Eagles -- 2003

2002-2003 SBMC U13 Eagles Selects


2003 Eagles Selects

NoPlayerPositionSchoolGrade
2Michael CheungGChaffey-Burke7
6Michael CrouseGBanting7
8Morgan HodgeFInman7
25Robert ManningCSuncrest7
30Cody CormackFNelson7
32Curran EmeruwaFChaffey-Burke7
33Adrian AsieduFStride Ave7
35Alex MichalowskiFSeaforth6
40Jordan WongGSt. Francis7
41Akshat KhuranaFClinton7
43Mitch HamelCMcCorkindale7

The 2003 South Burnaby Selects were again one of the top U13 teams in the province with four players returning from the squad which had finished third at the 2002 Club Championships. After 4 years of playing in the States, SBMC gave up it's membership in the North Cascades AAU League in favor of joining Basketball BC's new U13 Metro League. The Eagles went 13 & 0 in league play and were seeded first for the Metro League playoffs. With two starters down with shoulder injuries, SBMC struggled to win their first two playoff games and were soundly trounced by the Best Tigers in the Championship game.

Metro League Results

Nov 3/02SBMC 59 Pitt Meadows 31Robert Manning 10 / Michael Cheung 9
Nov 17/02SBMC 51 North Langley 44Robert Manning 12 / Michael Cheung 10
Nov 24/02SBMC 42 North Shore 34Michael Crouse 18
Dec 1/02SBMC 62 Pitt Meadows 40Terrance Crawford 13 / Jordan Wong 9
Dec 8/02SBMC 63 Elgin Park 19Michael Crouse 10 / Curran Emeruwa 9
Dec 15/02SBMC 72 Tricities 30Michael Cheung 10 / Cody Cormack 9
Jan 12/03SBMC 63 Richmond 28Michael Crouse 14 / Adrian Asiedu 13
Jan 18/03SBMC 64 Earl Marriott 28Mitch Hamel 12 / Adrian Asiedu 11
Jan 26/03SBMC 51 Best Tigers 40
Feb 2/03SBMC 64 Earl Marriott 30Robert Manning 10 / Adrian Asiedu 10
Feb 9/03SBMC 56 South Delta 24Michael Crouse 12 / Curran Emeruwa 10
Feb 16/03SBMC 64 South Langley 27Mitch Hamel 16 / Adrian Asiedu 14
Feb 16/03SBMC 56 Pitt Meadows 37Cody Cormack 10 / Michael Cheung 9

U13 Club Championship Recap

After such a promising start to the season, the South Burnaby Selects limped into the 2003 Club Championships with second and third place showings at the Metropolis and RBL tournaments. The Best Tigers and RBL Bulldogs were now the clear favorites, with North Langley, Richmond and SBMC having an outside chance for the title. Basketball BC drew up two strange 12 team groupings for the tournament with the Selects seeded 4th in the A division. We opened with a 60 to 24 thrashing of TCYBA which qualified South Burnaby for a semi-final match up with RBL. The Selects proceeded to lose the semi and their coach for the remainder of the Championships. The final 2 games were excellent matches but anti climatic after the goings on of the first day.

Game 1SBMC 60 TCYBA 24Michael Crouse 12 / Curran Emeruwa 9
Game 2RBL 64 SBMC 40
Game 3SBMC 55 Richmond 45Jordan Wong 16 / Adrian Asiedu 12
3/4 PlaceN Langley 47 SBMC 44 Adrian Asiedu 10 / Robert Manning 9

Talent wise, the 2003 edition of the Eagles were probably the most balanced team the Club has ever fielded. The scoring was always spread out evenly throughout the squad and almost anyone of the players could be the high scorer in a particular game.




2002-2003 SBMC U13 Eagles All Stars


2003 Eagles All Stars

NoPlayerPositionSchoolGrade
5Faby RomanoGInman7
15Vihor StevicGMaywood7
20Robert LinFBuckingham7
22Steven ZhaoFChaffey-Burke7
25Qasim NathooGMarlborough7
32Anthony HsiehFInman7
33Kevin BlockFGilpin7
34Bill ZhouGNelson7
40Javed GillGArmstrong7
43Bryan Gill CNelson7

U13 Club Championship Recap

The 2003 Eagle All-Stars were selected from the SBMC house league and had several players that in most years would have made the Club's top team. The All-Stars came into the Club Championships on a roll with the Metropolis and RBL Invitational "B" division crowns under their belts. South Burnaby was seeded number 1 in the Provincial's B Division and easily defeated the Sharks 59 to 32 to qualify for the semi-finals against the RBL All-stars. The score was tight in the RBL game until near the end when 3 starters fouled out and SBMC was outscored 20 to 6. Kevin Block led the Eagles in scoring with 61 points while Steven Zhao and Bill Zhou both chipped in 33 points over the three games.

Game 1SBMC 59 Sharks 32 Kevin Block 29 / Steven Zhao 15
Game 2RBL 63 SBMC 49 Bill Zhou 16 / Steven Zhao 10
Game 3TCYBA 54 SBMC 45Kevin Block 23 / Bill Zhou 10