Vernon Secondary School’s Grade 8 basketball teams are provincials-bound.
Both the girls and boys Panthers teams qualified for the 16-team invitational events which will be played at Clearbrook, in the Fraser Valley, March 2-5.
The Panthers won the North Okanagan girls championship Feb. 22 with a 49-10 win over the Fulton Maroons to advance to the provincial tournament.
VSS won the boys title on their home court a night later, downing Shuswap Middle School Phoenix of Salmon Arm 62-32.
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