Although the South Burnaby Metro Club has been dedicated to the youth of our community since 1952, our basketball program is only in its fifteenth year of operation. On most Saturday evenings, October to March, 650 of Burnaby's youth will be found at the Bonsor Community Center or the Burnaby South HS gyms playing basketball in a safe, friendly environment.

WWU - Martin Luther King Tournament Results

The U13 Eagles had another successful tournament in the States with their only loss coming at the hands of Ferndale, the eventual tournament champions. Top scorers were Vince Sunga with 38 and Curtis Laigo 37 points each. The U13 All-stars chalked up their first victory of the season down south while the U12 Eagles went 1 & 3 for a second consecutive tournament.

U13 Eagles Ferndale 56 SBMC 48 SBMC 55 Edmonds 44 SBMC 50 Anacortes 29 SBMC 46 Burlington 42

U13 All-Stars SBMC 49 Jayhawks 47 Anacortes 56 SBMC 22 Ferndale 80 SBMC 11

U12 Eagles SBMC 64 Oak Harbour 24 Lynden Bulls 40 SBMC 21 Skyline 41 SBMC 17 Lynden Lions 44 SBMC 30

STM Chancellor Tournament Results

Congratulations to the host, St Thomas More Knights, for winning their 2012 Chancellor Tournament Championship and for also moving up to number 1 in the AA Senior Boys BC High School Basketball rankings. Nine of the Knights came through our Eagles basketball program including: Andrew Morris (Tournament MVP), Ben Hieltjes & Mike Carney (1st team all-stars) and Denzel Laguerta (2nd team all-star). STM had earlier won the GW Graham tournament title in December defeating both Mission and GW Graham, the then top two ranked AA squads.

Boys House League Schedules

The boy's house league schedules for the second half of the season have now been posted. Players in the U11 boys division should pay special attention as there have been a few changes made to the schedules you received in October. The U13 division's upper & lower tiers have been restructured and the U13 Eagles select team added to the U15 division.

Whatcom Hoop Slam Results

The South Burnaby Eagles made their first trip of the season to the USA with all three select teams participating in the Whatcom Hoop Slam over the Christmas break. The U13 Eagles went 3 & 1 with their only defeat coming at the hands of D Block, the eventual grade 7 tournament champions. Vince Sunga and Jovanic Castillo led the team in scoring with 33 points each while Curtis Laigo and Eric Urmaza chipped in 30 points apiece.

U13 Eagles D Block 43 SBMC 28 SBMC 53 UBA 52 SBMC 53 Abby 27 SBMC 52 Meridian 28

U13 All-Stars ASBA 41 SBMC 25 Ferndale 65 SBMC 21 Meridian 39 SBMC 28 Anacortes 40 SBMC 33

U12 Eagles Lynden Bulls 60 SBMC 29 Sedro 29 SBMC 20 SBMC 32 Nooksack 22 Lynden Lions 45 SBMC 21

Telus Basketball Classic Champions

The South Burnaby Eagles won the U13 boys division of the Telus Basketball Classic this past weekend. The Eagles walked over their opposition with lopsided wins against the TCYBA Heat, 3D Elite and Drive Premier to qualify for the semi final cross over against the AthElite Academy team from Surrey. This game was much closer but SBMC came out on top with a 53 to 25 victory to set up a showdown with Drive Elite, the Club's main competition the past three seasons. The Championship game was the Eagles toughest match of the season with the boys having to come from behind at the half to prevail 55 to 39 for the title. Top scorers for the tournament were Curtis Laigo with 62 points over the five games, followed closely by Jovanic Castillo with 59 and Vince Sunga & Tyler Pearce with 34 each.

SBMC 61 TCYBA 5
SBMC 76 3D Elite 13
SBMC 53 Drive Premier 10
SBMC 53 AthElites 25
SBMC 55 Drive Elite 39

U13 Metro League Results

The South Burnaby select teams playing in the Metro League have reached the Christmas break sporting undefeated records. The U13 Eagles and All-Star squads sit atop the League's A Division with 6 & 0 records while the U12 Eagles have won all 7 games and lead the B Division standings. The U13 Eagles will now be dropping out of the Metro League to play in our U15 House League while the U12 team moves up to the top division to take their place. SBMC will also be adding our U13 girl`s rep team to the Metro League in the New Year.

U13 Boys Division Realignment

This season we went to a two tier set up for the U13 Boys House League. After some discussion the Raiders, Heat and Playmakers will be shifting to the upper group for the remainder of the season. The schedules for the second half of the season will be available shortly but for the next two Saturdays, December 3rd and 10th the U13 games are scheduled as follows:

December 3/11

5:30 Burnaby South Gym 2 Chaos vs Heat
6:30 Burnaby South Gym 1 Black Mambas vs Bulls
6:30 Burnaby South Gym 2 Pistons vs Rebels
7:30 Burnaby South Gym 1 Raiders vs Vikings
7:30 Burnaby South Gym 2 Nuggets vs Magic
8:30 Burnaby South Gym 1 Sonics vs Playmakers
Bye - Archers

December 10/11

5:30 Burnaby South Gym 2 Raiders vs Black Mambas
6:30 Burnaby South Gym 1 Heat vs Sonics
6:30 Burnaby South Gym 2 Magic vs Rebels
7:30 Burnaby South Gym 1 Bulls vs Chaos
7:30 Burnaby South Gym 2 Archers vs Pistons
8:30 Burnaby South Gym 1 Vikings vs Playmakers
Bye - Nuggets

Nicole Eidsvik

The South Burnaby Metro Club basketball family is mourning the death of 17 year old Nicole Eidsvik. Nicole died Tuesday night (Nov 22) at Canuck House in Vancouver, surrounded by her loving family. Nicole began playing basketball with our Club as a toddler, following in the footsteps of her older sister Andrea. In 2007, as a 7th grader, she was a silver medalist at the BC U13 Club Championships and a year later also won a silver medal with the Fraser River Delta (Zone 4) team at the 2008 BC Summer Games. More important than all this is that she was a good and loving friend to many of us.

We are going to miss you Nicole.

Our deepest condolences go out to Phil, Lanette and Andrea at this very difficult time.

Your Basketball Family

Alisha Roberts Commits to NCAA Pepperdine University

Long time Burnaby Eagle player and coach, Alisha Roberts, has signed a letter of intent to attend Pepperdine University in Malibu, California next September. Alisha has been involved with SBMC since she was in grade one and has also been a member of numerous Basketball BC provincial teams in recent years. Last season, Alisha led York House to the Senior Girls AA Basketball Championship and British Columbia to a silver medal in the U17 National Tournament. She was named as the AA School Tournament MVP and a first team all-star at the National Tournament. Pepperdine plays in the West Coast Conference of the Div 1 NCAA.

U13 Metro League Season Underway

South Burnaby opened the 2011/2012 Metro League season with three wins over the weekend. Tyler Pearce scored 20 points to lead the U13 SBMC Eagles to a 52 - 31 victory over the RBL Fighting Clams. The U13 SBMC All-stars downed the South Surrey Panthers 51 - 22. Francis Federipe was the top scorer with 12 points while Cedric Ducharme, Aiken Recalde & Xavion Fleary chipped in 8 points each. The U12 Eagles came from behind to defeat Holy Cross 37 - 33 in B Division action. Luka Cuk and Christian Demetillo scored 8 points each in the victory.

