In the opening round, held in Sparwood, the 8th-seeded Fort St. James Falcons bombed the 9th-seeded New Denver Lucerne Lakers 97-63 as Lars Cuzner scored 36, Manjinder Sandhu 18 and Rajvinder Dhaliwal 18. The Lakers led 38-35 at the half. The Falcons led 72-52 after three quarters. ………………………………………………… The Keremeos Similkameen Sparks crushed the Invermere David Thompson Lakers 89-53. ………………………………………………… The Osoyoos Rattlers edged the New Aiyansh Nisga’A Chiefs 87-85. ………………………………………………… The Sparwood Spartans dusted the Chemainus Cougars 102-81.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints thrashed the 8th-seeded Fort St. James Falcons 95-60. Rejvinder Dhaliwal led the Falcons with 17. James Schwentner added 13. The Falcons (coached by Larry Miller) also included John Ericksson.
The Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons clipped the Keremeos Similkameen Sparks 99-89.
The Dawson Creek Ron Pettigrew Christian Lions defeated the Sparwood Spartans 83-76.
In the last quarterfinal, the Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics dispatched the Osoyoos Rattlers 65-52.
In the semis, the North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints defeated the Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons 86-68.
In the other semi, the Dawson Creek Ron Pettigrew Christian Lions defeated the Vancouver St. Patrick Celtics 86-60.
In the bronze medal match, the Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics nipped the Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons 74-73.
In the final, the North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints began their three-year title run, defeating the Dawson Creek Ron Pettigrew Christian Lions 84-70. The Saints were a perimeter-oriented team. Guards David Bernier, Milan Trpin and Rhys Campbell accounted for 75% of their scoring.
The bronze medalist Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics: Raymond Chung;
The silver medalist Dawson Creek Ron Pettigrew Christian Lions: Russel Janzen; Nathan Bailey;
The gold medalist North Vancouver St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints: David Bernier; Milan Trpin; Rhys Campbell;