In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Chilliwack Highroad Academy Knights stomped the 15th-seeded Sparwood Spartans 121-70 after leading 30-14, 57-30 and 86-52 after the quarters. Highroad’s fastbreak proved the difference. Corey Vanmuyen led Highroad with 27. Arie Nakagawa added 21. Jeff Decker led the Spartans with 24. Evan Deveau added 16 and Brandon Wittenborn 16. Sparwood (coached by Pete Templin) also included Skylar Bilkowski, Chad Broughton, John Christensen, Justin Hillier, Jamie Pinksen and Flynn Ward. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Victoria Pacific Christian Pacers defeated the 10th-seeded Abbotsford Christian Knights 88-81. Abby Christian led 23-21 after one quarter and 39-35 at the half. The score was knotted at 60 after three quarters. Pacific Christian won it at the line, hitting 13-15 in the final frame, including 10 in a row down the stretch. Tied after the third quarter against the Pacific Christian Pacers out of Victoria, the host Knights were unable to keep their opponent off the charity stripe. The Pacers sunk 13 of 15 free throws down the stretch. “That was why they won the game,” Abby Christian head coach Keith Stewart said. “We had some trouble scoring and that was the difference.” Brian Winter paced the Pacers with 25. Glen Foley added 24. Cody Vanderwal led the Knights with 21. Tim Vaandrager added 17. Abbotsford Christian (coached by Stewart, assisted by Stuart Bakker and Jackie Stewart) also included Reuben Vanderveen, Steve Kampman, Itto Suwa, Corwin Timmermans, Steve Kim, Arron Penner, Nathan Beukends, Derek Vander Ploeg, Brandon Davis, Justin Thiessen and Mark Vanderwal. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Vancouver West Point Grey Academy Wolves dumped the 14th-seeded Fort Nelson Huskies 98-66 after leading 40-12, 63-24 and 83-41 at the quarters. Danny Liu paced the Wolves with 22. Matt Jefferson added 14. Brian Camozzi led the Huskies with 22. Steve Shillito added 10. Fort Nelson (coached by Ray Irwin, assisted by Tim Dooling) also included Tyler Droux, Steve Rogers, Chris Milner, Chaten Sidhu, Robert Jimenez, Craig Tofte, Tim Kessler, Matt Dupuis, Kurtis MacKenzie and Ryan Drotar. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Kelowna Immaculata Regional Mustangs whipped the 11th-seeded Langley Credo Christian Kodiaks 93-65 after leading 24-19, 54-30 and 69-45 at the quarters. The Mustangs nailed 10 treys. Derek Bluke paced the Mustangs with 31. Brian White added 21. Justin Vanderploeg led the Knights with 24. Craig Kobes added 21. Credo Christian (coached by Jason Vander Horst, assisted by Jon Dykstra and managed by James Linde) also included David Vandergaag, Jayden Kuik, Dan Vandermolen, Loren Vanspronsen, Pat Vandenberg, James Vanderhost, Matt Wendt, Josh Vanderploeg, Josh Schouten and Jack Vantil. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Kelowna Christian Knights stomped the 16th-seeded MacKenzie Secondary Sabres 93-45 after leading 28-12, 44-18 and 71-36 after the quarters. Colby Maier paced the Knights with 26. Tyler Linttell added 12. Bobby Samra led the Sabres with 23. Sonu Chahal added 16. Mackenzie (coached by James Rowand) also included Darcy Bell, Chris Noftall, Vishal Takkar, Graeme Milne, Kyle Pacheco, Jeremy Goertzen, Harry Brar, Darren Wallace and Aviraj Sidhu. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons clipped the 9th-seeded Houston Christian Wildcats 77-62 after leading 28-24, 42-38 and 63-47 after the quarters. The Gryphons opened with a 16-6 run but the Wildcats rallied to take the lead before hitting a cold snap in the third quarter. Michael Abbey paced the Gryphons with 29. Krill Moisyeyev added 19. Nathan Ewald led the Wildcats with 27. Graham Meints added 13. Houston Christian (coached by Marshall Duzan, assisted by Wendall Ewald) also included Clint Seinen, Ryan Leffers, Ches Vandenberg, Sean Delege, Eric Jaarsma, Dan Vandenbroek, Cody Meints, Ben Vanderheide and Brendan Leffers. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded South Slocan Mount Sentinel Wildcats dumped the 13th-seeded Kamloops Christian Eagles 75-46 after leading 18-16, 37-25 and 54—32 at the quarters. The Eagles (coached by Grant Del Begio, assisted by Skye Buck and managed by Phil Battjes) included Josh Del Begio, Jordan Adam, Kadin Rainville, J.T. Buis, Aryck Giesbrecht, Nathan Van Kampen, John Sanden, Justin Smeaton, Caleb Grinberg, Caleb Furrer and Forrest Battjes. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Langley Christian Lightning dumped the 12th-seeded North Vancouver Bodwell Bruins 73-59. The Lightning led 13-10 after one quarter. The Bruins led 38-30 at the half. Langley Christian led 48-46 after three quarters. The Lightning outscored Bodwell 23-10 in the fourth quarter. The first half had the makings of an upset as Bodwell scored seven three-pointers to build a 38-30 lead at the break. In the second half, the Lightning used their size to open up Bodwell’s defence. Mike Plantinga paced the Lightning with 23. Keith Folkerts added 19. Dean Nguyen paced the Bruins with 22. Batuhan Kutudogmus added 13. Bodwell (coached by Johnson Chiu, assisted by Chris Macintosh and managed by Bruno Dacio and Andres Martinez) also included Mert Sirin, James Nguyen, Kyoya Yondea, Henry Nguyen, Cam Duman, Mike Suen, Stephen Smith, Berk Tanik, Mark Ren and Caglar Degertas.
