In the opening round, held in Kamloops: …………………………………………………… The Vernon Clarence Fulton Maroons whipped the Surrey Holy Cross Crusaders 76-35. The Maroons dominated the perimeter shooting game going 6-for-13 in three-pointers, while Holy Cross was 0-for-10. Maroons led 23-8 at the quarter and 41-12 by the half. Joel Rybachuk paced Fulton with 21. Charles Barton added 17, Mike Watson 8, Mike Conlin 6, Harminder Aujla 6, Braden Bru 5, Kevin Nevens 4, Nick Manhas 3, Bhagwant Dhaliwal 2, Brij Shah 2, Kyle Dewhurst 2 and Rudi Benedik 1, while Veasna Puv and Mitchell Wolsey were scoreless. Billy Greene paced Holy Cross with 12. Dustin Yngreso added 8, Kurtis Parsons 4, Robin Mahony 4, Harold Keech 3, Joey Gelz 2 and Alvin Arfieza 2, while Spencer Betts, Kevin Dodd, Matthew Pelegrin, Gino Coronado and Geoff Whiteley were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Prince George Duchess Park Condors defeated the Vancouver King George Dragons 67-56. Prince George led 41-24 at the half, and after a third-quarter letdown resumed control of the game in the final quarter. Grade-11 wing Craig Wonders led all scorers in the game with 18, including four-of-six from three-point range. Samuel Raphael added 15, Cole Bosmann 14, Quinn Checkley 6, Charlie Gook 6, Andrew Whittaker 3, Josh Ketlo 3 and Erling Skuggedal 2. For King George, 6’6” big man Demijan Savija scored 25. Philip Motyka added 12, Marko Gavric 9, Rod Ruiloba 6, Shaw Taheri 2 and Redja Matic 2, while Kevin Carpenter, Santhosh Sivanathan, Sefan Milanovic, Arsalan Nassiri and Kenny Padilla were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Nelson L.V. Rogers Bombers dumped the North Vancouver Windsor Dukes 67-61. Windsor led 30-26 at the half. The Bombers were led by grade-11 guard and co-captain Florian Joseph with a 27-point game that included 16 fourth-quarter points when it was needed most. Eric D’Andrea added 11, Aaron Moulson 10, Marpa Arrak 6, Brendan Melanson 6, George Pearkes 4, Jordan Melanson 2 and Joel DeVito 2, while Ryan Moore was scoreless. The Dukes got 19 from grade-11 forward Griffin Bullock. Captain Connor Lewis added 16, Chris Paredes 12, Matt Janzen 6, Kevin Snelling 4, Mike Steele 2 and Vilim Kalamar 2, while Trevor Morley, Ryan Talbot and Dan Twarog were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Victoria Lambrick Park Lions edged the Armstrong Pleasant Valley Saints 59-55. Lambrick Park never trailed but needed a late trey to pull out the win. Wes Lefsrud paced the Lions with 18. Cam Spurr added 16, Tyler Christianson 13, Josh Reddy 8 and Eric Howie 4, while Stewart Scholz and Dan Welch were scoreless. Connor Lemaire led Pleasant Valley with 23. Jared Shantz added 13, Jaydon Thiessen 8, Dale Frederick 5, Mike Belanger 3 and Adam Goodwin 2, while Blair Schultz was scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Prince Rupert Rainmakers bombed Penticton Princess Margaret Mustangs 75-56 as senior post Jacob Thom scored 29. Blair Mirau added 9, Vernon Alexcee 9, R.J. Fumanti 7, Tristin Reece 7, Rod Lawson 5, Ranveer Minhas 3, Ian Robinson 2, Bruce Hill 2 and Rory Osborne 2, while Dustin Eaton, E.J. Abecia and Kirk Van Hulle were scoreless. Aman Grewal led Prince Margaret with 18. Neil Sidhu added 8, Landon Racicot 8, James Finlayson 6, Kyle James 5, Kenny Kandola 5, Ricky Leblanc 4 and Ravi Tiwana 2, while Nairn Brims, Deep Phachu, Levi Ravnsborg and Scott O’Grady were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Ladysmith 49ers stuffed the Mission Roadrunners 73-49. The 49ers controlled the game pretty much from the outset. Grade-11 guard Dylan Borgerson hit 24. Spencer Fyfe-Wilson added 16, Scott