In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics stunned the Mission Roadrunners 70-67. Mission led 19-14 after one quarter. St. Patrick’s led 56-48 at the half. Mission narrowly missed a three-point buzzer beater to try and force overtime, resorting to fouls in the final minute to try and come from behind. The Celtics got a big effort from grade-11 guard Julio Epondulan with 23, including nine in the third-quarter when the Celtics opened up a ten-point lead after trailing 29-28 at the half. Michael Pendon added 17, Paolo Santos 17, Sean Lintag 9 and John Dizon 4, while Marvin Soriano, Mark Macapinlac, Daniel Ramos, Elixir Garcia, Chris Branquinho, Anthony Tuliao, Andrew Luttrell, Jarren Bato, Arvin Santos and Rafael Marcut were scoreless. Mission was paced by Nakai Luyken with 19 points, including eight in the fourth quarter resurgence before fouling out. Nikolaas Jakobs added 17, Josh Kronstrom 12, Jason Dhaliwal 9, Anil Sharma 6, Carlos Morales 2 and Sam Gill 2, while Andy Dhaliwal, Brodie Pearce, Stephen Fosty, Willis Williams, Josh Kunz, Shan Sandhu and Tanner Pearce were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver Britannia Bruins clipped the Vernon Clarence Fulton Maroons 81-63. Britannia led 16-14, 37-31 and 57-71 at the quarters. Lower Mainland champion Britannia finally pulled away with a 24-12 margin in the fourth-quarter. Grade-11 guard Semir Ibrahim had 12 in the final quarter. Kevin Greer led the Bruins with 27. Ostao Obaseki added 17, Semir Ibrahim 16, Jesse Kooteny-Jobin 8, Alex Ming 6, Gerardo Gonzalez-Palomino 5 and Song Le 2, while Ryan Tom, Kim Pham, Xin Ma, Joseph Sinclair, Daniel Vo and Wayne Hoang were scoreless. Travis Beck, a 6’6” senior forward led the Maroons with 16. Morgan Conlin added 14, Justin Wurz 14, Jason Reinholcz 10 and Dallas Pepper 9, while Deepk Bagha, Gurinder Mijjar, Amar Purewal, Austin Jones, Manbir Deol, Zac Serafin and Tom Dobson were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Prince Rupert Rainmakers bombed the Nelson L.V. Rogers Bombers 72-46. The Bombers led 14-7 after one quarter. The Rainmakers led 26-25 at the half and 48-32 after three quarters. The Rainmakers 20-6 second-half run proved the difference. Grade-11 guard Adrian Robinson had a game-leading 24 points and Charles Leeson had 13 as the northwest zone champs controlled the top Kootenay reps by breaking up a close game at the half with a decisive 20-6 third quarter. Jon Bauio added 10, Brett Oystenson 8, Judd Grossman 7, Colton Wesley 5, Marc Hrehirchek 3 and Mike Yeomans 2, while Shawn Reece, Alfred Chilufya, Todd Boyle, Daniel Haldane, Doug Lindley, Shane Hill and David Stewart were scoreless. Chase Rickaby paced the Bombers with 13. Ben Poirier added 11, Aaron Moulson 10, Nelson Prins 4, Josiah Mori 4, Matt Clarkson 2 and Dimitri Naef 2, while Christian Desrosiers, Matt Irving, Byron Rokeby-Thomas, Kean Silverthorne and Nick Kortegaard were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Ladysmith 49ers dumped the Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabres 61-45 after leading 19-9, 37-21 and 58-30 at the quarters. The Vancouver Island champs were never threatened. Senior guard Jake Hayton paced Ladysmith with 22. Saul Brown added 13, Jack Lees 8, Phil Freundlich 8, Cody Windsor 6 and Trevor Burton 4, while Taylor Norton, Andrew Gait, Jacob Geary and Matti Gresham were scoreless. Landyn Sim led Sa-Hali with 10. Avnil Deo added 8, Alan Davies 8, Wade Kvatum 8, Garry Bilku 6, Ian Smith 3 and Brayden Burrows 2, while Travis Colman, Brayden Hori, Timo Sargent, Mark Scollon, Jake Dolson and Keith Rollans were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Victoria Lambrick Park Lions edged the North Vancouver Windsor Dukes 77-76 in overtime. Lambrick Park led 22-10, 38-24 and 46-40 at the quarters but Windsor forced overtime a buzzer beating baseline jumper