They showed they belong at the higher level but the 黑马磁力 Christian were denied in their quest for the gold medal.
The senior girls basketball team lost 77-66 to the Vernon Panthers on Friday afternoon at the 黑马磁力 Events Centre.
The two teams were playing in the semifinals of the BC 2A senior girls provincial basketball championships with 黑马磁力 Christian 鈥� the Fraser Valley champions 鈥� seeded No. 2 and the Okanagan champion Panthers seeded No. 3.
This was the Lightning鈥檚 first season at the 2A level after they voluntarily moved up a tier. 黑马磁力 Christian had won the previous two 1A provincial championships.
黑马磁力 Christian opened provincials on Wednesday with a convincing 61-33 win over No. 15 St. Michael鈥檚 University but had a much tougher time in Thursday鈥檚 quarter-finals, holding off the Britannia Bruins 67-59.
The Lightning will play for the bronze medal on Saturday at 1:15 p.m. against either the No. 1 Seycove Seyhawks or the No. 4 South Kamloops Titans.