Myerscough 11, Edmund Teh 9, Ben Chadwick 5, Josh Gait 4, Jackson Blondeau 2 and Thomas Bodenchuk 2, while Cole Battie, Adam Wilson, Fraser Fyfe-Wilson and Amidu Njiemoun were scoreless. Devon Dhaliwal paced the Road Runners with 12. Joel Mitt added 10, Amol Gill 7, Prabh Dhaliwal 7, Aaron Pretty 3, Jimmy Grewal 3, Dustin Shapansky 3, Mitchell Black 3 and David Minor 1, while Jassy Dhaliwal, Amar Brar and Jason Dhaliwal were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabres whipped the Vancouver Britannia Bruins 84-59. Sa-Hali led 40-34 at the half. The Sabres were paced by Brendan Smith, who scored 18, blocked 8 and rebounded 16. Eric Tommasini scored 25, Chris Lofgren 14, Hudson Naylor 12, Alan Ho 6, Ethan May 4, Christian Dennis 2 and Aiden Sargent 2, while Matt Loader, Julian Zachert, Ryan Wei, Brad Forsyth, James Cross and Jake Dolson were scoreless. William Edwards led Britannia with 14. Demitri Harris added 13, Alejandro Navarrete 9, Vincent Wong 6, Stephane Youngchief 4, Norman Zhu 4, Dexter Fergie 3, Firdaus Alam 2, Chester Abenoja 2 and Gage Ladoceur 2, while Edward Hoang and Adrian Chiu were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Courtenay Mark Isfeld Ice dumped the Surrey Southridge Storm 65-49 as Peter Christensen scored 13, Keenan Milburn 11, Tyler Olsen 11, Josh Moule 11, Jesse Turner 9, Scott Meredith 4, Edrian Vlaar 2, Kenny Kutyn 2 and Riz John Sabroso 2, while Cole Robertson, Nick Chipil and Kyle Cofield were scoreless. Michael Rosenbloom paced Southridge with 15. Randip Singh added 11, Arsh Thind 8, Patrick Severide 6, Kurtis Osborne 6, Chris Yu 2 and Oliver Friesen 1, while Nathaniel Ward and John Howorth were scoreless.
In the quarterfinals, the Prince Rupert Rainmakers nipped the Vernon Clarence Fulton Maroons 69-64. Jacob Thom paced the Rainmakers with 33. Blair Mirau added 12, Ranveer Minhas 6, Rod Lawson 6, Tristin Reece 6, R.J. Fumanti 4 and E.J. Abecia 2, while Bruce Hill, Dustin Eaton, Kirk Van Hulle, Ian Robinson, Vernon Alexcee, Rory Osborne and Kirby Ridley were scoreless. Charles Barton paced the Maroons with 26. Mike Conlin added 19, Joel Rybachuk 8, Kyle Dewhurst 4, Braden Bru 3, Brij Shah 2 and Harminder Aujla 2, while Mike Watson, Bhagwant Dhaliwal, Veasna Puv, Mike Ghag, Nick Manhas, Kevin Nevens, Mitchell Wolsey and Rudi Benedik were scoreless. Prince Rupert led 34-32 at the half.
The top-seeded Victoria Lambrick Park Lions edged the Nelson L.V. Rogers Bombers 73-64 as Tyler Christianson scored 18, Cam Spurr 18, Josh Reddy 16, Stewart Scholz 15, Dan Welch 4 and Eric Howie 2, while Evan Burley, Arun Lagah, Nic Cuckovich, Wes Lefsrud and Spencer McEwen were scoreless. Florian Joseph paced L.V. Rogers with 37. Brendan Melanson added 7, Aaron Moulson 6, George Pearkes 6, Eric D’Andrea 4, Marpa Arrak 2, Jordan Melanson 2 and Joel DeVito 1, while Paul Park, Andrew Martin, Ryan Moore and Andrew Neufeld were scoreless. Lambrick Park led 37-32 at the half.
The Ladysmith 49ers whipped the Prince George Duchess Park Condors 77-56 as Spencer Fyfe-Wilson scored 30, Dylan Borgerson 20, Ben Chadwick 10, Scott Myerscough 7, Jackson Blondeau 6, Josh Gait 2 and Thomas Bodenchuk 2, while Edmund Teh, Cole Battie, Adam Wilson, Fraser Fyfe-Wilson and Amidu Njiumoun were scoreless. Charlie Gook led the Condors with 22. Cole Bosmann added 12, Craig Wonders 11, Samuel Raphael 6, Erling Skuggedal 2, Josh Ketlo 2 and Quinn Checkley 1, while Andrew Whittaker, Caleb Lawlor and John Berry were scoreless. A single point separated the teams after a quarter and it was knotted 31-31 at the half. Then came the third quarter and Ladysmith blitzed the Condors 25-10.
