Four wins and one loss at Fraser Valley Championships last week leave the Elgin Park Orcas still very much in the hunt for a provincial championship berth – but it will take a winner-takes-all wild card game to get there.
The Orcas, who finished fifth at Valleys, play off against Oak Bay Tuesday evening in Victoria, with the winner nabbing one of the three wild-card spots for B.C. triple-A senior girls basketball championships.
The Orcas, seeded eighth headed into the tournament, opened Fraser Valleys with a win over the Gleneagle Talons, but lost their second game to highly-ranked W.J. Mouat.
“They were just too much for us,” said Elgin Park coach Stu Graham.
The Orcas bounced back with lopsided victories over Panorama Ridge (a 35-point margin of victory) and Terry Fox (40 points) before ending with a win over Heritage Park.
Stacey Graham was named to the Fraser Valley all-star team, after averaging more than 20 points-per-game in the tourney.