The Pen High Lakers tennis team are AAA Okanagan valley champs and are now headed to the provincial championship.
The Lakers defeated Salmon Arm 9-2 in Winfield, where both teams agreed to meet to reduce travel.
Coach Helena Konanz said her team played really well.
āWe were definitely a stronger team,ā said Konanz, who is assisted by co-coach Mhairi Dunnett.
Heading into provincials at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver May 22-24, Konanz said the group is melding into a good team. She said they are fortunate to have Grade 12s Graham Millar and Jaimie Atkins.
āThey both are our No.1 boys and girls players and itās great to have their experience and leadership as we go into provincials,ā she said.
The Lakers are taking five girls and six boys to Vancouver.
Itās been a rebuilding year for the program, which has five returning players. The Lakers almost didnāt have a team as they didnāt have the required minimum number of players. Konanz managed to fill the roster by recruiting female players from the other Lakers teams.
Competing in provincials for the Lakers are Millar, Atkins, Madeline Everton, Gabriel Girard, Monica Hornillas, Emily Higgins, Grayson Perrier, Annmarie Lang-Hodge, Jo Gunning, Cam MacArthur, Felix Motard, Eason SunĀ and Nolan Keilty.
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