In the last quarterfinal, the Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabres defeated the Courtenay Mark Isfeld Ice 65-51. Eric Tommasini scored 33 and nabbed 18 boards. Brendan Smith added 11 points, Hudson Naylor 5, Christian Dennis 4, Chris Lofgren 4, Ethan May 3, Alan Ho 3 and Matt Loader 2, while Julian Zachert, Ryan Wei, Brad Forsyth, James Cross, Aiden Sargent, Jake Dolson and Wade Kvatum were scoreless. Keenan Milburn paced the Ice with 21. Scott Meredith added 9, Tyler Olsen 6, Peter Christensen 4, Kenny Kutyn 3, Riz John Sabroso 3, Josh Moule 3 and Kyle Cofield 2, while Jesse Turner, Edrian Vlaar, Cole Robertson, Nick Chipil and Kyle Cofield were scoreless. Sa-Hali led 32-21 at the half. Although Sa-Hali Sabres seemed to control much of the game, a frantic Isfeld run of points in the third quarter pulled the Ice to within three points. That was when a cold Sa-Hali perimeter game was ignited by a Christian Dennis three-pointer and the Sabres exploded in a flurry of rapid-fire scoring to restore a comfortable lead.
In the semis, the top-seeded Victoria Lambrick Park Lions dumped the Prince Rupert Rainmakers 69-57 after leading 40-25 at the half. Tyler Christianson paced the Lions with 19. Josh Reddy added 18, Cam Spurr 13, Wes Lefsrud 23, Dan Welch 5 and Eric Howie 2. Jacob Thom paced the Rainmakers with 28. Rod Lawson added 8, Blair Mirau 6, R.J. Fumanti 6, Tristin Reece 6 and Ranveer Minhas 3, while Dustin Eaton and Vernon Alexcee were scoreless. Prince Rupert fell behind 20-9 after a quarter and other then a brief run early in the second quarter (closed to within three points) never were able to seriously threaten a comfortable Lambrick Park lead. Lambrick got the fast start behind some hot perimeter shooting by 6’4” senior Tyler Christianson.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Ladysmith 49ers nipped the Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabres 50-49. The score was knotted at 20 at the half. In a classic semi-final matchup, the Ladysmith 49ers got a three-pointer on the buzzer from Ben Chadwick to disappoint a huge pro-Sa-Hali Sabre crowd 51-50. Ironically it was the only points Chadwick had in the game. In fact, it was basically the Sa-Hali Sabres vs. team Spencer Fyfe-Wilson. Fyfe-Wilson a husky, 6’4” with sky-high jumping ability, sizzled for 38 points despite matching up much of the game with 6’7” Sa-Hali star Brendan Smith. For Sa-Hali the loss was the ultimate in frustration as they used the final seconds to keep the ball away from Fyfe-Wilson, only to have Chadwick find nothing but net from the top of the key. Ladysmith led 9-6 at the quarter and the game was tied 20-20 at the half, with Sa-Hali pulling ahead 36-35 in the third quarter without Smith on the bench for much of the quarter after taking his third foul early in the second half. Sa-Hali led 48-42 with barely two minutes remaining as Ladysmith desperately rallied to salvage their season. Spencer Fyfe-Wilson paced Ladysmith with 38. Dylan Borgerson added 5, Jackson Blondeau 3 and Ben Chadwick 3, while Scott Myerscough, Edmund Teh, Josh Gait and Thomas Bodenchuk were scoreless. Alan Ho paced Sa-Hali with 15. Hudson Naylor added 11, Eric Tommasini 7, Brendan Smith 7, Christian Dennis 5 and Chris Lofgren 4, while Matt Loader and Aiden Sargent were scoreless.
