Jugglers search for first title against rival Cavaliers

The road to a provincial title comes to an end on Saturday.

After three days of competition, the stage is set for the championship finals at the BC School Sports Boys Basketball Provincial Championships at Langley Events Centre. Across four tiers — 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A — the final two teams in each division will battle for provincial gold.

The championship games feature all four No. 1 seeds, three No. 2 seeds, and one No. 10 seed.

Saturday’s championship schedule (all games on Ken Winslade Court inside the Arena Bowl at Langley Events Centre.

12:30pm:       1A – St. John’s School Eagles (#1, Vancouver) vs. Similkameen Sparks (#10, Keremeos)

2:45pm:          2A – Notre Dame Jugglers (#1, Vancouver) vs. Collingwood Cavaliers (#2, West Vancouver)

5:15pm:          3A – St. Patrick Celtics (#1, Vancouver) vs. L.A. Matheson Mustangs (#2, Surrey)

7:45pm:          4A – Dover Bay Dolphins (#1, Nanaimo) vs. Vancouver College Fighting Irish (#2)

Tickets are available for purchase and every game of all four championships is also available to stream through pay-per-view at TFSETV.ca. Daily schedules, scores and news can also be found at www.bchighschoolbasketballchampionships.com.

It will be the top two seeds and a pair of Vancouver Island Sea-to-Sky zone rivals squaring off in the gold-medal game at the BC School Sports 2A Boys Basketball Provincial Tournament.

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Collingwood 90 Kalamalka 55

The Collingwood Cavaliers cruised to a wire-to-wire 90–55 win, ending the Kalamalka Lakers’ upset run. The No. 2 seed Cavaliers dominated from start to finish, stifling the No. 11 Lakers, who had been aiming for their third consecutive upset.

Elliot McNeil led Collingwood with 25 points, while Peter Huang added 18. Tylen Lewis paced Kalamalka with 16 points.

Notre Dame 82 King George 59

The Notre Dame Jugglers are just one win away from claiming the program’s first-ever title at the BC School Sports 2A Boys Basketball Provincials. The top-seeded Jugglers cruised to an 82–59 win over the King George Dragons.

Caleb Parrotta led the way with 30 points, supported by Conor Mabel’s 27, powering Notre Dame past their zone rivals from Vancouver Sea-to-Sky. Rei Ikeda added 20 points and Abud Shawwa 16 for the Dragons.