Boys House League Schedules Now Posted

The schedules for the Boys Divisions have now been posted to the site. The U11 schedule is for the complete season while the U13 upper & lower tiers as well as the U15 division schedules run only to the December break. The games for the remainder of the season will be set later when we know the playoff structure for each group.

SBMC U12 Eagles Team Selections

Thirteen grade 5 & 6 boys have been selected out of the SBMC house league to represent the Club in the U13 Metro League's "C" Division. In addition to their house league commitments they will be practising once per week as a team and playing on Sundays as the U12 Burnaby Eagles. Congratulations to:

Raphael Alcoreza Justen Chau Luca Cuk Mykel Ferguson Deshawn Wong

Vincente Balitaan Daniel Cion Jaden De Leon Andrew Oredina

Daniel Bondi BJ Clarke Christian Demetillo Miguel Ortinero

Burnaby Eagles U13 Metro League Team Selections

Congratulations to the following boys who have been named to the SBMC 2011-2012 Select Teams. The boys will be playing in the U13 Metro League working towards the Basketball BC Club Championships in April. The U12 Eagles squad to be named shortly.

U13 Eagles Cameron Morris Tyler Pearce Andrew Beronio Curtis Laigo Eric Urmaza Vince Sunga CJ Campbell Davis Mabone Jovanic Castillo Matthew Carrion

U13 Allstars Kimani Dorsey Xavion Fleary Bushra Gabreldar Richard Galicia Aiken Recalde Noah Pastrana Cedric Ducharme Aaron Cruz Abram Robiso Edwin Ebora Francis Federipe Khristoffen Quilang

Burnaby Eagles - 2011/2012 Season - Opening Schedules

Welcome back. The Burnaby Eagles 16th season is set to begin. The U13 & U15 Boys Division's evaluation sessions will be run by the Burnaby South Senior Boys team, the U9 boys & all Girls Divisions by the SFU Women's team and the U11 Boys by the St Thomas More Senior team. Due to the Bonsor Community Center being rented out to an outside group on September 17th, we have had to adjust all of our schedules for the start of the season. Divisions will resume their traditional time slots by the second Saturday of October. The opening schedules are posted by division. The rosters should be consulted as a few players have been moved to older grades. All players will be notified by email of their schedules as well.

U9 Boys Division - Grades 2/3

Saturday, September 24 at Bonsor CC from 4:00 to 5:15
Saturday, October 1 at Bonsor CC from 4:00 to 5:15

U11 Boys Division - Grade 4

Saturday, September 10 at Bonsor CC from 4:30 to 6:00
Saturday, September 17 at Bonsor CC from 6:30 to 7:45
Saturday, October 1 at Burnaby South HS from 4:00 to 5:15

U11 Boys Division - Grade 5

Saturday, September 10 at Bonsor CC from 6:00 to 7:30
Saturday, September 17 at Bonsor CC from 7:45 to 9:00
Saturday, October 1 at Burnaby South HS from 5:15 to 6:30

U13 Boys Division - Grade 6

Saturday, September 10 at Burnaby South HS from 4:00 to 5:30
Saturday, September 17 at Burnaby South HS from 4:00 to 5:30
Saturday, September 24 at Burnaby South HS from 4:00 to 5:30
Saturday, October 1 at Burnaby South HS - To Be Announced

U13 Boys Division - Grade 7

Saturday, September 10 at Burnaby South HS from 5:30 to 7:00
Saturday, September 17 at Burnaby South HS from 5:30 to 7:00
Saturday, September 24 at Burnaby South HS from 5:30 to 7:00
Saturday, October 1 at Burnaby South HS - To Be Announced

U14 Boys Division - Grade 8

Saturday, September 10 at Burnaby South HS from 7:00 to 8:30
Saturday, September 17 at Burnaby South HS from 7:00 to 8:30
Saturday, September 24 at Burnaby South HS from 7:00 to 8:30

U15 Boys Division - Grade 9

Saturday, September 10 at Burnaby South HS from 8:30 to 10:00
Saturday, September 17 at Burnaby South HS from 8:30 to 10:00
Saturday, September 24 at Burnaby South HS from 8:30 to 10:00

U9 Girls Division - Grade 2/3

Saturday, September 24 at Bonsor CC from 5:30 to 7:45
Saturday, October 1 at Bonsor CC from 5:30 to 7:45

U11 Girls Division - Grade 4/5

Saturday, September 24 at Bonsor CC from 5:30 to 7:45
Saturday, October 1 at Bonsor CC from 5:30 to 7:45

U13 Girls Division - Grade 6

Saturday, September 24 at Bonsor CC from 5:30 to 7:45
Saturday, October 1 at Bonsor CC from 5:30 to 7:45

U13 Girls Division - Grade 7

Saturday, September 24 at Bonsor CC from 8:00 to 10:15
Saturday, October 1 at Bonsor CC from 8:00 to 10:15

U15 Girls Division - Grade 8/9

Saturday, September 24 at Bonsor CC from 8:00 to 10:15
Saturday, October 1 at Bonsor CC from 8:00 to 10:15

Tryout Rosters

Volunteer Coaches Needed

The Burnaby Eagles are still looking for coaches and assistant coaches for the 2011-2012 season. Although player registration has been suspended for the upcoming season, new coaches' children will automatically be added to the player rosters. The time requirement for the U11 & older divisions is an hour practice during the week in a local elementary school and the Saturday night games at either the Bonsor Community Center or Burnaby South Secondary School. The season runs from September to March. For additional information contact Ken at 604-290-0944 or email at basketball@sbmc.net.

Basketball BC U17 Girls - Silver Medalists at Nationals

Basketball BC's U17 Girls Provincial team led by former Burnaby Eagles, Alisha Roberts and Anmol (Rocky) Mattu, won the silver medal at the 2011 National Championships. Alisha, serving as BC's lead point guard had a spectacular tournament and was named as a first team all-star. She averaged 16 points and 4 assists per game. Rocky was added to the squad after helping Canada's U16 Cadet team to a third place finish at the FIBA Americas Championships. She made the most of her minutes backing up Alisha by chipping in over 9 points per game.

Denzel Laguerta, a member of the Eagles teams which won the U13 Club Championships back in 2006 & 2007, helped the BC U17 Boys to a third place finish at their National Tournament held in Toronto.

Basketball BC U15 Boys Red - Western Canada Summer Games Champions

The Burnaby Eagles were well represented on the Basketball BC U15 Boys Red team which won the Gold medal at the Western Canada Summer Games. Martin Bogajev, the tournament MVP, was BC's top scorer with 58 points over 4 games, including 26 in the championship finals. Djordje Obradovic was also named as a tournament all-star as he scored 51 points and led BC in rebounding with 9 boards per game. Although point guard JC Pineda saw only limited minutes due to an ankle injury, he still contributed with over 4 assists per game.

Western Canadian Invitational Tournament Results

South Burnaby entered two teams in this year's Western Invitational. The U12 Eagles competed in the U13 Silver Division while SBMC fielded a pickup squad to serve as a last minute replacement in the tournament's U13 Gold Division. The U12's went undefeated in pool play and lost a hard fought championship game 46-43 to the Athelite U13 Premier Team. The U13 Eagles started the tournament with only 6 players and ran out of gas in their opening game loss to the Athelite U13 Elite. They then went undefeated after bringing up five of the grade 6 players to do double duty for the weekend. Lambert Pajayon was nearly unstoppable scoring 111 points over 4 games.

