Two young bucket getters from Vernon will be upping their competition this summer at a national basketball championship.

Adie Janke and Chloe Collins have been named to the U17 Team B.C. roster.

The team represents the best female basketball players in the province, under the age of 17.

Both Collins and Janke are currently in Grade 10 at Vernon Secondary School, and, at just 15 years old are younger than the vast majority of players on the roster.

B次元官网网址淚 coached the under 15 team last summer, so Adie and Chloe both tried out for that and were both on the radar but didnB次元官网网址檛 make it,B次元官网网址� said U17 head coach Randy Nohr. B次元官网网址淭his year, Adie was a part of the junior academy so she was an automatic invite while Chloe went to tryouts and then they both went through two rounds of tryouts and made it.B次元官网网址�

According to Nohr, 18 players are on the provincial team, but just 12 will make the flight to St. JohnB次元官网网址檚 Newfoundland, where the 11-team championship takes place, August 5 to 10.

B次元官网网址淲e have already had one training weekend and we have three more left, along with two events, in Victoria and Oregon,B次元官网网址� said Nohr.

The training takes place in the Lower Mainland, on May 4, 5, 25 and 26, before the tournament in Victoria from June 14 to 16.

Then, the long tryout and practices continue with a final training weekend, June 22 and 23 and the Oregon End of Trail Shootout tournament from June 28 to July 1.

Collins impressed this year during the basketball season, coming back from a knee injury that sidelined her for most of the 2022-23 campaign. She dropped 35 points in a December home tournament game, drilling seven threes.

Janke, B次元官网网址渋mproved a lot throughout the year, as her high school coach did a good job of preparing her,B次元官网网址� Nohr added.

Official 12-person rosters are released prior to the National Championship training camp on July 23.

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