In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Mission Roadrunners whipped the 16th-seeded Nelson L.V. Rogers Bombers 65-38 after leading 19-6, 37-16 and 55-24 at the quarters and dominating the paint. Arjun Bhogal paced the Roadrunners with 16. Rhys Parry added 10, Jeevan Bhogal 9, Luke Morris 7, Luc Comeau 6, Kristjan Jakobs 6, Hadley Gwyn 5, Nicholas Jacobse 2, Mitch MaCaulay 2 and Tom Clarkson 2, while Conner Pickering was scoreless. John Zak led the Bombers (coached by Ross Naka and Matt Fuhr) with 11. Erich Schepkowski added 7, Isaiah Kingdon 5, Garrett Perry 5, Matthew Zukowski 3, Adam Berg 2, Adam Grace 2, Cail Spencer 2 and Connor Banks 1, while Jesse Zak and Jack Sturrup were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Prince George Duchess Park Condors nipped the defending champion Oliver Southern Okanagan Hornets 83-78. The Hornets led 23-15 after one quarter and 41-35 at the half. The Condors led 60-58 after three quarters. The Condor’s 6-4 grade‐11 forward Nathaniel Pawluk powered to the basket backdoor for a key hoop in the final minute to short‐circuit a late comeback by the Hornets who trailed by seven with 90 seconds remaining, but closed to within a field‐goal, until Pawluk made his basket and drew a foul to turn it into a critical three‐point swing. Montel Lindgren paced the Condors with 37. Nathanial Pawluk added 28, Luke Holmes 11, Sam Ten Veen 3, Josh Hughson 2 and Olin Erricson 2, while Brandon Mariotto, Eric Kidwell and Nikola Knezevic were scoreless. Greet Gill paced the Hornets (coached by Mo Basso) with 46. Gurkamal Dhaliwal added 11, Parminder Sidhu 8, Amit Chahal 5, Bablu Brar 5 and Raj Sidhu 3, while Jashan Khela, Charnpreet Buttar, Jivan Gill, Malcom Heinrichs, Jaspinder Grewal and Arshdeep Sandhu were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver King George Dragons dumped the Victoria Lambrick Park Lions 91-65 after leading 22-15, 47-33 and 70-47 at the quarters. Kristian Hildebrandt paced the Dragons with 35. Bilal Naqshbandy added 14, Omid Toussi 14, Miguel Suarez 12, George Mija 8, Robert Tcavic 4 and Tristan Arthurs 4, while Keihan Kashani and Filip Bozalo were scoreless. Brendan Somers paced the Lions (coached by Ed Somers and Chris Ball) with 37, including 7 treys. Lucas Dellabough added 10, Chris Fougner 6, Brendan Miller 5, Ferrari Leonardo 5 and Eric Phillips 2, while Evan Guy, Chen Alex, Carlos Martinez and DeAndre Reynolds were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Mill Bay Brentwood x crushed the Kamloops Sa-Hali Sabres 72-42 after leading 21-11, 38-17 and 58-31 at the quarters. Brentwood ran off the final four baskets of the second‐quarter to build an insurmountable lead. Brentwood used the quickness of their big men to frustrate the normal Sa‐Hali running game. David Lawrence paced Brentwood with 20, including 5 treys. Jordan Charles added 16, Jonathan Courville 14, Martin Barakso 7, Austin Giles 5, along with 10 boards, Joel Wilson 4, Shalev Sharabi 2, Jason Tran 2 and Alex Park 2, while Timothy Liu, William Lee, Anthony Savoie and Chris Wong were scoreless. Chris Toporowski paced the Sabres (coached by Paul Patterson, assisted by Elmer Froese and Kyle Bowman) with 25. Liam Epp added 5, Russell Dolson 4, Noah Marchand 3, Daylin Epp 2, Tanner Carswell 2 and Riley Peterson 1, while Ben Phillips, Jagdeesh Uppal, Jason Pinneo, Andrew Roy, Russell Farren, Keegan Marchand, Thomas Dolson and Austen Langil were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The North Vancouver Windsor Dukes dispatched the Port Coquitlam Archbishop Carney Stars 71-61. Carney led 12-9 after one quarter. The Dukes led 28-23 at the half and 47-39 after three quarters. David Manshrek paced the Dukes with 42. Matthew Ros