U12 SBMC Eagles SBMC 40 U13 WVBC 36 SBMC 61 U12 Athelite 37 SBMC 74 U13 3D White 31 U13 Athelite B 46 SBMC 43

U13 SBMC Eagles Athelite A 59 SBMC 49 SBMC 59 Balloholics 43 SBMC 51 3D Elite 47 SBMC 66 3D Red 31

Burnaby Eagles Summer Boys & Girls Basketball Camps

We are pleased to announce that this summer we will be running a series of basketball camps in July at the Bonsor Community Center. The camps will be age specific with the boy's camps being led by Head Coaches, Randy Edwards & Michael Cheung, and the girl's camps led by Head Coach Norman Roberts with the assistance from several current/former CIS & Provincial team players. The cost is $100 and space will be limited.

Summer Camps

Alisha Roberts - Final Tryouts for Canadian Junior Women's National Team 2011

Alisha Roberts has been invited along with 21 other hopefuls to attend a final tryout session for the Canadian Junior Women's National Team. The Junior National Team will be competing in the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championships to be held in Chile later in July.

Alisha is one of the top girls high school players in BC but as a grade 11 will be the youngest player at the camp. Many of those competing for spots on the Junior National Team already have one year of University playing experience at either the NCAA or CIS level.

Les Tarnowski & Rod Thomson Memorial Scholarships

SBMC annually awards two $500 Basketball Scholarships. The Les Tarnowski Scholarship is given to any grade 12 student who participated for a minimum of 3 years in the Burnaby Eagles program and the Rod Thomson Scholarship which goes to a deserving member of the Burnaby South Senior Boys team. The award winners for 2011 are:

Les Tarnowski Scholarship - Lazar Cuk - Burnaby South Senior Secondary
Rod Thomson Scholarship - Ater Degal - Burnaby South Senior Secondary

Anmol Mattu - Named to the Cadette Women's National Team

Anmol (Rocky) Mattu was named to the official roster for the Canadian Cadette Women's National team which will be participating at the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship for Women from June 13 to 18 in Merida, Mexico. Canada will be shooting for a top three finish in the tournament to qualify for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championships.

Anmol is the second Eagles alumni ever to be named as a Canadian National Team member and is following in Lexi Der's footsteps who played in the 2009 FIBA Americas U16 and 2010 U17 World Championship Tournaments. Rocky was a key member of the 2006 to 2008 Burnaby Eagles U13 select teams which finished second in the Province for three consecutive years. She has also served as an assistant coach in our girl's leadership program for several seasons. Way to go Rocky.

Basketball BC U15 Club Championship Results

After an absence of seven years, Basketball BC hosted the 2011 U15 Boys Club Championship Tournament this past weekend. South Burnaby entered a grade 8 squad in the B Division. Most of the players had been members of our U13 Eagles team which had won 2010 U13 Club Championships. With only one practice under their belts, SBMC went 3 & 1 to finish second to Machoops.

SBMC 59 Mission Heat 24
SBMC 100 Tri-City Thunder 8
SBMC 78 Golden Ears 19
Machoops 59 SBMC 40

South Burnaby U12 Basketball Classic Results

The first annual South Burnaby U12 Basketball Classic featured A & B Divisions with the top U11 & U12 Club teams from the Lower Mainland. The SBMC U12 Eagles went undefeated to capture the A Division Championship while the 3D U12 Elite won the B Division title. Tournament MVP's were South Burnaby's Aiken Recalde and 3D's Gerald Carrasco. SBMC results were as follows:

U12 Eagles SBMC 71 Athelites U12's 43 SBMC 49 RBL U12's 32 SBMC 77 Drive U12 Elite 53

U11 Eagles SBMC 33 Drive U12 Premier 25 3D U12 Elite 51 SBMC 43 Drive U11 Elite 55 SBMC 40

Basketball BC - U14 & U15 Provincial Teams

Congratulations to the current & former Burnaby Eagles who have been named to the 2011 Basketball BC U14 & U15 Provincial teams:

Brooke Gabriel (Notre Dame) Gabrielle Laguerta (12th Ave) Matthew Narvaez (Van College) Martin Bogajev (Burnaby South) Jaycee Pineda (Burnaby South)

Alix Gabriel (Notre Dame) Zion Corrales-Nelson (OLM) Wayne (Wowie) Untalan (Delview) Djordje Obradovic (Burnaby South)

Burnaby Eagles 2011/2012 Season Registration

** Sorry, the Girls Divisions are full for next season. Registration is now closed.**

Unfortunately the early registration results exceeded our expectations and no further female players can be accepted for next season. Registration numbers for the boys divisions already exceed 60% of our set targets for the 2011/2012 season. Do not miss out on your opportunity to play for the Eagles this fall. Waiting lists will be established as we reach our registration targets for each division. Priority on the lists will be given to children of coaches & assistant coaches, then returning Burnaby Eagles and finally new players to the program.

The final registration sessions for the upcoming fall/winter season will be held in the SBMC Clubhouse at the Bonsor Community Center on the following dates and times:

Thursday, May 26, 2011 6 to 8 PM
Saturday, May 28, 2011 10 AM to 2 PM

Registration

Spring Showtime Tournament Results

The Burnaby Eagles are working with some of the more skilled grade 5 & 6 players from within the Club's ranks this spring/summer. The U12 team is basically the U12 Metro team from last season and the U11's a combination of 5 players with competitive experience and another 12 players from our house league. The U11's had only 3 practices under their belt prior to our first tournament up at Simon Fraser University this past weekend:

U11 SBMC Eagles SBMC 42 Drive U10's 31 Drive 45 SBMC 40 SBMC 64 3D 7 Lynden 71 SBMC 26

U12 SBMC Eagles SBMC 59 3D 19 SBMC 57 3D U13 White 30 SBMC 57 Drive 52 3D U13 Red 45 SBMC 39

Eagles Alumni named "Female High School Athlete of the Year"

Lexie Der, was named the best female basketball player in BC for 2011 by Basketball BC. Lexie currently attends St Thomas More Collegiate and was a member of the 2010 National Cadet Women's team which played in the World Championships that were held in France. She has committed to playing for NCAA Div 1 Boise State beginning September 2011.

Lexie is a naturally gifted all round athlete who has excelled in many sports. Although she started with our basketball program in grade 4, it wasn't until grade 7 that she actually started to take the game more seriously. Lexie was already a metro calibre soccer player and had played on BC Provincial teams. I'm sure it wasn't an easy decision to change sports but we are glad she did.

Basketball BC - U16 & U17 Provincial Teams

Congrats to the following former Burnaby Eagles for being named to the BC Provincial Teams for 2011:

U17 Boys Denzel Laguerta (STM)
U17 Girls Alisha Roberts (York House)
U16 Girls Anmol Mattu (Steveston/London)
U16 Girls Kamila Wojiechowski (STM)

2011 U13 Club Championships Results

Excellent job by Basketball BC's Jay Deo and Les Hamaguchi of Steveston/London High School and his group of volunteers. Great finish to the season by South Burnaby's U13 Eagles. First the Metro League championship, then the Canfor Cup title and finally the 2011 Club Championship crown. Drive had reloaded with three new players since the Metro League finals and definitely had to be considered the favourites going into the Provincial Tournament. The Eagles trailed by as many as 13 points in the Championship Game and didn't take their first lead until there was only 66 seconds remaining in the contest. They successfully defended their Division A championship title taking out Drive Elite 52-46, their 4th Championship in six seasons.

