Rainmakers claim two more victories in final tune up before Provincials

Prince Rupert was Hoops City over the weekend, with high energy basketball to be found at two locations, the Russell Gamble Gymnasium at the Civic Centre and the Charles Hays Gymnasium on Prince Rupert Boulevard.

At the latter, the Charles Hays Senior Boys were hosting the Caledonia Kermodes who were in town on Friday and Saturday for a pair of games to put in one last weekend of competition before its tournament time in Langley.

Friday night the Makers topped the Kermodes 79-50, the Saturday showdown saw the Kermodes put a strong push on the Charles Hays squad, though the Makers held off the Caledonia charge to take the final of the two games 74-60.

For Charles Hays all attention now moves on towards Provincials, in March, as the Rainmakers won't have to compete in Northwest Zones competition this year.

Coaches Mel and Ryan Bishop will be working some pretty charged practice sessions over the next two weeks  in order to keep the Makers' sharp for their return to the provincial stage in the Lower mainland.

The Langley event which will see the Charles Hays boys take on some of the top AA teams in the province will take place from March 6 to 9.

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The Junior Boys have another banner for the CHSS Gym and now
make their way to Langley this week for the Provincials
(photo from BC Hoop Scoop/CHSS twitter)

The Junior Boys depart this week for Langley and the Junior Boys Invitational, Kevin Sawka's team moved on the Big finale for the 2018-19 season after they claimed the Northwest Zones title in Smithers on February 9th.

They'll be learning who their first round opponent will be shortly with the tournament draw expected to be made before the teams arrive in Langley for tournament play from the 23rd to 26th.

Rainmaker fans can follow the Junior Boys through their run through the media stream available for the Provincials, cost to view games is 8.50 per day or 24 dollars for the tournament pass.

You can learn more about the video streaming service here. The Basketball stream information will be available later this week as the tournament tip off nears.

You can find more items of interest on the Rainmakers through their twitter feed, as well as from our archive of notes on High School sports in the Northwest here.

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