In the opening round, held in North Vancouver: …………………………………………………… The South Kamloops Titans clocked the Port Coquitlam Terry Fox Ravens 68-28. Titans forward Emma Wolfram had suffered a concussion in a car accident at Christmas and missed most of January but showed little effects in South Kamloops win. “She hit black ice in the car and it went off the road and hit a telephone post,” said South Kamloops coach Ken Olynyk. “The post got knocked out and she hit her head. She was OK, but the car wasn’t.” She dominated the floor against the Ravens. “I would get dizzy playing but I feel way better now,” said Wolfram. “I’d never been out of the lineup so long. I wanted to contribute to the team but I couldn’t do that sitting on the bench.” The Titans had endured a season of rotating injuries, so much so that the last practice the Titans had before leaving for Vancouver for their first full team practice of the entire season. “The practice before we came down and then two games, that’s been the only time we’ve had everybody together,” said Olynyk. “It’s just been one of those seasons. I have to give the girls a ton of credit for battling the adversity.” The Titans played like a veteran unit. “It has just been awesome having everyone at practice,” said Wolfram. “Some days we’d only have eight. Some days it was six or seven. But we’re coming together now. We’re peaking at the right time.” Emma Wolfram paced the Titans with 18 points and 23 boards. Hailey Hamer-Jackson scored 16, Kiersten Landrie 10, Madison Ellis 8, Maya Olynyk 8, Abby Grinberg 6 and Sienna Aberdeen 2, while Ashley Lamoreux, Elizabeth Anderson and Bethany Del Begio were scoreless. Katie Devaney led the Ravens with 14. Nazak Sarju added 4, Nicole Bullinger 2, Vanessa Reid 2, Maria Fang 2 and Indra Sarju 1, while Manesha Pall, Jodie Vance, Amanda McArdle and Tambir Gil were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Maple Ridge Ramblers nipped the North Vancouver Handsworth Royals 67-62. “This was a big win for us, for sure, Handsworth is a very good team” said Ramblers head coach Don Herman. “But there are a lot of good teams at provincials.” The Ramblers fell behind early in the game, and were on the wrong side of a 20-8 score in the first quarter. Maple Ridge proceeded to go on a 23-5 run to close out the first half up 35-29. Handsworth tied the game 49-49 early in the fourth quarter, but Rambler Kolbie Orum took command. “She seems to enjoy that environment when the pressure is on,” Herman said. “She really elevated her game.” Lauren Lamont scored all 13 of her points in the final frame, primarily from the free throw line. “Lauren was very clutch for us and played very well defensively,” said Herman. “At the end of the game we were ahead by two, and Handsworth started to foul us and Lauren hit five of six free throws. Very clutch.” Kolbie Orum paced the Ramblers with 34 points and 15 boards. Lauren Lamont added 13, Haeley Williams 8, along with 10 boards, Devin Cousins 6, Gabby Cousins 2, Danica Severinski 2 and Coral-Lee Antaya 2, while Shara Marchand and Kirby Marchand were scoreless. Jaime Hills paced the Royals with 23 points and 11 boards. Elisa Homer added 19, Abigail Dixon 15, Stephanie Pospeich 2, Allison Patterson 2 and Christine Mackenzie 1, while Elizabeth Hamlin, Aleia Gayton, Ali Scott and Delaney Steel were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The North Vancouver Argyle Pipers clipped the Victoria Oak Bay Breakers 61-50. The Pipers bend-but-don’t break defence was consistent from start to finish. Although Argyle built an early 17-point lead at 32-15, the Bays were able to take runs at them throughout the contest. But they got no closer than eight. “I have been telling them for the last few weeks that every time we step on the floor that we have to be the best defensive team on