SBMC's U12 Eagles had evidently peaked too early with their 2nd place finish in the Metro League B Division finals. Their opening game at the Championships was an exciting 1 point loss to Drive B but then the wheels fell off and they lost by 12 points to an unknown Hornets team. South easily took care of Champlain Heights in their last game but it was a disappointing conclusion to a great season for the young team.

The U13 Allstars were a collection of the top grade 7's from the SBMC house league. They only had a short period of time to pull it together and had a great tournament in the Club Championships C Division. The Stars swept their first 4 games to qualify for the finals including a 52-49 victory over the Burnaby Balloholics. The draw was set up as a double knockout and the Balloholics made the most of their second chance with a 58-38 win to claim the title.

The U13 Girls went into the Club Championships sporting an undefeated 16 & 0 record against grade 7 competition. The first preliminary games went as expected with 45-20 and 67-42 victories over Athelites & Strathcona. The semi finals were against the Coquitlam Thunder. South Burnaby had not seen them before and lost unexpectantly 34-24. Although one of Burnaby's strongest players went down early in the game with an ankle injury, Coquitlam was clearly the better team that day. The girls won their final game to claim 3rd place in the Championships.

U13 Eagles - 1st place "A" Division SBMC 56 3D Premier 53 SBMC 61 North Langley 47 SBMC 57 Athelites A 42 SBMC 52 Drive Elite 46	U12 Eagles - 9th place "B" Division Drive B 54 SBMC 53 Hornets 50 SBMC 38 SBMC 37 Champlain 12
U13 Allstars - 2nd place "C" Division SBMC 56 3D U12's 14 SBMC 66 Nanaimo 31 SBMC 46 3D B 34 SBMC 52 Balloholics 49 Balloholics 58 SBMC 38	U13 Girls - 3rd place "A" Division SBMC 45 Athelites 20 SBMC 67 Strathcona 42 Coquitlam 36 SBMC 25 SBMC 34 Drive 24

Club Championships

U17 West Coast Jazz

Randy Edwards has affiliated his new U17 travel team with SBMC and will be competing in six or seven tournaments this summer. Several of the players are former Burnaby Eagles and many were late cuts from Basketball BC's U17 Provincial Team. Randy has coached our U13 select teams for the past eight years as well as assisting at Burnaby South High School. We wish him success with the Jazz.

Metropolis Basketball Classic Results

The 2011 Metropolis Classic was significantly scaled back when compared to previous seasons and was run as a B level tournament. The reasons being that there were a lack of A calibre teams available and the Classic was scheduled the same weekend as the Senior Boys AAA Championships.

The RBL Leprechauns were the tournament champions going undefeated and beating our U12 Eagles 53-31 in the final game. SBMC results were as follows:

SBMC U12 Eagles SBMC 60 SB Allstars 37 RBL Lep 53 SBMC 44 SBMC 55 Balloholics 35 SBMC 55 SB Raptors 33 RBL Lep 53 SBMC 31

SBMC U12 Raptors SBMC 64 RBL Rebels 60 SBMC 53 Champlain 50 SB Eagles 55 SBMC 33 SBMC 63 RBL Rebels 51

SBMC U13 Allstars SB Eagles 60 SBMC 37 Balloholics 51 SBMC 40 RBL Lep 57 SBMC 39 SBMC 49 Champlain 26

Tournament Results

Burnaby South Senior Boys - AAA Tournament Results

Burnaby South's roller coaster season ground to a halt with a 7th place finish at the 2011 Telus Senior Boys AAA Championships. This represented the Rebels best finish since 1979 but was also a disappointment after being ranked #1 for almost the whole season. South captured championships in 2 of the 3 most prestigious tournaments in BC, defeating RC Palmer 84-74 in the HSBC Classic in December and Kelowna 81-69 in the finals of the Western Canada Tournament in January. Their record on the season was 37 & 5. The graduating members of the squad won the Burnaby / New West banners all five seasons, the V & D Championships as bantams and juniors and placed 3rd at the Juvenile, 2nd at the Junior and 8th at the senior AAA Provincial Tournaments as grade 11's.

Burnaby South had developed a bad habit during the season of slow starts and the Provincial Championships were no different. The Rebels trailed by 14 at the half in their two losses to WJ Mouat and Pitt Meadows. They mounted furious comeback attempts and drew to within a few points in both games but were not able to close out the matches. Daniel Edwards was named as a 3rd team all-star, Ater Degal was top scorer with 83 points and Nick Irvine the top rebounder with 47 boards. The tournament results were:

Burnaby South 78 - Oak Bay 72
WJ Mouat 75 - Burnaby South 68
Burnaby South 76 - Kelowna 68
Pitt Meadows 70 - Burnaby South 66

Many of the members of this season's Burnaby South senior team got their start in basketball within the ranks of the Burnaby Eagles program while they were still in elementary school.

Lazar Cuk (Gr5-2004)
Ater Degal (Gr4-2003)
Mukhraj Dosanjh (Gr7-2006)
Daniel Edwards (Gr6-2005)
Nick Irvine (Gr6-2006)
JoJo Kibangula (Gr7-2006)
George Kovac (Gr4-2004)
Jok Malek (Gr5-2004)
Quentin Nguyen (Gr5-2005)
Thomas Schmidt (Gr4-2003)

The 2011 & 2012 graduation years probably represent the most talent SBMC ever fielded at the U13 level. The Eagles won 5 out of the 6 U13 Boys Club Championship divisions back in 2006 & 2007 and several of these players shared in multiple championships.

Anmol Mattu & Alisha Roberts - National Team Tryouts

Congratulations to former Eagles, Anmol (Rocky) Mattu and Alisha Roberts, for receiving invitations to attend the Cadet & Junior National Womens team tryouts. They would have been joined by current national team member Lexi Der if not for a season ending knee injury.

Alisha (Gr11) was recently named as the Tournament MVP at the 2011 AA Senior provincials while leading York House to the Championship title. Rocky (Gr10) is attending Steveston/London SS in Richmond and has been on the senior team since grade 8. Lexi (Gr12) attends STM and had signed a letter of intent with Boise State prior to her knee injury. She will most likely red shirt next season while undergoing rehab.

STM Senior Boys - AA Provincial Results

STM had an impressive start in their opening game of the AA Provincials, outscoring GW Graham of Chilliwack 45-21 in the second and third quarters to cruise to a 72-46 victory. The quarter finals were against Lambrick Park of Victoria. The Knights outscored Lambrick 18-8 in the opening quarter and never looked back posting a 76-65 upset over the number 1 seeded team. STM did come back to earth in the semis by losing 74-55 to South Okanagan, the eventual tournament champions. The consolation game for 3rd/4th place was another loss to Brentwood 55-48. Andrew Morris was the Knights top scorer with 69 points while Karstan Harder was named to the 2nd all-star team. Thirteen members of the team are former Burnaby Eagles.

