B12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 3, 1997

THE LAKERS are the 1997 Terrace Mini-Basketball League Champions. They
pulled off a thrilling come-from-behind win over the Homets, Friday.

Mini-Basketball ends
with exciting Finals

A SUPER-EXCITING final
game drew fans to their feet
as the 1997 Terrace Mini-
Basketball league came to a
close.

The final match pitted two
equal tcams against one-
another for some great full-
court action.

Tt was the Lakers against
the Homets in the game that
would decide this year’s
league champions, The
Homets came out strong at
the start of the match and
were 15 points ahead at the
half.

But the Lakers rallied,
chipping away at the
Homel’s lead until they
were just one point behind,

Then, with less than a
minute left in the game, the
Lakers scored a basket to

put them ahead 56-55. It
was an amazing come-from-
behind victory that had the
fans cheering,

This was some excellent
basketball, with both sides
showing an amazing amount

“It’s a really good
program, both for the
kids and for the
coaches.”

—Cam Mackay

of talent for such a young
crowd.

The Mini-Basketball
League is for elementary
schocl youths, both boys
and girls, from Grade Five

to Grade Seven, All the
feams are coached by
Caledonia’s senior boys
basketball players, who got
a big hand from parents and
fans after the game.

‘Ts a really good pro-
gram,”” says Caledonia
boys’ coach Cam: Mackay.
*‘Both for the kids and for
the coaches,”’

Coaching the Mini-League
is actually a requirement for
the Kermodes, but they
never seem to mind.

“Yt teaches them a lot,”
Mackay says. ‘‘And they
really get into it.”’

Top finishers in the 1997
Mini-Basketball League
were the Lakers in first
place, the Hornets in second
place and the Supersonics in
third.

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