In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Vancouver St. John’s Eagles stomped the 16th-seeded Ucluelet Warriors 94-36 after leading 26-6, 52-12 and 78-26 at the quarters. Kian Afshar paced the Eagles with 22. Viv Anderson-Francois added 20, Douglas Cassidy 14, Rohan Chadha 7, Tudorie Lukas 6, Matthew Lau 6, Lucas Pawlowski 6, Harry Whyte 4, Sam Yazdi 4, Ethan Botham 3 and Remi Anderson-Francois 2, while Mickey Wang, Ryan Yochlowitz, Philip Wong and Lucas Stokes??? were scoreless. Clay Chiovitti scored 10 to pace the Warriors (coach Kevin Nixon, coach Alistair Reynolds). Riley Gerbrandt added 8, William Star 6, Rafaelo Nixon 4, Tyson Rhodes 3, Liam Manmohan 3 and Bodey Hasz 2, while Eli Morgan, Tayte Ryan and Simon Hillerby were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Kelowna Aberdeen Hall Gryphons stomped the 9th-seeded Houston Christian Wildcats 101-79 after leading 25-18, 53-30 and 79-52 at the quarters. Ciro Bertolutti paced the Gryphons with 52. Josh Rocca added 12, Parker Steele 12, Cohen Mcfadden 6, Kriste Wang 4, Noah Bsat 4, Callum Sutton-McMillan 4, Elliot Zuk 2, Michael Blitz 2, Ewan Ferguson 2 and Owen Unger 1, while Sebastian Woychuk, Luke Harris, Carter Knight and Hudson McFadden were scoreless. Liam Seinen scored 37 to lead the Wildcats (coach Owen Delege, assistant Tyler Delege, assistant Brandon Vandenbrink, assistant Wendall Ewald, trainer Jenna Chapman). Isaiah Turner added 13, Mica Jaswal 12, Isaac Groot 11, Abner Wanyamah 3 and Carson Jaswal 3, while Severyn Vrolyk, Kalib Neault and Cohen Jaarsma were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Delta Southpointe Academy Titans clubbed the 13th-seeded Vanderhoof Northside Christian North Stars 71-44 after leading 23-10, 35-24 and 52-33 at the quarters. The Titans led by as many as 31. Devin Khunkhun and Nidhan Brar each scored 14 to pace the Titans. Armaan Kanwal added 12, Jora Bains 9, Dylan Olak 9, Ronald Munsie 6, Kameron Macintyre 5 and Colin Tung 2, while Esha Dharamshi, Sauvin Brar, Aidan Wang, Sahib Dhesi, Abir Matta, Colin Tung and William Rozmus were scoreless. Graham Yoder scored 21 to pace the North Stars. Ezra Goulty added 7, Ryan Giesbrecht 4, Dietrich Pelzer 4, Jason Dyck 4, Luther Pelzer 2 and Jackson Klassen 2, while David Wiens, Tristan Martens, Dominick Martens, Samuel Klassen, Jackson Klassen and Dally Corbiere were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Duncan Christian Chargers nipped the 12th-seeded Maple Ridge Meadowridge Gryphons 72-69 as Nick Abi Hanna hit the winning trey with 2.9 seconds remaining on the clock. The Gryphons led 15-14 after one quarter and 34-33 at the half. The Chargers led 57-49 after three quarters. Grayson Dunn led the Chargers with 23, Daniel Van Donkersgoed added 18, Ezra Wall 14, Inho Baek 7, Nick Abi Hanna 7 and Zane Wall 3, while River Lewis, Syrius Guo, Fred ‘Ed’ Jack, Luke Morrison, Jason ‘Tianyu’ Yang, Silas Bastian and Michael Huang were scoreless. Andy Xu paced the Gryphons with 29. Philip Alexandru added 27, Cameron Bath 8, Ethan Banak 4 and Ryan Hemati-Boroujeni 2, while Brayden Sekhon, Owen Jaggers, Sean Tsu-Hsiang, Kian Diniz, George Wang, Rico Xie and Manraj Bains were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay Breakers clipped the 15th-seeded Kamloops St. Ann’s Academy Crusaders 79-65 after leading 24-9, 42-24 and 53-36 at the quarters. Loay Almahamid paced the Breakers with 17. Naden Brown-Sjolund added 16, Logan Jones 15, Calvin Collinson 13, Trace Swain 10, Tayias Penna 5 and Xavier Swanson 3, while Justin Edgars, Daris Peerless and Jeremy Piercey were scoreless. Mauro Lama paced the Crusaders with 34. Sam Directo added 10, Michael