added 13, Spencer Quon 13 and Dyllan Quon 3, while Malcolm Lam, Eric Neal, Vincent Piana, Taylor Williams, Michael Ros, Joel Brown and John Sutton were scoreless. Patrick Simon paced the Stars (coached by Steve McGinley, assisted by Dan McFarland) with 25 points and 13 boards. William Baumann added 13, Cole Spooner 8, Christian Legazpi 8, Josh Hombrebeuno 4 and Alex Baumann 2, while Jonathan Juvik, Sairvan Fernandez, Jonathon Conlon, Grieko Geronimo, Markel Alvarez, Josh Prinster and Leo Kim were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Chilliwack G.W. Graham Grizzlies stomped the Prince Rupert Charles Hays Rainmakers (formerly the Hurricanes until merger of Charles Hays and Prince Ruper High) 93-59 after leading 22-16, 50-26 and 74-45 at the quarters. Cody Hansen paced the Grizzlies with 22. Lucas Mannes added 22, Fran Armengual 11, Matthew McConnell 8, Josiah Cockrill 8, Hank Derksen 6, Austin Neetz 6, Geoff Slovick 6 and Ryan Tempel 4, while Clayton Riobo, Phoenix Lipinski and Austin Uy were scoreless. Chris Mair paced the Hurricanes (coached by Mel Bishop and Ryan Bishop) with 12. Keith Paterson added 11, Ben Mark 10, Russell Reece 7, Anthony Yecyec 6, Drew Robinson 4, Douglas Faithful 4, Jagveer Minhas 3 and Jas Randhawa 2, while Mike Nequinto, Jaylon Basso, Cameron de la Nuez, Brett Sampson, Jade Melegrito, Ryan Fabbi, Graham Morgan and Darrell Reece were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights stomped the Abbotsford Christian Knights 67-42 after leading 21-11, 35-17 and 45-31 at the quarters. Denzel Laguerta paced St. Thomas More with 18. Mikey Carney added 17, Andrew Morris 14, Giovanni Trasolini 11, Jalen Jana 3, Dante Vigini 2 and Dario Brzovic 2, while Ben Hieltjes, Matteo Gazzola, Andrew Wu, Bryan Padron, Jacob Beltran, Thomas Tassone and Marwin Empainado were scoreless. Tylan Postma paced Abbotsford Christian (coached by Keith Stewart, assisted by Vince Van Dyk) with 14. Chris Marginson added 10, Brady Kampman 4, We de Waal 5, Matt Burnett 3, Trevor Dykshoorn 2, Sam Goertzen 2 and Austin Dyck 1, while Dan Vaags and Josh Berger were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Victoria St. Michaels Jaguars dusted the Penticton Princess Margaret Mustangs 85-47 after leading 26-8, 48-17 and 76-25 at the quarters. Joe Erlic paced the Jaguars with 18. David Lafleur added 14, Derek Hyde-Lay 10, Dawit Workie 9, Trenton Franco 8, Monty Fraser-Brown 6, Liam Maclure 5, Mark Yorath 5, Johnny Wu 4, Lewis Liu 3, Georgios Ikonomou 3, Wayne Lin 2 and Steven Whillans 1, while Matt Rud was scoreless. Harman Randhawa paced the Mustangs (coached by Russ Reid and Brian Hurst, assisted by Anmol Toor and Pardeep Sidhu) with 11. Brayden Hearne added 9, Justin Cantelon 7, Conor Gahagan 6, Enoila Obefami 6, Jarett Cantelon 3, Harman Dhaliwal 2, Mauro Patterson 2 and Josh Greenwood 1, while Russell Manning, Mitch Brodt and Spencer Dunstan Adams were scoreless.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Mission Roadrunners clipped the Prince George Duchess Park Condors 66-60. “In the second half it was definitely our defense that kept us in it,” said Mission co-coach Jim Pearce. The Condors led 22-14, 35-34 and 51-46 at the quarters. Luke Morris paced the Roadrunners with 23. Rhys Parry added 18, along with 13 boards, Luc Comeau 11, Jeevan Bhogal 7, Mitch MaCaulay 4, Hadley Gwyn 3, while Conner Pickering was scoreless. Nathanial Pawluk paced the Condors (coached by Dave Holmes, assisted by John MacDonald) with 19 points and 10 boards. Montel Lindgren added 14, Luke Holmes 9, Brandon Mariotto 5, Eric Kidwell 5, Josh Hughson 5 and Sam Ten Veen 3, while Olin Erricson, Nikola Knezevic, Nikko Morales, Josh Colley, Sam Baker and Cole Olsen were scoreless.