Bantam Boys Provincial Results

The Burnaby Eagles were well represented at this years Bantam Boys Provincial Championships. Besides the eight Burnaby South Rebels, there were also another six current or former Eagles on the three other semi finalist teams. Burnaby South easily dispatched Queen Elizabeth 58-32 and SMU 45-23 to earn their final 4 berth. The semis were against Vancouver College which were clearly the top team in the tournament. College easily rolled over South 52-27. The consolation game for third place had the Rebels cruising to a 56-36 victory over Lord Tweedsmuir. Eagle allstars included:

Michael Almeida - Burnaby South - 1st team
Devyn Campbell - Burnaby South - 1st team
KJ Johnson - Lord Tweedsmuir - 1st team
Alex Hung - Killarney - 2nd team

Notre Dame - Bantam Girls Provincial Champions

With four of the five starters being members of last year's Eagles U13 Provincial Championship team, the Notre Dame Jugglers captured the 2011 Grade 8 Provincial Girls Championship this past weekend. Prominent roles were played by Brooke and Alix Gabriel, Jolene Robinson and Lauren Bondi.

The girls defeated Laurie Middle 48-21 and Point Grey 63-23 to reach the semi-finals against Abbotsford Traditional. With the Abbotsford team playing a 2-3 zone, the game became a defensive battle. Down five with 4 minutes left, the former Eagles turned it on. Alix Gabriel hit a 3 to cut the Abbotsford lead to one. Brooke Gabriel then had a steal with 24 seconds left and hit Lauren Bondi on the break. Fouled on a breakaway layup, Lauren coolly hit 2 free throws to put Notre Dame up by one. On the ensuing possession, Jolene Robinson blocked the Abbotsford jump shot, Lauren Bondi grabbed the loose ball, was fouled and the 37-35 victory was sealed.

In the Final against Monterey, the twins came out on fire. Brooke Gabriel scored the team's first 7 points (including the game's first 3). With the rest of the team struggling offensively, Alix Gabriel stepped up and added 4 points. The game went back and forth and with 6 minutes left, Notre Dame was down 4 points. Lauren Bondi then scored three 3's on three successive possessions. Brooke and Alix followed with some magic of their own: a perfectly executed pick and roll to extend the lead to 7 points. Monterey battled back in the last two minutes and closed the lead to 2 points; however, on successive possessions in the last minute, Jolene Robinson grabbed offensive rebounds and the team was able to run out the clock. Final score: 44-42.

Jolene Robinson was awarded a First Team All-Star and Lauren Bondi was recognized as the tournament MVP

In the end, the coaching that all four girls received over the past four years with the Burnaby Eagles really made a difference. It was very apparent that they were four of the most fundamentally sound players in the tournament.

Thank you to the Burnaby Eagles Basketball Club for preparing our athletes to compete effectively within the biggest stages of High School basketball in BC.

Gino Bondi

U13 Metro League Results

SBMC's U13 Select teams enjoyed another successful Metro League season. The girls team with three returning players from last season's Provincial Championship squad went 14 & 0 through league and playoff games to claim the title. They defeated Slamma Jamma 64-4, Athelites 47-24 and finally TCYBA 55-25 in playoff action.

The Boys A team were 9 & 3 in league games and finished in second place in the standings. The three losses came at the hands of Drive Elite. South picked up their game during the playoffs with 54-49 and 54-44 victories over Richmond and Athelites to qualify for the Championship game showdown against Drive. The Eagles led from start to finish in the finals and won their 4th title in six years.

The Boys B team were a collection of the Club's best grade 5 & 6 players and competed in the Metro League's Red or B Division. They finished a more than respectable 7 & 7 against the older and much larger teams. In the playoffs, SBMC caught fire and defeated South Delta 52-42 and Maple Ridge 46-43 in the first two rounds. The Championship game was against North Langley which had gone undefeated since dropping down from the A division. They were a talented team and put us back in our place with a 53-33 win. Still a 2nd place showing against grade 7 teams definitely exceeded our expectations.

BC Junior Boys Provincial Results

The Burnaby South Rebels finished at 2 & 2 to place 6th in the Junior Boys Provincial Tournament. There had been much debate on what the tournament seedings should look like and the first round had two unexpected upsets with #1 Kelowna falling 43-37 to #16 Ballenas and #3 Churchill losing 55-51 to #14 Penticton.

The Rebels had been seeded 7th but had to overcome a 9 point deficit in the last 1:43 against Claremont to pull off the 58-57 comeback victory. Djordje Obradovic scored 20 and Martin Bogajev hit two key 3's late in the game. The second round had South facing White Rock, the eventual tournament champions. We got behind early and ended up losing 70-50. The remaining consolation games were a 50-37 win over Penticton and a 67-63 loss to the 5th seeded Kitsilano Blue Demons. Martin Bogajev was recognized as Burnaby South's outstanding player during the tournament while Nick Garcha scored a tournament high, 26 points, in the loss to Kits.

Lower Mainland Senior Boys High School Playoffs

The #1 Provincially ranked Burnaby South Rebels were looking for their first Lower Mainland title since 1979. Unfortunately they came up short losing the Championship game 90-76 to arch rivals RC Palmer Griffins. Many of the players had competed against one another since grade 6 with their respective Club and School teams but had also been teammates at the BC Summer Games and on Basketball BC Provincial squads. The Rebels qualified for the finals with victories over the Point Grey Greyhounds 95-50 and Sir Charles Tupper Tigers 73-66. Ater Degal was selected as a first team all-star while Manroop Claire was named to the second team.

Burnaby / New West was also represented at the Lower Mainlands by the Byrne Creek Bulldogs and New Westminster Hyacks. SBMC alumni included Jerome Rosler, Glen Morgan, Paul Mallari, Marvin Edralin, Kenny George & David Majstorovic on the Bulldogs and Anthony Baker, Jordan Zeer, Hasrit Sidhu, Michael Heer & Will Matzhold on the Hyacks. Only Burnaby South will move onto the AAA Provincials as Byrne Creek finished 7th and New West tied for 9th place.

SBMC U13 & U15 Boys House League Champions

This season we divided the 12-team U13 division into upper and lower tiers for playoff purposes. The #2 seed, Nuggets, received a first round bye and then defeated the Cardinals 40-35 and the Grizzlies 37-34 for the group A championship. The group B title went to the Playmakers who went 3 & 0 with victories over the Vikings 53-29, Heat 47-37 and Sonics 45-33.

The U15 division had a 5-way tie for first place after completion of the regular season schedule. The top teams' playoff seedings were based on their head to head results. The Kings eliminated the Spartans 48-45 and Rebels 62-54 while the Stingers defeated the Lakers 55-40 and Suns 64-54 to qualify for the championship game. The finals were a hard fought match with the Kings prevailing 69-61 to capture the crown.

Notre Dame Jugglers - Bantam Girls Van Independent Champions

Four girls from last season's U13 SBMC Provincial Championship team will be going to the grade 8 Invitational Provincial Championship (March 10th to 12th) with their school team, the Notre Dame Jugglers. Lauren Bondi, Jolene Robinson, and Alix and Brooke Gabriel have represented the Club well by helping their grade 8 team to fashion 31 & 3 record and the LMISSA Championship.

Highlights this season include victories over Junior teams from Sutherland and Churchill and four tournament championships.

St Thomas More Knights - Lower Mainland AA Boys Champions

Congratulations to the STM senior boys team for capturing the Lower Mainland AA title. This qualifies them for the AA Provincial Tournament to be held at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops from March 9th to 12th.

