In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Surrey Pacific Academy Breakers dusted the 16th-seeded Maple Ridge Samuel Robertson Technical Titans 93-61 after leading 24-12, 41-31 and 69-45 at the quarters. Earl Akene paced the Breakers with 33. Adriel Gouguep added 17, Judah Ashlee 15, Joel Aikoriogie 11, Tei Lee Kim 7, Eddie Li 4, Elias Ogbes 2, Mario Akene 2 and David Ude 2, while Matthew Jonathen, Prince Dean, Thomas Wirtz, Jesse Babs Ishola, Zach Staysgaard and Michael Lyu were scoreless. Chase Vanderwal scored 17 to pace the Titans (coach Lesley McPherson). Cole Blakeway added 12, Tomas Lima 12, Xavier Mercado 9, Jakob Schneider 7, Aedan Katinic 2 and Graydon Fuller 2, while Nolan Santos, Liam Turner and Jackson Lovitt were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Abbotsford Christian Knights mauled the 9th-seeded Victoria Pacific Christian Pacers 74-52. Colton Redekop and Nil-Adjetey Osekre each scored 19 to pace the Knights. Brayden Redekop added 13. Thomas Reems led the Pacers with 15. (The official scoresheet was illegible because of inadequate ink in the printer.) The Pacers (coach Gabe Kremler, athletic director John Stewart) also included Matteo du Toit, Josh du Toit, Atley Reems, Jahvon Rodney, Samuel Grout, Nicholas Slater, Urukanichi Joe-Ikechebelu, Juday Henkel, Zach Day, Jedediah Umoren and Luke Levesque. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Kamloops Westsyde Whundas crushed the 13th-seeded Surrey Khalsa Lions 90-39 after leading 17-13, 49-19 and 75-29 at the quarters. Cason Scott paced the Whundas with 35. Jayden Broadfoot added 16, Jaren Porter 10, Kiyo Brown 7, Logan Rubel 6, Evan Ruddick 4, Kooper Groeneveld 4, Nathan Perrault 4, Zach Duhaime 2 and Kieran Dawson 2, while Calder MacLeod, Jovan Johannson, Carter Endean and Liam Connoly were scoreless. Naunihal Gill scored 14 to pace the Lions (coach Jaskirat Sandhu, coach Harry Bhanghu, assistant Ranvir Rai, manager Anveer Sanghera, trainer Gurkeet Mann, athletic director Michelle Kelly). Jashandeep Lalli added 8, Pohulmeet Singh 6, Gursangat ‘Gary’ Khosa 6 and Orveer Bains 5, while Subaig Sandhu, Satkar Khangura, Gurnihal Gill, Anandpreet Khosa, Ekraj Singh, Harshanveer Khattra, Sujot Rana and Ajaib Mann were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Victoria St. Michael’s Blue Jaguars spanked the 12th-seeded Prince Rupert Charles Hays Rainmakers 65-47 after leading 23-9, 41-18 and 54-34 at the quarters. Dani Pelyhe paced the Blue Jaguars with 17, Zaki Pelyhe added 14, Wil Woods 13, Davis Hardy 12 and Eliot Mairet 9, while Will Bateson, Parker Sheehan, Will Zielinski, Jacob Meadows, Brody Harris, Jack Driscoll, Jaiden Daniels and Victor Lee were scoreless. Thales Innes scored 13 to pace the Rainmakers (coach Mel Bishop, coach Kevin Sawka, assistant Ryan Bishop). Tyson Bomben added 12, Sarfo Agyemang 7, Carl Sampson 5, Nate Sawka 4, Jacob Leighton 3, Callahan Van de Merwe 2 and Brandon Basso 2, while Caleb Tait, Graeme Dickins, Waylin Hughes, Jacob Clifton, Jeremy Higginson, Chris Sutherland and Ben Woods were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Summerland Rockets blasted the 15th-seeded Fernie Falcons 114-56 after leading 38-11, 60-28 and 89-43 at the quarters. Brothers Desmond and Mateo Ducheck, who scored a combined 80, “came out with a lot of confidence today. It’s pretty cool to see, especially with Mateo only being in grade 10”, Summerland coach Matthew Raimondo told Varsity Letters. “They definitely love the game, and they put a lot of time in, so I’m not surprised.” Raimondo added that defensive stopper Jack Campbell “told me this morning, before he came