Mill Bay Brentwood Academy edged the Vancouver King George Dragons 53-47. “I feel that we executed our system very well, just unfortunately for one half things didn’t go our way and we lost,” said Dragons coach Darko Kulic. The Dragons led 15-8, 39-18 and 40-39 at the quarters. David Lawrence paced Millwood with 20. Jordan Charles added 16, Shalev Sharabi 5, Austin Giles 4, Jonathan Courville 4, along with 10 boards, Martin Barakso 2 and Jason Tran 2, while Alex Park was scoreless. Kristian Hildebrandt led the Dragons (coached by Darko Kulic, assisted by Dan O’Gorman, Jerry Gill and Hanif Karmali) with 19. Bilal Naqshbandy added 11, George Mija 10, Omid Toussi 4 and Miguel Suarez 3, while Akim Zongo, Filip Bozalo, Tristan Arthurs, Deniz Erol, Harvey Klair, Robert Tcaciuc and Keihan Kashani were scoreless.
The Chilliwack G.W. Graham Grizzlies dispatched the North Vancouver Windsor Dukes 72-64. The Dukes led 22-15 after one quarter and 31-25 at the half. The score was knotted at 49 after three quarters. Josiah Cockrill paced the Grizzlies with 21. Fran Armengual added 15, Lucas Mannes 11, Matthew McConnell 10, Cody Hansen 6, Hank Derksen 6 and Geoff Slovick 3, while Clayton Riobo, Ryan Tempel and Austin Neetz were scoreless. David Manshrek paced the Dukes (coached by Rob Ros, assisted by Alex Vansamang) with 27 points and 10 boards. Spencer Quon added 14, Dyllan Quon 13, Matthew Ros 3, Joel Brown 3, Vincent Piana 2 and Taylor Williams 2, while Malcolm Lam, Michael Ross, John Sutton, Evan Puri, Eric Neal and Graham Baigent were scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights dusted the Victoria St. Michaels Jaguars 65-54 after leading 18-10, 37-22 and 52-33 at the quarters. Giovanni Trasolini paced the Knights with 15 points and 10 boards. Andrew Morris added 14, Mikey Carney 12, Denzel Laguerta 12, Jalen Jana 7 and Ben Hieltjes 5, while Andrew Wu and Marwin Empainado were scoreless. Joe Erlic led the Jaguars (coached by Reagan Daly, Mat Geddes and Ian Hyde-Lay), with 19. David Lafleur added 11, Mark Yorath 9, Derek Hyde-Lay 6, Dawit Workie 3, Monty Fraser-Brown 2, Georgios Ikonomou 2, Johnny Huang 1 and Liam Maclure 1, while Lewis Liu, Wayne Lin, Keiler Totz, Steven Whillans and Trenton Franco were scoreless.
In the semis, the top-seeded Mission Roadrunners dusted Mill Bay Brentwood 56-41. The Roadrunners led 10-6 after one quarter. Brentwood led 27-21 at the half. Mission led 35-29 after three quarters. “We were really struggling to find the hoop” early on, said co-coach Jim Pearce. But a 24-6 run in the third quarter proved decisive. Luke Morris paced the Roadrunners with 21 on 8-15 from the floor, 4-9 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 8 boards. Jeevan Bhogal added 8 on 4-11 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 9 boards and 4 assists. Mitch MaCaulay scored 8 on 4-7 from the floor and 3 boards. Rhys Parry scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 13 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Luc Comeau added 3, along with 4 assists and 4 steals, Kristjan Jacobs 3, Hadley Gwyn 3, Jimmy Kumar 3 and Nicholas Jacobse 3, while Tom Clarkson and Conner Pickering were scoreless. The Roadrunners hit 23-59 (.390) from the floor, 9-30 (.300) from the arc and 1-8 (.125) from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 8 fouls, 13 assists, 17 turnovers, 1 block and 10 steals. Jordan Charles paced Brentwood with 17 on 6-14 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 11 boards and 2 steals. Jonathan Courville notched 9 on 4-6 from the floor, 12 from the line, 15 boards and 3 assists. David Lawrence added 6 on 3-18 from the floor, 0-9 from the arc, 4 boards and 4 steals. Shalev Sharabi added 5 and Jason Tran 4, along with 4 boards and 3 steals, while Alex Park, Chris Wong, Martin Barakso and Josh Charles were scoreless. Brentwood hit 17-55 (.309) from the floor, 5-23 (.217) from the arc and 2-4 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 9 assists, 22 turnovers, 1 block and 10 steals.
