Both the Boys and Girls Junior Varsity teams from Bert Church have had the winning touch to kick off this year's Bert Church Invitational.

The Girls kicked things off with a 52-46 win over Bishop McNally in overtime. Bert Church found themselves down 12 heading into the 4th.  valiant effort put the local girls up late, but a 3 pointer at the end of regulation helped McNally tie things up and take it to the extra frame, but the Chargers took over for the win in OT.

After a win against Canmore, the Junior Girls have punch their tickets to the finals, against either Lester B. Pearson, or Central Memorial, both from Calgary, Saturday night at 6:45pm.

The Boys led from the tip off to the final whistle, beating Highwood 65-50 in their first game of the tournament. They'll take to the court for their second game Friday night at 8:30pm.