South Delta secondary school's curling program is headed to Dawson Creek in March after both its teams successfully defended their titles at the Lower Fraser Valley Playdowns.

Competing on their hometown ice at the Tunnel Town Curling Club, the SDSS girls rink rolled through its competition and will head to the provincials as one of the favourites, having finished second a year ago. The team features Shawna Jensen, Krista Jensen, Katie Sim and Kayla Graham.

The boys rink went undefeated (3-0) in the round-robin portion of the playdowns but lost its first playoff game to a solid opponent from Richmond's McMath secondary. The result forced a tiebreaker game which South Delta prevailed 6-4 thanks to some solid defensive strategy and clutch shot making down the stretch.

The team features Cody Tanaka, Donny MacKintosh, Louis Wong, Jackson MacKinnon and Alex Masarsky.

Teacher sponsor and regional co-ordinator James Brown says South Delta has built a solid reputation in provincial high school curling over the last four years, sending more teams (four boys and three girls) to the provincial championships than any other school in B.C. during that time.

"This is the year we hope to bring home a provincial title, because two of the girls and four of the boys will be graduating," he said. "Next year will definitely be a transition year, but we will still have two members of our girls team, and one member of our boys team, with some good young curlers in the wings for the boys."

The provincials will take place March 8-10.