the court,” said Argyle coach Anthony Fortunaso. “I think we really did that today. Sometimes we have trouble scoring so we have to hold teams under 50 points.” The Pipers held Oak Bay to 28 per cent shooting on the game, and they did it by never relaxing on possessions, and letting their defence lead to offence. “They have really bought in and this is a core that has been together since Grade 8,” said Fortunaso. “They are all digging deep and they want it really bad right now. Our (defensive) practices can get a bit crazy. I have to tell them to calm down. Everybody one through 12 really gets after it every day.” Chelsea Dekleer paced the Pipers with 16. Kristen Bourne added 12, Makayla Rittinger 9, Claire Elliott 8, Katie Watson 5, Lucielle Kozlov 4, Danica Mitchell 4 and Robyn Aulin-Haynes 3, while Jennifer Main, Megan Dunn, Shalayne Scott and Amanda Zayonc were scoreless. Lauren Yearwood paced the Breakers with 19. Danica Robirtis added 9, Jill Cooper 7, Emily Frame 4, Emma Koloska 3, Willow Reisig 3, Ella Macquisten 3 and Laura Dickson 2, while Kelly Young, Cecelia Liu, Kate Mcallister, Kayla Dinh, Emma Thomson and Katie Hanson were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Port Coquitlam Riverside Rapids stomped the 16th-seeded Cranbrook Mt. Baker Wild 104-43. The Wild pressed the Rapids the entire game. “Their coach must have a starter’s pistol at practice because he just throws them out there like sprinters,” said Riverside head coach Paul Langford. Mt. Baker coach Alan Nutini said “we play every game like that. “We know that we are challenged by height so we have to play with that kind of energy all the time. Our goal is always to chase and push the ball.” The Wild hoisted up 60 three-point field goal attempts (11-of-60) on the day, the long ball accounting for 33 of its 44 points. “They played very hard and they doubled everything,” said Langford. “They pressed us right to the final whistle. That’s the first time we’ve scored 100 in a long time and it was their pace that drove the score so high.” The Rapids got 49 points from the bench. “I thought our ball movement was good and we got to play a lot of kids,” said Langford. “But at times they got us out of our comfort zone.” Michelle Spacek paced the Rapids with 21. Megan Sherwood added 14, Laiken Cerenzie 13, Emma Thue 12, along with 12 boards, Desha Puri 10, Katie Woo 9, Fiona Beales 6, Tessa Needham 6, Haley Redmond 5, Denise Spacek 5, Carly Swan 2 and Natalie Carkner 1, while Chelsey Sanchez was scoreless. Kaitlyn Zurrin paced the Wild with 12. Katie Nutini added 10, Taylor Lawrence 8, Andrea Fare 5, Lyndsay Ravenstein 3, Kaylee Craig 3 and Deanna Barnes 2, while Kate-Lein Tang, Sophia Reinken, Shaylee Rutledge, Lauren Nilsson and Evie Hooper were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Victoria Claremont Spartans dumped the Coquitlam Gleneagle Talons 48-38. “We lost a lot of our top players (Shalie Dheenshaw to Washington State and Shaylyn Crisp to Victoria) so a lot of people weren’t even expecting us to make the provincials this season,” said Spartans’ senior guard Nikki Turner after the Victoria school’s 9-0 third quarter-closing run gave them a 38-25 lead heading into the final quarter. “I think we just dug deep because we know how badly we want this and we know how hard we had to fight to get here.” Gleneagle, a guard-oriented team of seven players, never let up their intensity, and although they battled a case of jitters early, they made big runs at key moments. Senior guard Jaime McLaughlin, who has been battling concussion issues all season, stepped up and hit a three-point basket late in the third quarter that pulled the Talons to within 29-25. And senior guard Jessica Jazdarehee was the team’s most consistent force with her driving forays and her work crashing the boards for second-chance opportunities. “They are fighters,” said Claremont coach Kim Graves. “I think everyone wanted to avoid playing them because they just battle with you. I feel like when we matched up against them, we lost the advantage of our effort and energy, because they put in the same or more. I was really impressed with them.” Turner said “we came in as the underdog this year, but as long as we stay positive, that’s all that counts.” Graves added that “we still look at ourselves the same way. We’re believers. I feel like we can surprise some people.” Haley
