The Douglas College Royals went on a playoff push at the PacWest provincial college women’s basketball championships.
The fifth-place-finishing Royals during the regular season, scraped into the playoffs and then knocked off the regular season champion Vancouver Island University Mariners in the semifinals before settling for the silver medal under interim head coach Courtney Gerwing.
Douglas eventually lost the PacWest final to Quest University.
“I think because we had made a steadily improved climb, there was more surprise outside our circle than inside it,” said Gerwing.
Douglas started the 2015 season with a 5-0 record and is currently in second place.
A perfect sweep
St. Thomas More swept the B.C. high school wrestling championships, winning three separate provincial banners in March.
The Knights won their first-ever aggregate title with 142 total points, almost doubling overall runner-up W.J. Mouat at the meet.
STM also won its first boys’ aggregate, while the girls’ took top spot after finishing in second place the year before.
“The beauty of it all was even though we had a lot of great performances, we could have had more,” said STM wrestling coach Doug Corbett.
A hoop first
The St. Thomas More Knights won their first-ever AAA high school banner in basketball in March.
The No. 2-ranked Knights defeated honourable mention Charles Hayes Rainmakers 53-38 in the B.C. boys’ championship final in Langley – STM’s first provincial title in 38 years.
STM was led by tournament MVP Reese Morris, who had a game-high 16 ponts and 12 rebounds.
“It’s the best moment of my life. The best basketball moment I’ve ever had,” said Morris.