by Michael Steel that knotted the score at 67. Nathan Darnell paced Lambrick Park with 27. Dave Hall added 11, Larry Muir 11, Arun Lagah 11, Nic Cuckovich 8, Jeremy Campbell 5 and Scott Jones 4, while Rob Chittick, Connor Russell, Ian Ofukany and Sameet Kang were scoreless. Michael Steel paced Windsor with 34. Pat Sneilling added 16, Kevin Lee 7, Phil D’Entremont 7, Brenden Ubungen 5, David Manshreck 5 and Dan Henderson 2, while Jackson Turner, Jason Lee, Harry Han, Max Greba, Taylor Copp, Conner Steel and Craig Morley were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Surrey Southridge Storm crushed the Williams Lake Columneetza Cougars 82-65. The Storm’s 6-6 senior big man Kurtis Osbourne scored 12 in each of second and third quarters. “If you have never seen him play or you don’t scout him, he will annihilate you,” said Southridge head coach Steve Anderson. “He is a warrior. He really gets after it.” Columneetza trailed 60-53 with a quarter to play and were led by 6-6 Harpreet Randhawa’s post game. Kurtis Osborne paced Southridge with 29 points and 22 boards. Jordan Yee scored 18, Avi Dhaliwal 12, Daniel Parsons 5, Matt Sinitsin 2, Matt Grimm 2, Jacob Andreou 2 and Jag Dhatt 2. Harpreet Randhawa paced Columneetza with 23. Mike Holm added 21, Manpreet Randhawa 15, Teancum Carter 4 and Robert Lomovatu 2, while Onkar Manhas, Raymond Ng and Tejinder Rathor were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Prince George D.P. Todd Trojans whipped the Mill Bay Brentwood x 68-52. Brentwood led 45-44 after three quarters but were outscored 24-7 in the final frame as the Trojans got a big effort from 6-2 senior forward Dallas Cote, who scored 10 in the quarter. C.P. Todd took command with a 23-7 run in the final quarter. “Sadly, for the first time all year, we didn’t come out and battle,’’ said Brentwood coach Blake Gage. Dallas Cote paced D.P. Todd with 19. Chase Davidson added 17 and 11 boards. Ryan Stephenson scored 11, Nick Kerrigan 9, Alex Sergeev 8, Stephen Bradshaw 2 and Richard Klein 2, while Lale Mackus, Justin Girard, Bhavan Parmar and Ryley Newman were scoreless. Ian Parry paced Brentwood with 21. Andre Coquillard added 13, Jason Kim 8, Sebastien Kohlmetz 6, Garrett Clyne 2 and Matt Lee 2, while Aron Schwartz; Mat Haines and Gene Lai were scoreless. Brentwood (coached by Blake Gage) also included Ted Whitley, Chris Seeman, Jon Chiu, Ian Parry and Trevor Mansfield. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Oliver Southern Okanagan Hornets dusted the 16th-seeded Maple Ridge Thomas Haney Thunder 99-73. The Hornets led 28-22, 48-36 and 79-52 at the quarters. Jordan Thomson paced Southern Okanagan with 25. Jas Gill added 21, Parry Aulkah 14, Vikram Sidhu 10, Jas Bassi 6, Bal Sidhu 6, Manmeet Aulakh 6, Harry Dhaliwal 6 and Kyle Goertzen 5, while Tyler Machial, Baltej Gill and Gurb Gill were scoreless. Rob Topp paced Thomas Haney with 20. Jared Faa added 17, Brandon Schofield 13, Alex Bruksha 9, James Jackson 5, Zac Bickerton 5 and Kyle Price 4, while Brandon McGuinness, Gary Brar and Prab Sidhu were scoreless.
In the quarterfinals, the Vancouver Britannia Bruins defeated the Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics 77-69 in a showdown between the top two teams out of the lower mainland. The Bruins led 21-13, 45-31 and 59-52 at the quarters. Jesse Kooteny-Jobin paced Britannia with 24. Kevin Greer added 15, Semir Ibrahim 14, Gerardo Gonzalez-Palomino 9, Osato Obaseki 9, Ryan Tom 3 and Alex Ming 3, while Kim Pham, Xin Ma, Song Le, Joseph Sinclair, Daniel Vo and Wayne Hoang were scoreless. Paolo Santos paced the Celtics with 22. Julio Epondulan added 19, Michael Pendon 13, Chris Branquinho 5, Sean Lintag 4, John Dizon 4 and Andrew Luttrell 2, while Marvin Soriano, Mark Macapinlac, Daniel Ramos, Elixir Garcia, Anthony Tuliao, Jarren Bato, Arvin Santos and Rafael Marucut were scoreless.