Cabral paced the Spartans with 14, Melissa Van Dyk 9, Nikki Turner 6, Ceanne Askew 6, Ali Zwicker 6, Caitlyn Anderson 5, along with 12 boards, and Sam Lee 2, while Megan Elder, Rebecca Simmonds, Madison Walsh, Amy Cai and Melissa Fleury were scoreless. Jessica Jazedarehee paced the Talons with 11. Jaime McLaughlin added 8, Breanna Yee 7, Talia Tvergyak 6, Brittani Yee 4 and Chiara Bordignon 2, while Izzy Samaniego, Jenna Bentley and Kathleen Chu were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver York House Tigers stomped the Kelowna Owls 80-52. Alisha Roberts paced the Tigers with 18. Laura Baker added 17, along with 16 boards, Cherub Lum 13, Jasprit Jijjar 8, Mira Donaldson 7, Natalie Wallace 7, Carmalitta Robertson 7, Danielle Tognetti 2 and Katie Lyman 1, while Caitlin Pitblado, Jenna Quong, Shayna Slobin, Nicole Morton and Gina O’Neill were scoreless. Charlotte Lewthwaite paced the Owls with 11. Carly Corrado added 10, along with 11 boards, Cassidy Whittaker 10, Brooke Briscoe 10, Kiana Lalonde 9 and Amy Doricic 2, while Aspen Percival, Jaeda Stanhope and Kirsten Fisk were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Abbotsford Yale Lions dusted the New Westminster Hyacks 72-36. Yale raced out to a 36-11 lead at halftime, which amazed coach Euan Roberts. “When it was 36-11, I was like, ‘Is this us?’ … But we had a very good defensive presence. Everybody was talking, everybody was moving, and our help side was active and alert.” Sara Kurath was chosen player of the game for the Lions. “These girls have been around and watched a lot of high-level games so they understand the atmosphere,” said Yale coach Euan Roberts. “And today, our defence, which usually propels our offence, was on point. Everybody had their responsibilities and they lived up to them.” Hailey Kendall paced the Lions with 15, along with 12 boards. Sara Kurath added 14, Kendra Arnold 13, along with 10 boards, Jessica Collins 9, along with 11 boards, Kristine Heinrichs 9, Alex Pankratz 5, Hannah Klassen 5 and Neeta Lakhan 2, while Kamalpreet Gura, Chantel Ewen and Lauren Findlay were scoreless. Sharmaine Hayley paced the Hyacks with 10. Meriam Ali added 9, Amanda Zacharuk 6, Jaylen Canton 5, Ariana Sider 2, Manisha Kandola 2 and Jettie McLaughlin 2, while Izabelle Datayan, Hannah DeVos, Kelsey Lonergan, Sonia Heer, Camille Sangalang, Justice Steer, Lena Warth, Lauren Denusik and Halima Ali were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Langley Brookswood Bobcats whipped the Prince George Polars 84-28. “We weren’t very good, we relied on skill and we showed no emotion,” said Bobcats coach Neil Brown. “They don’t realize that emotion will win this tournament and skill so seldom does. So we had a talk about that.” Jessie Brown paced the Bobcats with 21. Amberlee Kavanagh added 15, Tayla Jackson 14, Lindsay Wand 12, Kelsey Santa Juana 10, Sydney Williams 5, Luca Schmidt 4, Dani Potesta 2 and Elleni Asimakis 1, while Laura Romero de Miguel, Jen Doan and Megan Pauley were scoreless. Mavia Nijjer paced the Polars (coached by Ray Bourque) with 15. Issy Bourque added 6, Emily Aase 3, Danielle Billings 2 and Kelsey Videgain 2, while Justina Crossan, Jenny Ferrier, Hannah Gordy, Sukhpreet Buttar, Alycia Goudy and Olivia Letendre were scoreless.
