Morning Star Staff
VSS bounced the Charles Bloom Timberwolves 69-13 in the Zone junior girls basketball final Saturday.
Kelsey Falk pulled down 19 points for the Panthers in their finest passing display of the season. Jaide Vanderleest and Emilia Durfeld delivered 11 points each, while Sarah Crerar earned nine and Bree Vanderleest six.
The Panthers slammed Seaton 65-23 in the semifinal behind Falk dominating the boards and netting 19 points.
It was 8-8 tie until VSS went on a 20-point run and ended the half ahead 34-12.
“It was a dominating team effort on both defence and offence,” said Cats’ coach Howie Falk.
Jesse Harmon was on fire from the outside and rang up 12 points, while Katherine Peters had eight.
VSS hosts the eight-team Valley championships starting today with the Panthers meeting the Westsyde Whundas of Kamloops at 5 p.m.
The No. 3 Kelowna Owls tackle the Pen High Lakers at 6:30.
The Panthers advanced to the Zone Grade 8 boys finals with a 72-26 semifinal win over the visiting Vernon Christian Royals Tuesday night.
Paced by the sharp-shooting of guard Trent Charlton’s eight first quarter points, the Cats opened up a 19-2 lead.
The Cats entered the break ahead 42-7 and pushed the lead to 55-16 after 3 quarters.
Charlton and Zack Smith each produced 16 points, while Mike Preston added 10. Ben Molitwenik pocketed 10 points for the Royals.
The Panthers will put their undefeated league record on the line Monday night when they take on Shuswap Middle School Phoenix in the final.
Shuswap outlasted Fulton 43-39 in the other semi with Jacob Friesen taking game MVP for the Maroons with 11 points and 15 rebounds.
Levi Lee put up eight points and four assists, while Brett Gies had a break-out game with seven points and six rebounds.