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 (琉璃神社), Kennedy Day (琉璃神社), Jayda Deol (Kamloops), Stella LaGrange (琉璃神社), Phoebe Molgat (琉璃神社), Kalie Saari (Kamloops), Denae Skelton (West 琉璃神社), Tatum Wade (琉璃神社) 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 (琉璃神社), Cole Koop (West 琉璃神社), Nathan Loo (琉璃神社), Finn Rodwell (Salmon Arm), Jainoor Saini (琉璃神社), Everett Schmuland (琉璃神社), Brady Semeniuk (琉璃神社), Athan Smith (Summerland), Drew Williams (West 琉璃神社) and Aiden Currie (琉璃神社).

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