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Splits-Ville Basketball teams flip-flop on weekend —

Brian McLennon, Sports Editor

 

 

 

 

 

Thomson Named BCCAA Athlete of the Week

Source: wwm.douglas.be.ca/ csru/ athletics

Douglas badminton player, Lyndsay Thomson, is a 5'7" phenom from Victoria, BC.
This first-year rookie earned her way to the finals in all three events she participated in.

Lyndsay Thomson
Photo: Brian McLennon

In Women’s Singles, Thomson defeated Shaolin Guo (Capilano) in the semi-finals.
In the finals, Lindsay would defeat her Douglas teammate in two straight sets, 11-2,
11-0 to take home first place. ;

In Women’s Doubles, Thomson would team up with Charmagne Yeung to defeat
fellow teammates Akiki Ito and Alice Yee to take home first place.

‘In Mixed Doubles, Thomson teamed up with Men’s Doubles Champion, Alvin Lau.
They went on to lose to teammates Phil Weier and Charmagne Yeung in the finals, giv-
ing Thomson two firsts and a second for the week.

Congratulations to Lyndsay Thomson, who’s fine play helped pace the Royals to an
early lead in the BCCAA standings.

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The men’s and women’s basketball teams split the weekend against the visiting UNBC
Timberwolves. On Friday, the women’s team put together an early 16-4 run mid way
through the first half and never looked back, defeating the Timberwolves by a score of
75-61.

Gillian Weinrath
Photo: Jerald Walliser

Gillian Weinrath had a monster game for the Royals as she dropped 21 points,
grabbed 9 rebounds, and tallied 5 blocks. It was definitely a career night for Weinrath,
as her performance changed the course of the game.

Other leading scorers for the Royals were Megan Lowrie, who shot the lights out
with 6/10 shooting from the field and a blistering 75 percent from behind the arc to
finish with 18 points.

On Saturday, it was the men’s team who took control of the game to defeat the
UNBC Timberwolves by a score of 85-73. The Royals wasted no time securing a sub-
stantial lead behind point guard, Andrew Rogers’ sniper-like shooting. The Kentville,
NS native torched the UNBC’s backcourt, as he squashed 21 points in the first half.
The Royals cruised to an easy victory to split the weekend series.

Leading scorers for the Royals were Rogers with 26 and Jon Thomson with 9.