In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The West Vancouver Collingwood Cavaliers upset the Victoria Lambrick Park Lions 58-55 as 6-3 forward Jon Kemp Gee scored 21 and Elliot Marsh 12. Gee scored 10 in the final quarter. Collingwood jumped to a 20-10 lead and then held on for the win. Kyle Orr paced Lambrick Park with 19. Brett Burley added 16. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Ladysmith 49ers crushed the 16th-seed Prince George D.P. Todd Trojans 89-51. The score was knotted at 25 in the second quarter when Ladysmith erupted for a 9-0 run to take a 34-25 lead into the lockers. The 49ers dominated the second half, outscoring the Trojans 27-4 in the third quarter, while not allowing a field goal, after Chris Vanderweide had returned to the floor, having been hit with two early fouls. Vanderweide paced Ladysmith with 18. Spencer Fyfe-Wilson added 15, Gabe Hamilton 13 and Jackson Blondeau 8. Ladysmith coach Randy Steel told the Daily News that “we went on a bit of a run in the second and third quarter. … (During the run), I don’t think they got a field goal. They had some foul shots. The defence is getting better and better. It was basically half-court defnece, rebounding, no second shots for them. Offensively, quite a few guys shot well.” Bhupinder Johal led D.P. Todd with 13. Lucas Miller added 10. Ladysmith coach Lucas Miller said his troops benefited from having played AAA schools all season. …………………………………………………… The Vernon Clarence Fulton Maroons nipped the Surrey Pacific Academy Breakers 61-57. The Maroons trailed 11-7 after a quarter and the score was knotted at 24 at the half. Fulton took a slim lead in the second half and held on for the win. Jesse Brown scored 26 to pace the Maroons. Dan Novakowski added 18 and Levi Brodland 14. Brent Beugelink led Pacific Academy with 18. Breakers player of the game Jonathan Voros added 12. “We had them, it was so close,” Breakers coach Earl Beugelink told Surrey Now. “We knew what we were going to see and we were well prepared for them. It was just that in the last four minutes, we could not score. We had the lead and we were stopping them but we couldn’t build on our lead. It was a really close game, they took the lead with 30 seconds left and then when we had to foul them, they hit their free throws.” The Breakers (coached by Beugelink) also included Tyler Plett, Colin Hibbs, Jonathan Chifan. …………………………………………………… The Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights crushed the West Vancouver Sentinel Spartans 75-55 as Karol Cybula scored 18, Denny Dumas 14, Yacob Issayas 12 and Sam Carino 10. Chris Medilek paced Sentinel with 12. …………………………………………………… The Prince George Duchess Park Condors whipped the Vancouver Brittania Bruins 107-62 as six players hit double figures, led by Cam Wharram with 20, Quinn Checkley 16, Matthew Foster 16 and Charlie Gook 16. Stephen Tran led Brittania with 25. The Condors racked up 61 points in the first half. …………………………………………………… The Nelson L.V. Rogers Bombers dumped the Kamloops Westsyde Whundas 67-55 as Florian Joseph scored 24 and Kyle Kortegaard 18. The Bombers led by 6-10 for most of the affair and iced it when Joseph hit 11 in the final quarter. Shea Doyle led Westsyde with 21. Ian Tarlit added 13 and Alex Whittaker 10. …………………………………………………… The Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabres edged the Hope Mustangs 62-55 in a foulfest. Sa-Hali rallied from a 45-30 deficit late in the third quarter as their full-court press began to yield major dividends. The tide turned completely when 6-7 Hope centre Eric Williams fouled out early in the fourth quarter. Sa-Hali scored 20 points in the final frame to pull out the win. Hudson Maylor scored 23 for Sa-Hali. Brendan Smith added 15, while Eric Tommasini scored 14, including 8-10 from the line in the final quarter. Williams scored 18 to lead Hope, which also saw starters Ray Douglas and Reid Taylor foul out. Two other starters had four fouls each. …………………………………………………… The Prince Rupert Rainmakers crushed the Fernie Falcons 96-45 as Craig Rimmer scored 20, Phil Gamble 14 and Jacob Thom 13. The Rainmakers led 32-15 after one quarter and romped. Lance Taylor and Kyle Tanton each scored 9 to lead Fernie. The Falcons (coached by George Popp) also included Alex Abdallah, Bryan Faucher, Jamie Foley, Brett Holmgren, Tyson Rutschmann, Sean Ramsey, Tanner Mercer, Jake Gleige and Skyler Ferris.
