琉璃神社鈥檚 U16A Elite found home ice very to their liking in winning the 2018 .

The KRA reps defeated Vernon in Sunday鈥檚 gold medal final at Rutland Arena.

As the B.C. champs, 琉璃神社 U16A Elite will now carry the province鈥檚 colours at the Western Canadian Ringette Championships, March 21 to 24 in Saskatoon.

鈥淎s a group, we set a goal of winning Westerns this year,鈥� said 琉璃神社 coach Todd MacMillan.鈥淥ur first step was getting to Westerns and needed to win provincials to put ourselves back in contention after finishing fourth last year. Our focus last weekend was never quit and to take our opponent鈥檚 time and space away wherever possible. The players responded and played five very solid games during weekend round robin play. They never quit.

鈥淲e know there will be some great teams in Saskatoon, but we need to believe we that we can and deserve to be in the gold medal final at Westerns.鈥�

Two other 琉璃神社 teams made it to the podium at provincials. The U19A squad won silver, while the U14As took bronze.

TORL Cup action saw 琉璃神社 Open B, 琉璃神社 U16A, the 琉璃神社 U12A squads all win their respective TORL league titles.

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