Edwards 9, Luke Oyler 9, Zack Rozek 2 and Nathan Balison 1, while Peter Kanyangu, Kurt Abenaza, Tristan Neufeldt, Himmet Mattu, Brennan Coetzer and Ynigo Velasco were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Sparwood Spartans defeated the 10th-seeded Osoyoos Rattlers 67-62. The Rattlers led 16-14 after one quarter. The Spartans led 29-27 at the half and 50-44 after three quarters. Lukas Pinchak paced the Spartans with 23. Ethan Doey added 18, Dane Rybachuk 11, Matthew White 6, Adam Latka 4, Eric Kabel 3 and Lian Feltin 2, while Jesse Tennant, Sawyer Lowe, Ethan Robinson, Harvie Robertson and Chase Zuffa were scoreless. Chris Bojanowski scored 29 to lead the Rattlers. Luke Tarasoff added 12, Parwan Sidhu 9, Ryland Peterson 5, Jared Stene 4 and Jonny Martinez-Vasquez 3, while Cash Ferreira, Tim Hachey and Liam Kunz were scoreless. The Rattlers (coach Gene Lockerby, assistant Ryan Street, assistant Jackson Lake, athletic director Samantha Wiebe) also included Caesar Martinez-Vasquez and Thomas Richards. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Chilliwack Unity Christian Flames torched the 14th-seeded Prince George Cedars Christian Eagles 72-28 after leading 21-3, 46-7 and 65-21 at the quarters. Caleb Friesen paced the Flames with 19. Aaron Flokstra added 14, Matthias Hulka-Mendoza 10, Owen Schuurman 10, Shogo Moradeyo 8, Rio Kingma 7 and Isaiah Tolmie 2, while Jason Deraadt, Nathan De Visser, Daniel-Enock Gbwapor, Dylan Dotinga and Jonah McEachern were scoreless. Kaeden Paulsen scored 14 to lead the Eagles (coach Jeff Ludditt, assistant Karl Kibonge, assistant Ben Wolitski, athletic director Steve Wilson). James Seward added 5, Neil Henderson 5, Liam Reusch 2 and Joshua Olatubosun 2, while John Bandstra, Mbondi Riuarko, Caleb Vander Merwe, Jacob Claus, Micah Babbitt and Jackson Eby were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Kelowna Immaculata Mustangs clipped the 11th-seeded Nanaimo Christian Trail Blazers 66-52 after leading 21-14, 39-30 and 59-40 at the quarters. Mateo Rizzo paced the Mustangs with 19. Kai Oliveira added 14, Mateo Oliveira 11, Richard Igilige 6, Xavier Kishor 5, Brady Melnyk 4, Brayden McLaughlin 4 and Miles De Souza 3, while Liam Nugent, Adam Rynkowski, Roman Lenkovic, Josiah Lano, Rhett Williams, Bryce Beauchemin and Carter Vos were scoreless. Lendl Barraquias scored 21 to lead the Trail Blazers (coach Mark Rauwerda, athletic director Breanne Quist). Dax Martindale added 11, Dylan Legrow 10, Tyson Kempher 5, Jacob Seward 3 and Dex Manshanden 2, while Finn Campbell, Harrison Hunro, Ethan Vivian, Mark Humble, Kevin Shao and Willem Van Ek Veenstra were scoreless.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Vancouver St. John’s Eagles clubbed the 8th-seeded Kelowna Aberdeen Hall Gryphons 75-47 after leading 20-14, 38-24 and 65-30 at the quarters. Kian Ashfar paced the Eagles with 21. Viv Anderson-Francois added 19, Lucas Powlowski 18, Sam Yazdi 8, Phil Wong 4, Ethan Botham 3 and Rohan Chadha 2, while Remi Anderson-Francois, Lukas Todorie, Matthew Lau, Brandon Sun, Ryan Yochlowitz, Holden Chan-Fletcher, Ryan Zhao and Brandon Lam were scoreless. Parker Steele paced the Gryphons with 18. Ciro Bertolutti added 17, Luke Harris 4, Cohen McFadden 2, Owen Unger 2, Callum Sutton-McMillan 2 and Hudson McFadden 2, while Kriste Wang, Elliot Zuk, Sebastian Woychuk, Josh Rocca, Noah Bsat, Carter Knight, Michael Blitz and Ewan Ferguson were scoreless. The Gryphons (coach Michael Hooper, assistant Roman Bertolutti, athletic director John Gareau) also included Ashton Ortynski, Griffin Wood, Sam Hager, Justin Crockford-Alvarez, Jack Turner, Karim Qawamaseh and Oscar Wang.
