In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Langley Brookswood Bobcats thrashed the 16th-seeded Fort St. John North Peace Ookapiks 87-22 as Danielle Lawrie scored 17, Tara Watts 16, Kelsey Adrian 11, Liesa Ohman 8, Sasha McKinnon 7, Krystal Crofton 7, Mayo Aoki 6, Ali Randa 4, Chelsea Shinkaruk 4, Melissa Adrian 4, Kelsey Horsting 2 and Jill Whitford 1. Kim Moskalyk paced the Ookapiks with 8 points. Kelly MacDuff added 6, Ola Obaro 3, Kimi Asai 3 and Lammi Obaro 2. The Bobcats built a 70-7 lead after three quarters. Coming into the contest riding a 73-game win streak dating back to last season, Brookswood simply overwhelmed the Ookapiks in the first half. Brookswood blanked North Peace 27-0 in the first quarter in what is believed to be the first shutout quarter in recent tourney history, and led 49-5 at the half. The Ookapiks did not get an offensive rebound until the second half. …………………………………………………… The 9th-seeded Cranbrook Mount Baker Wild defeated the 8th-seeded Maple Ridge Thomas Haney Thunder 46-30 as Paige McGowan scored 14 and nabbed 11 boards. Danielle Vogt scored 8, Leanne Becking 7, Claire Wilson 5, Jill Magro 5, Steph Baron 2, Kerstan Hopkins 2, Mecoh Bain 1 and Jessica Thielen 1. Carling Muir led Thomas Haney with 9 points. Courtney Teister scored 6, Natalie Kostenko 5 and Amanda Knauff 3, along with 11 boards. Emily Knauff scored 3, Lauren MacKenzie 2 and Krystyna Doran-Eddy 2. McGowan spent the past eight weeks waiting, wondering and shooting practice free throws with her left hand because the cast on her right hand, the one helping her broken right wrist heal, kept getting in the way. She was healed by the start of the tournament. “I think it just honestly made me realize how much I love what I am doing,” said McGowan, who hit 7-9 from the field. With McGowan on the bench to start the game, the Wild were able to loosen the seams of Thomas Haney’s 1-3-1 zone defence, firing three straight three-pointers through the twine to take a 9-2 lead. Then, Wild head coach Bill Stephens began subbing McGowan in and out of the game on short hockey-like shifts. Her teammates, including Jessica Thielen and Danielle Vogt, immediately began finding her with entry passes for high-percentage inside buckets. “Paige just started practising 10 days ago,” marveled Stephens. “She still doesn’t have the stamina for significant play. I was just trying to keep her in there for three, four, five minutes at a time. But those threes early gave us a big boost.” …………………………………………………… The Vancouver Kitsilano Blue Demons defeated the Mission Heritage Park Highlanders 70-61 as Marissa Haylett scored 25, Sasha Polishchuk 20, Maureen Finn 10, Lizzie Craig 8, Danielle McQueen 5 and Jessica Barudin 2. Kelsey Bussiere led Heritage Park with 19 points. Ashley McLelland added 18, Jessica Kristman 10, Lindsey Gustafson 9, Jenna Ralston 3 and Amanda Kristman 2. Sasha Polishchuk’s linescore was impressive: 20 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. But the best line that the Kitsilano Blue Demons scoring guard delivered came from her seat on the bench and it was directed at her head coach, Mark Dawson. “I promise, I promise, I promise,” Polishchuk said to Dawson, pleading that she would be more disciplined the rest of the way if Dawson — who had pulled her off the floor following her third first-quarter foul — would put her back in the game. Polishchuk kept that promise, avoiding the ref’s whistle the rest of the game and scoring 14 second-half points. With 4:41 left in the opening quarter, Polishchuk took her second foul but Dawson didn’t take her out of the game. He did pull her two minutes later when she picked up No. 3, but when the second quarter began, her promise had earned her a spot back on the floor. “I put her out there and I told her to make me look smart because everyone else in here is saying how stupid I am,” smiled Dawson. The 5-7 senior was at her best late in the third quarter, scoring the first six points of a pivotal 8-0 Kits run after the Highlanders had snuck to within seven at 40-33. Polishchuk capped her run with her signature move, a cross-over dribble drive to beat pressure, followed by a floating 15-foot pull-up runner. “I just had to get the mindset that I’d use my feet [on defence] and stay with my man,” she said. “I had never had three [fouls] in a quarter.” Kelsey Bussier and Ashley McLellan led Heritage Park with 19 and 18 points respectively. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Port Moody Blues defeated the 13th-seeded Nanaimo Dover Bay Dolphins 70-45 as Krishia Cousin scored 16, Kelsey Anderson 15 and Brea McLaughlin 14, along with 11 boards. Isabelle Grue Lee added 13, Katrina Kocs 8, Genelle Pietramala 2 and Tracy Kocs 2. Kadie Davison paced Dover Bay with 10 points. Katie Burrell added 8, Lauren Whyte 7, Steph Nash 6, Brittany Knievel 6, Jodie Davison 4, Tiffany Olsen 2 and Chiara Ciapponi 2. The Blues played without star point guard Megan Pinske but still dominated. “The team played so well and I am so proud of them,” Pinske, the classy Grade 11, said after she was forced to the sideline with a dislocated kneecap. “Krishia Cousin, Brea McLaughlin and Kelsey Anderson are really stepping it up. I just have to look forward and with this injury I have a new role as the cheerleader.” …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Victoria Mount Douglas Rams defeated Clearbrook MEI Eagles 42-27 as Carmen Lapthorne scored 14, Jane Anholt 11, Shayla Behrends 10, Holly Fiddick 5 and Sarah Darley 2. Corina Reimer paced the Eagles (coached by Tim Smith) with 14 points and 12 boards. Kim Klassen added 7 points and Kendra Geddert 2, along with 15 boards. Robyn Kingra and Jessica Riemersma each scored 2. The Eagles also included Kimmy Kishi. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Chilliwack Tillicums nipped the 14th-seeded New Westminster Hyacks 55-52 as Alyssa Gaukel scored 16. Amy Hatt scored 13 and grabbed 18 boards, while Vanessa Forstbauer scored 12 and grabbed 11 boards. Patti Olsen scored 9 and Brooke Verschuur 4. Norma-Jean Roberts paced New Westminster with 28 points. Sarah Konefal added 14, Fiona Kayitesi 8 and Anne Picken 2. New West, paced by the 28 points of hot- shooting guard Norma-Jean Roberts, led Chilliwack 52-46 with 1:45 remaining before the Storm’s big three of Alyssa Gaukel, Amy Hatt and Vanessa Forstbauer combined to score all of the points in a game- closing 9-0 run to victory. “Personally, I was thinking ‘We’re not losing this game’,” said Forstbauer, who corralled Hatt’s out-of-bounds save and converted the bucket that put Chilliwack ahead to stay. But Roberts? Chilliwack coach Joe Ogmundson had to tip his hat: “She was all world. I want 10 per cent of all her earnings from now on and I’d be a rich man. We really feel lucky to get out from under this one.” Roberts’ jumper from 17 feet gave the Hyacks their six-point lead but it would be the last points they’d score on the night. “I just let Norma do what she wants because she never listens to me anyways,” laughed Hyacks coach Doug Woodward. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Tsawwassen South Delta Sundevils defeated the 12th-seeded North Vancouver Handsworth Royals 45-36 as Laura Craig scored 15, Emily Wright 11, Nicola Collicutt 6, Kaitlyn Widsten 6 and Laura Gaspard 4, along with 14 boards. Kira Carre scored 2 and nabbed 10 boards. Leigha Letford paced Handsworth with 12 points. Gen Hunter added 11 and Alexis Jackson 6, along with 12 boards. Jessica Todd scored 5 and Michelle Lee 2. …………………………………………………… The 11th-seeded Kelowna Owls dumped the 6th-seeded Victoria Claremont Spartans 66-57 as Maya Tecza scored 30 and grabbed 13 boards. Robyn Buna added 20, Samantha Aynsley 6, Ali Radley 4, Hayley Heuser 2, Erin Skippon 2 and Dilraj Bal 2. Ashley MacKay paced Claremont with 24 points. Selina Wong added 10, Ashley Yee 10, Montana Dunmore 6, Alyssa Chan 5 and Drew Crout 2.
