Win or lose, this will be a most memorable week for Heritage Christian Schoolâs athletic program.
For the first time ever, both the boys and girlsâ basketball teams from the small Âé¶čAV-based school have qualified for the B.C. A high school championships in the same year.
The Saints girlsâ team was ranked sixth in the province heading into the tournament in Chilliwack, while the HCS boys are ranked fourth overall at provincials in Langley.
The games are all being live-streamed for students this week inside the Heritage Christian School gym.
âOur school is very excited about both our senior girls and senior boys basketball teams,â said Sandra Weening-Pauling, the development manager at Heritage Christian School.
âBeing a small school, this is a very big deal for us to make it this far. We even have players on our girls team who are in Grade 8, much younger and smaller than many of the players they will be up againstâbut ready for the challenge, and looking forward to the experience.
All but one of the Saintsâ senior boys have been playing basketball together since Grade 7 and âthey are a very tight-knit group,â according to Weening-Pauling.
Heritage Christian has just under 100 students enrolled in Grades 10 to 12, making it one of the smallest schools at provincials.
The Âé¶čAV Christian Knights also have teams competing at both the boys and girls provincial championships.
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