The 4th-seeded Delta Southpointe Academy Titans defeated the 5th-seeded Duncan Christian Chargers 95-88. The Chargers led 29-26, 50-48 and 70-69 at the quarters. Devin Khunkhun paced the Titans with 36. Nidhan Brar added 18, Armaan Kanwal 18, Dylan Olak 14, Jora Bains 4, Ronald Munsie 3 and Kameron Macintyre 2, while Eshan Dharamshi, Sauvin Brar, Aidan Wang, Sahib Dhesi, Abir Matta, Sandro Wang, Colin Tung and William Rozmus were scoreless. Grayson Dunn scored 35 to pace the Chargers (coach Carl Macdonald, athletic director Tom Veenstra). Daniel Van Donkersgoed added 18, Nick Abi Hanna 18, Ezra Wall 8, Luke Morrison 4, Inho Baek 3 and River Lewis 2, while Syrius Guo, Fred Jack, Zane Wall, Jason ‘Tianyu) Yang, Silas Bastian and Michael Huang were scoreless.
The 2nd-seeded Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay Breakers whipped the 7th-seeded Sparwood Spartans 78-52 after leading 12-6, 32-20 and 58-32 at the quarters. Naden Brown-Sjolund paced the Breakers with 23. Logan Jones added 17, Loay Almahamid 16, Calvin Collison 11, Trace Swain 5, Tayias Penna 4 and Justin Edgars 2, while Daris Peerless, Xavier Swanson and Jeremy Piercey were scoreless. Lukas Pinchak scored 20 to pace the Spartans. Ethan Robinson added 9, Ethan Doey 5, Matthew White 5, Harvie Robertson 4, Eric Kabel 3, Dane Rybachuk 2, Adam Latka 2 and Liam Feltin 2, while Jesse Tennant, Sawyer Lowe and Chase Zuffa were scoreless. The Spartans (coach Adam Christensen, assistant Bryce Pinchak, manager Megan Christensen) also included Julius Rostalski.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Chilliwack Unity Christian Flames dusted the 6th-seeded Kelowna Immaculata Mustangs 99-40 after leading 20-14, 51-23 and 79-32 at the quarters. They opened the second half with a 12-3 run to blow the game totally open. Player of the game Caleb Friesen paced the Flames with 24. Rio Kingma added 18, Aaron Flokstra 15, Shogo Moradeyo 14, Matthias Hulka-Mendoza 9, Owen Schuurman 4, Isaiah Tolmie 4, Nathan De Visser 3, Daniel-Enock Gbwapor 2, Dylan Dotinga 2, Jonah McEachern 2 and Noah Roth 2, while James Deraadt was scoreless. Mateo Rizzo paced the Mustangs with 11. Kai Oliveira added 10, Mateo Oliveira 8, Brayden McLaughlin 4, Lian Nugent 2, Xavier Kishor 2, Richard Igilige 2 and Bryce Beauchemin 1, while Adam Rynkowski, Roman Lenkovic, Brady Melnyk, Josiah Lano, Emanuel Hanzek, Carter Vos and Miles De Souza were scoreless. The Mustangs (coach Brett Boechler, assistant Paul Freire) also included Rhett Williams, Rhett Williams and Joseph Beetlestone.
In the semis, the top-seeded Vancouver St. John’s School Eagles clipped the 4th-seeded Delta Southpointe Academy Titans 78-67 after leading 25-14, 44-30 and 60-42 at the quarters. Eagles coach Jonathan Kinman said the trip to the final was “twenty-four years” in the making for a school that didn’t even have a gym until 2011. “Those guys who played for me 10-15 years ago, they’re responsible for this because they set the tone. I remember five years ago, four years ago when we won our zone, there was a little red-headed kid sitting in the stands and he decided that day he was going to be a basketball player. That’s my No. 11 (Viv Anderson-Francois) right now.” Anderson-Francois said “to be completely honest, I didn’t love my offence in the earlier games, so I really took today – I just wanted to distract my mind so I wasn’t mentally tired. I mean we have all day not doing anything, so just trying to relax and come out mentally focussed.” Viv Anderson-Francois paced the Eagles with 36, along with 11 assists. (Totals may be askew because box score in almost incoherent). Kian Afshar added 14, Sam Yazdi 10, Remi Anderson-Francois 4, Tudorie Lukas 4, Lucas Pawlowski 4, Douglas Cassidy 2, Philip Wong 2 and Harry Whyte 2, while Matthew Lau, Brandon Sun, Ryan Yochlowitz, Rohan Chadha, Ethan Botham and Lucas Stokes were scoreless. Devin Khunkhun paced the Titans with 26. Jora Bains added 17, Armaan Kanwal 8, Ronald Munsie 4, Nidhan Brar 4, Kameron Macintyre 3 and Dylan Olak 3, while Eshan Dharamshi, Sauvin Brar, Aidan Wang, Sahib Dhesi, Abir Matta, Sandro Wang, William Rozmus and Colin Tung were scoreless.