to the gym, that he wants a defensive player of the year award. He said that, ‘No matter what place we come in, I’m going to play hard, but I want that award.’” {Campbell did indeed, receive the award] Desmond Ducheck paced the Rockets with 42. Matteo Ducheck added 38, Jack Campbell 12, Saxon Conner-Garrity 12, Kelso Yurick 3, Kingston Ripley 2 and Alex Henrichsen 2, while Taiyo Kan, Jack Lessley, Nobuatsu Oraoka, Daniel Dykstra, Chase Knowlton and Shaun Petkau were scoreless. Oscar Wrigglesworth scored 16 to pace the Falcons. Isaac Stuckey added 12, Sam Arling 8, Kye Tuggle 5, Beck Tuggle 3, Russell Rutherford 3, Luke Anderson 2, Harrison Nixon 2, Emery Curtis 2 and Oskar Schafer 2, while Olis Babin, Taylor Press, Marcos Grijalva, Gray Blocksom and Naomeh Roy Diol were scoreless. The Falcons (coach A.J. Kennedy, assistant Ian Johnson, athletic director Meghan Coultry) also included Everett Shipley. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Vancouver Notre Dame Jugglers clipped the 10th-seeded Mill Bay Brentwood 71-61 after leading 16-13, 34-29 and 54-44 at the quarters. Jugglers post Adam Buric dominated the boards. “He is the hardest working guy out there, also on the nicest kids out there, it’s funny, sometimes we ask him to be a little bit more mean”, Notre Dame coach
Cam Wright told Varsity Letters. “We are really fortunate to have such a coachable young man that’s willing to sacrifice for others. He’s been great.” He added that point guard Caleb Parotta was masterful. “He is also the starting quarterback for the Notre Dame football team, so having him as the point guard, his vision and his ability to create for others, it’s great to have
him. … It was a fast-paced game. We pushed the ball pretty well; I was happy with how we
executed coming down the stretch.” Caleb Parrotta paced the Jugglers with 25. Connor Mabel added 13, Nikko Kuna 12, Adam Buric 10, Sajaan Deo 6 and Anson Chueng 5, while Noah Francia, Michael MacLeod, Sayjvir Gill and Klyde Tan were scoreless. Julian Bishop paced Brentwood with 16. Jaxen Lust added 15, Jackson Lenaric 14, Temi Separa 12 and Ben Akindipe 4, while Isaac Ryan, Miguel Navarro-Perez, Rudolph Kruger, Oliver Herd, Ainose Ibhahe, Nathan Colquhoun, Jack Shortis, Fraser Leith, Yash Dahiya and Dmitrios Tsiokas were scoreless. Brentwood (coach Blake Gage, assistant Vito Pasquale, manager Robin Gage) also included Liam Li and Kang Cho. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded West Vancouver Collingwood Cavaliers stomped the 14th-seeded Vanderhoof Nechako Valley Vikings 100-44 after leading 35-6, 54-26 and 81-36 at the quarters. Cavaliers coach Andy Wong told Varsity Letters that “we know it’s a long process. You have to take it game by game, quarter by quarter. It’s something in which we’ve been about a lot, heading into provincials. A couple of key players are returning, so they have that game experience, but overall, there’s several levels of confidence when we come back here.” Having played in a preseason tournament at the Langley Centre, Wong added that “honestly, getting used to the courts here is a huge advantage. We absolutely love being able to look at the rims and how everything works out with that, playing on a slightly bigger court. … We like to play really fast, play 94 feet, that’s our goal, make teams uncomfortable by the tempo that we play at. I thought we did a really good job of that for parts of the game, especially the first quarter.” Sam Li paced the Cavaliers with 25. Finnegan Murphy added 25, player of the game Amir Mojarradi 18, Tony Li 10, Peter Huang 6, Harry Bell 4, Samuel Layden 4, Eliot McNeil 4, Louis Dhingara 2, Ardavan Tehrani 2 and Jake McAdam 2, while Brek Ball, Bayan Dehghani, Ethan Albiani and Tomas Villamil were scoreless. Thomas Cross paced the Vikings with 17. Linden Buchanan added 6, Dayne Mueller 5, Zeke Ferguson 4, Meyer Himmelright 4, Aiden Simrose 4, James Walker 2and Kai Hara 2, while Kole Shoesmith and Gideon Goulty were scoreless. The Vikings (coach Gary Simrose, assistant Joel Mueller, assistant Debbie Simrose, athletic director Travis Himmelright) also included Wyatt McAndrews, Ronan McIntyre and Ryder Lybbert. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Vancouver King George Dragons dispatched the 11th-seeded Langley Credo Christian Kodiaks 63-49 after leading 16-11, 32-24 and 46-39 at the quarters. Dragons post Faisal Shawwa told Varsity Letters that “we didn’t start the way we wanted, but fortunately a win is a win in this tournament. You can’t let a slow first game affect your second. When you start a game, you have to go all out. Don’t let any team stay in the game with you.” Charlie Comrie paced the Dragons with 21. Faisal Shawwa added 17, Kio Nickel 16, Filip Puaca 6 and Abud Shawwa 3, while Leon Latinovic, Rei Ikeda, Kurosh Amir Behzadi, Artem Grottskyy, Jacob Beran, Aleksandar Vuckovic, Leiroy Dionco, Oleg Orlov, Jaden Wilson and Mihailo Lukic were scoreless. Deakan Kobes and Arend Vandergaag each scored 16 to pace the Kodiaks (coach Justin Vanderploeg, assistant Jackie Vanderploeg, assistant Stephen Klein). Jacob Vanderhorst added 9, Jesse Lieuwen 4, Tyler Sikma 2 and Asher Vandelft 2, while Ben Vanderhorst, Beckem Dewit, Juday Leyenhorst, Joshua Bigo, Benjamin Vanbeelen-Torres and Jack Bouldman were scoreless.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Surrey Pacific Academy Breakers clipped the 8th-seeded Abbotsford Christian Knights 81-66 after leading 25-18, 51-33 and 67-48 at the quarters. The Breakers took command in the second quarter when they got their transition game on track and the Knights found themselves in foul trouble. Breakers coach Joel Ashbeen told Varsity Letters that “what makes us different than most 2A teams is, we have both size and speed. If we can play in transition, I think that plays to our strength. If we play a halfcourt game, it’s a roll of the dice. We were able to put our press on, and that allowed us to push the ball. … They (the Knights) have such great shooting and length – holy crow, they’re a tough team. But we’ve got some really good Grade 12 veterans that know what to do. We have that mental stability, yet at the same time, we have that passion. Sometimes you get a little too passionate and you lose that emotional stability, but I think we’re harnessing it really well right now.” Knights coach Keith Stewart said “their kids are so physically tough. You bump No. 6 (Earl Akene) or No. 7 (Adriel Bouguep), and they don’t even notice it. They’re just going to the hoop. Their physicality really separates them.” Earl Akene paced the Breakers with 28. Judah Ashlee added 24, Joel Aikoriogie 14, Adriel Gougep 5, Elias Ogbes 5, Eddie Li 4 and Tei Lee Kim 3, while David Ude, Matthew Jonathen, Prince Dean, Mario Akene, Thomas Wirtz, Jessie Babs Ishola, Zach Staysgaard and Michael Lyu were scoreless. Colton Redekop scored 19 to pace the Knights (coach Keith Stewart, assistant Anna Redekop, assistant Zac Fleming, manager Julie Tam, basketball coordinator Vince Van Dyk). Micah Sikma added 9, Brayden Redekop 8, John Pool 6, Samuel Lupai 6, Cole Wiebe 4, Brennan Redekop 4, Kash Barden 3, Tristan Andrews 2, Nii-Adjetey Osekre 3 and Daniel Fleming 1, while Cameron Morrow, Austin Hystek, Owen Lopez and Reuben DeRegt were scoreless.
