Whundas weather the Storm, advance to final 8

The Khalsa School Lions fell to the John Barsby Bulldogs in opening round action at the BC School Sports 2A Boys Basketball Provincial Tournament on Wednesday at Langley Events Centre. photo courtesy of Vancouver Sports Pictures 

The defending champion Westsyde Whundas may have been ranked No. 12 heading into the BC School Sports 2A Boys Basketball Provincial Tournament, but they remain in contention for the title after the biggest upset in their tier on day 1 of the tournament at Langley Events Centre.

Day two gets going on Thursday with games running all day beginning 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

Day 2’s quarter-final round kicks off with the third-ranked Pacific Academy Breakers and the No. 6 John Barsby Bulldogs. The Bulldogs won 78-51 over the Khalsa School Lions and the Breakers defeated the Nechako Valley Vikings 78-65.

The other matchup on the bottom half of the draw features the second-seed King George Dragons and the No. 10 Langley Christian Lightning. The Lightning held off the No. 7 Lambrick Park Lions 78-74 whilethe Dragons won 77-51 over the Fernie Falcons.

Top-ranked Brentwood College advanced to play against the No. 9 Summerland Rockets as the Rockets were 85-74 winners over the No. 8 Collingwood Cavaliers while Brentwood College won 97-65 over the No. 16 Archbishop Carney Stars.

And the final two teams in the quarter-final round are the fourth-seed St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints – who won 69-46 over the Charles Hays Rainmakers – while the 12^th seed (and defending champion) Westsyde Whundas knocked of the No. 5 Southridge Storm 76-69.