In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Victoria Mount Douglas Rams dumped the 15th-seed Prince George Kelly Road Roadrunners 72-31 as grade 12 post Natalie Doma scored 19 points, nabbed 12 boards and pilfered six ball. Grade 10 forward Carmen Lapthorne added 18, Kali Ellis 8, Holly Fiddick 8, Sarah Darley 8, Jane Anholt 6 and Shayla Behrens 5. Grade 11 forward Katie Borden led the Roadrunners with 11. Shelby Fomenoff and Laura Dunsdon each added 5, Roxie Solmonson 4, Dani Witt 3, Amy Stark 2 and Cortney Thompson 1. “We want to run and pressure teams early, and everybody knows it,” head coach Brett Wescott said after his Rams delivered a trapping, swarming defensive clinic. Mount Douglas scored 48 of its points off Roadrunners’ turnovers. Wing Carmen Lapthorne helped key a game-breaking 28-0 run in the first quarter with back- to-back treys. “Nobody up north has pressed us like that all year,” said Kelly Road head coach Mike Keeling. “Their reaction to the ball is just superior. You think a kid is open and then, well, they’re just not. At least we had a lead after five minutes, but that press killed us.” Westcott said “it’s not so difficult for them to press as much as they see the ball and they want it.” Westcott got a combined 16 steals from three of his talented 10th graders: Holly Fiddick, Lapthorne, Shayla Behrens. “We’re trying to get kids to guard the ball, not always try to steal it. We want to make [opponents] throw contested passes, make them pick up their dribble, then run the interceptor lanes. But we can’t foul and give up freebies.” Natalia Doma said the Rams were determined to improve over a semi-final appearance a year earlier. “We want to be better than last year. We don’t want to let that happen to us again. We have something to shoot for.” …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Port Moody Blues whipped the 14th-seed Victoria Claremont Spartans 46-30 as grade 11 guard Kelsey Anderson scored 13, Leanne Evans 11, along with 21 boards, Krishia Cousin 10, Megan Pinske 4, Tina Booth 4, Melissa Allingham 2, Bowliuk 2 and Sarah Dimmer-Drew 2. Grade 11 guard Ashley Yee led the Spartans with 11. Montanna Dunmore added 7, while grabbing 12 boards. Alyssa Chan scored 5, Drew Crout 4, Caitlin Jennerich 2 and Leanne Wong 1. The Blues shot only .263 from the field in their lowest scoring outing of the season. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Langley Brookswood Bobcats, who entered the tournament (36-0) against Canadian competition, waxed the 16th-seed Terrace Caledonia Kermodes 113-17 as grade 12 post Danica Boyce scored 23 on 10-13 from the floor, 7 boards and 5 steals. Candace Morisset added 13, Kendra Carrie 12, Kelsey Adrian 11, Sasha McKinnon 11, Niki McKay 11, Tara Watts 10, Kelsey Horsting 8, Danielle Lawrie 6, Liesa Ohman 5, Leanne McKnight 2 and Krystal Crofton 1. Sarah Crawley led the Kermodes with 4. Kristy MacDonald added 3, while Valene Wright, Gillian Jones, Amanda Botelho and Raveen Parmar each scored 2. Tanya Alton and Robyn Lindsay each notched 1. The Bobcats establish a tournament single game scoring record as they hit 51.2 percent of their shots and .471 from the arc, breaking a single-game record of 104 set by New Westminster in 1987. Boyce was just happy to be playing. In October she suffered a gash to her right pinky on some broken glass that shelved her for three months. “I feel it sometimes when it gets cold,” Boyce says, holding up the scarred digit. “I was trying to get into my window because I lost my keys and my brother had locked me out. I was trying to jimmy it and it broke. I wasn’t even putting pressure on it. I cut the tendon and the nerve, so I have no feeling on the