Saturday, February 8, 2025
February 8, 2025

Scorpions top Nairn Howe tourney

GISS Scorpions players Kadence O’Dwyer, left, and Melody Silva block Vic High’s Airlie Robinson in a Friday game won 37-31 by the Scorpions.
Junior Scorpions team member Allegra Tolkein (10) gets set to shoot a basket, as teammates, from left, Bryn Piper, Scarlet Wihksne and Perrin Carter look on, during a game against the Nanaimo Christian School Trailblazers. The Trailblazers won the game by a 48-29 score.
Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) senior girls basketball team players, from left, Maraika McConchie, Miya deRoos, Kadence O’Dwyer, Donna De Roo and Elizabeth Innes are all part of the action during the final game of the Nairn Howe Memorial Basketball Tournament against a Dover Bay Secondary team from Nanaimo on Saturday, Jan. 18. GISS won the game 64-50 and the tournament title.
Bob Howe, husband of the late Nairn Howe for whom the tournament is named, gives out medals to the senior girls Scorpions team following the final game on Saturday. Nairn Howe was a passionate advocate for Salt Spring schools and athletics, who died from cancer on Dec. 25, 2005. The outdoor multi-sport court at GISS bears her name.

Photos by Gail Sjuberg

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