In the quarterfinals, the South Kamloops Titans thrashed the Maple Ridge Ramblers 71-33. The game featured a matchup between 6-5 Titan post Emma Wolfram and 6-3 Ramblers post Kolbie Orum, who were teammates on the Canadian national team which took part in the FIBA Cadette world championships. “And they are both in Grade 11, so the battle will continue,” Maple Ridge coach Don Herman said. South Kamloops coach Ken Olynyk said that Wolfram’s time with the Cadet and later the senior women’s national team, has allowed her to deal with the pressure of big games. “She plays with such calm and she doesn’t panic out there. She showed what she could do and we need that for another couple of games.” The pairing of Wolfram with Olynyk’s daughter Maya makes for a vaunted duo, a fact proven by their combined 45 points and 24 rebounds. Both are already ultra-talented, but the 6-foot, Grade 11 Olynyk is a true X-factor, able to run the point, create huge lanes to the basket in the paint, knock down the three ball and both score and defend at the wing spots. Herman said his troops “just didn’t come out ready to play. I guess we were a bit nervous. Kolbie looked like she was trying a bit too hard, trying to do too much.” Emma Wolfram paced the Titans with 24 points and 13 boards. Maya Olynyk added 21 points and 11 boards. Abby Grinberg scored 10, Kiersten Landrie 8, Bethany Del Begio 4 and Hailey Hamer-Jackson 4, while Ashley Lamoureux, Sienna Aberdeen, Madison Ellis and Elizabeth Anderson were scoreless. Kolbie Orum led the Ramblers (coached by Don Herman) with 16. Coral-Lee Antaya added 12, Haeley Williams 3 and Gabby Cousins 2, while Shara Marchand, Kirby Marchand, Lauren Lamont, Devon Cousins and Danica Severinski were scoreless.
The top-seeded Port Coquitlam Riverside Rapids clocked the North Vancouver Argyle Pipers 65-44. “I didn’t like how we didn’t battle at certain times, how we let a couple of 10-point leads disappear,” said Riverside Paul Langford. The Pipers lost 6-foot-1 Grade 10 standout Robyn Aulin-Haynes to fouls with 4:30 remaining in the contest. Back-to-back buckets from Laiken Cerenzie to open the fourth quarter made it 60-35 and Megan Sherwood’s block of driving Piper’s Chelsea Dekleer did more than hint that the Rapids were serious of tightening the defensive clamps. The Rapids built a 36-26 halftime lead by knocking down six first-half treys and shooting the deep ball at a 38 per cent clip. Sherwood and Denise Spacek each knocked down both of their looks from beyond the arc in the opening quarter. Megan Sherwood paced the Rapids with 16. Michelle Spacek added 13, Laiken Cerenzie 11, Denise Spacek 10, Natalie Carkner 7, Katie Woo 5, Fiona Beales 2 and Emma Thue 1, while Carly Swan, Hayley Redmond, Chelsey Sanchez, Tessa Needham and Desha Puri were scoreless. Robyn Aulin-Haynes paced the Pipers with 11 points and 14 boards. Makayla Rittinger added 10, Danica Mitchell 6, Claire Elliott 6, Katie Watson 4, Kristen Bourne 3, Jennifer Main 2 and Chelsea Dekleer 2, while Megan Dunn, Lucielle Kozlov, Shalyane Scott and Amanda Zayonc were scoreless.
The Vancouver York House Tigers stomped the Victoria Claremont Spartans 69-39. When starting Tiger post Preety Mijjar picked up two quick fouls at the start, York House, playing in its first year at the Triple-A level, quickly proved its depth. “Our team is so dynamic,” explained Pepperdine-bound Alisha Roberts. “We have players that can play multiple positions on every single point of the floor, and we have backups for everyone. Preety is a great inside player, but we have a player like Nat (Natalie Wallace) who can come in and step up. There’s Nat, (Laura) Baker, Danielle Tognetti. Really, we have the perfect role players. We have everyone stepping up because this is crunch time.” Assistant coach Megan Dalziel said “the one thing we try to preach is trying to have depth. “A lot of our kids have been here since kindergarten or Grade 1, like Wallace and Robertson. We don’t want to try and just build a few good players. We want to build a real team.” With Nijjar battling fouls the entire game, it was players like the hustle-stat producing Carmillita Robertson, who got virtually every deflection available, and threw herself into the fray of the physical play, standing out despite scoring just two points. Said Dalziel of her two star guards: “Alisha Roberts is Alisha Roberts. There is no one else like her. She has a competitive fire that is special and doesn’t come around very often. Cherub is the X-factor. She is just so composed, you just feel lucky to have her on your team.” Claremont coach Kim Graves said “York House is just on a tear. You just have to congratulate them.” Alisha Roberts paced the Tigers with 20. Mira Donaldson added 18, Cherub Lum 7, Laura Baker 6, Katie Lyman 5, Natalie Wallace 4, Jenna Quong 3, Carmalitta Robertson 2, Shayna Slobin 2 and Jasprit Nijjar 2, while Caitlin Pitblado, Danielle Tognetti, Nicole Morton and Gina O’Neill were scoreless. Haley Cabral paced the Spartans with 10. Sam Lee added 9, Melissa van Dyk 8, Megan Elder 2, Madison