outside. I guess it’s as good as it’s going to be. When I found out it was going to be three months, I was devastated. But my coaches and teammates were there for me.” She was able to get back on the floor in January. After the opener, Boyce noted, “we just wanted to get out all the jitters and relax out there. We’re all so competitive. In practice we go at each other so much. During practice we hate each other. But we always cheer at the end, and when it’s done, we’re all a big family again.” …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Clearbrook MEI Eagles defeated the 13th-seeded North Vancouver Handsworth Royals 74-38 as grade 12 point guard Michelle Buhler scored 23, Delayne Peters 10, Julie Rempel 8, Dana Dumerton 6, Jackie Dick 4, Kim Klassen 4, Kendra Geddert 4, Robyn Kingra 2, Katelin Dirkson 2, Lisa Hiebert 2 and Julianne Threlfall 1. Grade 10 post Genny Hunter paced the Royals with 10. Alexis Jackson and Leigha Letford each added 7, Bri Eshleman 6, Kri Shier 4, Krista Johnson 2 and Michelle Lee 2. …………………………………………………… The Tsawwassen South Delta Sun Devils pounded the New Westminster Hyacks 70-39 as Laura Craig and Caitlin Kettlewell each scored 16. Becky Atkinson added 9, Kira Carre 6, Katie Weldon 5, Jennifer Bosnick 4, Carly Howse 4, Kate Beadle 4, Laura Gaspard 4 and Brittany Moon 2. Lindsay Hallman paced the Hyacks with 18. Kelsey Bowman added 11, Sarah Konefal 4, Anne Picken 2, Norma-Jean Roberts 2 and Fiona Kayitesi 2. Coached by Anne Carr, who’d steered Steveston to a pair of titles, the Sun Devils captured their first provincial win in 24 years, having tattooed themselves with the initials LOTR on their wrists, calves and other body parts. “It stands for Ladies of the Ring,” said grade 11 guard Kira Carree. “We a team in the fellowship sense, bring our different talents together, just like the hobbits and elves in the movie (Lord of the Rings). …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Cranbrook Mount Baker Wild defeated the 9th-seed Thomas Haney Thunder 47-34 in a tight defensive affair as Courtney Coyle scored 10, Leanne Becking 9, Brittany Burley 8, Jessica Thielen 6, Paige McGowan 4, Danielle Vogt 3, Steph Baron 3, Kim Wright 2 and Claire Nesbitt 2. Larissa Waterbeek paced the Thunder with 11. Megan McKenna added 6, Carmella Silvestri 5, Jaclyn Nazareno 4, Amanda Knauff 4, Courtney Teister 2 and Carling Muir 2. Mount Baker led 25-24 after three quarters. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Chilliwack Tillicums defeated the 11th-seeded North Vancouver Pipers 60-51 as Vanessa Forstbauer scored 15, Amy Hatt 13, Michele Wellsby 13, Tiffany Boswell 12, Jody Ferguson 4 and Alyssa Gaukel 3. Laurel Wallace led the Pipers with 14. Lindsay Barrett added 11, Kaitlyn Burke 8, Vanessa Nordholm 8, Holly Osborne 6, Jacklyn Selvage 2 and Brianna Calli 2. Chilliwack, wearing pink ribbons in a tribute to teammate Amy Hatt’s older sister, Kristine, who was killed days earlier in a traffic accident, the Tillicums pulled out a fourth quarter win. “It’s been an emotional week,” said Chilliwack coach O.J. Ogmudson. “We were thrilled to win. But if it had been the other way around, we would have gone home with other things to think about.” …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Kelowna Owls upset the 7th-seeded Port Coquitlam Riverside Rapids 68-65 as grade 11 pivot Maya Tecza scored 27 and grabbed 15 boards. Debra Sandberg scored 20 and grabbed 19 boards. Courtney Bedwell scored 5, Sam Aynsley 4, Bailey Radley 4, Robyn Buna 3, Hayley Heuser 3 and Jane Polley 2. Courtney Gerwing paced the Rapids with 19. Megan McAlister added 13, Mallory Gerwing 13, Kelli Langford 10, Stephanie Carkner 9 and Sarah Josefson 1.