The 4th-seeded Kamloops Westsyde Whundas clipped the 5th-seeded Victoria St. Michael’s Blue Jaguars 73-63 in a classic confrontation between size and speed. The Whundas led 15-10 after one quarter. The Blue Jaguars led 24-23 at the half. The Whundas opened the second half with a 13-3 run and led 53-49 after three quarters. Zaki Pelyhe hit a pair of treys to draw the Blue Jaguars within 61-60 but the rally faltered after Jaiden Daniels, Elliot Mairet and Pelyhe fouled out, while the Whundas kept pounding the ball into the paint and then iced it at the line as Jayden Broadfoot hit 6-6 in the final minutes. Whundas coach Ryan Porter told Varsity Letters that “was a survive-and-advance type of game. That was a gritty win – we could have easily lost that. SMUS had a wicked game plan against us, and they’re well-coached. We had to find a way. I think we just wore them down. They had to give everything they had to stay with us, and they almost had us. If a couple more of their threes drop, that’s a different game. They’re a very good team. … I’ve had all kinds of different teams over the years, and you kind of have to work with what you have. Because we are so big and strong, we have to impose that strength and physicality on other teams, right? “That was the difference tonight. We couldn’t hit shots, but we controlled the rebounds and got extra chances because of the big boys.” Kiyo Brown paced the Whundas with 21. Cason Scott added 18, Jayden Broadfoot 15, Jaren Porter 8, Jovan Johannson 4, Logan Rubel 3, Kooper Groeneveld 2 and Liam Connolly 2, while Calder MacLeod, Zach Duhaime, Carter Endean, Evan Ruddick, Keiran Dawson and Nathan Perrault were scoreless. Dani Pelyhe paced the Blue Jaguars with 25. Davis Hardy added 16, Zaki Pelyhe 9, Wil Woods 6, Elliot Mairet 4, Brody Harris 1 and Jaiden Daniels 1, while Will Bateson, Parker Sheehan, Will Zielinski, Jacob Meadows, Jack Driscoll and Victor Lee were scoreless.
The 2nd-seeded Summerland Rockets dispatched the 7th-seeded Vancouver Notre Dame Jugglers 83-77. The Rockets led 16-2 early. But the Jugglers countered with their own 16-2 run and knotted the score at 18 after one quarter. The Rockets led 36-34 at the half. They opened the second half with a 14-4 run and led 59-52 after three quarters. But Saajan Deo and Connor Mabel hit treys for the Juggers, while their press forced a series of Rockets turnovers and Caleb Parotta nailed a trey to given them a 77-75 lead. But Desmond Dutchek hit 8 free throws in the final minute as the Rockets rallied from a two-point deficit. “The maturity of that kid and the love for the moment is unbelievable,” Rockets coach Matthew Raimondo told Varsity Letters. “It was really nice to have a lot of Grade 12s to handle things down the stretch. There was a lot of adversity to deal with, and they handled it so well. Notre Dame played a hell of a game. They played so well, and they’re all Grade 11s. It’s really impressive.” Jugglers coach Can Wright said “we got down early, but we never gave up, never quit. It was a hell of a game because of it. … We took an early timeout there – our shot just wasn’t dropping at the start. I said to my guys, ‘Hey, it’s not falling, we’ve just got to take some pride in defence and then it’ll get going.’ All credit to them – they took it as a challenge to sit down and guard defensively, and we were able to get going offensively.” Desmond Duchek led the Rockets with 34. Mateo Duchek added 22, Jack Campbell 10, Kelso Yurick 9, Daniel Dykstra 4 and Saxon Connor-Garrity 4, while Taiyo Khan, Jack Lessly, Nobuatsu Oraoka, Kingston Ripley, Alex Henrichsen, Chase Knowlton, Peter Kunka and Shaun Petkau were scoreless. Caleb Parrotta scored 34 to lead the Jugglers (coach Cam Wright, assistant John Tagulao). Connor Mabel added 20, Saajan Deo 8, Noah Francia 6, Nikko Kuna 5 and Adam Buric 4, while Arrel Belmas, Michael MacLeod, Anson Cheung, Sayjvir Gill and Klyde Tan were scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded West Vancouver Collingwood Cavaliers defeated the 6th-seeded Vancouver King George Dragons 64-54. The Cavaliers led 12-11 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 25 at the half. The Cavaliers led 45-39 after three quarters. They bridged the final two quarters with a 17-4 run. Cavaliers coach Andy Wong told Varsity Letters that “we played King George 10 days ago (in the Sea-to-Sky zone final), and we hit 12 threes in the first half, and something like 17 threes for the game. I know that they know we like to shoot the ball – it’s part of our identity, and it’s hard not to live and die by that. It’s a real chess match when we play against them, because they want to slow things down and we want to play fast. It’s just trying to find that compromise, and figure out what’s the best style of play.” Cavalier Sam Li said that “in the third quarter, when we started moving the ball more, it started creating a bit more of a tempo for us. That’s our game. We had open threes, and we also had dish-offs where we could get the ball to the block for layups. Getting the ball to the nail (middle of the free throw line) was our main focus, and that opened up threes for us. It just felt fun playing out there. We were flowing.” Sam Li paced the Cavaliers with 26. Amir Mojarradi added 12, Finnegan Murphy 9, Harry Bell 7, Make McAdam 7 and Elliot McNeil 3, while Louis Dhingra, Brek Ball, Tony Li, Bayan Dehghani, Peter Huang, Sam Layden, Tomas Villamil, Ethan Algiani and Ardavan Tehrani were scoreless. Kio Nickel and Faisal Shawwa each scored 17 to pace the Dragons (coach Darko Kulic, assistant Randy Chan, assistant Jose Zuluaga Guzman, assistant Roger McBride, manager Flax Brownson, manager Abel Moohammadi, manager Ryan Zhang, athletic director Jacob Ross-Ewart). Charlie Comrie added 12, Abud Shawwa 5 and Leiroy Dionco 3, while Filip Puaca, Leon Latinovic, Rei Ikeda, Kurosh Amir Behzadi, Arten Grottskyy, Jacob Beran, Alesandar Vuckovic, Oleg Orlov, Jaden Wilson and Mihail Lukic were scoreless.
In the semis, the top-seeded Surrey Pacific Academy Breakers defeated the 4th-seeded Kamloops Westsyde Whundas 71-66. The Whundas led 20-14 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 34 at the half. The Breakers led 53-46 after three quarters. “That game was so physical,” Breakers guard Judah Ashbee told Varsity Letters. “It was like a football game in the paint. But fun game, great game, great atmosphere in the building.” Making a final “means a lot, he added. “Our school wasn’t a basketball school five years ago and now you tell that culture is there. Look at all the fans who were here. We turned ourselves into a basketball school.” Breakers coach Seth Sorenson said treys from Earl Akene and “grade 10 stud” Adriel Bougep were critical down the stretch. “Last year it didn’t go our way and this year it did, so experience for sure. And the guys worked really hard all year.” Akene said “a lot of our shots weren’t going in early, but we kept attacking, kept playing hard and we played for each other.” Earl Akene paced the Breakers with 28, while nabbing 11 boards. Judah Ashlee added 19, Adriel Gouguep 13, Elias Ogbes 6 and Joel Aikoriogie 5, while David Ude, Matthew Jonathen, Tei Lee Kim, Prince Dean, Mario Akene, Thomas Wirtz, Jessie Babs Ishola, Zach Staysgaard, Eddie Li and Michael Lyu were scoreless. Cason Scott led Whundas with 21. Kiyo Brown added 18, Kooper Groeneveld 13, Calder MacLeod 10, Jaren Porter 3 and Logan Rubel 1, while Jayden Broadfoot, Jovan Johannson, Zach Duhaime, Carter Endean, Evan Ruddick, Liam Connolly, Keiran Dawson and Nathan Perreault were scoreless.