The Ladysmith 49ers edged the Prince Rupert Rainmakers 72-67 after leading 21-20 after one quarter and 37-34 at the half. The score was knotted 42 after three quarters. Rainmakers coach Mel Bishop said “What’s disappointing is that we had the ability to win that thing.” Bishop said the loss of Judd Grossman due to foul trouble was the key factor in the game’s outcome. “Judd never really had a chance to play and he’s our main inside guy so we didn’t really have an inside presence. … And it’s hard to win from the perimeter. And there’s no back door. You lose one and you’re pretty much out.” The Rainmakers had three starters, Grossman, Adrian Robinson and Jon Baguio foul out in the final quarter. Jake Hayton paced the 49ers with 22. Phil Freundlich added 14, Saul Brown 14, Andrew Gait 6, Cody Windsor 6, Trevor Burton 4, Matti Gresmak 3, Jacob Geary 2 and Jack Lees 1, while Taylor Norton was scoreless. Jon Baguio led the Rainmakers with 17. Charles Leeson added 12, Adrian Robinson 10, Daniel Haldane 9, Colton Wesley 7, David Stewart 6, Judd Grossman 4 and Brett Oystenson 2, while Shawn Reece, Mike Yeomans, Marc Hrehirchek, Alfred Chilufya, Todd Boyle, Doug Lindley and Shane Hill were scoreless.
The Surrey Southridge Storm clipped the Victoria Lambrick Park Lions 76-65. Lambrick Park led 18-17 after one quarter. Southridge led 39-34 at the half and 59-53 after three quarters. “Lambrick has some decent size, but he was still able to put up some decent numbers,” said Southridge head coach Steve Anderson. “Kurtis (Osborne) had another outstanding game.” Kurtis Osborne paced the Storm with 21. Avi Dhaliwal added 19, Jordan Yee 16, Matt Grimm 10, Jag Dhatt 6 and Matt Sinitsin 4, while Zain Jessa, Daniel Parsons, Aavis Bhindi, George Ting, Jacob Andreou and Govind Hair were scoreless. Nathan Darnell paced Lambrick Park with 23. Nic Cuckovich added 10, Dave Hall 10, Arun Lagah 10, Larry Muir 5, Sameet Kang 5 and Scott Jones 2, while Jeremy Campbell, Rob Chittick, Connor Russell and Ian Ofukany were scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the top-seeded Oliver Southern Okanagan Hornets stomped the Prince George D.P. Todd Trojans 105-65. The Hornets led 26-14, 45-31 and 76-56 at the quarters. They put the game out of reach with a 10-0 run to open the second half. “(The Hornets) were phenomenal at both ends of the floor,” Trojans coach Reid Roberts said. “They were in your face defensively they pressed us the entire game and then offensively, they could shoot the ball so well.” Jas Gill paced the Hornets with 37. Jordan Thomson added 14, Kyle Goertzen 10, Jas Bassi 10, Manmeet Aulakh 9, Tyler Machial 8, Virkam Sidhu 8, Bal Sidhu 6 and Gurb Gill 3, while Cody Wittman was scoreless. Richard Klein paced D.P. Todd with 16. Ryan Stephenson added 12, Stephen Bradshaw 9, Alex Sergeev 7, Chase Davidson 7, Dallas Cote 6, Ryley Newman 6 and Nick Kerrigan 2, while Lale Mackus, Justin Girard and Bhavan Parmar were scoreless.
