The Terry Fox Ravens are gearing up for their appearance at the high school boys basketball AAAA B.C. Provincial Championship tournament after taking third place in the Fraser Valley Championship last weekend.
The Port Coquitlam team cruised through the early rounds of the regional playoffs, defeating Seaquam secondary 93-54 last Friday and North Surrey 88-81 on Monday.
However, the squad ran into some trouble against Yale secondary on Friday night, falling to the lower-ranked Abbotsford club 107-94.
With the loss, the Ravens were knocked out of championship contention and had to settle for a consolation third-place match against Semiahmoo secondary on Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.
Semiahmoo struggled for most of the game, with Terry Fox sustaining the lead for most of the 60 minutes of play. When the final buzzer sounded the Ravens were up 103-70.
The Terry Fox Ravens, who are ranked sixth going into the provincials, are not the only Tri-City club to punch their ticket to the championship tournament.
Port Moody's Heritage Woods secondary will have a team at the Langley Events Centre when the finals get underway next week after locking up a berth with a sixth-place showing at the Fraser Valley Championships.
The Kodiaks, who enter the tournament with an honourable mention in the Big 10 Rankings, struggled last weekend.
They managed to eke out a 70-69 win over Pitt Meadows secondary, before downing W.J. Mouat 64-52 in the second game of the championship on Friday.
Going into Saturday with a 1-1 record meant that the Kodiaks played Walnut Grove for fifth place, a game they lost 79-72.
AAA PLAY
Meanwhile, in AAA boys high school basketball, the Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils are heading to their first B.C. Provincial Championship in the team's history.
The club finished the Fraser Valley Championships in fourth place on Saturday, losing the third place game to Abbotsford secondary 86-39 but had still locked up a berth in the provincial tournament.
The team got off to a rocky start in the regional play downs.
They lost their first game to Abbotsford 87-67 last Wednesday, but bounced back the next day with a razor-thin 87-86 win over Sullivan Heights.
A second win against Brookswood secondary by a score of 56-54 secured the berth in the provincials and set up the third place game against Abbotsford.
