In the opening round, held in Kamloops: …………………………………………………… The 11th-seeded Trail J.L. Crowe Hawks stunned the 6th-seeded Prince George D.P. Todd Trojans 69-60. The Trojans (coached by Sean Brown) included Raju Korotana, Darryl Dorothee, James MacIntosh, Justin Kozjak, James Kelly. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Victoria Lambrick Park Lions defeated the 12th-seeded Agassiz Chieftains 65-53 as Gavin Fedorak scored 26 and Tyler Holden 15. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Ladysmith 49ers defeated the 15th-seeded Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabres 61-47. Ladysmith led 26-20 at the half and 39-33 at the end of a third quarter in which Sa-Hali got to within two points. Jeremy McCulloch led Ladysmith with 18. Chad Craig added 15. The Sabres (coached by Mike Tarry) included Nathan Cross, Matt Kormeny, Ryan San, Read Konrad, Jeff Cheung. …………………………………………………… The Invermere David Thompson Lakers defeated the Saltspring Gulf Island Scorpions 110-82. Brian Crowe led the Scorpions with 27. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Langley Saints stunned the 3rd-seeded Kamloops Westsyde Whundas 64-60 as Sean Loney scored 24. Langley led by 18 in the first quarter when the gymnasium lights literally went out. The teams were forced to travel to a different gym in Kamloops. Saints coach Paul Bernard told the Langley Advance that the officiating was horrific. Greg McClaren and Stephon Congram fouled out. “It was the worst officiating I have ever seen. Those guys didn’t know what they were doing out there. It was a joke.” Whundas guard Travis Koivula told Kamloops This Week that “we couldn’t get anything going. They’re a good team, though, and I think they got a little ripped off in the rankings. It was a tough game to lose.” Whundas coach Del Komarniski said “I’m still proud of everything we’ve done this year. We didn’t get the breaks, but that’s the way it goes. That’s life.” The Whundas (coached by Del Komarniski) also included Travis Duncan, Sean Garvey, Reed Bailey, Matt Boron, Terry Bourassa (suspended), Derek Taylor (suspended). …………………………………………………… The Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints crushed the Vernon W.L. Seaton Sonics 84-50 as Sean Thistle scored 26. Kyle Vanderbeck led the Sonics with 14. Michael Kermode added 12. Sonic star Alex de Chantal was knocked out of the game with four minutes to play in the first quarter after suffering a concussion from an elbow delivered by 6-4 wing Paul Zwierzewicz (for which he received an intentional technical). Sonics coach Kurt Yakelaskek told the Vernon Mornng Star that “it was a pretty flagrant foul. They guy turned around and gave him an elbow to the temple. He was doing some good things four us and it really hurt us not having Alex on the floor. … Everybody worked hard and the bench played well, but we could not conrol the second chances under the hoop. Thistle killed us. He’s 6-5 and 225 pounds and we can’t match that.” The Sonics (coached by Kurt Yakelaskek) also included Billy Miller. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver University Hill Hawks dumped the Surrey Fraser Valley Christian Falcons 72-57. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Prince Rupert Rainmakers clipped the Clearwater Raiders 90-77. The Raiders (coached by Rick Smith, assistant Bill Christian, assistant John Walker) included Morgan Russell, Jon Turner, Evan Sears, Gurinder Bual, Harman Gill, Adam Donnelly, Morly Bishop, Rod Sidhu, Jessy Bhatti, Isaiah Houston, Sunny Chuti, Sonu Kailley, James Duncan and Tony Senghera.
In the quarterfinals, the 4th-seeded Prince Rupert Rainmakers defeated the 5th-seeded Victoria Lambrick Park Lions 75-72 as Ryan Bishop scored 35. Gavin Fedorak paced the Lions with 34. Mike Gunn added 21.
The 2nd-seeded Ladysmith 49ers torched the Invermere David Thompson Lakers 74-54.
The top-seeded North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints edged the Vancouver University Hill Hawks 67-64.
In the last quarterfinal, the 11th-seeded Trail J.L. Crowe Hawks defeated the 14th-seeded Langley Saints 73-41. The Saints (coached by Paul Bernard) included Sean Loney, Greg McLaren, Stephon Congram, Alex Schell.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded Ladysmith 49ers defeated the 11th-seeded Trail J.L. Crowe Hawks 61-46 as Jeremy McCulloch scored 26 and Luke Robinson 11.
In the other semi, the top-seeded North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints defeated the 4th-seeded Prince Rupert Rainmakers 79-68.
In the bronze medal match, the Trail J.L. Crowe Hawks dispatched the Prince Rupert Rainmakers 76-65.
In the final, North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints defeated the Ladysmith 49ers 65-48 as Sean Thistle scored 18 and Ryan Lee 16. Jeremy McCulloch paced the 49ers with 21. Kalvin Buerlein added 14. The 49ers led 12-6 after one quarter but were soon overwhelmed by the Fighting Saints. “They just went on a run,” Ladysmith coach Randy Steel told the Nanaimo Daily News. “We started to turn the ball over, we had trouble with their press. If we could kept it a half-court game, it would have been better for us. They got some easy baskets because of the turnovers.”
The bronze medalist Trail J.L. Crowe Hawks:
The silver medalist Ladysmith 49ers: Jeremy McCulloch; Chad Craig; Kalvin Buerlein; Luke Robinson; coach Randy Steel
The gold medalist North Vancouver North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints: Ryan Lee; Sean Thistle; coach Rob Ros