Walsh 2, Ceanne Askew 2, Caitlyn Anderson 3, Amy Cai 2 and Ali Zwicker 2, while Rebecca Simmonds, Nikki Turner and Melissa Fleury were scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the Langley Brookswood Bobcats crushed the Abbotsford Yale Lions 71-50. “We really picked it up today,” said Brookswood senior point guard Luca Schmidt. “We worked hard today and took out all of our adrenaline on the court. But we have to just keep doing what we’re doing. We all get along so well and we’re just having fun.” Schmidt kept dishing 6-2 Grade 9 forward Tayla Jackson in the paint. The harder Jackson ran the court, the more dramatic it seemed Schmidt’s bullet offerings were, in the end, leading to a number of high-tempo layups. “We started okay, but we got into some foul trouble and lost some focus – myself included,” said Lions coach Euan Roberts. “We were too focused on the refereeing, and when you do that against a good team like Brookswood, you get in trouble.” Tayla Jackson paced the Bobcats with 17. Jessie Brown added 14, Kelsey Santa Juana 8, Sydney Williams 8, Lindsay Wand 8, Luca Schmidt 6, Megan Pauley 5 and Amberlee Kavanagh 5, while Laura Romero de Miguel, Jen Doan, Dani Potesta and Elleni Asimakis were scoreless. Sara Kurath paced the Lions with 15. Hailey Kendall added 10, Kristine Heinrichs 9, Kendra Arnold 7, Jessica Collins 4, Chantel Ewen 3 and Alex Pankratz 2, while Kamalpreet Gura, Hannah Klassen, Lauren Findlay and Neetu Lakhan were scoreless.
In the semis, the Vancouver York House Tigers defeated the Langley Brookswood Bobcats 72-63. Cherub Lum and Alisha Roberts played in foul trouble for most of the match but maintained their poise. “It was pretty tough for me because I usually don’t get into foul trouble,” said Lum, whose decisive ball-handling in the game’s waning moments allowed her to win the game from the free throw line. “Today we just fought through it. It was total belief. We had to trust everyone on our team, that even though we were in foul trouble that we’d still be able to step up.” After opening the game shooting 4-of-10 from the free throw line, her generalship was rewarded down the stretch as she hit five of her final six shots from the charity stripe over the final 1:37 of the contest, free throws that came on the heels of her driving layup with 2:49 left that put York House ahead to stay at 66-62. She did all of this after picking up two fouls in the first 98 seconds of the game and playing most of the rest of the way with three, a number that gave her some leeway, but not much as teammate Roberts picked up her fourth with 2:49 left in the third quarter before she eventually fouled out of the proceedings with 39.6 seconds remaining. “I think that again our depth really showed,” said York House assistant Megan Dalziel. “Laura Baker (11 points, 16 rebounds) played one of the best games I have ever seen her play. And Cherub, she shook off the fact that they were standing in on her and taking charges, and she just started varying her attack and showing her versatility. Once she made that adjustment, and we got key contributions from others, we really pushed through the game.” Tigers forward Carmalitta Robertson said “we have been working for this for so long. In the end, it matters about working hard. You have to hustle no matter what.” Dalziel was confident Lum would hit the free throws. “You have to have confidence in your preparation and you can’t change anything about the free throw that you just missed, but you can certainly do something about the one you’re getting ready to shoot.” Before the Tigers broke the game open late, the contest featured 12 lead changes and four ties, the biggest lead of the contest being Brookswood’s nine-point advantage at 24-15. It was a great game, Brookswood coach Neil Brown said: “The score was close throughout. At the end they hit some shots and we missed. We were forced to foul late in the game and it did not pay off.” Alisha Roberts paced the Tigers with 17 on 5-11 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 4 boards and 5 assists. Cherub Lum added 17 on 4-8 from the floor, 9-16 from the line and 3 assists. Mira Donaldson notched 14 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 2-5 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Laura Baker scored 11 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 16 boards. Jasprit Nijjar added 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 7 boards. Carmalitta Robertson added 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-6 from the line and 10 boards, while Ava Westergaard, Jenna Quong, Katie Lyman, Danielle Tognetti, Shayna Slobin and Natalie Wallace were scoreless. Wallace nabbed 5 boards and Slobin 3. The Tigers hit 19-46 (.390) from the line, 4-13 (.308) from the arc and 22-39 (.564) from the line, while garnering 69 boards, 12 assists, 6 steals, 21 turnovers and 23 fouls. Amberlee Kavanagh paced the Bobcats with 16 on 5-10 from the floor, 6-10 from the line, 13 boards and 2 steals. Lindsay Wand added 15 on 3-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 