The Oak Bay Breakers are a win away from the final of the 2013 sa国际传媒 triple A High School Girls Basketball Championship in Langley, but it could be the toughest challenge of all.
Coach Rob Kinnear鈥檚 Breakers used strong second, third and fourth quarters to pull out a 73-50 win over the Kelowna Owls in quarter-final play on Thursday. A 17-8 run in the second gave Oak Bay a 32-25 advantage at the half.
The Island champions will face No. 1 South Kamloops tonight at 8 in a semifinal.
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Lauren Yearwood had 23 points, Chloe Campbell added 22 and Morgan Roskelley had 16 for Oak Bay.
The Claremont Spartans, the Island鈥檚 second entry, was defeated 54-35 by the Fleetwood Park Dragons.
At the boy鈥檚 double A sa国际传媒 championship in Kamloops, Lambrick Park came up with a 76-70 win over R.C. Palmer of Richmond, led by 20 points from Alex Chen, 18 from Matt Neueld and 17 from Brendan Somers, who was named player of the game, in a quarter-final win.
Brentwood defeated Archbishop Carney 71-69 in the later quarter-final and will face Lambrick at 5:45 p.m.
St. Michaels University School dropped a 61-50 decision to No. 1 Holy Cross in another quarter-final.
Wellington, already reduced to consolation play, defeated L.V. Rogers 69-60.
In girl鈥檚 double A play at Kamloops, Wellington downed Sa-Hali 57-37 in quarter-final action, while SMUS was taking on St. Thomas Aquinas in the later game.
