Both the boys and girls Riverside Rapids curling teams walked away with silver medals at the B.C. championship in Smithers last week.
The girls team, which also won silver during the Fraser Valley championship after falling to Earl Marriott in the finals, went 5-2 in round-robin play at the provincials.
Let by skip Sarah McCrady with Megan MacGregor at third, April Kornitsky at second and Hannay Maraisdue at lead, the team came up just short of the gold medal, which went to Mount Elizabeth secondary of Kitimat.
Meanwhile, the boys team, led by skip Matthew McCrady with Josuha Miki at third, Bryn Tomlins at second, Matthew Fenton at lead and Tristan Romani as alternate, also had a 5-2 record.
The team defeated Smithers’ in an extra-end tie-breaker to capture the second-place finish, falling behind Kelowna secondary, which took gold.
Earlier in the season, the boys team won the Fraser Valley championship after defeating Elgin Park in the finals.