In the quarterfinals, the 2nd-seeded Victoria Mount Douglas Rams the dumped the 10th-seeded Kelowna Owls 59-49 as Carmen Lapthorne scored 14, Natalie Doma 13 along with 10 boards, Holly Fiddick 12, Jane Anholt 9, Sarah Darley 6, Shayla Behrens 2, Nicole Winstone 2 and Kali Ellis 1. Debra Sandberg led the Owls with 26. Maya Tecza, Courtney Bedwell and Sam Aymsley each added 5, while Robyn Buna, Dilraj Ball and Jane Polley each scored 2. Sandberg, a grade 12 guard, hit 11-24 for the Owls, while adding 7 boards and fourth assists. The Okanagan champs led 26-24 at the half but turned the ball over 30 times as Mount Douglas took command in the second half. The Rams’ three-headed Grade 10 point guard — Holly Fiddick, Jane Anholt, Shayla Behrens — along with Grade 10 wing Carmen Lapthorne who took a cue from senior teammate Natalie Doma and played with poise. “We needed a point guard and so we had to do a sales job on getting them to play at the senior level,” Westcott said. “They wanted to have a chance to win a B.C. junior championship, but I knew they were quick and athletic enough to play with us.” Fiddick was outstanding at running the show, finishing five rebounds, seven assists and just one turnover in 32 minutes. Anholt had seven rebounds, and Lapthorne had seven rebounds, four steals and three assists. Westcott laughed at Rams’ critics who have posted messages on the B.C. girls basketball website about the easiest way to beat Mount Douglas. “They were all saying that all you need to do is go after Mount Doug’s guards and turn it into a track meet,” laughed Westcott. “And we’re just sitting there saying, ‘If anyone wants to get into a track meet with these kids, they’re not going to want to do that.’ Sandberg scored the Owls last 14 points. “I told myself that I wasn’t going to leave anything on the floor. I was just going to kick butt.” After falling behind 26-24 at the half, Mount Douglas went on a 21-11 run in the third quarter.
The top-seeded Langley Brookswood Bobcats defeated the 8th-seeded Cranbrook Mt. Baker Wild 65-40 as 6-0 grade 12 post Danica Boyce scored 18 and grabbed 11 boards, while 6-0 Grade 9 forward Kelsey Adrian scored 10, Kelsey Horsting 8, Tara Watts 6, Sasha McKinnon 6, Danielle Lawrie 6, Kendra Carrie 5, Candace Morisset 4 and Liesa Ohman 2. Courtney Coyle paced the Wild with 10 points. Danielle Vogt added 9, Leanne Becking 8, Claire Nesbitt 4, Paige McGowan 4, Jessica Thielen 3 and Brittany Burley 2. “Danica did a good job,” said Brookswood coach Scot Reeves. “They doubled down on her and she still managed to score with consistency. But most of our other people froze out on their shots, especially our guards. Our perimeter shooting was definitely sub-par.” Mount Baker coach Bill Stephens said his Wild did a good job of shutting down the Bobcats perimeter shooting “with a pretty aggressive defence. …We knew we had to do that to stand a chance of winning this game because Brookswood is so deadly from outside. But we didn’t do a very good job on their post. She was getting a lot of room in the paint and obviously made a big contribution to Brookswood’s victory.” Boyce scored 16 in the first half as Brookswood built a 31-12 lead. Reeves said Mount Baker proved a tough opponent. “They play tough, in your face defence and certainly did a job on our guards tonight. We went with team size to win this game and fortunately our taller players came through.” Reeves was perplexed with his team. “I think we found success early with [senior post] Danica [Boyce] and then everybody decided to just freeze themselves out. When [Mt. Baker] shut [Boyce] down by bringing the double team quicker, as soon as Danica caught the ball, we wouldn’t shoot the ball, and we wouldn’t dribble-attack.” Mount Baker coach Bill Stephens said his troops “defending them well enough. But we should have scored 60 to 65 points. We just couldn’t put anything down.” That was so especially in the three-point-shooting department, where the team’s scoring leader, the electric Courtney Coyle, was held to just 10 points on 3-20 shooting, including 2-15 from downtown. Mount Baker was 0-10 from three-point land in the first half. Some thought went into Mount Baker’s game plan. “We just weren’t going to give much help on Danica,” said Stephens. “We figured that if she got 25 and we shut down their threes, then it wouldn’t be too bad.”
