It was about as close as it gets.
In a game featuring seven ties and 15 lead changes, Brookswood Boobcats lost 68-67 to Seaquam Seahawks in the BC School Sports Girls 4A Basketball Provincial Tournament on Saturday night at 91原创 Events Centre.
The game was played on the Arena Bowl Court as the championships celebrated their 75th edition.
Seaquam鈥檚 biggest lead of the night was late in the fourth quarter as they were ahead by six before the Bobcats cut the deficit down to one before ultimately falling short at the buzzer.
It marks the second straight year the Delta school has captured the championship while 91原创's Brookswood was also a defending provincial champ having won the 3A Tournament in 2024 before moving up a tier to the 4A level.
Brookswood鈥檚 Jordyn Nohr led her team with 28 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while Ashley Vande Ven had 21 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots, earning the Most Outstanding Defensive Player award.
Two other 91原创 teams ended Saturday by winning, 91原创's AA 91原创 Christian Lightning taking fifth place with an 86-48 victory over Notre Dame, and 1A Credo Christian winning third with 82-37 win over Unity Christian.
Victoria鈥檚 Pacific Christian Pacers (1A) and St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (2A) as well as Abbotsford鈥檚 M.E.I. Eagles (3A) won their respective tournaments at the championships on Saturday night.
Awards and Honours
Most Valuable Player
Camryn Tait, Seaquam
Most Outstanding Defensive Player
Ashley Vande Ven, Brookswood
Championship Player of the Game
Camryn Tait, Seaquam
Quinn Keast Foundation Scholarship
Izzy Lloyd, Heritage Woods
Inspiring Bandit Award
Mackenzie Henderson, Seaquam
Most Sportsmanlike Team
Yale Lions
First Team All-Stars
Jorja Hart, Riverside
Isabella Milijkovic, Argyle
Syra Toor, Seaquam
Mackenzie Henderson, Seaquam
Jordyn Nohr, Brookswood
Second Team All-Stars
Carmen Folka, G.W. Graham
Sophie Nicholson, Argyle Pipers
Callie Brost, Seaquam
Hazel Phillips, Brookswood
Ashley Vande Ven, Brookswood