R.D. Parker Collegiate’s varsity basketball teams swept the competition at the Zone 11 championships in Flin Flon March 4-5 to become the third and fourth Trojans hoops teams to qualify for provincials this season, following the junior varsity teams winning their zone championships at home last week.
The senior boys booked their berth with a 77-65 victory over the host Hapnot Collegiate Institute Kopper Kings in the final after finishing first in the round robin with a 4-0 record. The Trojans defeated the Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education resource Centre (HBO) Huskies 76-62, Hapnot 56-39, the Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute (MBCI) Spartans from The Pas 49-44 and the Otter Nelson River School (ONR) Nikiks from Cross Lake 74-44 to qualify for the final while the Kopper Kings won all their games except the one against RDPC.
The girls’ team will be seeking their second straight provincial championship and fourth straight finals appearance after knocking off Hapnot’s Kopper Kweens 55-31 in the final. That was by far their closest game of the tournament, which saw them win 93-8 against HBO, 72-25 against the Hapnot Kopper Kweens and 100-24 against MBCI in the round robin.
The senior teams will play in provincials in Virden March 17-19. The junior varsity girls compete in provincials in Virden March 10-12, while the junior varsity boys will be in action March 10-12 in Brandon.