9-13 from the line, 9 boards and 2 steals. Jessie Brown added 12 on 1-4 from the floor, 3-18 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 6 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals. Sydney Williams scored 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc and 3 boards. Kelsey Santa Juana added 6 on 2-4 from the arc. Tayla Jackson scored 4 on 2-10 from the floor, 0-4 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Luca Schmidt notched 2 on 1-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the line, 4 boards and 9 assists. Laura Romero De Miguel, Jen Doan, Dani Potesta, Megan Pauley and Elleni Asimakis were scoreless. The Bobcats hit 13-46 (.263) from the floor, 7-30 (.233) from the arc and 16-32 from the line, while garnering 56 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 14 steals, 13 turnovers and 32 fouls.
In the other semi, the South Kamloops Titans defeated the top-seeded Port Coquitlam Riverside Rapids 62-51. Emma Wolfram’s presence proved the difference. The 6-5 forward hit on her first three shots from the field with her first three touches of the game, helping the Titans establish an early 8-0 lead. A well-prepared yet much smaller Rapids’ team followed that early spurt with a clinic in adaptation, limiting her touches for huge stretches, and finding ways to turn the tide in their favour in a game that they took to the halftime locker knotted at 26. Yet the key to the win from a Titans’ perspective, is the way others stepped up around her, using her presence to create opportunities for themselves and show the depth of talent on its roster. “It’s amazing,” said South Kamloops’ 6-foot guard Maya Olynyk. “Our team is really coming together and I think that’s what’s best. We are all scoring, we are all contributing. We don’t have to rely on one player to do it all, and that is why they say ‘Players win games, but teams win championships.’ Hopefully we can go out and get it tomorrow.” Senior guard Hailey Hamer-Jackson got on a second-half roll with her jump shooting game, while playing a physical role inside and making all eight of her free throw trips in the opening quarter of play. “We talked about everybody doing their job, the little bit that they have to do,” said Titans’ head coach Ken Olynyk. “And that’s what we’re getting from our players. Hamer-Jackson is a great scorer for us and she has been playing really well the last month. We have players like Emma and Maya and Abby Grinberg, so some nights she takes a back seat. But tonight, she took the front seat, man.” Added Hamer-Jackson: “It feels good when the shots go in. We have a great group of girls that we can all say play important roles on the team. And when everyone is on (Wolfram) we all have to show up to play.” Rapids coach Paul Langford said “I am not allowed to blame the refs.” The Rapids were whistled for 24 fouls in the game, while the Titans were whistled for just six. “They’re a very good team,” Langford said. “They don’t need any help. 24-6? We’re a big, rough team? We didn’t shoot the ball well. We ran our stuff but we didn’t execute. They’re a big, strong team and we needed some things to go our way. We didn’t get any breaks.” Hailey Hamer-Jackson paced the Titans with 22 on 5-7 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 3-8 from the line and 7 boards. Emma Wolfram added 13 on 5-10 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 18 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Madison Ellis notched 9 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Maya Olynyk scored 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-5 from the line, 4 boards and 5 assists. Abby Grinberg added 6 on 1-5 from the floor, 4-6 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Kiersten Landrie added 4 on 2-2 from the floor and 5 boards. Bethany Del Begio scored 1, while Ashley Lamoureux, Sienna Aberdeen and Elizabeth Anderson were scoreless. The Titans hit 17-34 from the floor, 5-14 (.357) from the arc and 13-22 (.591) from the line, while garnering 65 boards, 13 assists, 6 steals, 34 turnovers and 6 fouls. Laiken Cerenzie paced the Rapids with 13 on 2-8 from the floor, 3-11 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Natalie Carkner added 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-10 from the arc, 3 boards, 2 assists and 6 steals. Fiona Beales notched 8 on 4-12 from the floor, 8 boards and 4 assists. Denise Spacek scored 6 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Michelle Spacek added 6 on 0-5 from the floor, 2-10 from the arc, 2 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Megan Sherwood notched 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 8 steals. Katie Woo added 2 on 0-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Carly Swan, Hayley Redmond, Chelsey Sanchez, Tessa Needham, Desha Pun and Emma Thue were scoreless. The Rapids hit 12-41 (.250) from the floor, 8-39 (.205) from the arc and 3-3 from the line, while garnering 30 boards, 13 assists, 20 steals, 15 turnovers and 26 fouls.