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Summerland Rockets edged the 3rd-seeded West Vancouver Collingwood Cavaliers 79-76 after leading 21-14, 43-34 and 56-55 at the quarters. Rocket wing Desmond Duchek told Varsity Letters that “I’m kind of at a loss for words. Last year, we lost first round and that sat with me all (off-season). It’s all I’ve been thinking about, so this feels great.” The Cavaliers hit 9-14 from the arc in the second half as they took a 66-65 lead. But a 6-0 Rockets run down the stretch proved the difference, despite hitting just 2-8 from the line in the final 24.4 seconds. “Yesterday, Des was 8-of-8 (from the free throw line in the last minute, then today he misses those last two (with 3.2 seconds remaining) to give them a chance,” said Summerland coach Matthew Raimondo. Duchek ““He gets to the basket at will every game. It’s unbelievable how much balance and strength he plays with.” Duchek said “we’ve been in games like this all year. We know how to win. In the end, we just find ways, turnovers, big buckets, things that change a game.” Desmond Duchek led the Rockets with 31, while nabbing 24 boards. Mateo Duchek added 22, Jack Campbell 11, Saxon Conner-Garrity 8 and Kelso Yurick 7, while Daniel Dykstra, Taiyo Khan, Jack Lessly, Nobuatsu Oraoka, Kingston Ripley, Alex Henrichsen, Chase Knowlton and Shaun Petkau were scoreless. Sam Li led the Cavaliers with 19. Tony li added 17, Harry Bell 13, Finnegan Murphy 12, Amir Mojarradi 9, Brek Ball 3 and Jake McAdam 3, while Louis Dhingara, Bayan Dehghani, Peter Huang, Samuel Layden, Elliot McNeil, Ethan Albiani, Tomas Villamil and Ardavan Tehrani were scoreless.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded West Vancouver Collingwood Cavaliers dispatched the 4th-seeded Kamloops Westsyde Whundas 86-80 after leading 28-21, 43-40 and 68-57 at the quarters. Amir Mojarradi paced the Cavaliers with 23. Finnegan Murphy added 19, Tony Li 13, Sam Li 12, Jake McAdam 7, Harry Bell 6, Louia Dhingara 2, Elliot McNeil 2 and Aradavan Tehrani 2, while Brek Ball, Bayan Dehghani, Peter Huang, Samuel Layden, Ethan Albiani and Tomas Villamil were scoreless. Cason Scott scored 29 to pace the Whundas. Kiyo Brown added 23, Jayden Broadfoot 9, Kooper Groeneveld 8, Logan Rubel 6, Calder MacLeod 3 and Liam Connolly 2, while Jovan Johannson, Zach Duhaime, Carter Endean, Jaren Porter, Evan Ruddick, Keiran Dawson and Nathan Perreault were scoreless. The Whundas (coach Ryan Porter, assistant Steve Scott, assistant Alex Toplak, assistant A.J. McInnis, assistant Cooper Macleod, athletic director Jeff Goodrich) also included Barrett Thompson, Jaxon Mills and Jacob McKearney.
In the final, the top-seeded Surrey Pacific Academy Breakers clipped the 2nd-seeded Summerland Rockets 80-69. The Rockets led 18-14 after one quarter. The Breakers led 37-31 at the half and 59-55 after three quarters. Judah Ashbee hit back-to-back treys and a runner as the Breakers held off the Rockets down the stretch. The Breakers were elated to capture the title just 20 hours before heading on a two-week Pentecostal Christian mission to the Dominican Republic. “Crazy timing, but I’m just glad we got it done,” tournament MVP Judah Ashbee told Varsity Letters. “This is a crazy feeling. To do this with this group of guys, it still doesn’t feel real. Hell of a team, man, hell of a team. Best team in PA history and I think it’s setting the tone for teams coming up. This is what we do.” Breakers co-coach Joel Ashbee said “Literally, the world is cheering on PA. We’ve sent away eight to nine mission teams across the world. We’re going to the Dominican Republic and it feels incredible.” (After losing in the semis a year earlier, the win was retribution, he added. “This program has been built