Despite entering the 2012 B.C. High School Girls’ AAA Basketball Championship as the No. 10-ranked team in the province, the Maple Ridge Ramblers finished in fifth place after going 3-1 at the tournament.
The Ramblers pulled off a number of upsets at the provincial finals last weekend, knocking off the No. 5-ranked Handsworth Royals in their opening game, as well as beating No. 8-ranked Argyle secondary.
The Ramblers only loss of the tournament came on Thursday as they fell 71-33 to eventual provincial champions South Kamloops Titans.
That loss relegated the Ramblers to the consolation round, where they beat Argyle 66-55 on Friday. Ramblers star centre Kolbie Orum had 25 points in that game.
Maple Ridge won their final game of the tournament, 65-55, against Claremont secondary.
Orum averaged 24.5 points per game in the tournament, with 14.25 rebounds, earning her a spot on the tournament’s first all-star team.
Orum is off to Mississauga later this month for the national age group assessment camp. There she will be competing with 44 other female basketball players from coast to coast for a spot on the Canadian junior women’s national team. The team will be competing at the FIBA Americas U-18 World Championship in Puerto Rico, August 15-19.
Last year, Orum played for the Canadian cadette women’s team, competing at the 2011 FIBA Americas U-16 Championship in Mexico last June, scoring 33 points in five games.
The 2012 Maple Ridge Ramblers are: Kolbie Orum, Lauren Lamont, Haeley Williams, Coral-Lee Antaya, Danica Severinski, Devon Cousins, Gabby Cousins, Shara Marchand, Kirby Marchand, Melissa Fong, Lindsay Charrow, and Jane Grisley.