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Mount Douglas Secondary to host third annual Santa Slam basketball tournament

The third annual Santa Slam basketball tournament is to be held at the Saanich school
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Senior boysBԪַ basketball teams from across Vancouver Island will be joined by a team from Surrey to compete in the third annual Santa Slam basketball tournament hosted by Mount Douglas Secondary in mid-December.

The tournament kicks off on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 1 p.m. with a game between the Mount Douglas Rams and the Reynolds Roadrunners, and concludes on Sunday, Dec. 14 with the victor of the final game taking home the win.

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Mount Douglas SecondaryBԪַs appropriately-named basketball coach, Christopher Ball, said the opening game against Reynolds happens every year and is nicknamed the BԪַBattle of BԪַ.

BԪַWe play in front of most of our school so that oneBԪַs a lot of fun,BԪַ he said.

BԪַOnce again, the draw features many of the top Senior Boys Basketball programs from Vancouver Island as well as a very strong team making their way over from the Fraser Valley.BԪַ The senior boysBԪַ team from Fleetwood Park Secondary School will travel to the island to participate in the tournament.

Secondary schools on the island also participating in this tournament include Mark Isfeld (Courtney), Nanaimo District, Wellington (Nanaimo), Dover Bay (Nanaimo), and Carihi (Campbell River).

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