In the other semi, the Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights clipped the Chilliwack G.W. Graham Grizzlies 72-55 after leading 16-9, 31-26 and 54-34 at the quarters. The Knights outgunned Graham 23-8 in the third quarter that included nine points from Mikey Carney in a runaway 17-0 scoring streak to start the quarter. The Grizzlies Jason Cockrill picked up two quick fouls in the first quarter. “That really hurt us,” said Grizzlies coach Jake Mouritzen. Mikey Carney paced the Knights with 22 on 8-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 9 boards. Andrew Morris added 16 on 5-11 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 6-10 from the line, 5 boards, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Jalen Jana notched 12 on 4-7 from the floor, 4-8 from the line, 4 boards and 3 steals. Giovanni Trasolini added 9 on 4-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Denzel Laguertz added 8 on 3-4 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 4 boards. Ben Hieltjes scored 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 10 boards, while Jacob Beltran, Marwin Empainado and Andrew Wu were scoreless. The Knights hit 26-47 (.553) from the floor, 2-7 (.286) from the arc and 18-30 (.600) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 6 assists, 27 turnovers, 4 blocks and 10 steals. Lucas Mannes paced the Grizzlies with 22 on 8-25 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 6 boards, 6 assists and 7 steals. Fran Armengual added 9 on 3-9 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc and 3 steals. Cody Hansen notched 8 on 3-9 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Josiah Cockrill scored 7 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 2 steals. Ryan Tempel added 5 on 2-3 from the floor and 1-3 from the arc, while Hank Derksen scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor and 4 boards, while Matthew McConnell, Austin Neetz and Geoff Slovick were scoreless. The Grizzlies hit 19-66 (.288) from the floor, 8-24 (.333) from the arc and 9-13 (.692) from the line, while garnering 25 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 26 fouls, 8 assists, 16 turnovers and 16 steals.
In the bronze medal match, the Chilliwack G.W. Graham Grizzlies defeated the Mill Bay Brentwood Academy X 65-54 after leading 22-11, 39-31 and 52-50 at the quarters. Lucas Mannes paced the Grizzlies with 16 on 5-16 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 6 boards, 8 assists and 5 steals. Josiah Cockrill added 14 on 5-12 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 10 boards. Fran Armengual notched 13 on 5-10 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc and 4 steals. Matthew McConnell scored 8 on 4-5 from the floor, 0-4 from the line and 6 boards. Geoff Slovick added 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 3 steals. Hank Derksen added 4 on 2-3 from the floor and 5 boards, Cody Hansen 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 4 steals, and Austin Neetz 2, while Austin Uy, Phoenix Lipinski, Ryan Tempel and Clayton Riobo were scoreless. The Grizzlies hit 25-61 (.410) from the floor, 7-24 (.292) from the arc and 8-19 (.421) from the line, while garnering 34 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 12 assists, 20 turnovers, 1 block and 17 steals. Jonathan Courville paced Brentwood (coached by Blake Gage) with 17 on 7-11 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 10 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Jordan Charles added 13 on 5-13 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 10 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. David Lawrence added 11 on 5-13 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 6 boards. Shalev Sharabi added 9 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 assists. Alex Park added 2 and Chris Wong 2, while Jason Tran, Anthony Savoie, Martin Barakso, Josh Charles, William Lee, Timothy Liu, Austin Giles, Joel Wilson and Michael Hung were scoreless. Brentwood hit 22-57 (.386) from the floor, 6-17 (.353) from the arc and 4-5 from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 12 assists, 28 turnovers, 2 blocks and 7 steals.