STM 65 Cariboo Hill 36
STM 79 St Pats 68
STM 63 Hugh Boyd 42

The following team members are former Burnaby Eagles: Mike Reganit, Liam McCarthy, AJ Imperial, Karstan Harder, Denzel Laguerta, Mike Carney, Andrew Morris, Ben Hieltjes, Marwin Empainado, Bryan Padron, Andrew Wu, Corbin Castres & Mateo Gazzola.

Burnaby South Rebels - V & D Junior Boys Champions

For a third consecutive year Burnaby South has captured the V & D Junior Championship. It was also the second year in a row that South swept all four boys Burnaby / New West championship banners. The Junior Rebels defeated the following teams on their march to the V & D title and to qualify for the Provincials to be held in Victoria later in March:

Burnaby South 72 Burnett 68
Burnaby South 73 RC Palmer 55
Burnaby South 63 McMath 53

Former & current Burnaby Eagles team members included: Djordje Obradovic, JC Pineda, Martin Bogajev, Ahmad Nizamani, Blake Hogg, Matt Shannik, Alex Bott, Dejan Posavljak Gordon Cheung & Manpreet Bhatti.

South's grade 8 Bantam boys have also qualified as Vancouver & District #2 for their Provincial Tournament to be held in Pitt Meadows.

Burnaby South 63 Handsworth 55
Burnaby South 64 MacNeill 51
West Vancouver 68 Burnaby South 54

Burnaby Eagles playing on the squad are: Tyus Batiste, Mike Almeida, Devyn Campbell, Rich Pereira, Alex Stankovic, Marko Kovac, Robin Lin & Jeoffrey Calimlim.

Early Registration for the 2011 - 2012 Season

The Burnaby Eagles will be accepting early registration for the next fall/winter season on the evening of Saturday, February 26 outside the gyms at Burnaby South High School and on Saturdays February 26th and March 5th at the Bonsor Community Center gyms. Registering early will ensure your participation for the 2011 - 2012 season.

The main registration dates are tentatively scheduled for the last Thursday and Saturday of May at the SBMC Clubroom in the Bonsor Community Center:

Thursday, May 26, 2011 from 6 to 8 PM
Saturday, May 28, 2011 from 10 AM to 2 PM
Registration

Whatcom Hoop Slam Results

U13 Eagles SBMC 60 Burlington 55 SBMC 58 Meridian 42 Lynden 54 SBMC 42 Sports & Skillz 58 SBMC 36 SBMC 32 Sedro 22

U12 Eagles D Block 54 SBMC 30 Blaine 56 SBMC 43 SBMC 44 Meridian 35 Sports & Skillz 49 SBMC 43

HSBC Tournament Results

Congratulations to the Number 1 ranked AAA Burnaby South Rebels senior boys team for capturing the 11th Annual HSBC championship title. All but two players are former members and assistant coaches of our Eagles program. Burnaby South opened the tournament with victories over Handsworth 90 to 71, #8 Tamanawis 78 to 72 and #4 Vancouver College 93 to 66 to qualify for the finals against #2 RC Palmer of Richmond. The Rebels came away with a 84 to 74 win in the championship game which avenged a 2 point loss to Palmer in the Point Grey tournament finals the previous weekend.

Former Eagle players which received all-star honours for the tournament were:

Alesha Roberts York House Grade 11
Luka Zaharijevic Kitsilano Grade 10
Daniel Edwards Burnaby South Grade 12
Ater Degal Burnaby South Grade 12

U13 Metro League Results

The Metro League is six weeks into its schedule and the Burnaby Eagles are again having another successful season. Both the Boys & Girls U13 Eagles are in first place in their respective divisions. The girls squad is undefeated at 6 & 0 while the boys share first place with Drive Elite with 5 & 1 records. The U12 Eagles boys team is competing in the League's B Division and is a respectable 3 & 3 against the older grade 7 teams.

U13 & U15 House League Results

The house league has reached the Christmas break. The U13 Nuggets & Raptors are both sporting 7 & 0 records to share 1st place. The Grizzlies stand alone in third at 5& 2. The U15 division have the Kings in the lead at 5 & 1, followed closely by the Rebels at 5 & 2 and Stingers & Spartans with 4 & 2 records. Play for most boys teams will restart on Saturday, January 15, 2011.

2010-2011 Burnaby Eagles U13 Select Teams

Congratulations to all the players who have made this season's Burnaby Eagles U13 Metro League teams. The League is set to start the first week of November and will run into early March. The teams then continue on for another month and compete in the Club Championships in April.

U12 Eagles Raphael Alcoreza Andrew Beronio CJ Campbell Kimani Dorsey Xavion Fleary Bushra Gabreldar Richard Galicia Davis Mabone Noah Pastrana Aiken Recalde Vince Sunga Zach Underhill Eric Urmaza Matt Veltkamp

U13 Eagles Jeff Beronio Terran Campbell Michael Fischer Nikola Ignjatovic Albert Kragl Cam Morris Lambert Pajayon Tyler Pearce Baldeep Sahota Hargun Singh Karn Virk

U13 Girls Jacey Bailey Lindsay Bott Isabella Cheung Zion Corrales-Nelson Marie Forsyth Hanna Hieltjes Anjelika Ku Gabrielle Laguerta Samantha Landolt Anamaria Lukic Nikko Sahagun Nadine Stewart

Basketball BC Elite Training Programs

Congratulations to the following current and former Burnaby Eagles who were selected to train with Basketball BC's Centre for Performance.

Lexi Der - STM Kamila Wojciechowski - STM Denzel Laguerta - STM JC Pineda - Burnaby South Anmol Mattu - Steveston/London

Alesha Roberts - York House Anton Bailey - Burnaby Mountain Andrew Morris - STM Allison Patterson - Handsworth

Lexi Der Named to the U17 Womens National Team

Lexi Der was recently named to the 2010 Cadette Womens Canadian National Team which will be competing in the FIBA U17 World Championship Tournament from July 16 to 25 in Toulouse/Rodez, France. Lexi is a returning member of the squad which captured the silver medal in the 2009 U16 Americas Championship.

Volunteer Coaches Needed

The Burnaby Eagles are still looking for additional volunteer coaches for the upcoming fall/winter season. The time requirement for the U11 division and older is a one hour practice during the week in a local elementary school and Saturday night games at the Bonsor Community Center or Burnaby South High School. Season runs from September to March. For additional information contact e-mail: basketball@sbmc.net

Basketball BC U15 & U16 Provincial Teams

The following current or former Burnaby Eagles were named to the U15 & U16 Basketball BC Provincial teams

U15 Girls Pavneet Brar - Burnaby South Kamila Wojciechowski - St Thomas More Collegiate Anmol Mattu - Steveston-London

U16 Boys Nik Termansen - Carson Graham

Les Tarnowski & Rod Thomson Memorial Scholarships

SBMC annually awards two $500 Basketball Scholarships. The Les Tarnowski Scholarship is open to any grade 12 student who participated for a minimum of 3 years in the Burnaby Eagles program and the Rod Thomson Scholarship which goes to a deserving member of the Burnaby South Senior Boys team. The 2010 award winners are:

Les Tarnowski Scholarship - JR Morales - St Thomas More Collegiate
Rod Thomson Scholarship - Ricky Manhas - Burnaby South Senior Secondary

2010 Basketball BC Tryout Results

Congratulations to the following current and former Burnaby Eagles for making the 2010 Burnaby / New Westminster zone teams.

