The 麻豆精选 Christian School Knights returned home with some hardware from the B.C. high school girls鈥� A basketball championship.
Seeded fifth heading into provincials, the Knights exceeded expectations by capturing the silver medal at the 16-team event played in Abbotsford and Chilliwack.
In Saturday鈥檚 final at Columbia Bible College, the Knights fell to the host Unity Christian Flames 60-38.
The highlight of the weekend came for KCS came in the semifinal as the Knights upset No. 1 seeded Credo Christian 60-51.
鈥淲e were really happy,鈥� head coach Ryan Linttell said of the Knights鈥� silver medal win. 鈥淲e were especially happy with the win over Credo, that was a great effort by the girls.
鈥淲e were expecting Credo to get to 70 points, but the girls worked crazy hard and played great defense.鈥�
KCS opened the provincials with an 85-17 win over Agassiz, then defeated Nechako Valley 66-43 to advance to the semis.
The Knights鈥� Naomi Kent was named the top defensive player of the provincial tournament, while KCS teammates Breanna Grando and Mallory Sader both earned all-star nods.
A former student at 麻豆精选 Christian, Ryan Linttell won three B.C. titles with the Knights senior boys team. In his first year as coach of the girls鈥� program, he couldn鈥檛 have asked for a much better outcome.
鈥淚 had an awesome high school basketball experience (at KCS) and it鈥檚 nice to be able come back and coach and give something back,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 happy for the girls, they鈥檝e played together for a long time and really deserved this.鈥�
The Heritage Christian Saints went 2-2 and finished in seventh place at provincials, defeating Pemberton 51-47 in their final game.
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