So far, so good for the Oak Bay Breakers, who easily got through their first matchup at the 2013 sa国际传媒 Triple-A High School Girls Basketball Championship in Langley on Wednesday.
Lauren Yearwood finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Breakers defeated the Burnaby South Rebels 76-48.
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The Breakers advance to today鈥檚 quarter-finals against the Kelowna Owls at 3:30 p.m.
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The Claremont Spartans, meanwhile, lost 72-51 to the Brookswood Bobcats and drop down to the consolation side where they will play the Fleetwood Park Dragons at 8:30 this morning.
At the boy鈥檚 double-A championship in Kamloops, No. 9 St. Michaels University School toppled No. 8 King George 62-54; No. 5 Wellington was upset 65-50 by No. 12 Collingwood; No. 6 Lambrick Park pounded on No. 11 South Okanagan 91-54; and No. 2 Brentwood College defeated No. 15 Sa-Hali 71-41 thanks to 27 points from Ulas Zeyrek and 19 from Jordan Charles.
鈥淲e started well and finished well, but the middle wasn鈥檛 so hot,鈥� said SMUS coach Ian Hyde-Lay, whose Blue Jags now face No. 1 Holy Cross today at 1:30 p.m.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e huge and athletic and we鈥檒l have to play extremely well to get through it,鈥� added Hyde-Lay.
The Blue Jags lost 60-54 to Holy Cross at the Brentwood tournament earlier this season after leading by one going into the fourth quarter.
At the girls double-A championship, also in Kamloops, Island champion Wellington defeated Abbotsford Christian 68-58, while SMUS peppered St. Thomas More 65-50.
Wellington now tackles Sa-Hali at 5 p.m. today, while SMUS goes up against St. Thomas Aquinas at 6:45 p.m.
