The Estevan Comprehensive School senior girls' basketball team saw their season come to an end on the weekend at regionals.
The girls lost their opening game at 4A regionals in Wilcox, going down to defeat 59-45 against Warman.
The Elecs led 11-10 after the first quarter and trailed only 22-20 at half, but they weren't able to hang on in the second half.
"The girls practised hard and I thought I prepared them pretty well for Warman," said Elecs head coach Jessie Smoliak. "My girls came out ready to play in the first half. Warman had two posts over six feet, so we had to double on the posts any time that they got the ball in the paint.
"Everyone was in the game, the bench, the fans and the girls on the court."
But Warman came out strong in the second, scoring eight points in the first three minutes to put together a 10-point cushion.
"We didn't give up, because we fought back to only be down by seven going into the final quarter," said Smoliak. "We honestly just ran out of steam and their posts finally started to finish their shots down low."
Despite the loss, Smoliak said the game was "by far their best basketball" of the season.
"I am looking forward to next season already, after watching my Grade nine, 10s and 11s play," she said.
"I was really happy to see that they played as a team. They played with a lot of heart this weekend and I am proud of them."
Kristen Skjonsby and Tess Lindquist were the Elecs' top two scorers in the game, with Skjonsby scoring nine points.
Jayana Brown was Warman's top scorer with 23 points.
The Elecs later played a consolation game against Regina Miller, losing 50-45. ECS led 24-20 at the half.
Lindquist led Estevan with 10 points.
The ECS senior boys were eliminated in conference play on March 9 on home court, losing their first game 99-50 to Weyburn.
Meanwhile, the second game of the 78th annual McLeod Series against Weyburn has been cancelled for good due to a combination of weather conditions and mechanical difficulties with one of the nets in the ECS gym.
Weyburn led 171-84 after the first leg Feb. 5 in Weyburn.