In the quarterfinals, the 2nd-seeded Chilliwack Highroad Academy Knights stomped the 7th-seeded Victoria Pacific Christian Pacers 90-67. The Pacers led 21-19 after one quarter. Highroad led 47-40 at the half and 68-48 after three quarters. The Pacers notched a 6-0 run late in the first half to take command. Erze Nakagawa led Highroad with 34. Arie Nakagawa added 18 and Corey Vanmuyen 18. Jeremy Roberts led the Pacers with 29. Rob Winter added 15. Pacific Christian (coached by Luke Lampard, assisted by Carolyn Lampard and Tim Lampard, and managed by Robbie Cracknell) also included Josh MacDonald, Justin Reed, Jeremy Dayman, Josh Galbraith, Jordan Salokari, Glenn Foley, Garnett Edge, Steve Welle and Eric Reidstra.
The 6th-seeded Kelowna Immaculata Regional Mustangs upset the 3rd-seeded Vancouver West Point Grey Academy Wolves 69-49 after leading 15-11, 38-25 and 56-36 at the quarters. A 10-2 run early in the second quarter proved decisive. Brian White led the Mustangs with 15. Michael Tattersall added 14. Ramon Masana led the Wolves with 12. Danny Liu added 11. Westpoint (coached by Bob Dodds, assisted by Yung Ming Liu and managed by Jonathan Chan) also included Hank Chou, Vincent Ip, Derrick Fu, Rick Dhanda, Douglas Cheung, Ryan Jinn, Albert Chang, Kelvin Cheung, Matt Jefferson, Jordan Wright, Jordan Gill and Franklin Chai.
The top-seeded Kelowna Christian Knights defeated the 8th-seeded Victoria Glenlyon-Norfolk Gryphons 109-77 after leading 27-19, 53-37 and 77-52 at the quarters. Colby Maier led the Knights with 34. Tyler Linttell added 24. Kirill Moisyeyev paced the Gryphons with 27. Sam Watson added 24. Glenlyon-Norfolk (coached by Harvey Thorau, assisted by Steve King and managed by Hollis Thorau) also included Phillip Upton, David Mathieson, Eric Lowe, James Frazier, Sam Wilson, Mike Abbey, Jordan Mannix, Geordie Wilson and Gabe Gryzybowski.
In the last quarterfinal, the 5th-seeded Langley Christian Lightning dumped the 4th-seeded South Slocan Mount Sentinel Wildcats 84-53 after leading 21-10, 47-19 and 71-40 at the quarters. Keith Folkers and Mike Plantinga hit a combined 17 in the first quarter to lead the Lightning. Folkers finished with 27 points. Plantinga added 16. Tyler Postnikoff led the Wildcats with 15. Jordan Boisvert added 12. Mount Sentinel (coached by Ed Nielsen) also included Ryon Sookro, Justin Niminikin, Griffin Beauragard, Bryce Moreira, Tory Zaytsoff, Shafeeq Armstrong, Dylan Tappin, Mike Anderson, Tyler Christman and John Crocket.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded Chilliwack Highroad Academy Knights clipped the 6th-seeded Kelowna Immaculata Mustangs 93-80 in overtime. The score was knotted at the half and the teams traded the lead repeatedly. Highroad built a three-point lead with under a minute to play on buckets by Corey Vanmuyen and Eric Nakagawa. Derek Blucke hit a trey at the buzzer to force overtime but it was all Highroad in the extra session.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Kelowna Christian Knights dumped the 5th-seeded Langley Christian Lightning 63-60. The Lightning led 20-18, 34-31 and 50-44 at the quarters. They extended the margin to 11 in the final frame but Colby Maier took command down the stretch, igniting an 11-0 run. Keith Folkerts suffered leg cramps for Langley but came off the bench to rally the Lightning within 62-60 but Kelowna Christian held on for the win. Colby Maier led the Lightning with 29. Tyler Lintell added 11. Keith Folkerts led the Lightning with 18. Mike Plantinga added 15.