In the bronze medal match, the Prince Rupert Rainmakers outlasted the Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabers 97-93. Jacob Thom led the Rainmakers with 41 on 15-23 from the floor, 4-9 from the arc, 7-11 from the line, 8 boards, 9 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Blair Mirau added 15 on 5-17 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 4 boards. Rod Lawson scored 11 on 4-10 from the floor, 3-3 from the line and 7 boards. Tristan Reece scored 12 on 4-5 from the arc and 4 boards. R.J. Fumanti notched 10 on 5-7 from the floor and 6 boards. Ranveer Minhas added 4 and Vernon Alexcee 4, while Bruce Hill, Ian Robison and Rory Osborne were scoreless. The Rainmakers hit 36-73 (.493) from the floor, 10-24 (.417) from the arc and 15-20 from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 25 fouls, 16 assists, 17 turnovers, 4 blocks and 7 steals. Eric Tommasini paced Sa-Hali with 30 on 13-24 from the floor, 4-8 from the line, 8 boards and 3 steals. Brendan Smith added 23 on 9-13 from the floor, 5-8 from the line, 14 boards, 3 assists and 4 blocks. Hudson Naylor notched 16 on 4-11 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 5 assists and 2 steals. Christian Dennis scored 10 on -37 from the arc. Al Ho notched 9 on 4-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 8 assists and 2 steals. Chris Lofgren added 3 and Matt Loader 2, while Aiden Sargent was scoreless. The Sabers hit 34-79 (.430) from the floor, 7-21 (.333) from the arc and 18-34 (.529) from the arc, while garnering 40 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 24 assists, 15 turnovers, 5 blocks and 10 steals.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Ladysmith 49ers edged the top-seeded Victoria Lambrick Park Lions 55-51 in overtime as Dylan Borgerson scored 31 on 14-25 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-5 from the line, 9 boards and 2 steals. Spencer Fyfe-Wilson added 16 on 6-23 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 15 boards, 3 blocks and 3 steals. Scott Myerscough added 4 on 1-3 from the line. Jackson Blondeau scored 2 on 1-8 from the floor and 7 boards. Edmund Teh notched 2, while Thomas Bodenchuk and Ben Chadwick were scoreless. The 49ers hit 23-65 (.354) from the floor, 1-8 (.125) from the arc and 8-16 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 10 assists, 7 turnovers, 3 blocks and 11 steals. Tyler Christianson paced the Lions with 14 on 6-13 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 13 boards and 5 assists. Josh Reddy added 13 on 4-10 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc and 2-3 from the line. Eric Howie scored 10 on 4-7 from the floor and 9 boards. Wes Lefsrud notched 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 6 boards. Cam Spurr scored 6 on 2-15 from the floor, 2-3 from the line, 8 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Dan Welch and Arun Lagah were scoreless. The Lions hit 19-59 (.322) from the floor, 5-23 (.217) from the arc and 8-11 (.727) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 17 fouls, 9 assists, 19 turnovers, 3 blocks and 5 steals. The 49ers were determined to bounce back from a loss in the 2006 finals, said coach Randy Steel. “It’s tough to lose that final, It’s the toughest game to lose. The other games don’t mean quite as much. They were the team that lost it last year. I’m happy for this group. They had that feeling of losing that final last year and they got back their game and got the job done. I’m really quite happy for this group.” Steel added that his troops did an excellent job of replacing Dylan Borgerson, who fouled out in the fourth quarter. “The other fellas stepped right up in overtime. They kind of held together and played very well.” Josh Ready had forced overtime for the Lions with a trey at the buzzer that knotted the score at 47. But Spencer Fyfe-Wilson hit six critical points for the 49ers in the extra session.
The bronze medalist Prince Rupert Rainmakers: Jacob Thom; Blair Mirau; Ranveer Minhas; Rod Lawson; Tristin Reece; R.J. Fumanti; Rory Osborne; Bruce Hill; Dustin Eaton; E.J. Abecia; Kirk Van Hulle; Ian Robinson; Vernon Alexcee; Kirby Ridley
The silver medalist Victoria Lambrick Park Lions: Tyler Christianson; Cam Spurr; Stewart Scholz; Josh Reddy; Arun Lagah; Dan Welch; Eric Howie Evan Burley; Nic Cuckovich; Wes Lefsrud; Spencer McEwen; coach Ed Somers; assistant Chris Ball
The gold medalist Ladysmith 49ers: Spencer Fyfe-Wilson; Dylan Borgerson; Ben Chadwick; Scott Myerscough; Jackson Blondeau; Josh Gait; Edmund Teh; Cole Battie; Adam Wilson; Fraser Fyfe-Wilson; Thomas Bodenchuk; Amidu Njiemoun; coach Randy Steel