pitt Meadows are ranked first, second and third respectively.
Meanwhile, in the single-A boys tournament in Langley, the No. 7 Cedars Christian Eagles will meet No. 10 Pemberton in their opener Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
The Eagles captured the North Central zone title two weekends ago in Dawson Creek, where they defeated the Northside Christian Northstars of Vanderhoof 71-63 in the final. The Northstars went on to finish second, beating the McBride Mustangs 100-92 in the second-place game.
Northside and McBride claimed the other two berths in the 16-team provincial tournament. No. 9 Northside will open Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. against eight-ranked King David of Vancouver, while No. 14 McBride will take on No. 3 Highroad Academy of Chilliwack Wednesday at 6:15 p.m.
Glenlyon Norfolk of Victoria is the top-seeded team at the 16-team event.