In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Chilliwack Unity Christian Flames dispatched the 2nd-seeded Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay Breakers 93-83 to qualify for their fifth consecutive final. Flames coach David Bron told Varsity Letters he didn’t know what to expect during the season. “Maybe a bit delusional. I looked at what we had and said, ‘OK, we can’t make it if we don’t play consistent.’. When we were bad, we were bad. And when we were good . . . that’s what gave me such hope. When we were good, we were so good and we’ve just managed to rattle off three (wins) in a row (this week).” Flames forward Rio Kingma said “we had to power through some adversity. We just kept going and came out on top. It wasn’t a guarantee during the season that we’d get back here, but we all have faith in each other, love each other, have trust in each other.” Bron said diminutive point guard Matthias Hulka-Mendoza, who hit five treys, did a great job attacking off the dribble and dishing to open teammates. “He’s had spurts of that, little flashes of brilliance. But what I love with him, he’s such a competitor. He has not done that for a while, but I knew he could. That was the first full game of that.” Matthias Hulka-Mendoza paced the Flames with 36? (a very poorly kept box score, so totals may be askew). Aaron Flokstra added 18, Rio Kingma 16, Caleb Friesen 15, Owen Schuurman 6 and Shogo Moradeyo 3, while James Deraadt, Nathan De Visser, Daniel-Enock Gbwapor, Isaiah Tolmie, Dylan Dotinga, Jonah McEacher and Noah Roth were scoreless. Calvin Collinson paced the Breakers (coach Devi Collinson) with 24. Logan Jones added 16?, Loay Almahid 15, along with 17 boards, Naden Brown-Sjolund 14? and Trace Swain 14?, while Tayias Penna, Daris Peerless, Xavier Swanson, Jeremy Piercey and Justin Edgards were scoreless.
In the bronze medal match, the 2nd-seeded Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay Breakers defeated the 4th-seeded Delta Southpointe Academy Titans 99-67 after leading 27-5, 54-25 and 79-44 at the quarters. Calvin Collison paced the Breakers with 44? 46? (or were two unallocated. Again, the box score was almost incoherent). Defensive player of the tournament Loay Almahamid added 20, Logan Jones 18, Xavier Swanwon 6, Naden Brown-Sjolund 5, Tayias Penna 2 and Daris Peerless 2, while Trace Swain, Jeremy Piercey and Justin Edgars were scoreless. Devin Khunkhun scored 21 to pace the Titans (coach Tomas Oljaca, assistant Henry Bolar, assistant Justin Roop). Jora Bains added 19, Nidhan Brar 16, Dylan Olak 8 and Ronald Munsie 3, while Eshan Dharamshi, Kameron Macintyre, Sauvin Brar, Aidan Wang, Sahib Desi, Abir Matta, Sandro Wang, Colin Tung, Williams Rozmus and Armaan Kanwal were scoreless.
In the final, the top-seeded Vancouver St. John’s Eagles defeated the 3rd-seeded Chilliwack Unity Christian Flames 87-82. The Flames led 24-16, 53-44 and 64-52 at the quarters. The Eagles closed out the affair with a 17-4 run. The Eagles Douglas Cassidy was chosen player of the game. Eagles coach Jonathan Kinman said the victory “just means everything. It’s 24 years of building this program. I’m so proud of this school for letting me do what I do. This is the culmination of all that work, all those kids, everything they gave to build it to the next step and the next step. … I’m a wreck. I cried during the national anthem. This is so big.” Tournament MVP Viv Anderson-Francois said “it’s the best feeling in the world, the absolute best. It doesn’t feel real yet. … I’ve been in this tournament two years in a row (prior) to 2025 and it’s just been heartbreak two years in a row. Every single year at our school, the Grade 12s have left on a loss and a heartbreak. This is the first year we haven’t. That means everything.” Anderson-Francois added that “I wouldn’t be playing basketball without him (coach Kinman), I just wouldn’t. I was a tennis player, played a bunch of other sports when I came to this school in Grade 5. And I didn’t take (basketball) seriously until he told me to. So, I have him to thank for it all.” Kinman said that “the bigger the game, the bigger he (Anderson-Francois) steps up. He’s never afraid of the