U14 Boys Djordje Obradovic JC Pineda Taylor Smith Marcus Cartagena Martin Bogajev Reese Morris Aldrich Berrios Marko Pantic Dave Smith - coach

U14 Girls Alix Gabriel Brooke Gabriel Lauren Bondi Selena Doyle Gabrielle Laguerta Laurette Ticong Dominique Booker Peter Gabriel - coach Gino Bondi - coach

U15 Boys Jaryn Bailey Jason Cion TJ Bhangoo Justin Durana

U15 Girls Nica Reyes Pavneet Brar Manpreet Nijjar Kamila Wojciechowski Shonte Devernchuk

2010 U13 Girls Club Championship Results

South Burnaby's U13 Girls have captured their first Div A Provincial Championship since 1999. This comes after several years of near misses when SBMC finished in second place from 2006 to 2008. It also marks the second time that the Eagles have swept both the Boys & Girls titles in the same year. The girls made short work of 3D and TCYBA in the preliminary round but had to come from behind in the last seconds to defeat South Langley in the semi finals. Lauren Bondi played a major role in the comeback win, scoring 10 of her team high 12 points in the pivotal fourth quarter. The Championship Final was a four point game at the half but South Burnaby pulled away from 3D to win the title 44 to 27. The Club's girls metro league team competed in the Club Championships B Division where they finished in seventh place with a 1 & 2 record.
Eagles

U13 Eagles SBMC 53 3D 33 SBMC 51 TCYBA 25 SBMC 39 South Langley 38 SBMC 44 3D 27

U13 Metro RBL Olympians 46 SBMC 28 North Shore Rage 36 SBMC 35 SBMC 36 RBL Legends 29

U17 Basketball BC Provincial Teams

Congratulations to four former Burnaby Eagles for being named to the 2010 U17 Basketball BC Provincial teams. The teams train to compete in various elite tournaments during the summer and conclude with the National Juvenile Championships in August.

Boys Ater Degal Burnaby South Gr 11 Nick Irvine Burnaby South Gr 10

Girls Lexi Der St Thomas More Gr 11 Alisha Roberts York House Gr 10

2010 U13 Boys Club Championship Results

For the third time in five seasons, the Burnaby Eagles have captured the Division A provincial title at the Steve Nash U13 Club Championship Tournament. This capped an undefeated 23 win season against Canadian competition and an overall record of 27 & 4 including tournament games against Washington State AAU teams. SBMC's other entries also had great tournaments. Although the Stars suffered a heart breaking last second loss in their semi final match to the RBL Ballers, the eventual B Division Champions, they did rebound to claim third place. The Hornets started slowly against North Langley but then found their stride with 2 wins and an overtime loss to finish sixth. The Raptors ended up playing 6 games and made it all the way to the C Division championship game.
Club Championships
Eagles

U13 SBMC Eagles - 1st place "A" Division SBMC 80 RYBL 40 SBMC 65 RBL Rebels 42 SBMC 60 RYBL 57 SBMC 64 Drive Elite 43

U13 SBMC Stars - 3rd place "B" Division SBMC 58 Kelowna A 49 RBL Ballers 40 SBMC 38 SBMC 60 Drive B 53

U13 SBMC Hornets - 6th place "B" Division North Langley 57 SBMC 37 SBMC 36 Magic 30 SBMC 54 Maple Ridge 47 OT Kelowna A 63 SBMC 57 OT

U13 SBMC Raptors - 2nd place "C" Division SBMC 56 Kelowna B 45 Drive C 55 SBMC 33 SBMC 50 Fast Break 35 SBMC 39 Kelowna B 27 SBMC 60 Delbrook 53 Drive C 41 SBMC 36

U13 Metropolis Basketball Classic Results

The 13th Annual Metropolis Classic wasn't as well attended as in previous years with several teams dropping out late and SBMC having to fill in the gaps with additional house league all-star teams. The South Burnaby Selects easily won the A Division while the Stars lost to 3D Elite in the B Division Championship game.
Metropolis Classic

U13 Selects SBMC 51 RBL White 24 SBMC 78 RYBL 31 SBMC 61 TCYBA 50 SBMC 56 RBL Black 38

U13 Raptors N Langley 52 SBMC 40 3D A 83 SBMC 28 SB Hornets 50 SBMC 37 SBMC 60 Fast Break 45

U13 SBMC 6's Fast Break 44 SBMC 32 SB Stars 43 SBMC 26 Balloholics 26 SBMC 14 SB Hornets 53 SBMC 18

U13 Stars SBMC 64 Balloholics 39 SBMC 43 SB 6's 25 SBMC 56 Fast Break 24 SBMC 53 N Langley 49 3D A 60 SBMC 42

U13 Hornets 3D A 44 SBMC 33 N Langley 58 SBMC 43 SBMC 50 SB Raptors 37 SBMC 53 SB 6's 18 SBMC 49 Fast Break 33

2010 Burnaby/New West High School Team Results

Congratulations to the Burnaby South Rebels & Byrne Creek Bulldogs Senior Boys basketball teams for both qualifying for the AAA Championship. This is the first time since 1978 that two Burnaby public school teams have made it to the show in the same year. South went 3 & 2 to finish 8th while Byrne was 1 & 2, good enough for 11th place. Another record of sorts for Burnaby/New West was that Burnaby South boys teams also competed in the three other age classification Provincial Tournaments. The grade 8's lost in the Championship game to Vancouver College, the grade 9's played one game before withdrawing with 5 or 6 other schools due to the tournament not being properly sanctioned and the juniors finished in 8th place. The New Westminster and STM senior girls grabbed 7th place in the AAA's and 10th place at the AA's respectively. The New Westminster junior boys joined South in Victoria and finished 12th. The STM grade 8 girls finished 7th at Pitt Meadows. The following current or former Burnaby Eagles were on the teams:

Burnaby South Grade 8's (2nd place): Martin Bogajev, Marcus Cartagena, Kevin Fraser, Zlatan Jovanovic, Josh Lovendino, Ahmed Nizamani, Djordje Obradovic, Marko Pantic, Milos Savic, Taylor Smith & Brett Timewell.
Burnaby South Grade 9's (DNF): Shaun Burns, Alex Bott, Blake Hogg, Milos Lazic, Dejan Posavljak & Matt Shannik.
Burnaby South Grade 10's (8th place): George Kovac, Marrion Nzuzzi, Tim Kim, Alex Kim, Brandon Lo, JC Pineda, Goran Peric, Andrew Yang & Quentin Nguyen.
Burnaby South AAA Senior Boys (8th place): Nick Irvine, Mukhraj Dosanjh, Lazar Cuk, JoJo Kibangula, Ricky Manhas, Thomas Schmidt, Daniel Edwards, Jok Malek & Ater Degal.
Byrne Creek AAA Senior Boys (11th place): Paul Mallari, Kenny George, Ben George, Andrej Satara & David Majstorovic
New Westminster Grade 10's (12th place): Will Matzhold, Hasrit Sidhu, Jordan Zeer, Dilsharon Sekhan & Jupraj Bhatti.
New Westminster AAA Senior Girls (7th place): Kia Van Laare, Jenny McCormack & Rachel Sider
St Thomas More Grade 8 Girls (7th place): Domunique Booker, Sarita Hira & Jana Bagasbas
St Thomas More AA Senior Girls (10th place): Lexi Der, Caitlan Leong, Nica Reyes & Kamila Wojciechowski
1st Team All-stars: Taylor Smith (BS8), Alisha Roberts (YHSr), Luka Zaharijevic (Kits9) Grade 9 MVP & Erickson Evangelesta (VC10) Grade 10 MVP
3rd Team All-stars: Ater Degal (BSSr)
Honorable Mention: Djordje Obradovic (BS8), Quentin Nguyen (BS10) & Jordan Zeer (NW10)

U13 & U15 House League Champions

This season's U13 playoffs had a touch of March madness to them in that there were two major upsets the first weekend of play. The Raptors and Tropics which had finished second and third in the standings were both dispatched in narrow losses to lower seeded teams. The Suns captured the U13 Championship with a 48 to 44 victory over the previously unbeaten Rebels. They had earlier defeated the Tropics 48 to 45 and Cavs 55 to 40 to qualify for the finals. The U15 Championship went to the Rockets with playoff wins over the Spartans 62 to 50, the Bruins 58 to 34 and finally the Warriors 50 to 37. Congratulations to all players and coaches for another successful season.