The 3rd-seeded Port Moody Blues dumped the 6th-seeded Chilliwack Tillicums 58-45 as Leanne Evans scored 16 and grabbed 19 boards and blocked 9 shots. Kelsey Anderson scored 13, Krishia Cousin 13 and Megan Pinske 10, while grabbing 14 boards. Selena Gowliuk added 5 points and Sarah Dimmer-Drew 1. Michele Wellsby led the Tillicums with 14 points and 11 boards. Tiffany Boswell added 13 points and 11 boards. Alyssa Gaukel scored 6, Vanessa Forstbauer 4, Patti Olsen 3, Amy Hatt 3 and Jody Ferguson 2. The match was a physical affair that resulted in several nosebleeds, cuts and bruises. “The bottom line is we didn’t come with a knockout punch,” said Chilliwack head coach Joe Ogmundson. “When you come in as a six, you can’t out-point them. You have to knock them out, and we didn’t have that knockout punch.” You’d have a hard time convincing Port Moody’s tough-as-nails guard Selena Gowliuk, who was sporting a patch on her cheek after an early collision. Likewise for Blues’ centre Leanne Evans, who had to leave the floor early after an inadvertent elbow left blood dripping from her nose. “At that point our matchups had been drastically altered,” said Port Moody head coach Alex Devlin. “After all of our preparation, I think we went into panic mode for a while. But our kids did an excellent job of sustaining through the first half.” The Blues held Chilliwack to .220 from the floor.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Clearbrook MEI Eagles defeated the Tsawwassen South Delta Sun Devils 55-43 as Michelle Buhler scored 17, Kendra Geddert 9, Julie Rempel 8, Delayne Peters 8, Kim Klassen 6, Danielle Foth 4, Dana Dumerton 2 and Lisa Hiebert 1. Laura Craig paced the Sun Devils with 17. Becky Atkinson added 13, Laura Gaspard 6, Katie Weldon 4, Kira Carre 2 and Nicola Collicutt 1. The Eagles held off a late charge from the Sun Devils. After trailing 36-28 through three quarters, the Sun Devils put together a 12-4 run capped by a Katie Weldon jumper that forced MEI to call a time out, clinging to a 40-36 lead with 5:28 remaining. But after that time out, it was the Eagles who seemed revitalized. Kendra Geddert helped key a vital 6-0 run with a turnaround hook in the paint. Michelle Buhler, one of B.C.’s elite point guards, knocked down a pair of free throws, and explosive wing Delayne Peters finished off the run with a slicing baseline move for a lay- in. The 10-point lead proved to be cushion enough.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded Victoria Mount Douglas Rams nipped the 3rd-seeded Port Moody Blues 48-45 as Natalie Doma scored 18 points on 9-21 from the floor and 11 boards. Carmen Lapthorne scored 8 on 3-8 from the floor and 8 boards. Shayla Behrens scored 6 and had 3 assists. Kali Ellis scored 5 on 3-7 from the line and Sarah Darley 5 on 2-7 from the floor. Holly Fiddick scored 4 and made 4 steals, while Jane Anholt scored 2 on 1-7 from the floor and 3 assists. Kaille Ball, Amy Phipps, Nicole MacDougall, Jen Pearson, Ashley Dyck and Nicole Winstone were scoreless. The Rams shot 21-62 (.339) from the floor, 2-5 (.400) from the arc and 4-9 (.444) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, 15 fouls, 11 assists, 24 turnovers, 2 blocks and 14 steals. Leanne Evans paced Port Moody with 20 points on 8-14 from the floor, 4-7 from the line, 12 boards, 3 blocks and 3 steals. Selena Gowliuk added 10 points on 3-10 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc and 3 boards. Kelsey Anderson scored 8 on 2-15 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 4 boards. Krishia Cousin scored 6 on 3-7 from the floor and 5 boards. Megan Pinske scored 1, while Katrina Kocs, Sarah Dimmer-Drew, Tina Booth, Michelle Dimond, Isabelle Grue Lee, Carolyn McCarthy, Ashley Renaud, Victoria Ershov and Linda Lin were scoreless. The Blues shot 16-46 (.348) from the floor, 2-15 (.133) from the arc and 11-16 (.688) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, 15 fouls, 13 assists, 28 turnovers, 3 blocks and 8 steals. Mount Douglas mounted a furious fourth-quarter rally, featuring an 11-0 run. The Blues led 39-30 at the half but withered under pressure from the Vancouver Island champs. “When we were down it was scary,” said Mount Douglas’ Carmen Lapthorne. “We looked very nervous but we came back as a team. We just knew that we had to step it up in that final quarter.” The usually eagle-eyed Lapthorne was cold for three quarters but then got going with eight points, including a three-pointer to start the Rams’ comeback. “After three quarters, it looked like we were toast,” said coach Brent Westcott. “We had foul troubles, we were turning the ball over and it didn’t look good for us. Carmen got us going with some big shots. We have a young team and this is a bonus for us to get to the final. We were supposed to be there last year but we last in the semifinal.”
In the other semi, the top-seeded Langley Brookswood Bobcats pounded the 4th-seeded Clearbrook MEI Eagles 72-39 as Sasha McKinnon scored 16 on 7-13 from the floor, 6 boards and 4 steals. Danica Boyce added 11 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 4 boards. Kelsey Horsting scored 11 on 5-10 from the floor and 8 boards. Danielle Lawrie scored 8 on 4-5 from the floor, 6 boards and 3 assists. Tara Watts scored 7, while Kelsey Adrian, Kendra Carrier and Krystal Crofton each notched 5. Liesa Ohman and Candace Morisset each scored 2, while Leanne McKnight, Niki McKay and Sarah Cameron were scoreless. The Bobcats shot 26-56 (.464) from the floor, 5-10 from the arc and 15-24 (.625) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, 23 fouls, 17 assists, 25 turnovers, 3 blocks and 17 steals. Michelle Buhler paced the Eagles with 14 points on 4-16 from the floor and 5-8 from the line. Danielle Foth scored 10 on 3-11 from the floor, 4-8 from the line and 17 boards. Lisa Hiebert scored 8 on 2-2 from the arc and 3 steals. Kendra Geddert scored 6 on 2-5 from the floor and 6 boards. Kim Klassen scored 1 while Julie Rempel, Dana Dumerton, Delayne Peters, Katelin Dirkson, Robyn Kingra, Jackie Dick, Julianne Threlfall, Kelsey Schmidt and Carlee Redekop were scoreless. The Eagles shot 11-51 (.216) from the floor, 3-10 from the arc and 14-24 (.583) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, 20 fouls, 6 assists, 32 turnovers, 2 blocks and 6 steals. Eagles coach Tim Smith told the Abbotsford News that “Brookswood is a tough team and they play physical and pressured us. They do anything to get you off your game. We were frustrated early and I felt that we weren’t getting some of the calls. I had technical foul before the half.” Smith his second technical in the second half and was ejected. “They have to call it both ways,” Smith said. “We didn’t feel that we got a fair shake. … We didn’t shoot very well and they did It was tough, ugly playoff game.”