In the quarterfinals, the 11th-seeded Kelowna Owls nipped the 3rd-seeded Chilliwack Tillicums 72-71 in overtime as Robyn Buna scored 28 on 11-13 from the field. Maya Tecza added 11, while grabbing 10 boards. Samantha Aynsley scored 10, Hayley Heuser 7, Bailey Radley 4, Ali Radley 3, Kaylie Williams 3, Erin Skippon 3 and Aliza Cundy 3. Alyssa Gaukel paced Chilliwack with 23 points. Vanessa Forstbauer added 19, while grabbing 10 boards. Patti Olsen scored 15 and Amy Hatt 8, while nabbed 11 boards. Alyssa de Regt scored 6 and grabbed 11 boards. The Owls’ Ali Radley nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer, in her only shot of the game, to force overtime. “I wasn’t nervous … I just kind of zoned out,” said Radley, a Grade 11 guard who is limited by a wonky knee and wound up playing three minutes in the contest. “It just seemed to be like a practice thing.” It seemed that the game was going to be a Chilliwack thing for a while. After a dreadful first half, which saw them trailing 29-23 thanks to shooting 8-of-30 from the field while coughing up 16 turnovers, the Storm had come alive in the second and were up 59-54 with 30 seconds to go. Kelowna forward Kaylie Williams hit a runner which was, oddly enough, her only basket of the game, with 24.8 seconds left to put the Owls within three. And then Tecza, a forward, tallied with 10.5 seconds left to make it 59-58. Chilliwack forward Alyssa Gaukel sank both her free throws after Kelowna fouled her on the next possession to increase the margin to 61-58. That led to Radley. She took a cross-court feed from Hayley Heuser and then drained her shot from the top left side of the arc. “When I let it go, I thought it was going to be an air ball,” Radley admitted afterwards with a grin. The teams traded buckets through the first portion of the five- minute extra period. With six seconds to go, Heuser darted through the lane and went for a lay-up in traffic. Chilliwack forward Amy Hatt blocked her shot, but Charise Conkin was whistled for a foul and Heuser ended up connecting on 1-of-2 to seal the victory. Conkin’s foul was a debatable call. But Chilliwack coach Joe Ogmundson wasn’t looking for excuses. “I’m not going to blame the referees,” said Ogmundson. “They ref with integrity, they did their best. It should have never got to that. We were in pretty good shape in the second half.”
The top-seeded Langley Brookswood Bobcats edged the 9th-seeded Cranbrook Mt. Baker Wild 64-60 as Kelsey Horsting scored 17 and grabbed 10 boards. Sasha McKinnon added 15, Tara Watts 11, Kelsey Adrian 6, Danielle Lawrie 6, Candace Morisset 5, Liesa Ohman 2 and Mayo Aoki 2. Danielle Vogt led Mount Baker with 15 points. Paige McGowan added 12, while grabbing 13 boards. Jessica Thielen scored 12, Leanne Becking 11, Jill Magro 6, Steph Baron 2 and Claire Wilson 2.
The 5th-seeded Tsawwassen South Delta Sundevils defeated the 4th-seeded Port Moody Blues 51-42 as Kira Carre and Laura Craig each scored 12. Nicola Collicutt added 9, Laura Gaspard 8, Emily Wright 6 and Kaitlyn Widsten 4. Kelsey Anderson paced Port Moody with 12 points. Katrina Kocs added 10, Brea McLaughlin 8, Krishia Cousin 4, Isabelle Grue Lee 3, Tracy Kocs 3, and Michelle Dimond 2.
In the last quarterfinal, the 2nd-seeded Victoria Mount Douglas Rams whipped the Vancouver Kitsilano Blue Demons 70-44 as Carmen Lapthorne scored 20, Jane Anholt 16, Holly Fiddick 12, Shayla Behrens 12 and Sarah Darley 6, while grabbing 12 boards. Jen Pearson and Nicole Winstone each added 2. Sasha Polishchuk paced Kitsilano with 23 points. Marisa Haylett added 11, Maureen Finn 7, Nina Schuchort 2 and Lizze Craig 1.
