Sports posted Mar 14, 2016 @ 04:30pm by Lorne White

KCS Knights Bounce To Bronze At 1A Provincial Basketball Tourney

Kelowna Christian School Knights bounced back from a semifinal loss to claim the bronze medal at the B.C. High School Boys Basketball Association 1A championship tournament in Langley.

In a rematch of the Okanagan Valley title game (76-69 KCS win), the Knights pulled away from the St. Ann’s Academy Crusaders of Kamloops with a 28-point second quarter en route to a 74-55 win on Saturday to take the bronze.

Tyler Jardine scored 22 points and hauled in five rebounds to lead the Knights, the pre-tournament No. 1-ranked team and the 2015 champions, who had nine players score at least two points in game. Jackson Borne, chosen to the tournament’s second all-star team, added 14 points for the winners.

In semifinal play on Friday, the Knights led for more than half the game (22:56), but were outscored 25-11 in the third quarter en route to a 62-57 loss to the No. 4-ranked Credo Christian Kodiaks of Langley

<who> Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow.com </who>Ethan Van Dyck of the KCS Knights was a handful for the Credo Christian Kodiaks. Cruz Andersen, a first-team tournament all-star for a second straight year, scored 17 points and added four assists and two steals. Carter Martens contributed 12 points, while Borne chipped in with 11 to go along with 10 from Austin Poulin.

KCS opened the tournament by defeating the Mulgrave Titans of West Vancouver 114-38 and followed up by downing Bulkley Valley Christian Royals of Smithers 71-46 before losing to Credo in semifinal play.

<who> Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow.com </who>Corbin Beauchemin led Immaculata with 24 points in their final game at the Langley Events Centre. Meanwhile, the Immaculata Mustangs won two of four games, defeating the St. Andrews Sabres of Victoria 59-52 in their final encounter on Saturday.

Corbin Beauchemin led the Immaculata offence with 24 points while Nik Federko added 17 for the winners.

Immaculata, tournament finalists against KCS last year, lost their first two games of the 16-team event. The No. 12 ranked team dropped a 78-76 decision to No. 5 Duncan Christian in their opener and fell 86-71 to Sparwood in their second game.

A third game saw the Mustangs down the Mulgrave Royals of West Vancouver 85-45.

The Ron Pettigrew Christian Lions of Dawson Creek claimed the gold medal, defeating Credo Christian 69-58 in the final.

<who> Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow.com </who>Jackson Borne of the Knights dribbles into traffic during semfinal with Credo Christian.

<who> Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow.com </who>The Knights' Austin Poulin a picture of concentration on the free-throw line.

<who> Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow.com </who>Knights' Carter Martens battles under the boards in semifinal loss to Credo Christian of Langley.