Rosetown Central High School is home to a pair of SHSAA 3A conference basketball tournaments this weekend.
The boys side gets underway with two games Friday night, before continuing the action on Saturday alongside the girls, leading up to each side's respective conference finals. The boys bracket includes Rosetown, Outlook, Delisle, Biggar, Clavet, and Watrous, while the girls bracket features Rosetown, Eatonia, Shaunavon, and Maple Creek.
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Before welcoming in the other schools, Thursday saw a pep rally held inside the RCHS gymnasium.
The teams were introduced, before students took part in fun basketball themed games; and then the house was brought down after an electric moment from Vice-Principal Gary Paproski:
"It was a pep rally moment that I was glad I was a part of." said John McPhee, an RCHS teacher, and the senior girls' basketball coach.
A possibly still stunned McPhee did his best to break down Mr. P's shot, and reaction of the gym full of enthusiastic Rosetown students.
"(Paproski) decided that he would try to do a shot over the back of his head from half-court... and low and behold he threw that one, and on his first attempt, nothing but net.
"The gym erupted." finished McPhee, accurately describing the roar in the video above.
With spirits high headed into an important weekend of play, McPhee shared more on the high school hoops set for Rosetown.
Friday's action sees the boys getting underway with Rosetown against Outlook at 5:45, and Biggar taking on Delisle afterwards at 7:30. The winner of those games will advance to play either Clavet or Watrous, playing for a spot in the 3:00 conference final.
The girls action starts Saturday with Eatonia playing Maple Creek at 12:00 PM, and Rosetown playing Shaunavon at 1:30 PM. Cutting the field down to two, the winners will clash in the girls' final set for 4:45 PM.
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McPhee says his senior girls' team has played to a winning percentage of about 60 per cent this season. Sharing more on the group ahead of the weekend, a team that has gotten better throughout the season, McPhee is excited to watch things shake out.
"We are a young team. We have a couple of graduating players, but not more than that, comprised mostly of Grade 10 and 11's." said McPhee as it's been a season of growth and learning. "We scheduled approximately 25 games... we were happy with the results overall, and we were competitive in most of our games so are happy with that.
"We are hoping that the girls can bring the energy on Saturday, and we will see where we go from there."
Nobody wants to come out flat in a single-game elimination. Hopefully some good vibes stuck around in the RCHS gym, helping lead the hometown Royals to victory in both boys and girls play this weekend.