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The Daily Courier’s Champions Grade 9 Basketball
MARCH 2012
Photos by LORNE WHITE
Representing the smallest school in the tournament,the Immaculata Mustangs outlasted 15 other teams to win the
B.C.Grade 9 girls basketball championship at
Dr.Knox Middle School earlier this
month.The Mustangs won four straight games, defeating the Seycover Seyhawks of North Vancouver 46-44 in the final. Members of the team are, from left, front: are, from left, front: Aleja Bayani (manag- er), Nowah Bayani, Emma Johnson, Jaedyn Penkala, Erin Graham, Jeraime Puno, Lindsay Lalach, and Lora Miki. Back: Patrick Oliveira (coach),Amanda Grant,Ashley Prehofer,Hayley Slade, Emily Haber,Megan Hart,Dominique Kumalae,Emma Green,Nicole Hart, Bruno Oliveira (coach) and Mckenzie Hoiland (manager).
LEFT: Erin Graham (6) leads her team off the bench to spark the Immaculata Mustangs’ celebration at the end of the B.C. Grade 9 girls basket- ball championship game against the Seycove Seyhawks of North Vancouver. “The team’s ultimate goal right from the start of the season was to win a provin- cial championship and they never wa- vered from it,” said Immaculata coach Bruno Oliveira.“I’ve never seen a team at this level with the mental toughness this group
has.They showed it time and again that they could adjust to whatever any team threw at them.”
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