In the final, the top-seeded Mission Roadrunners dusted the Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights 70-56 after leading 21-13, 34-31 and 50-36 at the quarters. Mission became the first school to earn a provincial basketball and football title in the same season. “It was defence – pure and simple,” said Roadrunners coach Danny Jakobs. “Eighty per cent of our practices are defence.” The Roadrunners also controlled the tempo perfectly. The Roadrunners put this game away in the third quarter, when they outscored the Knights 16-5 to lead 48-36 heading into the fourth. “We’re not much of an offensive team,” said Roadrunners forward Rhys Parry. “We do what we can on offence, try to run things, but defence is our strength.” Guard Luc Comeau, the tournament’s top defensive player, hit two treys as the Roadrunners raced out to a 21-13 first-quarter lead. The Knights slowly clawed back, and took a two-point lead with 5:11 remaining in the third quarter. The lead lasted 34 seconds as green-clad Mission responded with an 18-1 run. “Mission green,” Jakobs said. “I think we had about the same amount (of fans) at last year’s final, and they were in the same boat as us – they needed to see us win.” Assistant coach Jim Pearce added that “we really didn’t know how good we were. [We] didn’t play any double-A schools this year [in tournament play].” The Roadrunners finished 32-5 on the season and were determined to win the title after losing in overtime in the 2011 final. “Our kids never got rattled,” said Pearce. “They were very patient, [they] played so many triple-A teams over the years and could handle a lot of adversity. Defence really was the factor, we played such great defence that allowed us to stay in all games. We had great athletes on our team. … I’m just so proud of the boys. They deserve to win because they put so much time in. It didn’t just happen,” said Pearce. Knights coach Aaron Mitchell said a 16-5 Mission run to start the second half proved the difference. “We got caught up in their slow style and they killed us on the boards. We feed off transition and our half court, and we couldn’t do that against their two-three zone.” The Knights best quarter was the second as Mikey Carney hit two treys to close the deficit to 26-24. Ben Hieltjes shaved the gap to a single point with a pair of successful free throws with three minutes left in the half. Jalen Jana kept the deficit at one point with a transition bucket with seven seconds left on the clock in the second quarter. “There is no way we aren’t happy. We had an amazing run,” Mitchell said. “I knew we had good kids and it would pay off this year. Our goal was to get this group to the provincials.” It was the Roadrunners first title since 1954. “It’s been 12 years of us building a strong program,” co-coach Jim Pearce said. “We got ‘er done. …We thought we were well matched and it was going to be a contest of who could battle each other mentally. … Our best quarter is always the third. We locked them down.” Rhys Parry paced the Roadrunners with 21 on 6-7 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 7-9 from the line, 13 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Luc Comeau, who was chosen defensive player of the tournament, added 19 on 6-14 from the floor, 4-12 from the arc, 3-7 from the line and 7 steals. Luke Morris added 11 on 5-17 from the floor, 1-8 from the arc, 10 boards, 2 assists, 4 blocks and 3 steals. Jeevan Bhogal notched 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 4 boards. Conner Pickering scored 6 on 0-4 from the floor, 6-6 from the line, 2 assists and 2 steals. Mitch MaCaulay added 5 on 2-8 from the floor, 3 boards and 3 assists, while Kristjan Jacobs, Hadley Gwyn, Nicholas Jacobse and Tom Clarkson were scoreless. The Roadrunners hit 22-59 (.373) from the floor, 7-29 (.241) from the arc and 19-28 (.679) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 11 assists, 14 turnovers, 6 blocks and 13 steals. Denzel Laguerta paced the Knights with 14 on 5-15 from the floor, 3-12 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 3 assists and 2 steals. Jalen Jana added 13 on 5-10 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3-5 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Giovanni Trasolini scored 10 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 7 boards, 3 blocks and 2 steals. Mikey Carney notched 7 on 2-10 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Ben Hieltjes scored 6 on 1-3 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 9 boards. Andrew Morris added 3 on 3-4 from the line and 4 boards. Jacob Beltran added 3, while Thomas Tassone, Marwin Empainado and Andrew Wu were scoreless. The Knights hit 17-52 (.327) from the floor, 5-23 (.217) from the arc and 17-23 (.739) from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 24 fouls, 4 assists, 22 turnovers, 5 blocks and 7 steals.
The bronze medalist Chilliwack G.W. Graham Grizzlies: Lucas Mannes; Josiah Cockrill; Fran Armengual; Matthew McConnell; Geoff Slovick; Hank Derksen; Cody Hansen; Austin Neetz; Austin Uy; Phoenix Lipinski; Ryan Tempel; Clayton Riobo; coach Jake Mouritzen; assistant Ken Larsen; assistant Mike Mannes
The silver medalist Burnaby St. Thomas More Knights: Denzel Laguerta; Jalen Jana; Giovanni Trasolini; Mikey Carney; Ben Hieltjes; Andrew Morris; Jacob Beltran; Thomas Tassone; Marwin Empainado; Andrew Wu; Bryan Padron; Corbin Casters; Matteo Gazzola; Dario Brzovic; Obi Obazi; coach Aaron Mitchell; assistant Al Wong; assistant Denis Johnston; assistant Mike Cheung
The champion Mission Roadrunners: Rhys Parry; Luc Comeau; Luke Morris; Jeevan Bhogal; Conner Pickering; Mitch MaCaulay; Kristjan Jacobs; Hadley Gwyn; Nicholas Jacobse; Tom Clarkson; Jimmy Kumar; coach Danny Jakobs; assistant Jim Pearce; assistant Peter Morris