In the semis, the Vancouver Britannia Bruins edged the Ladysmith 49ers 62-58 after leading 21-11, 37-25 and 49-39 at the quarters. Ladysmith cut the gap to 61-58 in the final minute but the Bruins hung on for the win. Kevin Greer paced Britannia with 27 on 11-22 from the floor, 5-10 from the line and 9 boards. Jesse Kooteny-Jobin added 17 on 5-12 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists. Ostao Obaseki scored 11 on 5-11 from the floor, 12 boards and 2 steals. Semir Ibrahim notched 7 on 1-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 4-4 from the line. Alex Ming, Ryan Tom, Kim Pham, Gerardo Gonzalez-Palomino, Xin Ma, Song Le, Joseph Sinclair, Daniel Vo and Wayne Hoang were scoreless. Ming and Gonzalez-Palomino each dished 4 assists. The Bruins hit 22-56 (.393) from the floor, 5-11 (.455) from the arc and 13-22 (.591) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 16 assists, 8 turnovers and 5 steals. Jake Hayton paced the 49ers with 20 on 9-18 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 6 boards and 3 steals. Phil Freundlich added 11 on 3-13 from the floor, 5-5 from the line and 7 boards. Matt Gresmak scored 9 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 8 boards. Jacob Geary notched 8 on 4-7 from the floor. Andrew Gait scored 4, Trevor Burton 3, Jack Lees 2 and Saul Brown 1, while Taylor Norton and Cody Windsor were scoreless. The 49ers hit 21-65 (.323) from the floor, 3-13 (.231) from the arc and 13-18 (.722) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 9 assists, 4 turnovers and 6 steals.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Oliver Southern Okanagan Hornets outlasted the Surrey Southridge Storm 109-101. The Hornets hit triple figures for the third straight game in what was essentially a one-point game for all but the final few minutes. Southridge big man, big scorer Kurtis Osbourne did a lot of damage inside with a deft touch in traffic, while Hornets countered with point-guard Jas Gill with tough drives and slick perimeter shots. The game was the highest scoring (total points) in ‘AA’ tourney history and the 101 by Southridge the most ever by a losing team. Southridge led 16-15 after one quarter. Southern Okanagan led 41-39 at the half. Southridge led 71-70 after three quarters. Jas Gill paced Southern Okanagan with 49 on 15-34 from the floor, 5-17 from the arc, 14-17 from the line, 8 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Kyle Goertzen added 17 on 7-8 from the floor, 3-3 from the arc and 3 boards. Virkam Sidhu scored 15 on 5-8 from the floor, 5-7 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Jordan Thomson notched 14 on 6-9 from the floor, 2-5 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists. Bal Sidhu scored 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Gurb Gill added 4, Perry Aulakh 4 and Tyler Machial 2, while Cody Wittman, Manmeet Aulakh, Jas Bassi and Harry Dhaliwal were scoreless. The Hornets hit 38-76 from the floor, 9-25 (.360) from the arc and 24-33 (.727) from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 17 assists and 8 steals. Kurtis Osborne paced Southridge with 28 on 13-23 from the floor, 2-6 from the line, 21 boards and 10 assists. Avi Dhaliwal added 25 on 9-19 from the floor, 5-11 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 6 boards. Jordan Yee notched 17 on 5-10 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 4 boards. Jag Dhatt added 16 on 7-13 from the floor, 2-6 from the line, 6 boards and 3 assists. Matt Sinitsin notched 9 on 4-5 from the floor and 1-3 from the line. Daniel Parsons added 4 and Jacob Andreou 2, while Zain Jessa, Aavis Bhindi, Matt Grimm, George Ting and Govind Hair were scoreless. The Storm hit 39-81 (.481) from the floor, 7-18 (.389) from the arc and 16-33 (.485) from the line, while garnering 57 boards, including 30 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 20 assists, 14 turnovers and 2 steals.
In the bronze medal match, the Surrey Southridge Storm nipped the Ladysmith 49ers 71-68. Ladysmith was inbounding the ball with just 17 seconds remaining and a 68-67 lead when Storm guard Jordan Yee intercepted the ball and raced to the basket for his lone field-goal of the game. Ladysmith led 18-13, 37-32 and 58-51 at the quarters. It marked the Storm’s first provincial medal. “It’s always good to finish on a positive,” Southridge coach Steve Anderson said. “We had a good opportunity to make it to the finals – we played well enough to win – but it just didn’t happen for us. The guys definitely showed a lot of resilience though. It’s tough to come back after a loss like that, but they did and they did a helluva job at it, too. They deserve a lot of credit.” Anderson added that Avi Dhaliwal “was outstanding for us. For the majority of the tournament he had to guard the opposition’s top offensive player, and he still averaged about 20 points for us. I have no idea how he was not named to one of those teams – he was robbed. We had three all-stars.” The Storm found themselves down 11 points in the fourth quarter, but methodically cut into the lead as the clock ticked down, and found themselves down just one point with 17 seconds left. Jordan Yee, taking an inbounds pass, gave his team a one-point lead with a layup, and Matt Grimm iced the game with two late free throws. “The guys played really hard all year,” Ladysmith coach Randy Steel said. But the team was hampered by injury and illness. Kurtis Osborne paced Southridge with 36 on 14-23 from the floor, 8-12 from the line and 14 boards. Avi Dhaliwal added 16 on 5-16 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 3-5 from the line and 4 boards. Jordan Yee added 6, Daniel Parsons 5, Jag Dhatt 4, Matt Sinitsin 2 and Matt Grimm 2, while Zain Jessa, Aavis Bhindi, George Ting, Jacob Andreou and Govind Hair were scoreless. The Storm hit 24-60 (.400) from the floor, 4-13 (.308) from the arc and 19-29 (.655) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 11 fouls, 12 assists, 11 turnovers and 2 steals. Jake Hayton paced Ladysmith with 25 on 11-9 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Phil Freundlich added 18 on 9-17 from the floor and 6 boards. Matti Gresmack notched 8 on 2-10 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Saul Brown scored 5, Andrew Gait 3, Cody Windsor 3, Trevor Burton 3, Seth Jerome 2 and Jack Lees 1, while Taylor Norton, Jacob Geary and Ronal Finnegan were scoreless. The 49ers hit 28-65 (.431) from the floor, 7-14 from the arc and 5-9 (.556) from the line, while garnering 30 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 18 assists, 6 turnovers and 5 steals.