In the semis, the top-seeded Langley Brookswood Bobcats walloped the 5th-seeded Tsawwassen South Delta Sundevils 66-40 as Candace Morisset scored 19 on 7-11 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc and 5 steals. Kelsey Adrian added 11 on 2-6 from the floor, 7-9 from the line and 6 boards. Kelsey Horsting scored 8 on 3-11 from the floor, 6 boards and 3 steals. Tara Watts added 8 on 2-7 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 8 boards and 5 steals. Sasha McKinnon scored 6 on 2-9 from the floor and 8 boards. Danielle Lawrie added 6, Ali Randa 4, Liesa Ohman 2 and Krystal Crofton 2, while Melissa Adrian, Mayo Aoki, Jill Whitford and Chelsea Shinkaruk were scoreless. The Sundevils shot 22-65 (.338) from the floor, 4-16 from the arc and 18-25 (.720) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, 17 fouls, 13 assists, 22 turnovers, 1 block and 19 steals. Laura Craig paced South Delta with 10 points on 3-8 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 9 boards. Nicola Collicutt added 9 on 4-13 from the floor and 8 boards. Kaitlyn Widsten scored 6 on 3-6 from the floor, while Kira Carre scored 6 on 3-9 from the floor, 4 boards and 6 steals. Kate Beadle scored 4, Emily Wright 3 and Laura Gaspard 2, while grabbing 6 boards. Erica Scott, Adriana Han, Jennifer Bosnick and Carly Howse were scoreless. The Sundevils shot 17-54 (.315) from the floor, 2-17 (.118) from the arc and 4-8 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, 17 fouls, 6 assists, 35 turnovers, 1 block and 10 steals. Brookswood led 18-5; 39-12 and 56-22 at the quarters.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Victoria Mount Douglas Rams defeated the 11th-seeded Kelowna Owls 54-40 as Holly Fiddick scored 19 on 6-10 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 3-8 from the line, 5 boards and 6 steals. Carmen Lapthorne added 15 on 6-20 from the floor, 3-10 from the arc and 6 boards. Jane Anholt scored 14 on 2-15 from the floor, 10-12 from the line and 9 boards. Nicole Winston scored 4 on 2-3 from the floor and 7 boards. Sarah Darley was scoreless while grabbing 6 boards. Shayla Behrens scored 2, while Ashly Dick; Nicole MacDougall, Amy Phipps, Nikki Allen, Jen Pearson and Viki Ploch were scoreless. The Rams hit 17-55 (.309) from the floor, 7-19 (.368) from the arc and 13-24 (.542) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, 15 fouls, 13 assists, 18 turnovers, 1 block and 11 steals. Maya Tecza led Kelowna with 14 points on 6-14 from the floor and 15 boards. Robyn Buna scored 9 on 4-9 from the floor and 14 boards. Samantha Aynsley scored 6 on 2-10 from the floor, 7 boards, 3 assists and 5 steals. Bailey Radley scored 6 on 1-10 from the floor and 4-6 from the line, while Hayley Heuser scored 5 on 1-5 from the floor. Ali Radley, Kaylie Williams, Aliza Cundy, Katelyn Cowly, Natalie Soon, Erin Skippon and Dilraj Bal were scoreless. The Owls shot 15-52 (.288) from the floor, 2-12 (.167) from the arc and 8-13 (.615) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, 20 fouls, 6 assists, 27 turnovers, 6 blocks and 9 steals.
In the bronze medal match, the 5th-seeded Tsawwassen South Delta Sundevils defeated the 11th-seeded Kelowna Owls 64-57 as Laura Craig and Laura Gaspard each scored 16. Craig hit 4-11 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 6-10 from the line, grabbed 9 boards, dished 7 assists and pilfered the ball 5 times. Gaspard hit 7-20 from the floor, 2-9 from the line and grabbed 13 boards. Kira Carre scored 11 on 3-4 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards and 3 steals. Nicola Collicutt scored 8 on 3-7 from the floor and 4 boards, while Emily Wright scored 7 on 1-6 from the arc and 4-6 from the line. Katilyn Widsten scored 6 on 3-9 from the floor, while Kate Beacle, Erica Scott, Adriana Han, Jennifer Bosnick and Carly Howse were scoreless. The Sundevils hit 21-60 (.350) from the floor, 6-15 (.400) from the arc and 16-34 (.471) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, 13 fouls, 16 assists, 18 turnovers, 4 blocks and 9 steals. Maya Tecza paced Kelowna with 24 points on 10-21 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 22 boards and 3 assists. Robyn Buna scored 18 on 7-12 from the floor, 3-6 from the line and 4 boards. Hayley Heuser scored 4, Samantha Aynsley 4, while grabbing 5 boards and Kaylie Williams 4. Bailey Radley, 3, while nabbing 5 boards. Ali Radley, Aliza Dundy; Natalie Soon, Erin Skippon, Dilraj Bal and Katelyn Cowley were scoreless. The Owls shot 23-60 (.383) from the floor, 1-6 (.167) from the arc and 10-14 (.714) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, 24 fouls, 11 assists, 22 turnovers, 7 blocks, including 4 by Tecza, and 4 steals. South Delta led 20-17, 31-30 and 46-36 at the quarters.
