In the spirit of March Madness, wheelchair basketball players from across BC took to the courts at Douglas College to participate in the BC Provincial Wheelchair Basketball Championships. BC Wheelchair Basketball is very appreciative of the support from the Province of BC - Hosting BC program, Douglas College, Subway, Panago Pizza and Advanced Mobility for their conribution to the hosting of this event.
An intense battle for the Division 2 title saw the Vintage Cable Cars take on the 2010 Champs from Victoria. At the half mark, Victoria had a slight 30 - 24 lead over the vintage, but in the 3rd quarter Victoria widened the gap due to the on-court leadership of BC Provincial and National Team Jessica Vliegenthart, dominant scoring from Tony Golston, and an all out team effort. Victoria would take the D2 championship title for the 2nd year in a row with a 64-45 win over the Vintage. The Vintage were lead throughout the weekend by tournament MVP Peter Colistro and Joe Higgins supported by the outstanding play from rookies Jared Ginter and Jerin Mece. In an equally exciting game the Breakers beat out the Kamloops Bull-dawgs for 3rd place lead by game high scoreres Shelley Chaplin (30 points) and Kelsey Dyck (22 points).
Division 2 Champion Team: Victoria Titans
Division 2 MVP: Peter Colistro (Cable Cars)
Division 2 All-Stars: Jessica Vliegenthart (Victoria), Shelley Chaplin (Breakers), Deion Green (Victoria), Avril Harris (Canada Games), Erik Vliegenthart (Kamloops)
League Awards:
Division 2
Most Improved Player – Adam Gongos (Cable Cars)
True Sports Award – Andrew Pauhl (Cable Cars) & John Arduini (Kamloops)
Rookie of the Year – Kelsey Dyck (Breakers)
Division 1 story to follow. Stay tuned!
