The first Al McKee Invitational Girls Basketball Tournament is being held at Similkameen Elementary Senior Secondary this Friday and Saturday, January 17 and 18.
Games start at 2:45 p.m. Friday. The weekend schedule is as follows:
Friday, January 17
- 2:45p.m. Similkameen juniors against Summerland
- 4:15p.m., Charles Bloom versus Osoyoos
- 5:45 p.m., Unity Christian plays Heritage Christian
- 7:30 p.m., Similkameen seniors square off against Charles Bloom
Saturday, January 18
- 8:30 a.m., Similkameen juniors against Charles Bloom
- 10 a.m., Summerland versus Osoyoos
- 11:30 a.m., Charles Bloom against Heritage Christian
- 1:15 p.m., Similkameen seniors play Unity Christian
- 3 p.m., Summerland versus Charles Bloom
- 4:30 p.m., Osoyoos is scheduled to play the Similkameen junior team
- 6 p.m., Charles Bloom squares off against Unity Christian
- 7:45 p.m, Heritage Christian will play Similkameen seniors to complete the tournament.
This promises to be a good, competitive tournament, as in the seniors category, Unity Christian is ranked fifth in the province, Heritage Christian is tenth and Charles Bloom gets an honorable mention. The Similkameen senior girls are unranked but currently stand, 8-3 on the season.
The Similkameen juniors are at 11-2, having only lost to Kelowna Secondary and Mt. Boucherie. They are expecting to be the first junior girls team from Keremeos to go to provincials. Reiley Terbasket, Madison Terbasket, Azalya Klippenstein, Sara Vriends, Kisa Minshull, Sierra Yamamoto, and Jori Bishop are junior girls who have all played up for the senior team this season.
During the competition, there will be fan voting for tournament game stars, all-stars and MVP. A concession will also be available all weekend for fans, so come have lunch, support the teams and watch some good basketball.
Contact Scott Tremblay for more information at 499-2727 or :
Fred Danenhower at 250-499-2577
Marshall Winser at 250- 498-9612