In the bronze medal match, the 5th-seeded Langley Christian Lightning defeated the 6th-seeded Kelowna Immaculata Mustangs 57-47. The Lightning broke to a 9-2 lead but the Mustangs responded with an 8-0 run to take a 10-9 lead. Langley Christian extended their lead to 51-35 in the third quarter and held on for the win. Keith Folkers led the Lightning with 27. Mike Plantinga added 9. Brian White paced the Mustangs with 16. Derek Blucke added 13. Immaculata (coached by John Campbell and managed by Kyle Drosdovech) also included Dylan Loomer, Keaton Murphy, David Ridgewell, A.J. Macaulay, Brendon Peron, Duncan Muller, John Lawrence, Ryan Hoiland, Brandon Basso, Michael Tattersall, Jeremy Martin and Kelsey Vonk. Langley led 17-13, 32-25 and 51-35 at the quarters. “I think the boys were a little disheartened after the overtime loss and didn’t come out like they normally would,” said Mustangs head coach John Campbell. The Lightning used a dominating third quarter to build up a sizable lead and then hung on in the fourth quarter as the Mustangs frantically tried to make up ground. Langley Christian scored just six points in the period, but still managed to capture the bronze. “We played with a lot of passion, a lot of energy,” said Langley Christian coach Matt Van Muyen. “As a coach, that is all you can ask.” Guard Keith Folkerts said “our big men played really well.” He explained the team’s inside presence helped overmatch the smaller Mustangs and open things up from the outside. “We brought the game to them and they were on their heels a little bit.” “Langley got on a 10-0 run on us, but the boys came back and made a game of it. All in all, the boys exceeded my expectations this year and deserve a lot of credit for the way they played.” “It was tough to get up for this one,” Folkerts admitted. “We thought it was better to end the season on a good note rather than suck it up and don’t try.” Van Muyen knew coming off a tough loss it may be hard to get his team to properly focus. He thought about holding a shoot-around practice, but felt his team was tired. “We needed just to be together, hang out, chill out, get some of that energy back,” Van Muyen said. So the team went bowling. And that seemed to do the trick as the Lightning trailed just once, 10-9, in the first quarter. “It was a battle, that’s for sure,” said Langley Christian post player Mike Plantinga, who had a nearly 16 point per game average. “We started out strong — we came out more fired up than I actually expected.” He said that was key in all four of the team’s games, a good strong start. “We have guys that don’t panic,” Van Muyen said. “They are calm and under control. When they are calm, everyone else is calm.” He was also very complimentary of his bench, which played a much bigger role this year than it did with last year’s silver-medal team.
In the final, the top-seeded Kelowna Christian Knights defeated the 2nd-seeded Chilliwack Highroad Academy Knights 74-53 after leading 22-10, 38-26 and 63-39 at the quarters. The Knights opened with a 12-0 run and romped. They opened the second half with a 14-6 run. Colby Maier led the Knights with 22. Tyler Linttell added 20. Erez Nakagawa paced Highroad with 17. Ritchie Sheremeto added 8. Head coach Gib Hinz and his Kelowna Christian Knights were supposed to be no match for Chilliwack’s Highroad Academy. “What we were hearing is that they were faster, quicker, and probably 40 points better than us,” said Hinz, in his third year at the program’s helm. “We were told silver would be pretty good for us. But our guys were just determined and went out and got the job done.” KCS jumped all over their opponents with a 12-0 run to start the game and never looked back. “We took everything away from Highroad and played good, hard defense,” said Hinz. “It’s a great feeling for the boys and they deserve a lot of credit.” The Knights were led in the final by Grade 10 players Colby Maier and Tyler Linttell. Maier, a point guard who was named the tournament’s MVP scored 22 points, while Linttell scored 20. “To know we’ve got these guys coming back for two more seasons is great,” said Hinz, who is in his third season as the Knights head man. “We’re just going to jump on their backs and see where they take us.”
The bronze medalist Langley Christian Lightning: Mike Plantinga; Derek VandenBrink; Daniel Jansen Van Doorn; Reegan Willms; Matt Hansen; Andrew Hansen; Keith Folkerts; Kevin Mirchandani; Ray Yu; Arthur Sicotte; Tim Ubeis; Drew Willms; Evan Fisher; coach Matt Van Muyen; assistant Grady Killick
The silver medalist Chilliwack Highroad Academy Knights: Yeneul Westeringh; Erez Nakagawa; Jeremy Cockrill; Kyle Weirks; Aria Nakagawa; Corey Van Muyen; Brandon Grimard; Ritchie Sheremeto; Chris Mader; Josiah Aleckna; Jordan Grimard; Micaiah Steegstra; coach Mike Shannon; athletic director Danica Hrahn
The gold medalist Kelowna Christian Knights: Wells Dearborn; Dan Benson; Stephen Sohnchen; Jordan Potts; Craig Penner; Colby Maier; Lenny Schack; Ben Issler; Tyler Linttell; Nick Porter; Pat Sorge; coach Gib Hinz; assistant Adam Sohnchen; manager Kwan Son