Members of the Orcas High School girls basketball team played in the Anacortes Summer Jam on July 20 and 21.

The group included seniors Shelbi Rogers, Bella Nigretto and Alicia Susol, juniors Kilee Rogers and Hannah Brunner-Gaydos, sophomores Emma Minnis, Lilly Miller and Halle Thompson and eighth grader Katy Minnis.

The girls beat Friday Harbor, 24 to 23, in the first match of the tournament. Next they played Mount Vernon and beat them 42 to 41.

The team then headed to a two-minute tourney, a mini event within the larger tournament.

They played 3-D Elite and beat them, moved on to Oak Harbor and beat them, but then Rogers suffered an injured ankle during the game and was out of the tournament. The Lady Vikings then lost to Friday Harbor and moved on to Anacortes and beat them for a third place finish. Katy stepped in to help during the next game against Anacortes – Susol and Thompson were not available to play.

“We played a hard fought battle and lost that game in overtime 31 to 34,” said parent and Orcas School Athletic Director Vicki Vandermay. “We then had a game against Friday Harbor  – again with still 6 players.  We beat them 33 to 39.”

The girls raced home for some rest and the next morning hopped on the red eye ferry for a game against Mount Vernon, beating them 46 to 29. The Vikings then beat Anacortes, 39 to 17. Then it was time for the championship round against 3-D Elite.

“We fought hard but couldn’t quite pull it out from the Canadian Club Team and we ended up losing 43 to 42,” Vandermay said. “We took second place and played great basketball.”