The only thing better than beating the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the province, as the Terry Fox Ravens did last week, is doing so in three months.
Ranked No. 8 in the most-recent B.C. AAA senior boys high school basketball poll, the Ravens stunned the No. 2 Vancouver College Fighting Irish 73-64 last Tuesday before startling the No. 1 Kelowna Owls 68-56 at home Saturday.
The Ravens sandwiched in victories over Australia's Mandurah Magic (77-65) and North Vancouver's Windsor Dukes (55-46) to complete a tough four-game stretch over five days.
"The boys have been practising hard and it's nice to have success early but we have to remember it's only December," cautioned Fox first-year head coach Steve Hanson. "We have a lot of work to do before the Fraser Valley [championships] in late February and hope to peak at that time."
Against the Aussies, the Ravens got 15 points from their six-foot-six post Ryan Sclater and another 14 from point guard Daniel Collins.
In their defensive struggle with the Dukes, Fox got standout defensive play from Dalton Dewsbury and Hallo Palani.
Versus Kelowna, the Ravens contained seven-footer Braxton Bunce and their six-foot-nine centre Mason Woods netted six of his eight points in the final quarter as Fox won by 12.
Trevor Casey canned 12 points for the Ravens, with Tanner Moss and Jesse Crookes also contributing well offensively.
The Ravens' schedule hardly gets easier as the team embarks on a pre-Christmas trip to California to compete in the 32-team San Fernando Valley Invitational tournament, following back-to-back games this weekend versus Oak Bay and St. Michael's on Vancouver Island.
