The Pender Harbour senior boys captured third place at an eight-team tournament in Ashcroft on the Feb. 12/13 weekend.
Game one saw Pender win 66-61 in overtime over B.C. Christian Academy. Joel Field scored 17, while Charles Christian added 14.
Game two was a close 48-36 loss to McBride. Parker Hohn led the way with 16.
In the third-place game, Pender defeated Ashcroft 61-41. Joel had 22 and was named to the tournament all-star team. Also having strong tournaments were Timo Antilla, Dominic Foster, Mike Pazur, Angus Marshall and Austin Eaton.Top scorer Travis Ramsey-Wall couldn't make it to the tournament because of a handinjury.
The senior boys' season is over now and it was very successful due to the great coaching of Bennett Rothenberger and Adam Dornbier.
The Grade 9 girls played three exhibition games in the past few weeks, losing to Don Ross from Squamish 38-36, beating Chatelech 42-40 and beating Chat again on Feb. 14 in Pender 47-33.
The girls then wrapped their season last weekend with a tournament in Pemberton.
Pender beat Chat 34-27 in game one and Howe Sound 38-24 in game two. In game three on Saturday, Pender dropped a 38-33 decision to Pemberton and lost to Pemberton again 42-27 in the final to finish in second place. Pender was down 33-2 at the half, but battled back to make the game close in the end. The team consisted of Solveig van Wersch, Mackenzie Stewart, Alexandria Christian, Autumn Lafrance, Dani Pazur and Crystal Cook.
April Fool's Run
Sechelt mom Mary Kenny is doing her first half marathon at the 2011 April Fool's Run in memory of her son, Thomas Bennett, to mark the first anniversary of his death, April 1, 2010 atop Mt. Shasta.
Bennett, a chemical engineer who graduated from the University of British Columbia in May 2007, and who spent considerable time visiting family and friends and working summers on the Coast, was 26 when the tragedy occurred.
"I can think of no better way to honour my son's memory than to acknowledge his first anniversary with my first half marathon," said Kenny. "It was he who got me running a few years back with his infectious grin and enthusiastic challenge to 'live life to the fullest'. He would be proud."
To pass on life from Bennett's tragic death, Kenny has established an award fund in his memory at UBC. But they need help. During 2011, they hope to fundraise $30,000 for the fund, so it can be endowed and then offered annually, in perpetuity, in Bennett's name.
If you would like to contribute to Tommy's Memorial Fund or if you want to find out more, go to www.supporting.ubc.ca/thomasbennett or contact [email protected] or [email protected] or 604-989-3255 (Tom's mother).
To find out more or register for the April Fool's Run, visit www.foolsrun.com.
