The tournament expanded to 16 teams.
In the opening round, held in Kamloops: …………………………………………………… The Vancouver St. Patrick Celtics torched the Chemainus Cougars 81-20. The Cougars included Steve Bateson, Scott Hulshof, Clint Bailey. …………………………………………………… The Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons dispatched the Masset George M. Dawson Thunder 63-53 as Benkerr scored 15, Rhys Nixon 13, Andrew Grover 12 and Steve Tait 12. ………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Prince George Westside Academy Warriors clubbed the 12th-seeded Osoyoos Rattlers 91-74 as Jarod Legault scored 31 and David Bredin 27. The Warriors led 43-31 at the half. ………………………………………………… The Keremeos Similkameen Sparks whipped the Fort St. James Falcons 97-74. The Falcons (coached by Larry Miller, assisted by Tony Costa) included shane Maclean, Brydon Kendall, Ricky Dhiman, Brady Antoine, John Cornthwaite, Gurdeep Takhar, Ben Pagues, Jim Sheely, Shaun Fox, Santinder Sandhu, Jonathan Rivard, Baldip Purewal, Shawn Wagner and Aman Dosanjh. ………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Sparwood Spartans dusted the Bella Coola-Hagensborg Sir Alexander MacKenzie Grizzlies 82-62. ………………………………………………… The Abbotsford Christian Knights whipped the New Denver Lucerne Lakers 99-44 as Ian Moodie scored 16 and Jason Takema 10, while nabbing 9 boards. ………………………………………………… The Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors mauled the Chase Trojans 75-48. The Trojans (coached by Brian Hodges, assisted by Jon Bredick, manager Kristy Bewza) included Dale Thurlow, Ray Hunter, Euclid Tomlinson, Al MacDougall, Dave Murray, Kelvin Stelter, Lorne Hoveland, Jason Bentley, Stuart Coates, Mark Lane. ………………………………………………… The Pemberton Red Devils spanked the Smithers Bulkley Valley Christian Royals 82-64. David De Jong paced the Royals with 25. Kyle Spyskma added 15. The Royals (coached by Ron Van Driel) also included Cody McEwen, Ian Kwantas, Tim Seinen
In the quarterfinals, the Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics whipped Keremeos Similkameen Sparks 85-38.
The Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors crushed the Pemberton Red Devils 78-55.
The Abbotsford Christian Knights clocked the 3rd-seeded Sparwood Spartans 105-81.
In the last quarterfinal, the Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons defeated the 5th-seeded Prince George Westside Academy Warriors 66-61 as Steve Tait scored 20, Benkerr 15 and Andrew Grover 13. Brett Morrow paced the Warriors with 21. Jared Legault added 15 and Dave Bredin 14. Warriors coach Marlo Johnson told the Prince George Citizen that “it was just the inexperience of not being here before. This is what we came here to do, to learn what it takes to win. … They had five or six huge bodies and we just couldn’t overcome that.” The Warriors (coached by Johnson, assisted Darrell Dimler) also included Mark Johnson, Brett Morrow, Paul Dreher.
In the semis, the Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors dispatched the Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons 60-49.
In the other semi, the Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics nipped the Abbotsford Christian Knights 71-69. Ian Moodie led the Knights with 15. The Knights led 43-24 at the half but hit just 9-35 from the floor and 5-15 from the line in the second half.
In the bronze medal match, the Abbotsford Christian Knights stomped the Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons 106-50. The Knights broke to a 27-8 lead and romped. The Gryphons included Rhys Nixon, Andrew Grover, Ben Kerr, Steve Tait, Benkerr, Andrew Grover.
In the final, the Vancouver St. Patrick Celtics captured their second crown by dumping the Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors 76-59. Tournament MVP Eamon McGinley and Chris Warren each scored 21 for the Celtics. Pete Hodson paced the Warriors with 23.
The bronze medalist Abbotsford Christian Knights: Ian Moodie; Brady Van Ry; David Hill; Jason Takema;
The silver medalist Surrey White Rock Christian Warriors: Pete Hodson; Rob Walton;
The gold medalist Vancouver St. Patrick Celtics: Eamon McGinley; Chris Warren; Jason Gonzales;