Simply the best: 2018 BC Provincial teams loaded with top talent
The BC Basketball provincial team rosters have been announced, and they feature some of the best talent that the province has to offer. Both the U17 and U15 teams for both the boys and girls have enough quality players to represent the province well at the upcoming 2018 Summer Games.
The U17 girls team will have at its disposal some of the top underclassmen in the province. Jenna Dick of Brookswood is expected to be one of the leaders of the team, while grade 10 Jessica Clarke of Saint Thomas Aquinas will surely be a great inside presence for the team. The team will also have Kennedy Dickie, the Championship Player of the Game from AAA provincials, as well as grade 10 standout Sophia Kramer.
The U15 team should have instant chemistry, as it will have three Semiahmoo players in Izzy Forsyth, Deja Lee, and Tara Wallack who all were on the team who finished fourth at provincials. It will also have Sammy Shields from Riverside, who had some impressive performances for Riverside despite being the only grade nine on the team.
On the boys side, the U17 has familiar names to anyone who has followed the local basketball scene here in BC. The team will have one of the top point guards in the province in Diego Maffia, as well as the “X-Factor” Jeevan Sidhu of Tamanawis. They will also have on their team two grade 10 bigs in Victor Radocaj and Sasha Vujisic, the former of which has had experience with the Canadian national junior teams.
For the U15 boys team, you may not know them now but you will surely be hearing about them in the future. The team features Vancouver College’s Cole Cruz-Dumont, the younger brother of future UBC Thunderbird Jack Cruz-Dumont. Highly regarded grade eight Ravjeet Randhawa will be on the team as well.
We wish everyone on all four teams well and represent our province to the best of their ability!
U17 GIRLS TEAM
Shemaiah Abatayo, Brittania
India Aikins, Lord Tweedsmuir
Jessica Clarke, St. Thomas Aquinas
Jenna Dick, Brookswood
Kennedy Dickie, Kelowna
Faith Dut, Semiahmoo
Jayden Gill, Robert Bateman
Madison Gobeil, South Kamloops
Sophia Kramer, Sullivan Heights
Breona Martin, Heritage Woods
Olivia Morgan-Cherchas, South Kamloops
Deanna Tuchscherer, GW Graham
Alternates
Abigail Becker, Ballenas
Madeleine Counsell, Port Moody
Hannah Loukes, Duchess Park
Jaden Yamamoto, Penticition
U15 GIRLS TEAM
Alyza Aikins, Lord Tweedsmuir
Teah Best, Fraser Heights
Marijke Duralia, St. John Brebeuf
Izzy Forsyth, Semiahmoo
Makenna Jacklin, Okanagan Mission
Kiara Ker, Mt. Baker
Neyha Lali, Brookswood
Deja Lee, Semiahmoo
Lily Pink, Okanagan Mission
Sammy Shields, Riverside
Julia Tuchscherer, GW Graham
Tara Wallack, Semiahmoo
Alternates
Reese Manns, Claremont
Eva Person, Stelly's
U17 BOYS TEAM
Soren Erricson, Duchess Park
Parker Johnstone, Kelowna
Joshua Kangande, Brittania
Jiordano Khan, Burnaby South
Diego Maffia, Oak Bay
Dylon Matthews, Seycove
Liam McChesney, Charles Hays
Victor Radocaj, McMath
Michael Risi, Holy Cross
Jeevan Sidhu, Tamanawis
Luc Therrien, Vancouver College
Sasha Vujisic, Burnaby South
U15 BOYS TEAM
Naveed Abdollahi, Dr. Charles Best
Cormick Brown, Lambrick Park
Tyrelle Chadwick, Westsyde
Cole Cruz-Dumont, Vancouver College
Evan Kimm, Brookswood
Caleb Lyons, Duchess Park
Nesta Malcolm, Fernie
Ravjeet Randhawa, Fleetwood Park
Yurdan Rozumyni, Rockridge
Oliver Seto, Sir Winston Churchill
Cameron Slaymaker, Terry Fox
Justin Sunga, Burnaby South
Written by: Nick Bondi