over a decade and a half. We’ve got alumni here from years and years ago that are crying because we all share in this. This is for last year, but also for the last 13 years. I’m so proud of our guys. This is beyond anything.” He added that everything son Judah does is “earned. He’s not very big, he’s not very strong. And he’s maybe not relatively quick. Everything he’s doing has been hard work, every single day. Nobody loves basketball like he does. This is also 16 years in the making.” Ashbee added that his troops did an excellent job of containing Rockets star Desmond Ducheck. “Desi is an incredible player. We know it would take our whole team to get in front of him. You can’t shut that kid down, but I think we made it a little harder for him and that was really, really big.” Ashbee added that Earl Akene provided excellent leadership. “As a coach, you just hope your players care as much as you. Earl maybe cares too much. I want to bring his care level down a little bit because he has his whole heart in there. He showed so much leadership. He’s led our team here today. He’s so strong physically, but also emotionally as well.” Breaker Elias Ogbe credited Judah Ashbee for the win after a sluggish start. “He gave us a spark, kept us in the game. Earl as well. Those guys are beasts. We’ve been talking about winning (the title) since the beginning of the season. This is exactly where we wanted to be. Our seniors definitely deserved this. It’s part of our legacy now. It’ll be up in our gym forever.” Player of the game Judah Ashbee paced the Breakers with 34. Earl Akene added 21, along with 11 boards, Joel Aikoriogie 10, Adriel Gouguep 9 and Elias Ogbe 6, while Tei Lee Kim, Matthew Jonathen, Prince Dean, Mario Akene (Ekene?), Thomas Wirtz, Jessie Babs Ishola, Zach Staysgaard, Eddie Li, David Ude and Michael Lyu were scoreless. Defensive player of the tournament Jack Campbell paced the Rockets with 22. Desmond Duchek added 18, while nabbing 21 boards, Mateo Duchek 12, Saxon Conner-Garrity 10, Kelso Yurick 3, Daniel Dykstra 2 and Taiyo Khan 2, while Jack Lessley, Nobuatsu Oraoka, Kingston Ripley, Alex Henrichsen, Chase Knowlton, Peter Kunka and Shawn Petkau were scoreless. The Rockets loss was their first of the season after 32 wins.
The all-tournament 1st team featured: MVP Judah Ashbee (Pacific Academy); Cason Scott (Westsyde); Earl Akene (Westsyde); Caleb Parrotta (Notre Dame); Mateo Duchek (Summerland); and Desmond Duchek (Summerland).
The 2nd-team featured Faisal Shawwa (King George); Amir Mojarradi (Collingwood); Dani Pelyhe (St. Michael’s); Sam Li (Collingwood); and Joel Aikoriogie (Pacific Academy).
The bronze medalist West Vancouver Collingwood Cavaliers: Sam Li; Finnegan Murphy; Amir Mojarradi; Tony Li; Peter Huang; Harry Bell; Samuel Layden; Eliot McNeil; Louis Dhingara; Ardavan Tehrani; Jake McAdam; Brek Ball; Bayan Dehghani; Ethan Albiani; Tomas Villamil; coach Andrew Wong; assistant Teresa Ross; assistant Jaden Narwal; manager Kayla Hakimzadeh; manager Allie Lavis; manager Katelyn Buckley; manager Annabel Brenninkmeyer
The silver medalist Summerland Rockets: Desmond Duchek; Matteo Ducheck; Jack Campbell; Saxon Conner-Garrity; Kelso Yurick; Kingston Ripley; Alex Henrichsen; Taiyo Khan; Jack Lessley; Nobuatsu Oraoka; Chase Knowlton; Shaun Petkau; Daniel Dykstra; Peter Kunka; coach Matthew Raimondo; assistant Brandon Dykstra; assistant Darcy Mullin
The champion Surrey Pacific Academy Breakers: Earl Akene; Adriel Gouguep; Judah Ashlee; Joel Aikoriogie; Tei Lee Kim; Eddie Li; Elias Ogbes; Mario Akene (Ekene?); David Ude; Matthew Jonathen; Prince Dean; Thomas Wirtz; Jesse Babs Ishola; Zach Staysgaard; Michael Lyu; co-coach Seth Sorenson; co-coach Joel Ashbee; assistant Tysen Stoddart; assistant Ethan Sorensen; manager Jordan Ram