SURREY’S Fraser Heights Firehawks entered the 2018 B.C. Junior Girls Basketball Championships,  a long shot in a field of 24 teams. Langley’s Walnut Grove Gators, entered as the No. 1 seed. On Saturday, at 1 p.m.on Centre Court at the Langley Events Centre, the unlikely pair clashed for a very exciting 2018 B.C. title match. The game was an exciting one, with the Cinderella team from Fraser Heights giving it their all.  The game was close for three quarters with the score tied at 45-45 at the end

of the 3rd, but by the end of the game the #1 team was just too much for them.

The Walnut Grove Gators are the 2018 Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament Champions, defeating Fraser Heights 61-54 in the final.

Champions
Walnut Grove Gators

Finalists
Fraser Heights Firehawks

Top 10 Teams

1. Walnut Grove
2. Fraser Heights
3. Mount Baker
4. Yale
5. Burnaby South
6. North Surrey
7. Kelowna
8. Penticton
9 (Showcase Bracket Winner). Riverside
10. Brookswood

Most Valuable Player
Fania Taylor, Walnut Grove

Best Defensive Player
Summer Blackmore, Mount Baker

Championship Player of the Game
Fania Taylor, Walnut Grove

Most Sportsmanlike Team
Pacific Christian Pacers

First Team All-Stars
Kyleigh Boldt, Yale
Kiara Ker, Mount Baker
Teah Best, Fraser Heights
Neclam Rai, Fraser Heights
Holly Harrison, Walnut Grove

Second Team All-Stars
Marijke Duralia, St. John Brebeuf
Awek Deng, Burnaby South
Sara Uppal, North Surrey
Katrina Fink, Kelowna
Annete Cairnie, Walnut Grove