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Last-second win puts Parkland in tough playoff tourney

Advancing to the Lower Island
AAA basketball playoffs turned
out to be a blessing in disguise for
Parkland’s senior boys’ squad.

The Panthers pulled out a last-
second, last-gasp, sudden-death
win over Vic High last Tuesday
night for the right to advance.

By beating Vic High 48-47, the
Panthers secured the eighth and
final playoff position.

That's the good news. The bad
is this meant they faced St.
Michael’s University School —
only the top-ranked AAA team in
B.C for much of the season.

SMUS romped to a 103-26 win

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Thursday at Vic High in Park-
land’s opening game of the dou-
ble-knockout tournament.

Game two on Friday was closer,
but it was still an 88-68 loss to
Claremont at Belmont.

So it’s curtains for the Panthers
for the 1991-92 season, one which
coach Joe Milligan looks back on
with satisfaction, despite the fact
that wins were few and far
between.

He said Panther teams have
always played hard and represent-
ed the school well out on the road,
“and this year’s team was no
exception, and because we did not

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have a winning season, I’m even
more proud of how we were able to
Stay together and play together and
not fall apart.”

The team made great strides
from its opening games, but it
wasn’t enough to get beyond the
opening playoff games.

Milligan said Claremont’s
Grade 12-laden team was especial-
ly sharp, something the Panthers
could ill-afford if they were to eke
out a win.

Forward Jeremy Morrow drained
47 points for Parkland.

SMU keyed their defence on
Morrow in the tournament opener,

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at times triple-teaming Parkland’s
big man, who scored 13 points.

Against Vic High, the score was
deadlocked at 45-45 going into the
final minute, when Grade 10 guard
Peter Carmichael calmly connect-
ed on a three-pointer.

Vic High came back to score
two. The Panthers tumed the ball
over on their next possession, but

got the steal back with just
seconds to play.

Dale Hauser, a steady free throw
shooter, was fouled. But he missed
the first shot of a one-and-one,
giving Vic High one last hope.

A couple of desperation shots
didn’t fall, and the Panthers had a
hard-fought victory. Morrow led
the way with 24' points.

Panther girls seeded No. 2

Parkland’s senior girls’ basket-
ball squad heads into the Island
AA tournament this week as the
second seed from the Lower
Island.

The team eamed this distinction

by beating St. Michael’s Universi-
ty School 61-47 last Tuesday night
at Oak Bay. The game decided the
second and third seeds.

With the win, the Panthers will
face a lower-seeded team from the
North Island at the tournament,
which runs Thursday to Saturday
in Ladysmith.

Coach Marg Metcalfe also notes
the victory means Parkland may
not have to face the undefeated,
number-one ranked Lambrick
Park team until the finals.

Three teams will advance to the
provincials in Prince George, and
the Panthers now have a slight
edge over SMUS.

The Panther girls didn’t get off
to a particularly good start in their
SMU game.

They were down by three points
at the end of both the first period
and opening half.

“Tn the second half, they decid-
ed to play some better basketball,”
said Metcalfe. :

Keying the comeback was the

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strong play of forward Genea
Grist, who scored all of her 14
points in the half.

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“That was sort of the turn -@

around there,” said Metcalfe.
The team also picked up the
pace on the boards after being
out-rebounded in the opening 20
minutes.
Joleen Hook was Parkland’s
leading scorer with 24 points.

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