In the bronze medal match, the top-seeded Port Coquitlam Riverside Rapids crushed the Langley Brookswood Bobcats 103-74. Natalie Carkner paced the Rapids with 20 on 2-3 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 7-11 from the line, 5 boards, 7 assists and 5 steals. Megan Sherwood added 18 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 7-9 from the line, 8 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals. Michelle Spacek notched 16 on 0-2 from the floor, 5-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Laiken Cerenzie added 15 on 6-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 4 boards. Denise Spacek scored 12 on 1-2 from the floor 3-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Desha Puri added 10 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Fiona Beales added 7 on 2-9 from the floor, 3 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Katie Wood added 2, Emma Thue 2 and Tessa Needham 1, while Carly Swan, Hayley Redmond and Chelsey Sanchez were scoreless. The Rapids hit 17-38 () from the floor, 15-24 () from the arc and 24-35 from the line, while garnering 48 boards, 19 assists, 15 steals, 18 turnovers and 18 fouls. Lindsay Wand paced the Bobcats with 17 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-6 from the line and 6 boards. Kelsey Santa Juana added 12 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 assists. Sydney Williams notched 10 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 2-3 from the line. Jessie Brown added 9 on 0-2 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc and 3 boards. Luca Schmidt scored 7 on 2-2 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 2 boards and 4 assists. Tayla Jackson added 6 on 3-7 from the floor and 4 boards. Elleni Asimakis added 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-6 from the line and 10 boards. Dani Potesta added 4, Megan Pauley 3, along with 3 boards and 2 assists, and Laura Romero De Miguel 2, while Jen Doan and Amberlee Kavanagh were scoreless. The Bobcats hit 16-41 (.373) from the floor, 9-26 (.346) from the arc and 15-25 (.600) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, 13 assists, 8 steals, 21 turnovers and 23 fouls.