In the final, the top-seeded Oliver Southern Okanagan Hornets defeated the Vancouver Britannia Bruins 91-89. Britannia led 21-20 after one quarter. Southern Okanagan led 44-41 at the half. Britannia led 71-64 after three quarters. In many respects, the game was a matchup of point-guards, Britannia star Jesse Kootenay-Jobin and Hornets’ Jaspreet Gill but it also featured the inside play of Osato Obaseki for Britannia and Jordan Thomson for the Hornets. Jas Gill was named player of the game for the Hornets, while Obaseki earned the laurel for the Bruins. “This team never stopped believing,” said jubilant head coach Mo Basso. “Even when we were down by 15 points in the second half, they just kept chipping away, chipping away. They just felt that they could win this game.” Jas Gill led the Hornets with 23 on 9-15 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 9 boards and 6 assists. Jordan Thomson added 21 on 9-15 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 3 boards. Vikram Sidhu added 18 on 5-7 from the floor, 8-11 from the line and 8 boards. Gurb Gill scored 18 on 8-14 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 5 boards. Bal Sidhu added 5, Jas Bassi 3 and Perry Aulkah 3, while Kyle Goertzen, Cody Wittman, Manmeet Aulakh, Tyler Michial, Hary Dhaliwal and Baltej Gill were scoreless. The Hornets hit 35-64 (.547) from the floor, 8-14 (.571) from the arc and 13-19 (.684) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 11 assists, 2 turnovers and 1 steal. Semir Ibrahim paced Britannia with 28 on 10-16 from the floor, 6-8 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 7 boards. Osato Obaseki added 19 on 9-14 from the floor, 1-4 from the line and 13 boards. Jesse Kooteny-Jobin added 18 on 6-18 from the floor, 5-15 from the arc, 1-6 from the line and 5 assists. Kevin Greer scored 15 on 5-14 from the floor, 5-7 from the line and 5 boards. Gerardo Gonzalez-Palomino added 5 and Alex Ming 4 on 2-3 from the floor and 3 assists. Ryan Tom, Kim Pham, Xin Ma, Song Le, Joseph Sinclair, Daniel Vo and Wayne Hoang were scoreless. The Bruins hit 33-72 (.458) from the floor, 11-25 (.440) from the arc and 12-24 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 24 fouls, 8 assists and 1 turnover.
The bronze medalist Surrey Southridge Storm: Kurtis Osborne; Jordan Yee; Avi Dhaliwal; Daniel Parsons; Matt Sinitsin; Matt Grimm; Jacob Andreou; Jag Dhatt; Zain Jessa; Aavis Bhindi; George Ting; Govind Hair; coach Steve Anderson
The silver medalist Vancouver Britannia Bruins: Kevin Greer; Osato Obaseki; Semir Ibrahim; Jesse Kooteny-Jobin; Alex Ming; Gerardo Gonzalez-Palomino; Daniel Vo; Ryan Tom; Kim Pham; Xin Ma; Song Le; Joseph Sinclair; Wayne Hoang; coach Ferris Scooter; assistant Jesse Brown
The gold medalist Oliver Southern Okanagan Hornets: Jaspreet Gill; Jordan Thomson; Parry Aulakh; Vikram Sidhu; Jas Bassi; Bal Sidhu; Manmeet Aulakh; Harry Dhaliwal; Kyle Goertzen; Tyler Machial; Baltej Gill; Gurb Gill; Cody Wittman; coach Mo Basso; assistant Gurj Aujla