Mallard's Team of the Week — LVR Bombers Junior Basketball Team
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The L.V. Rogers Bombers outscored Selkirk Storm of Kimberley 6-0 in overtime to capture a 48-42 victory in the final of the David Thompson Lakers Junior Girl’s Basketball Tournament Saturday in Invermere.
Bryce Winters sank one of two free throws to force overtime before the Bombers took over to secure the first place trophy with a 3-0 record.
The Bombers, down 41-42 with 8 seconds left in the game, ran an endline play to set up Winters with a shot.
Winters was fouled and sank one of two from the charity stripe to force the extra period.
LVR opened play by stopping Laurie Tigers of Cranbrook 21-19.
The Bombers then outlasted host David Thompson Lakers 39-38.
Mallard’s Source for Sports would like to salute the strides made by the LVR Junior Bombers by selected the squad Team of the Week.
The team includes, coaches Chris Dergousoff and Willis Parnell, Julia Burkart, Marla Motzkus, Heather Potkins, Bryce Winters, Ohia Wintrub, Riley Zondervan, Sierra Jones, Sonja Boyd and Camryn Parnell.