In the quarterfinals, the Prince Rupert Rainmakers dumped the West Vancouver Collingwood Cavaliers 65-49 as 6-4 forward Connor Agnew scored 21. Prince Rupert led 35-25 at the half. Phil Gamble added 13 for the Rainmakers. Brad Telfer led Collingwood with 14.
The Ladysmith 49ers dumped the Nelson L.V. Rogers Bombers 58-42 as Chris Vanderweide scored 25, including 10-12 from the line. Gabe Hamilton added 15 and Spencer Fyfe-Wilson 10. The 49ers led 33-24 at the half. Ladysmith coach Randy Steel told the Nanaimo Daily News that “intensity and rebounding are a big part of it. We’re getting better at it. We’re not giving teams too many shots.” Florian Joseph led the Bombers with 11.
The Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights clipped the Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabres 73-63 after leading 42-22 at the half. Denny Dumas paced the Knights with 26 points, including 13-16 from the line. Sam Carino added 10 and Karol Cybula 12. Hudson Naylor led Sa-Hali with 19. Brendan Smith added 13.
The Prince George Duchess Park Condors defeated the Vernon Clarence Fulton Maroons 88-73 as Paul Burkholder scored 25, Cam Wharram 16 and Matthew Foster 21. The Condors led 18-16 after one quarter and 40-31 at the half. Dan Novakowski paced the Maroons with 22. Levi Brodland added 19 and Jesse Brown 15.
In the semis, the top-seeded Ladysmith 49ers clipped the Prince Rupert Rainmakers 72-58 as Chris Vanderweide scored 42, including 10 in the first quarter. Ladysmith coach Randy Steel told the Nanaimo Daily News that “they played well in the fourth quarter. … They scored 28 points. We were up by four at the half and kind of gradually got up by 9 or 10 points at the end of the third quarter. We only scored 11 points in the third quarter. That’s when your defence has to be tough. They only scored six. Usually, when you score 11 points, you are going to be down a bit.” Gabe Hamilton added 11. Jacob Thom led Prince Rupert with 15. Connor Agnew added 14.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Prince George Duchess Park Condors dumped the Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights 86-70. The Condors led 24-13 after one quarter and 50-36 at the half. Nathan Yu led Duchess Park with 32, including 12 in the first quarter. He finished with five treys. Cam Wharram added 17 and Matthew Foster 14. Denny Dumas led the Knights with 27, including five from beyond the arc. Karol Cybula added 12.
In the bronze medal match, the Prince Rupert Rainmakers defeated the Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights 83-65 by dominating quarters two and four, in which they outscored their foes 26-26 and 23-13. Connor Agnew led the Rainmakers with 31 points, including a tourney-high nine treys. Phil Gamble added 20, including 11 in the second quarter. Craig Rimmer notched 10. Karol Cybula led St. Thomas More with 32, including 20 in the first half. Denny Dumas added 16.
In the final, the 2nd-seed Prince George Duchess Park Condors defeated the top-seeded Ladysmith 49ers 79-73 as 6-2 senior guard Matthew Foster scored 19, Nathan Yu 17, Cam Wharram 14, Kyum Shogren 15 and Charlie Gook 10. Ladysmith led 18-15 after one quarter. Duchess Park led 34-33 at the half and 60-54 after three quarters. Chris Vanderweide led Ladysmith with 36, including 11 in the third quarter and 10 in the last frame. Gabe Hamilton added 16 and Jackson Blondeau 16. Ladysmith coach Randy Steel told the Nanaimo Daily News that “it was a game we could have pulled off. Sometimes, you are in there and you don’t have a chance. I knews they were going to be a good team but we had a chance. That’s what makes it real hard. … They hit some big shots. … not easy shots. They were hitting three-point shots and it wasn’t just one player. It was different people.”
The bronze medalist Prince Rupert Rainmakers: Connor Agnew; Phil Gamble; Craig Rimmer; Shawn White; Jacob Thom;
The silver medalist Ladysmith 49ers: Chris Vanderweide; Gabe Hamilton; Spencer Fyfe-Wilson; Jackson Blondeau; coach Randy Steel
The gold medalist Prince George Duchess Park Condors: Cam Wharram; Nathan Yu; Matthew Foster; Paul Burkholder; Kyum Shogren; Simon Loewen; Cole Bosmann; Quinn Checkley; Alex Coulombe; Charlie Gook; Samuel Raphael; coach Dan Foster; assistant Todd Jordan