One year after winning the first provincial basketball banner in school history, the Langley Christian Lightning have done it again.
And while last year’s tournament title required a second-half rally, there was never any doubt this time around.
The senior girls basketball team crushed the competition, winning their four games by an average score of 75-29 to capture their second consecutive B.C. 1A provincial basketball banner.
The Lightning defeated Agassiz 83-37 in Saturday’s championship final held at Duncan Christian School.
“Our goal was definitely to bring (the title) home,” said Langley Christian coach Danielle Gardner.
“We played hard every single game and they worked hard as a team.
“And it was a team win: different people stepped up every game.”
In the team’s four victories, a different player was the leading scorer in each contest.
In the opener, a 78-4 destruction of St. Andrew’s, Katelyn Mallette had 19 points while Natasha Dickhof and Hannah Krepp each had 14.
Game two saw Ali Wergeland score a dozen points in the 66-26 defeat of Pemberton.
The semifinals saw the Lightning ground their local Langley rivals, the Credo Christian Kodiaks, 74-50 behind 20 points from Tabitha Meier.
Credo would recover to win the bronze medal.
The final saw Krepp score 22 in the 83-37 win over Agassiz.
Wergeland picked up most valuable player honours for a second straight year.
“She is a great player,” Gardner said.
“(Ali) got things done on defence when we needed her to and stepped up in a leadership role.
“She gave it all every game and she has done so for the past for years playing for me.”
Krepp and Mallette were both named first team all-stars.