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Port Moody Blues nipped the 4th-seeded Clearbrook MEI Eagles 41-39 as Leanne Evans, who was chosen defensive MVP of the tourney, scored 10 on 4-19 from the floor, 15 boards and 4 steals. Megan Pinske scored 10 on 3-9 from the floor, 9 boards and 3 steals. Kelsey Anderson scored 8 on 3-16 from the floor and 5 boards. Selena Gowliuk scored 7 and Krishia Cousin 6, while grabbing 7 boards. Katrina Kocs, Sarah Dimmer-Drew, Tina Booth, Michelle Dimon, Isabelle Grue Lee, Carolyn McCarthy, Ashley Renaud, Victoria Ershov and Linda Lin were scoreless. The Blues shot 15-57 (.263) from the floor, 1-16 (.167) from the arc and 10-18 (.556) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, 13 fouls, 5 assists, 17 turnovers, 19 blocks and 11 steals. Danielle Foth paced Clearbrook MEI with 17 points on 7-17 from the floor and 27 rebounds. Michelle Buhler scored 7 on 3-17 from the floor. Kim Klassen scored 5 and grabbed 6 boards. Lisa Hiebert scored 4, Dana Pumerton 2, Delayne Peters 2 and Kendra Geddert 2, while Julie Rempel, Robyn Kingra, Katelin Dirkson, Jackie Dick, Julianne Threlfall, Kelsey Schmidt and Carlee Redekop were scoreless. The Eagles shot 17-76 (.224) from the floor, 1-6 (.167) from the arc and 4-9 (.444) from the line, while garnering 65 boards, 20 fouls, 9 assists, 21 turnovers, 3 blocks and 8 steals. Eagles coach Tim Smith told the Abbotsford News that “Port Moody plays great defence and we played great defence as well. It was a good effort by our squad and we just couldn’t get our shots off. … (Leanne Evans is) a big girl and had a strong game against us.”
In the final, the top-seed Langley Brookswood Bobcats whipped the 2nd-seeded Victoria Mount Douglas Rams 61-44 as Danica Boyce scored 26 on 9-16 from the floor, 8-10 from the line and 5 boards. Sasha McKinnon scored 18 on 8-8 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 5 boards, 3 blocks and 2 steals. Kelsey Adrian scored 6 on 2-4 from the floor. Kendra Carrie scored 5 on 2-7 from the floor. Tara Watts scored 4 on 2-2 from the floor and 3 steals. Kelsey Horsting scored 2 and had 4 assists, while Candace Morisset, Leanne McKnight, Niki Mckay, Sarah Cameron, Danielle Lawrie, Krystal Crofton and Liesa Ohman were scoreless. The Bobcats shot 24-52 (.462) from the floor, 3-16 (.188) from the arc and 10-13 (.769) from the line, while garnering 26 boards, 17 fouls, 16 assists, 23 turnovers, 4 blocks and 18 steals. Natalie Doma paced the Rams with 28 points on 11-23 from the floor, 6-10 from the line and 19 boards. Sarah Darley added 5 points on 2-5 from the floor and 6 boards. Kali Ellis scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor and Carmen Lapthorne 3 on 1-5 from the arc and 5 boards. Holly Fiddick scored 2 on 1-8 from the floor, as did Jane Arnolt. Kaille Ball, Shayla Behrens, Amy Phipps, Jen Pearson, Nicole Winstone, Nicole MacDougall and Ashley Dyck were scoreless. The Rams shot 18-55 (.327) from the floor, 1-9 (.111) from the arc and 7-12 (.583) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, 14 fouls, 10 assists, 34 turnovers and 8 steals. The Bobcats led from wire to wire as they closed out the season (39-0) against Canadian competition after making some key adjustments to shut down the Rams offence. “This is just the most amazing feeling, like 50 pounds was lifted off my shoulders,” said an ecstatic Danica Boyce. Added a smiling Brookswood head coach Scott Reeves of the school’s first girls title: “This was a long-time coming. They had a bad taste in their mouth since last year and they have been very driven and motivated. And I’m just so totally happy for them right now.” The Bobcats only loss on the season was to a touring Australian team. Against the Rams, they transformed a 25-25 halftime tie into a 17-point win. After a first half spent matching the high tempo game of the Rams, the Bobcats shifted their focus. They were still getting fastbreak buckets off