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Best vs. Riverside at Fraser Valley tourney

The Riverside Rapids notched their first win of the AAA high school girls basketball Fraser Valley championship on Wednesday.

The Riverside Rapids notched their first win of the AAA high school girls basketball Fraser Valley championship on Wednesday.

The Port Coquitlam club defeated Sardis secondary 91-75 during an afternoon game at Walnut Grove and were expected to take on Coquitlam Dr. Charles Best Thursday afternoon after The Tri-City News’ deadline. Riverside’s Wednesday performance showed they had bounced back from Tuesday’s loss in their first game of the tournament, where they fell 71-62 to Yale secondary. 

Fraser Valley squads are jockeying for position in the tournament, which decides who will move on to the B.C. Provincial Championship.

Dr. Charles Best had a similar 1-1 record going into Thursday’s game against Riverside, after defeating Abbtosford’s W.J. Mouat 76-57.

Heritage Woods also got off to a strong start at the tournament, defeating MEI secondary 63-59 in the opening match before falling to Brookswood secondary 77-43 on Wednesday. 

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