VIDEO: Underdog Voodoos excited about BC AAAA championships

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March 4, 2018

Kent Molgat

VIDEO: Underdog Voodoos excited about BC AAAA championships

Rutland Voodoos basketball coach, Jeff Balkenhol has been coaching the group of boys who won the Okanagan Valley Senior Boys Basketball Championships since they were in elementary school.

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They took on their arch nemesis, KSS in the final game, knowing their school never wins the Valley title. Not for 40 years.

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And they were heavy underdogs again. But it happened.

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Now they're thrilled as they head off to Langley for the BC championships, once again, as underdogs. Balkenhol sat down with KelownaNow to talk about the mindset heading into the big tournament.

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