In the final, the South Kamloops Titans nipped the Vancouver York House Tigers 65-61. By the time the last few seconds rolled around, 6-5 forward Emma Wolfram was just trying to fight through a headache after being hammered to the floor at in the first half at North Vancouver’s Capilano University Sportsplex and worried that she had re-concussed herself. But Wolfram returned to play and decided the game with 9.3 seconds remaining when, with her team leading 62-61, she recorded back-to-back blocks on driving forays to the basket by Alisha Roberts and Cherub Lum. The Titans (once known as Kamloops High) then proceeded to hit three of four free throws to close out the win and their first province title since 1964. “I was just hoping they weren’t going to call a foul,” said Wolfram, who was named both the tournament MVP and the top defensive player, the latter for a second straight year. “It went down to the wire. You never know. It just feels awesome. It’s way better than I could have ever imagined.” Coach Ken Olynyk said “she has been a huge factor for us all year. She was a factor for us (earlier in the season) when she got her concussion because we had to play without her and it made us realize we could do it. She has just added so much to us, and thank God we’ve got her back for another year. I am elated for our seniors because they put in a lot of time. For Hammer (Hamer-Jackson), Madi Ellis, Bethany (Del Begio), and Kiersten (Landrie), it’s what they worked for. And look at all of our games. Today it was Abby, but it always seems to be someone different. With Emma, we have a stable environment and the calm of our team is great.” With the Titans leading 62-61 with 18.6 seconds remaining following a layup by York House’s Laura Baker, South Kamloops lost possession of the ball when Hamer-Jackson was unable to squeeze a crosscourt pass, giving the Tiger a chance to win the game. Hamer-Jackson was in emotional distress about the turnover, but coming out of a timeout, Wolfram told her not to worry and indicated that she would take care of the rest, and then promptly registered her two big blocks. It was an emotional finish to a classic fourth quarter in which each team took turns knocking down huge three-point shots. York House coach Winston Brown said ““I am so proud of my kids, and just to be in the final today with all the great teams that were here really said a lot.” Grinberg hit three treys including one that seemed to swirl forever in the cylinder with 1:14 left, before putting her team ahead 62-59. “No one was expecting us to win and I don’t think a lot of people feared us,” said Olynyk, part of a “coaching committee” with Jane Wolfram, Sean Lamoureux and Corey Yamaoka. “They would see Emma and figure if you can stop her, you can stop South Kam. But if you shut down Emma, we have other weapons that can beat you. That’s what makes this so special, because it was a team effort. We had to scrap our way to that title. Most practices, we didn’t have full lineups . . . we would be 2-on-2, or 3-on-3, or even 5-on-0, because we wouldn’t have enough people to play defence. It wasn’t until this week that we had all of our players at practice and games.” Player of the game Abby Grinberg paced the Titans with 27 on 7-14 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 11 boards and 3 assists. Emma Wolfram added 11 on 3-12 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-5 from the line and 17 boards. Maya Olynyk added 9 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 4 boards and 4 assists. Bethany Del Begio added 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 9 boards. Madison Ellis notched 6 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 6 boards. Hailey Hamer-Jackson added 5 on 0-5 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 2-5 from the line, while Ashley Lamoureux, Sienna Aberdeen, Elizabeth Anderson and Kiersten Landrie were scoreless. The Titans hit 17-46 (.310) from the floor, 5-25 (.200) from the arc and 16-28 (.571) from the line, while garnering 64 boards, 9 assists, 7 steals, 19 turnovers and 7 fouls. Alisha Roberts paced the Tigers with 15 on 6-19 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 3 boards and 4 steals. Cherub Lum added 13 on 6-18 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 5 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Laura Baker scored 12 on 4-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards and 4 steals. Carmalitta Robertson added 10 on 5-12 from the floor and 10 boards. Mira Donaldson notched 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 8 boards and 2 assists. Shayna Slobin scored 3 and Jasprit Nijjar 3 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 14 boards. Natalie Wallace, Danielle Tognetti, Katie Lyman, Jenna Quong and Ava Westergaard were scoreless. The Tigers hit 23-69 (.314) from the floor, 4-17 (.235) from the arc and 3-8 (.375) from the line, while garnering 61 boards, 9 assists, 13 steals, 18 turnovers and 22 fouls.
The bronze medalist Port Coquitlam Riverside Rapids: Michelle Spacek; Megan Sherwood; Laiken Cerenzie; Emma Thue; Desha Puri; Katie Woo; Fiona Beales; Tessa Needham; Haley Redmond; Denise Spacek; Carly Swan; Natalie Carkner; Chelsey Sanchez; coach Paul Langford
The silver medalist Vancouver York House Tigers: Alisha Roberts; Laura Baker; Cherub Lum; Jasprit Jijjar; Mira Donaldson; Natalie Wallace; Carmalitta Robertson; Danielle Tognetti; Katie Lyman; Caitlin Pitblado; Jenna Quong; Shayna Slobin; Nicole Morton; Gina O’Neill; coach Winston Brown; assistant Megan Dalziel
The champion South Kamloops Titans: Emma Wolfram; Hailey Hamer-Jackson; Kiersten Landrie; Madison Ellis; Maya Olynyk; Abby Grinberg; Sienna Aberdeen; Ashley Lamoreux; Elizabeth Anderson; Bethany Del Begio; coach Ken Olynyk