The Okanagan鈥檚 young, up-and-coming basketball talent proves it can run with the very best the province has to offer.

Both the Zone 2 boys and girls squads are returning home with gold medals from the in Nanaimo.

In the girls鈥� championship game, the Thompson-Okanagan girls took care of Zone 3 (Fraser Valley) 41-20.

The Zone 2 girls are: Jorja Catt (Vernon), Elana Corrado (91大黄鸭), Kennedy Day (91大黄鸭), Jayda Deol (Kamloops), Stella LaGrange (91大黄鸭), Phoebe Molgat (91大黄鸭), Kalie Saari (Kamloops), Denae Skelton (West 91大黄鸭), Tatum Wade (91大黄鸭) and Kaitlyn Budgen (Vernon).

The Okanagan boys were nothing short of dominant in capturing the BC Games gold medal.

In the championship final, Zone 2 subdued their Zone 5 (Vancouver Coastal) opponents 70-44.

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The Okanagan boys won all five of their games during the tournament, the tightest of all in the semifinal, a 49-38 victory over Fraser River.

Other wins for Zone 2 came over North West 86-25, Van. Coastal 78-45 and Vancouver Island-Central Coast 74-33.

The Zone 2 boys were led into battle by head coach Darren Semeniuk and assistant coach Sid Kopp.

鈥淚t truly was a team effort and each of the boys gave significant contributions throughout the weekend in unique ways,鈥� assistant Sid Kopp said on behalf of the coaching staff. 鈥淭hey were all young men that as a community, we could be truly proud of. The BC Games were a fantastic experience that we will not forget soon.鈥�

The Zone 2 boys team: Parker Fleming (91大黄鸭), Cole Koop (West 91大黄鸭), Nathan Loo (91大黄鸭), Finn Rodwell (Salmon Arm), Jainoor Saini (91大黄鸭), Everett Schmuland (91大黄鸭), Brady Semeniuk (91大黄鸭), Athan Smith (Summerland), Drew Williams (West 91大黄鸭) and Aiden Currie (91大黄鸭).

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