R.D. Parker Collegiate’s varsity girls’ basketball team continued their tough season-opening schedule at their second AAAA tournament in as many weekends Dec. 11-12, competing in the Pembina Trails Classic in Winnipeg and finishing 11th overall.
The Trojans began the weekend against eventual tournament finalists the Garden City Fighting Gophers, losing 79-55 and receiving 25 points from Adrianna Proulx.
That loss sent RDPC to the consolation side of the tournament, where they beat Sturgeon Heights Collegiate 61-58 and then lost 52-48 to the Kildonan East Reivers before finishing the tournament on a high note with a 59-41 win over the Lord Selkirk Royals in their final game.
The AAA Trojan girls are playing against AAAA schools in their next tournament as well in January as coach Sara Gillis seeks to give them a challenge as they try to repeat as AAA provincial girls’ champions in the spring. They will miss be in Europe in February before returning to play in one AAA tournament heading into the Zone 11 championships where they will seek to secure a berth in provincials and a shot at RDPC’s second senior basketball championship.