steals, but not with their press. Instead, they overplayed in the halfcourt, and with active hands, created turnovers for easy baskets. On offence, they went to a more deliberate halfcourt style, getting looks on the perimeter by establishing an active Boyce inside. “We just tried to match their intensity,” said Boyce. “In the change room at the half we said it was going to be the first five minutes, they would be everything.” After Mount Douglas’s Natalie Doma put back her own offensive board to open the second half, the Bobcats went on a 16-0 run that gave them a 43-29 lead with 6:03 left in the third quarter. Brookswood had six steals in the first half, but 10 in the third quarter. Boyce was able to find seams and worked hungrily to snare entry passes in the paint. Her solid interior play opened up perimeter looks for McKinnon. “This caps a great year for us,” said Reeves. “We knew Mount Doug would give us a fight and they did. The difference in this game was a 26-11 run in the third quarter.” The Rams led 18-15 after the first quarter. “All year we’ve made runs in the third quarter,” said Reeves. “I gave them my Bobby Knight speech at halftime and that jacked them up. The first five minutes of the third quarter is usually the most important of any game.” Rams coach Brent Westcott took Doma out with 49 seconds to play. With the contest out of reach, Rams’ coach Brent Westcott took Doma out of the game with 49 seconds remaining. When I came out of the game, I was heartbroken and I showed my emotions by starting to cry,” said Doma. “I really wanted to win this. I felt we had the team to beat Brookswood and we played our hearts out for the first half. Brookswood jumped all over us in the third quarter and we couldn’t recover.” Reeves said he was impressed with Doma’s performance. “I have all the respect in the world for Natalie and she gave us some problems. The Rams are a young team but they are very well coached. They should never be considered an underdog.” Westcott said that “for about a quarter and a half, we dominated Brookswood. We just ran out of steam and Brookswood just has too much depth. Before the game, we talked about not letting them have any runs. We gave up two runs in the third quarter and that was the game.” The Rams’ scoring started to go south in the second quarter when they went six-plus minutes without a basket. Then in the third quarter, Brookswood took over and it was the defence and three- point shooting that showed the way. The Rams continually turned the ball over and couldn’t manage many quality shots. Then in the fourth quarter, trailing 53-38, the Rams never hit a basket in the entire quarter. All of the scoring was handled by Doma at the free-throw line. “Overall, we had a great year,” said Westcott. “Not much was expected from us this year because of our young guard situation,” said Westcott. “Nobody gave us any chance but we did better than last year (third place). Tonight, we had too many turnovers and then panicked when we got down.” Guard Holly Fiddick said “it is an amazing feeling to finish second. We will put in a lot of work before next year and hopefully we can get back and win it.”
The bronze medalist Port Moody Blues: Kelsey Anderson; Krishia Cousin; Selena Gowliuk; Megan Pinske; Leanne Evans; Tina Booth; Katrina Kocs; Sarah Dimmer-Drew; Michelle Dimond; Isabelle Grue Lee; Carolyn McCarthy; Ashley Renaud; Victoria Ershov; Linda Lin; coach Alex Devlin
The silver medalist Victoria Mount Douglas Rams: Natalie Doma; Holly Fiddick; Jane Anholt; Kali Ellis; Amy Phipps; Carmen Lapthorne; Sarah Darley; Nicole Winstone; Shayla Behrens; Kaille Ball; Nicole MacDougall; Jen Pearson; Ashley Dyck; coach Brett Westcott
The gold medalist Langley Brookswood Bobcats: Danica Boyce; Candace Morisset; Sasha McKinnon; Kelsey Horsting; Danielle Lawrie; Tara Watts; Liesa Ohman; Leanne McKnight; Kelsey Adrian; Kendra Carrie; Niki McKay; Sarah Cameron; Krystal Crofton; coach Scott Reeves