The Kindersley Composite School junior boys basketball team has been perfect so far this season, which has included four tournaments. They won three straight in Swift Current last weekend to win their latest tournament. They will play in Outlook this weekend for the district championships.
Clarion staff
Kelly Cooke of the KCS Kobras takes the ball to the hoop against a Herbert defender in the championship finals in Leader on Saturday. They fell just short, by two points in this game. Coach Autumn Lane said it was the best that she has seen them play.
The Kindersley Composite School junior boys basketball team just keeps on winning.
The boys won three straight games in Swift Current to win a tournament. They defeated Weyburn 100-41. Herbert 88-50 and Swift Current 86-46.
It was the fourth tournament they’ve won this year – and they have not lost a game.
They won the championships in their home tournament, and in Davidson, Unity and Swift Current.
Their next objective is to win the district championships that will take place in Biggar today.
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The junior girls, meanwhile, host the district championships in Kindersley this weekend. Teams from Plenty, Davidson and Biggar will also be here.
The Kobras will host Plenty at 1 p.m. to kick things off.
Senior girls
The senior girls had two teams playing in Leader this weekend and both did well in the seven-team tournament.
The KCS 1 team, made up of mostly Grade 12 girls, defeatedEatonia 69-38 and Onion Lake 49-31 to finish first in their pool and punch a ticket to the finals, where they battled Herbert only to lose by just two points.
The KCS 2 team, made up of Grade 10 and 11 girls, also did well, defeating Rosetown 51-35 and Onion Lake 49-31, before losing to Herbert 45-32. This put them in second place in their pool and they advanced to the third-place game.
There they lost 38-33 to Eatonia to finish in fourth place.
The girls will host conferences March 9 and 10 with teams coming from Outlook, Caronport, Assiniboia, Maple Creek and Rosetown.
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