moment and some college recruiter somewhere is going to get fired if they don’t find him.” He added that Unity Christian, appearing in its fifth straight final and seeking its fourth title in five years, is the greatest program in 1A basketball. I have so much respect for (head coach) Dave Bron, but our kids were not going to lose this one.” Bron said “five straight finals is an accomplishment. And some day – not in the next couple of hours – we can look back at that and it will be pretty special. It’s kind of the end of an era.” Kinman said timely time-outs were critical during the match, particularly after Unity had ripped off 11-2 and 8-0 runs in the first half. “It gives you an opportunity when the kids come to the bench to settle them down and let them know that ‘Hey, they punched you in the mouth, what did you expect?’” said Kinman “‘Go back out and play your game we’ll work our way back into it.’” Early treys by Anderson-Francois and Rohan Chadha kept Eagle hopes alive in the fourth quarter. Reserve Douglas Cassidy hit a pair of buckets to draw the Eagles within two with three minutes to play. “I was just glad I got my opportunity and was able to help the team win,” said Cassidy. “This is unreal, it’s amazing.” Kinman called Cassidy “a gamer. He’s not scared of the moment. Pulled that trigger soon as he got the ball.” Anderson-Francois drove for an and-one to give the Eagles an 81-78 lead and they iced the win with 5-6 free throws. Viv Anderson-Francois paced the Eagles with 29 (or possibly 30, as the box score was altogether fuzzy), along with 22 boards and 9 assists. Kian Afshar added 17, Rohan Chadha 12, Douglas Cassidy 9, Lucas Pawlowski 9, Sam Yazdi 8 and Remi Anderson-Francois 2, while Tudorie Lukas, Brandon Sun, Ryan Yochlowitz, Ryan Zhao, Ethan Botham, Philip Wong, Harry Whyte and Jacob Botham were scoreless. Matthias Hulka-Mendoza paced the Flames with 27 (or possibly 21). Aaron Flokstra added 19 (or possibly 21), Caleb Friesen 18, Rio Kingma 6, Shogo Moradeyo 6, Noah Roth 5 and Isaiah Tolmie 3, while Jason Deraadt, Nathan De Visser, Owen Schuurman, Daniel Enock-Gbwapor, Dylan Dotinga and Jonah McEachern were scoreless.
Commencing in 2026, B.C. proposed to move to a tiered “points system” to determine which teams could play in which tier they contest. Rural and semi-rural teams stuck in 4A or 3A because of the size of their student body will be able to move down. Other teams, like Unity, will be moved up based on a formula that takes into account finishes at the previous six provincials.
The all-tournament first team featured: MVP Viv Anderson-Francois (St. John’s); Matthew Hulka (Unity Christian); Caleb Friesen (Unity Christian); Aaron Flokstra (Unity Christian); Calvin Collison (Haida Gwaii); and Ciro Bertolutti (Aberdeen Hall).
The 2nd-team featured Kian Afshar (St. John’s); Logan Jones (Haida Gwaii); Lucas Pawlowski (St. John’s); Devin Kunkhun (Southpointe); and Naden Brown-Sjolund (Haida Gwaii).
The bronze medalist Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay Breakers: Tayias Penna; Trace Swain; Justin Edgars; Daris Peerless; Xavier Swanson; Logan Jones; Loay Almahamid; Naden Brown-Sjolund; Jeremy Piercey; Calvin Collison; Zion Onosemuode; coach Calvin Westbrook; coach Desi Collinson; assistant Duane Alsop; assistant/manager Colin Greenough; assistant Jason Alsop
The silver medalist Chilliwack Unity Christian Flames: Caleb Friesen; Aaron Flokstra; Matthias Hulka-Mendoza; Owen Schuurman; Shogo Moradeyo; Rio Kingma; Isaiah Tolmie; Jason Deraadt; Nathan De Visser; Daniel-Enock Gbwapor; Dylan Dotinga; Jonah McEachern; Noah Roth; coach David Bron; assistant Seth Schuurman; assistant Devin Friesen; assistant Asher Toth; manager Gavin Van Veen; athletic director Achille Gbwapor
The champion Vancouver St. John’s Eagles: Kian Afshar; Viv Anderson-Francois; Douglas Cassidy; Rohan Chadha; Tudorie Lukas; Matthew Lau; Lucas Pawlowski; Harry Whyte; Sam Yazdi; Ethan Botham; Remi Anderson-Francois; Mickey Wang; Ryan Yochlowitz; Philip Wong; Brandon Sun; Holden Chan-Fletcher; Ryan Zhao; Brandon Lam; Lucas Stokes; Jacob Botham; coach Jonathan Kinman; coach Andrew Ilkiw; assistant Patrick Francois; assistant Rob McCall