In the final, the top-seeded Langley Brookswood Bobcats defeated the 2nd-seeded Victoria Mount Douglas Rams 71-59 as Sasha McKinnon scored 15 on 7-10 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 7 boards. Kelsey Adrian notched 14 on 6-8 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards and 5 assists. Tara Watts scored 11 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Candace Morisset scored 11 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 2 assists. Kelsey Horsting scored 9 on 4-7 from the floor and 6 boards. Liesa Ohman scored 6 and Danielle Lawrie 5, while Melissa Adrian, Krystal Crofton, Mayo Aoki, Jill Whitford, Ali Randa and Chelsea Shinkaruk were scoreless. The Bobcats shot 28-47 (.596) from the floor, 5-11 (.455) from the arc and 10-14 (.714) from the line, while garnering 30 boards, 15 fouls, 15 assists, 23 turnovers, 2 blocks and 7 steals, including 3 by Lawrie. Jane Anholt led Mount Douglas with 19 points on 8-15 from the floor, 7 assists and 3 steals. Carmen Lapthorne scored 12 on 4-9 from the arc. Sarah Darley notched 13 on 5-8 from the floor and 3-4 from the line. Holly Fiddick scored 10 on 3-7 from the floor and 6 boards. Shayla Behrens added 5 on 2-8 from the floor, while Jen Pearson, Nicole Winstone, Ashly dick, Nicole MacDougall, Amy Phipps, Nikki Allen and Viki Ploch were scoreless. The Rams shot 22-50 (.440) from the floor, 8-18 (.444) from the arc and 7-12 (.583) from the line, while garnering 22 boards, 15 fouls, 16 assists, 20 turnovers, 1 block and 9 steals. Brookswood led 25-15; 43-29 and 60-52 at the quarters. “There was quite a bit of pressure, actually,” said the UBC-bound Candace Morisset, who was named the tournament’s most valuable player. “We hadn’t lost all year and everybody wanted to beat us. But I guess that kept us focused. Scott [Reeves, Brookswood’s coach] tried to make sure that we didn’t feel any pressure. He’d tell us to just play our game and we’d be fine. Did I buy that? I tried to.” Brookswood finished this season 45-0. They made nine of their first 10 shots and wound up shooting an improbable 75 per cent (18-24) from the field in the first half on their way to a 43-29 lead. They upped the margin to 19 points early in the third quarter, but then cooled off and the Rams caught fire. Mount Douglas got it to five points, at 64-59, when Shayla Behrens drained a three- pointer with 4:38 to go in the game. But the Rams didn’t hit a shot after that. “I knew that we would pull it out,” said Brookswood point guard Candace Morisset, who was named the tournament’s most valuable player. “I never doubted it. I know what this team is about. Give it to Mount Doug — they put up a fight. They showed so much character.” Guard Liesa Ohman added: “I can’t tell how good this feels. This makes all the early mornings worth it.” The Rams showed remarkable resiliency. They hit 64 per cent (9-of-14) in the third quarter to get back in the game. But they seemed to get out of their offence in the fourth and stopped taking quality shots and that nixed their comeback bid. “Early on, I don’t think the girls believed that they could beat them,” said Mount Douglas coach Brett Westcott. “As the game wore on, I thought they bought into that idea.” Ohman added: “We had to dig down and get through it, and that’s exactly what we did.”
The bronze medalist Tsawwassen South Delta Sun Devils: Laura Craig; Katilyn Widsten; Kira Carre; Laura Gaspard; Nicola Collicutt; Emily Wright; Kate Beadle; Erica Scott; Adriana Han; Jennifer Bosnick; Carly Howse
The silver medalist Victoria Mount Douglas Rams: Carmen Lapthorne, Jane Anholt, Holly Fiddick; Nicole Winstone; Sarah Darley; Shayla Behrens; Amy Phipps; Nicole MacDougall; Nikki Allen; Jen Pearson; Ashly Dick; Vicki Ploch; coach Brett Westcott
The gold medalist Langley Brookswood Bobcats: Kelsey Horsting; Tara Watts; Kelsey Adrian; Sasha McKinnon; Candace Morisset; Liesa Ohman; Melissa Adrian; Krystal Crofton; Mayo Aoko; Jill Whitford; Danielle Lawrie; Ali Randa; Chelsea Shinkaruk; coach Scott Reeves