U14 District basketball team claims gold in Moose Jaw
A district under-14 girl’s basketball team compiled mostly of North Battleford girls won a gold medal in Moose Jaw over the weekend of June 18 to 19.
The Rivers West team covers the local district and stretches as far as Lloydminster and Meadow Lake. The team is only able to practice a few times a month because of the distance between players, coach Brian Cottini said.
“We went to a tournament in Prince Albert and had to enter in the U15 category because that was the only one available,” Cottini said. “We definitely learned some lessons playing the older girls, but this weekend in Moose Jaw we were in our own age group.”
Cottini said the team is preparing for the Saskatchewan Summer Games which are being held in Estevan July 24 to 31. The tournament in Moose Jaw pitted them against teams they could see at the games.