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and the Grade 11 guard was named its player of the game

She also earned a place on the tournament’s first allstar team for the 105 points she amassed in Riverside’s four games, including 30 in a 58-46 win over the Wildcats in last Friday’s semifinal that avenged the Rapids’ quest for at least a District banner

Graduating senior Grace Park also produced in clutch moments for Riverside, which conceded the game’s first basket to the Gators then never trailed again Park, whose three-pointer late in the second quarter boosted the Rapids’ advantage to 14 points its highest in the game said she took inspiration from her teammate’s drive to be one of the best players on the court

“Every single time I see her in the morning, I’m just like, ‘Oh, I need to do that too,’” Park said of Sussex “It just kind of game me this sense of, like, just keep going until the end Now, we reached the end with good results”

On the other side of the ball, Riverside used a strategy of double- and even triple-teaming eventual tournament MVP Kiera Pemberton to keep the Gators at bay

Still, Pemberton was able to score 39 points Rapids coach Paul Langford said he has a lot of respect for Walnut Grove’s 6’ guard

“We didn’t want them to get on a roll, which I think we did a pretty good job of because Kiera’s amazing,” he said, adding the team’s offence also executed its game plan perfectly

“Though we slowed down a couple of times, we had some really precise thing that we wanted to do and we did them well”

The championship is Langford’s first in the 25 years he’s coached Riverside’s senior girls basketball team, though he’d brought his charges to the final four times previously and he’d won a junior girls championship when his daughter was part of the program

His word for the 2023 squad? Special

“If I talk too long, I’m gonna cry,” Langford said “But I cried when I came 11th, too So, I cry every year”

Langford said the past two years were especially difficult, with the shutdown of high school sports because of the COVID-19 pandemic and then last year’s upset loss to the Ravens

This year’s Rapids seemed a team of destiny, riding atop the AAAA rankings most of the season, save for a brief dip to No 2 after an overtime loss to Walnut Grove in the final of the Top 10 Shoot-out tournament at Centennial Secondary School in January and then a plunge to No 3 after its setback at the district finals

Last Saturday’s win also flipped the script on the last time the Rapids played in back-to-back championship games, in 2008 and 2009, when it lost both times

In addition to Sussex, guard Jorja Hart was also named to the first all-star team and centre Natalie Curley made the tournament’s second all-star squad

The Heritage Woods Kodiaks finished 12th in the tournament following a 43-35 loss to Sir Winston Churchill in their placement game last Saturday

The Dr Charles Best Blue Devils finished 13th It won its last two games after opening with a pair of losses

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CREWS, Gary Russell

Gary Russell Crews 88 passed away peaceful y on Sunday, February 26, 2023 Gary was born on Apr l 5, 1934, in New Westm nster, B C He had two younger s sters Bev pre deceased and Yvonne Gary was a devoted father who loved boating and n later years oved spending t me w th h s grandchi dren

He was a devoted rea estate agent; Gary loved al that came with the job from meet ng new people to co lecting new house tems that his c ients left along the way Gary was a charter member of the rotary club; A senator w th the Jaycees and you could a ways see him at the Como Lake l quor store at Chr stmas jingling the bel s for the Salvation Army

Gary wl be deepy mssed by his former wfe Maureen, sons Bob (Chery), Barry (Lucero), Bradley (Fawn) and daughter Susan Hs five grandchidren Jenna, Robert, Sydn, Mitchel and Aberto

A ce ebrat on of ife will be held at the Coquit am Legion 1025 R dgeway Avenue Coqu tlam B C on Saturday, March 25, 2023, at 2:00pm

TACK, Susan Mary

February 6, 1946 - February 18, 2023

Sue got her w ngs on February 18, 2023 and went to be w th the ange s

Surv ved by her Husband Larry Daughter Corr ne (Olie), granddaughter Er ka, Son Scott (Tr cia), grandchi dren Ch oe and Ethan She w ll be great y missed by her friends and fami y

A Celebration of L fe w l be held at F rst Memor al Burkev ew Chapel on Saturday March 25th at 1:00 pm 1340 Dom nion Avenue, Port Coquitlam, BC

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