The B.C. Christian Academy are provincial champions.
The 1A Panthers high school basketball team took down Kelowna Christian 68-63 last Saturday night in the Arena Bowl of the Langley Events Centre.
With the win, the team completed a provincial sweep, winning four-straight at the tournament.
“Every win is special, but this one is the most special,” said BCCA head coach Gib Hinz. He later added: “This is a first for our school. This is our first championship.”
Zach Kauzyk was named championship player of the game, while Harry Oghomeinor was the most valuable player for the tournament. Cody Well was named first-team all star and Quentin Onyemondi was named most outstanding defensive player.
The tournament started off strong for the No. 2-ranked Panthers, who easily defeated Northside Christian 89-43 in Game 1 and Bulkley Valley Christian 78-54 in Game 2.
Heritage Christian gave the PoCo team a bit of trouble in the semifinal, but they eventually fell 80-76 on Friday night. That set the stage for Saturday’s showdown between BCCA and Kelowna knocked off the No. 1-ranked Ron Pettigrew Christian to get to the finals.
PINETREE
The Pinetree secondary Timberwolves managed to pick up a win at the 4A provincial high school basketball championship last weekend.
The team defeated North Peace 101-79 on the south court at the Langley Events Centre last Friday night, one of a only a few bright spots of the weekend for the Coquitlam club.
The team fell early in the tournament to Oak Bay and Handsworth secondary. Pinetree notched the win in Game 3 but fell in the final game of the tournament at the hands of Yale secondary by a score of 84-76.
At the end of the weekend, Pinetree was in 14th place in the province.
