Orcas shock Saints with opening-round upset

The Elgin Park Orcas hung on for a 67-63 win over the No. 4 St. George’s School Saints in the opening round of the C School Sports 4A Boys Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament at Langley Events Centre. photo courtesy of Vancouver Sports Pictures

The Elgin Park Orcas stunned the fourth-seeded St. George’s School Saints for the only upset victory in round one of the BC School Sports 4A Boys Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament at Langley Events Centre.

Day two gets underway on Thursday at 8:30am with the quarter-final round kicking off at 3:30pm.

For full tournament results, scoresheets and schedules, visit www.bchighschoolbasketballchampionships.com

Single game and tournament passes are available for sale online and all of the games are also available to stream through pay-per-view at tfsetv.ca.

Day 1 Recap

Seven of the top eight seeds advanced to round two with the lone exception being the No. 13 Elgin Park Orcas following their 67-63 win over the No. 4 St. George’s School Saints. The Orcas now match up with the No. 5 Kelowna Owls following the Thompson-Okanagan champions 79-60 victory over the Claremont Spartans.

The other quarter-final game on the top half of the draw features the No. 1 seed Semiahmoo Thunderbirds – 116-52 winners over the Mount Baker Wild – and the No. 8 Terry Fox Ravens, following their 70-45 win over the West Vancouver Highlanders.

The bottom half of the draw sees the No. 3 Vancouver College Fighting Irish and the No. 6 Fleetwood Park Dragons. The Dragons won 75-47 over the W.J. Mouat Hawks and the Irish were 84-69 winners over the Tamanawis Wildcats.

And the other quarter-final clash features the No. 7 Abbotsford Senior Panthers and the No. 2 Oak Bay Bays. The Bays won 102-54 over the No. 15 Prince George Polars and the Panthers defeated the No. 10 Heritage Woods Kodiaks 85-76.