U13 Metro League Results

The U13 Selects completed another undefeated Metro League regular season but this year managed to win the playoff championship as well. The team completely dominated Drive in the first quarter of the final game, jumping out to a 32 to 6 lead and then cruising to a 67 to 51 victory. The SBMC Stars had a more difficult season, winning just two games after being promoted to the League's A Division. The U13 girl's team which competed in the Metro League was actually South Burnaby's B team and they had an excellent season going 6 & 6 before losing out in the first round of the playoffs.
Metro League

V & D High School Champions

The Burnaby South Rebels won the Vancouver & District Junior Boys Championship for the second year in a row and will most likely be seeded in the top five for the Provincial Tournament. It is also a repeat for many of the players on the squad as they had won the 2009 Juvenile V & D title as grade 9's. Nine of the players are former Burnaby Eagles and acted as assistant coaches in our U11 boys division this season.

Ferndale (Dylan Crayton Memorial) Tournament

Only the U14 team participated in this year's tournament as the U11 & U13 Selects were scared off by the anticipated border traffic for the Olympic Games. The team had been selected as a Burnaby South grade 8 squad this season and this was the fourth and last American tournament prior to the Vancouver & District and Provincial High School Championships. The boys didn't disappoint as they had a great tournament finishing with a 3 & 1 record.

Skagit 62 SBMC 56
SBMC 65 Everett 64 OT
SBMC 71 Mariners 51
SBMC 61 Ferndale 60

Clinton & Morley Elementary School Donations

The Burnaby Eagles donated portable score clocks to the Clinton and Morley Elementary Schools in appreciation for all the gym time they have supplied our program the past several years. Without the assistance of the local schools we would be unable to ensure that all the teams have weekly practice allotments.

Western Washington MLK Tournament

U13 Stars SBMC 53 Oak Harbour 6's 26 SBMC 33 Mt Vernon 6's 18 Lynden 6's 55 SBMC 45 SBMC 47 Stanwood 6's 39 SBMC 43 Regulators 6's 36 SBMC 35 Ferndale 6's 19

U13 Selects SBMC 42 Arlington 18 SBMC 59 Oak Harbour 47 Riverside 41 SBMC 38 Regulators 45 SBMC 39

U14 Eagles Arlington 56 SBMC 48 Friday Harbour 55 SBMC 49 Skagit Shock 48 SBMC 39 SBMC 45 Oak Harbour 44

Meridian Tournament

U13 Stars Sports n Skillz 48 SBMC 43 Regulators 57 SBMC 55 SBMC 46 Meridian 18 SBMC 43 Ferndale 23

U13 Selects SMBC 29 Burlington 26 SBMC 41 Whatcom 13 Mariners 35 SBMC 31 Sports n Skillz 38 SBMC 35

U14 Eagles SBMC 61 Sedro 26 SBMC 52 Ferndale 46 Meridian 38 SBMC 32 Regulators 53 SBMC 22

HSBC Basketball Classic

The Burnaby Eagles U13 girl's team went undefeated to capture the Elementary Division of the 10th Annual HSBC Basketball Classic. SBMC opened with a 78 to 8 blow out over False Creek and followed up with a 38 to 16 victory over RBL to qualify for the Championship Game. The finals were more competitive and the Eagles prevailed 48 to 36 over the 3D Elite for the title.

The Burnaby South Senior boy's team (10 former Burnaby Eagles) defeated Gleneagles 80 to 69 to take 3rd place in the High School Division. They had earlier posted wins over Port Moody 73 - 43, Tamanawis 82 - 71 and St Georges 77 - 66 before falling 66 - 55 in the semis to the White Rock Christian Academy, the eventual Tournament Champions. South's Ater Degal and Nick Irvine were selected as two of the ten tournament all-stars.


10th HSBC Classic

U13 & U15 Boys House League

We have reached the Christmas break with the Rebels going 7 & 0 to top the U13 Standings. They are followed closely by the Tropics at 6 & 1, the Bobcats & Raptors at 5 & 2 and Suns with 5 & 3 records. The U15 Division has the Waves leading the pack at 4 & 1 while the Lakers and Bruins are both 4 & 2.
U13

U15

Western Washington Veterans Day Tournament

U13 Stars SBMC 58 Whatcom 28 Lynden 50 SBMC 42 Glacier Park 39 SBMC 20 SBMC 43 Marysville 31

U14 Rebels Stanwood 59 SBMC 52 Mukiltoo 73 SBMC 42 Regulators 59 SBMC 44 Mariners 41 SBMC 39

2009-2010 Burnaby Eagles U13 Select Teams

Congratulations to all the players who have made this season's Burnaby Eagle U13 Metro League teams. The squads will remain together and work towards the U13 Club Championship Tournament in April.

U13 Selects Michael Almeida Tyus Batiste Devyn Campbell Terran Campbell Dominic Cruz Jermaine Haley Alex Hung EJ Mabone Matthew Narvaez Justin Nicolas Nicolas Trninic Dominique Wallace	U13 Stars Jeffrey Beronio Albert Kragl Aman Mehat Cameron Morris Justin Ortiz Luis Lambert Pajayon Filip Samardzic Sameer Savji Hargun Singh Dante Trasolini Wayne Untalan Karn Virk	U13 Girls Lauren Bondi Alix Gabriel Brooke Gabriel Nya Gordon Anjelika Ku Gabrielle Laguerta Shupri Martin Jolene Robinson Nikko Sahagun Laurette Ticong

Basketball BC Elite Training Programs

Congratulations to the following current and former Burnaby Eagles who were selected to Basketball BC's Center for Performance and Regional Training Center.

Center for Performance Alisha Roberts - York House Kia Van Laare - New Westminster Lexi Der - STM Jenny McCormack - New Westminster Allan Wu - Lord Byng Anton Bailey - Burnaby Mountain Denzel Laguerta - STM Nick Irvine - Burnaby South Jordan Mayes - Yale	Regional Training Center JC Pineda - Burnaby South Martin Bogajev - Burnaby South Taylor Smith - Burnaby South Ahmad Nizamani - Burnaby South Aldrich Berrios - Notre Dame Khyn Sarmiento - Notre Dame Nic Termansen - Carson Graham Andrew Morris - STM	Regional Training Center Anmol Mattu - London Kamila Wojciechowski - STM Manpreet Nijjar - Burnaby South Pavneet Brar - Burnaby South Shonte Devernichuk - Kits

Last update: Jan 17, 2012