In the opening round, held in Prince George: ………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Prince George Westside Academy Warriors clipped the 14th-seeded Osoyoos Rattlers 57-48. ………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Chemainus Cougars dispatched the 9th-seeded Prince George O’Grady Catholic Totems 56-48. The Totems (coached by John MacDonald) included Matthew Blake, Mike Haessel, Leeway Yu, Phillip Gobbi, Nick Cotter, Jerod Sevigny, Joquian Quian, Ryan Wood, Matt Blake and Chris Kelly. ………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Fort St. James Falcons whipped the 10th-seeded Kelowna Immaculata Regional Mustangs 92-71. ………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Pemberton Red Devils thrashed the 15th-seeded Tumbler Ridge Kodiaks 93-43. ………………………………………………… The 13th-seeded Chetwynd Cavaliers edged the 4th-seeded New Denver Lucerne Lakers 69-67. ………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Keremeos Similkameen Sparks dumped the 12th-seeded Smithers Bulkley Valley Christian Royals 70-58. The Sparks took command with a 26-2 run in the first half. Todagin Hodson paced the Royals with 22. Cody McEwen added 11. The Royals (coached by Ron Van Driel) also included Trevor Vandermeer, Danny DeJong, Kyle Spyksma, Ian Kwantes, Brad Veenstra and Sean Endacott. ………………………………………………… The top-seeded Surrey White Rock Christian Academy Warriors whipped the 16th-seeded Victoria Spectrum Thunder 76-59. The Thunder (coached by Grant Boldand, assisted by Jim Hubbard and Gordon Thatcher, managers Paul Sandhu and Gurvir Sekhon Head) included Tony Fogelklou, Manjit Gill, Chris Conway, Harv Grewal, Nico Craveiro, Jonathan Layo, Bryan Goudie, Mike Williams, Tim Hazard, Daren Mclean, Jeff Duyndam and Darrell Anderson. ………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons pounded the 11th-seeded Sparwood Spartans 78-57.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors clubbed the 8th-seeded Chemainus Cougars 74-58. The Cougars included Clint Bailey.
The 5th-seeded Keremeos Similkameen Sparks defeated the 13th-seeded Chetwynd Cavaliers 67-61.
The 2nd-seeded Pemberton Red Devils dumped the 7th-seeded Fort St. James Falcons 81-56. The Falcons (coached by Sheila Collins, included Brydon Kendall, Johnathan Rivard, Satinder Sandhu, Shawn Fox, Shawn Wagner, Aman Hundal, Jassi Sandi, Ram Chopra, Brady Antoine and Kristof Kipp.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Prince George Westside Academy Warriors edged the 6th-seeded Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons 59-58. Warriors co-coach Darrel Dimler told the Prince George Citizen that “we actually had a chance to run out the clock but they got the ball and had it out of bounds with four seconds to go. But they did what we expected them to do and we picked off the inbounds play.” Brett Morrow led the Warriors with 18. Mark Johnson added 16. Steve Tait led the Gryphons with 21. The Gryphons also included Justin Maxwell.
In the semis, the top-seeded Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors clipped the 5th-seeded Keremeos Similkameen Sparks 89-75 as Pete Hodson scored 56.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Pemberton Red Devils edged the 3rd-seeded Prince George Westside Academy Warriors 67-64.
In the bronze medal match, the 5th-seeded Keremeos Similkameen Sparks clipped the 3rd-seeded Prince George Westside Academy Warriors 59-40. Paul Derher led the Warriors with 11. Roy Anderson added 8. The Warriors (co-coached by Darrel Dimler and Marlo Johnson) also included Mark Johnson, Jarod Legault, Brett Morrow, Jordan Johnson, Gene Teele, Richard Wollbaum, Mike Miller and Clayton Storey. Dimler told the Prince George Citizen that “the stage was set certainly. We couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity with the talent we had this year. … I don’t know why our offence was so cold this tournament.”
In the final, the top-seeded Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors edged the 2nd-seeded Pemberton Red Devils 49-43 as Pete Hodson scored 23. Hodson nailed a trey in the final minute to bury Red Devil hopes. Warriors coach Scott Allen told the Prince George Citizen that the score was “like a grade eight girl’s game. I haven’t seen defence like that all year.” Warrior Jeff Amadatsu shut down Pemberton star Shayne May. Red Devils coach Mark Leverton said “they’ve got the best player in the province in single-A, double-A, or triple-A, in my opinion. We tried everything, every zone we could. We just didn’t shoot the ball well. That was the difference. … We tried, that’s all we can say. There wasn’t even a basketball program at this school three years ago, so they’ve come a long way.”
The bronze medalist Keremeos Similkameen Sparks: Jake Moen;
The silver medalist Pemberton Red Devils: Shayne May; Brad Sherk; Lance Sankey; coach Mark Leverton
The gold medalist Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors: Pete Hodson; Paul Stapleton; Jeff Amadatsu; coach Scott Allen