The Vernon Christian School Royals are into the Elite Eight at the B.C. 1A Senior Girls Basketball Championships at ÁðÁ§ÉñÉç Christian School.

The third-seeded Royals – playing their first-ever game in school history at the provincial finals – dispatched the 14th-seeded Nisga’a Nighthawks of New Aiyansh, near Terrace, 69-41 in their opening game Wednesday afternoon, March 2.

Caitlin Gingras was named player of the game for Vernon Christian School while Laney Munroe took the honour for Nisga’a.

The victory earns the Royals a berth in Thursday’s quarterfinals at 7 p.m. They will take on the winner of a game between sixth-seeded Pacific Christian Pacers of Victoria and the 11th-rated Khalsa Lions from Surrey.

B.C. 2A

The Kalamalka Lakers from Coldstream also advanced to the Elite Eight at their provincial finals in Langley.

The sixth-seeded Lakers, the Okanagan champions, downed the Lambrick Park Lions of Victoria 56-44 in their tournament opener Wednesday afternoon.

Kalamalka will play a quarterfinal matchup Thursday, March 3, against the winner between second-ranked York House Tigers of Vancouver and the Selkirk Storm from Kimberley, seeded 15th. Tip-off is at 3:30 pm.

Game 3: Vernon Christian defeats Nisga'a 69-41

Players of the Game:
VCS - #2 Caitlin Gringas
Nisga'a - #22 Laney Munroe

— BC'A'GirlsBasketball (@Provincials)