Palliser Teams Win 2A Provincial Medals
LETHBRIDGE: The last time Picture Butte High School won the Girls 2A Provincial Basketball Championships none of the current Sugar Queens team was even born yet. In fact, there’s a good chance a few of their parents aren’t old enough to remember that gold-medal winning squad either.
Saturday the host Sugar Queens won their first 2A gold medal in 34 years with a 58-51 win over Lacombe’s Central Alberta Christian Knights before a packed gymnasium.
Although PBHS won silver as recently as 2013-14, the last gold medal came in 1981-82. That victory actually capped quite a run for the school, which earned gold in 1975-76, 1976-77 and 1979-80.
This year’s gold medal edition of the Sugar Queens opened with a 59-42 win over Pigeon Lake and then beat Hanna’s J.C. Charyk 54-29 in the semi-finals. The team had finished second in the South Zone championships.