In the opening round, held at Langley Credo Christian: …………………………………………………… The Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics clubbed the Nakusp Cougars 89-63. The Cougars include Dion Crombie. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Victoria Pacific Christian Pacers whipped the 16th-seeded Barriere Cougars 95-63. …………………………………………………… The Langley Christian Lightning torched the Tumbler Ridge Kodiaks 87-36. The Kodiaks included Ram Chadra. …………………………………………………… The Abbotsford St. Jean Brebeuf Bears stomped the Fraser Lake Cougars 82-46 as Peter Wauthy and Josh Wauthy each scored 20. The Cougars included Jess Sera. …………………………………………………… The Kelowna Christian Knights blasted the Sparwood Spartans 83-35. …………………………………………………… The Prince George O’Grady Catholic Totems smoked Madeira Park Pender Harbour 109-40 as point guard Jordan Yu scored 27 and Darryl Dorthee 22. Totems coach John MacDonald told the Prince George Citizen that “it’s kind of scary going against an unknown but the kids played well and they’re definitely playing their best basketball of the season. We went on a 22-2 run to start the game and never looked back.” …………………………………………………… The Victoria St. Andrew’s Regional Catholic Sabres dusted the Langley Credo Christian Kodiaks 91-56. The Kodiaks (coached by Bob Hellewell) included Chris Hellewell. …………………………………………………… The Smithers Bulkley Valley Christian Royals clipped the Osoyoos Rattlers 68-56. The Rattlers included David McFadden.
In the quarterfinals, the Prince George O’Grady Catholic Totems dusted the Victoria St. Andrews Regional Catholic Sabres 74-58 as Dan Kelly scored 24 and Jordan Yu 16. The Sabres included Matt King.
The Abbotsford St. Jean Brebeuf Bears clocked the Kelowna Christian Knights 97-62 as Peter Wauthy scored 30 and Matt Lowey 17. The Knights included Brian Banman.
The Victoria Pacific Academy Christian Pacers dispatched the Smithers Bulkley Valley Christian Royals 80-63. The Royals (coached by Chris Steenhof) included Aaron Van Gelder, Travis Koopmans.
In the last quarterfinal, the Langley Christian Lightning defeated the Vancouver St. Patrick’s Celtics 70-64. The Celtics included Michael Whitehead, Paulo Sanchez.
In the semis, the Prince George O’Grady Catholic Totems whipped Abbotsford St. Jean Brebeuf Bears 66-49 as Jordan Yu scored 22. Ryan Samis was chosen player of the game for the Totems. Aidan Kelly paced the Bears with 11. Peter Wauthy added 10 and Josh Wauthy 10.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Victoria Pacific Academy Christian Pacers dispatched the Langley Christian Lightning 61-57.
In the bronze medal match, the Abbotsford St. Jean Brebeuf Bears clipped the Langley Christian Lightning 101-82 as Aidan Kelly scored 22, Peter Wauthy 21 and Josh Wauthy 17. Bears coach Darren McCormack told the Langley Advance that “the boys played to the best of their ability, leaving nothing on the floor and every one was pleased with the result.” The Lightning (coached by Darcy Langelaar) included Nathan Van Huizen, David Lammers, Ben Krieg and Chris Troelstra (who blew out his knee in the semis).
In the final, the Prince George O’Grady Catholic Totems thrashed the Victoria Pacific Academy Christian Pacers 61-44. Totems coach John Macdonald saw his brother Al win the A girls BC title with the Cedars Christian Eagles. “It was a great day for the MacDonalds,” John Macdonald told the Prince George Citizen. “We all cheered each other’s teams on and then went out for dinner to celebrate. That’s what sports is all about.” MacDonald told the Prince George Free Press that “we held them to just seven points in the final quarter. We played great defence all tournament. We didn’t have a great offensive tournament but our defence held us in there. … We didn’t shoot very well but it’s pretty tough to miss layups. We were getting a lot of easy layups off fast breaks.” Tournament MVP Jordan Yu paced the Totems with 20. Dan Kelly added 17 and James Kelly 9. “We just played unbelievable defence and we weren’t in any foul trouble,” MacDonald said.
The bronze medalist Abbotsford St. Jean Brebeuf Bears: Peter Wauthy; Josh Wauthy; Matt Lowey; Aidan Kelly;
The silver medalist Victoria Pacific Academy Christian Pacers: Taishi Ezaki; Ray Ardill;
The gold medalist Prince George O’Grady Catholic Totems: Jordan Yu; Dan Kelly; Kris Russell; Kamil Kabielski; James Kelly; Ryan Samis; Chris Vigue; Tristan Gilbert; Darryl Dorthee; Bill Cameron; Grant Stafford; Rubin Naidu; coach John MacDonald; coach Chris Kelly