The annual Lindsay Thurber Raiders Senior Basketball Tournament tipped off on Friday with teams from all across Alberta competing for the title.
Eight teams on the women’s side and eight on the men’s will play for on the weekend, with action wrapping up Saturday night. The Senior Girls final goes at 7 p.m. Saturday and the boys final will follow at 8:45 p.m.
In the tournament opener, the Lindsay Thurber boys picked up an 85-75 win over Bishop Carroll.
The Raiders girls also earned a victory in their first game against St. Francis Xavier Friday afternoon.
The Hunting Hills Lightning boys dropped their opener 103-85 to M.E. LaZrete from Edmonton.
Byron has been the sports reporter at the advocate since December of 2016. He likes to spend his time in cold hockey arenas accompanied by luke warm, watered down coffee.
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