GO Ball, the city's girls-only basketball program, has seen its participation numbers rise over the years.

Last weekend, more than five dozen girls hit the hardcourt for the association's annual McLennan Ross GO Play 3-on-3 Tournament at Weledeh and St. Pat's gymnasiums.

Cygni Brown, the tournament's co-ordinator, said the number of girls involved was up from 2016.

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There were three divisions for this year's tournament: U8/U9, U11 and U14. The U7 division, the youngest of the groups under the GO Ball banner, didn't play in the tournament but got a chance to show what they've been learning at the tournament's opening ceremony on Oct. 13.

The U11 champions this year was Team Tornado. Team Lynx won the U14 division. The U8/U9 division didn't have a winner SA国际影视传媒� they weren't keeping score.

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Putting the tournament together is always a big effort and Brown had plenty of help this year..

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Several members of the city's high performance girls basketball team, both past and present, came to the tournament.

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