In the opening round (schools with fewer than 75 boys in grade 11 and 12), held in Prince George: …………………………………………………… The Prince George Westside Academy Warriors whipped the Richmond Christian Eagles 91-44. …………………………………………………… The Sparwood Spartans defeated Ahousat Maaqtusiis Wolfpack 85-81. …………………………………………………… The Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors thrashed the Barriere Cougars 91-54. ………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Prince George O’Grady Catholic Totems dispatched the 12th-seeded Sicamous Eagle River Eagles 76-53 (also reported as 78-51). Eagles coach Rob MacCarthy told the Eagle Valley News that “it was a rough first game. We should have won it but we were playing the home team, O’Grady, in front of a couple of thousand fans and we got rattled.” The Eagles (coached by Rob MacCarthy, assistant Gord King, manager Wes Ilnisky) included Jeremy Gavel, Bryan Blomquist, Hamish Knox, Uldis Knox, Mathew Mcleod, Gerch Khrod, Neal Parke, Mark Burnham, Darren Simpson, Kyle Rose and Trevor Finstad. …………………………………………………… The Keremeos Similkameen Sparks whipped the Midway Boundary Central Cougars 82-63. …………………………………………………… The Chetwynd Cavaliers dusted the West Vancouver Collingwood Cavaliers 98-46. …………………………………………………… The Osoyoos Rattlers dispatched the New Aiyansh Nisga’a Chiefs 66-56. The Chiefs included Dion Nyce. …………………………………………………… The Victoria Pacific Christian Pacers spanked the Fort St. James Falcons 90-69.
In the quarterfinals, the Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors defeated the Victoria Pacific Christian Pacers 77-74 after rallying from a 24-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Luke Bentley paced the Warriors with 34. Star post Chad Clifford sprained his ankle in the third quarter. The Pacers included Craig Timmer, Mike Slofstra, Brent Reems.
The Sparwood Spartans dispatched the Prince George O’Grady Catholic Totems 84-71 as Mike Podrasky scored 25 and Kiki Brar 23. Nick Cotter led the Totems with 24. Darryl Dorthee added 16. The Spartans led 54-29 at the half as Mark Colonello and Mike Podrasky dominated the boards. Spartans coach Lilio Colonello told the Prince George Citizen that “we played really well in the first half but our team’s not very deep and we ran out of gas in the second. If it would have gone another quarter, they would have beaten us because they kept throwing subs in. I essentially only have seven kids and the rest are very young and inexperienced.” The Totems struggled to get the ball inside to Dan Kelly. Jordan Yu and Nick Cotter hit a few treys but not enough.” Totems coach John MacDonald said “I was really proud of the way the kids came back. They didn’t quit. Our energy level was higher in the second half and we weren’t in awe of them. If they were going to beat us, they had to make tough shots and they did that and my kids just make a lot of inexperienced mistakes. We didn’t lose the game, we just ran out of time.” Jordan Yu, who was chosen player of the game for the Totems, said “we can in with a positive attitude but our shots just weren’t dropping. We thought we could still come back in the second half but we weren’t running our offence properly and we broke down.” The Totems also included Mike Haessel, Kamil Zabielski, James Kelly, Darrell Dorthee.
The Prince George Westside Academy Warriors thrashed the Osoyoos Rattlers 72-52 as Roy Anderson scored 21.
In the last quarterfinal, the Keremeos Similkameen Sparks clipped the Chetwynd Cavaliers 72-62.
In the semis, the Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors defeated the Sparwood Spartans 87-81 in overtime.
In the other semi, the Prince George Westside Academy Warriors crushed the Keremeos Similkameen Sparks 70-49 as Roy Anderson scored 23. Anderson told the Prince George Citizen that “since the beginning of the Warriors eight years ago, it’s been our goal (making a final) and we’ve been coming closer and closer year by year for the past three years now.” Mark Johnson said “we were really pumped for this game and that was the key. Everybody knew what they had to do and they focused on their jobs instead of worrying what everyone else was going to do.” Warrior coach Marlo Johnson said “because we have such a limited bench, we really can only go to the sixth man on our bench so we have to have our starters playing discipline ball.” Sparks coach Peter Ruocco said “they were hot and we were a little cold and they outhustled us in all aspects of the game. They shot well all night and we can’t contend with that. They’re a very patient, methodical team and we thought we could put some pressure on but we couldn’t maintain it for the game. That was the difference.” Vince Payne led the Sparks with 15.
In the bronze medal match, the Sparwood Spartans dispatched the Keremeos Similkameen Sparks 90-86. The Sparks (coached by Peter Ruocco) included Vince Payne, Ryan Klassen, Will Bush.
In the final, the Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors defeated Prince George Westside Academy Warriors 49-45 to capture its second straight title as 6-0 point guard Luke Bentley scored 25. Bentley, averaged 31 ppg, 9 rpg and 4 apg during the tournament, while hitting .520 and .600 from the line. Bentley told the Prince George Citizen that “this year was more of a team win. We had more of a bench. We had to work for it.” David Pearson paced Westside with 14. Warriors coach Darrell Dimler said “I’d be happy to win it once and these boys will do that. I get all of my players back next year. We have to learn how win this game and we will, that’s the bottom line.” Warriors guard Mark Johnson said “no matter what happened here tonight, I think we played our hearts out. We’ll be there next year.”
The bronze medalist Sparwood Spartans: Mark Colonello; Mike Podrasky; Kiki Brar; coach Lilio Colonello
The silver medalist Prince George Westside Academy Warriors: Mark Johnson; Roy Anderson; David Pearson; Jordan Johnson; Brent Reems; Mike Slofstra; coach Darrell Dimler; coach Marlo Johnson
The gold medalist Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors: Luke Bentley; Chad Clifford; Jeff Amadatsu; Johnathan Siemans; coach Rex Hodson; coach Scott Allen