Vancouver’s professional basketball team is in first place
The Vancouver Volcanoes are 3-0 against the Great Falls Electric this season, and on Saturday night, the Volcanoes have a chance to make it 4-0.
The first-place Volcanoes swept Great Falls in Montana last week and return home Saturday night at Hudson’s Bay High School to face Great Falls again.
The Volcanoes have won four in a row overall and are 11-3, atop the Pacific Northwest standings in The Basketball League. Markus Golder leads the team in scoring, averaging 25.0 points per game.
Tickets for home games are $10.
Saturday’s game also will feature a fundraiser for the Northwest Association for Blind Athletes.
For tickets and more information on the Volcanoes, go to: https://vancouvervolcanoes.com/
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