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Island high school hoops all-star teams at UVic April 7

Top players from the South and North Island invited
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Oak Bay BaysB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ Caelan Scott is defended by Walnut Grove GatorsB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ Alasdair Coyle in early season play. Scott is on the South Island boys B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜AB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ All-Star team. (Gary Ahuja/Black Press)

High school basketball players hit the hardwood one last time this season for the 31st annual Vancouver Island Seniors Classic All-Star games.

Held Saturday, April 7 at the University of Victoria, the games feature the south and North IslandB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s best high school boys and girls players in the provinceB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s longest-running high school all-star competition. There will be three games: boys all-star B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜BB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ teams, and boys and girls B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜AB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ teams.

The South girls team will be coached by Darren Reisig of Claremont Secondary. The team is made up of players from schools across Greater Victoria, including StellyB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s SecondaryB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Caitlin Stewart and Jamie Cocu from Parkland Secondary.

The South boys B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜AB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ team is coached by Scot Cuachon of Camosun College and the boys B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜BB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ team is coached by Tyler Verde of St. AndrewB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s School. Local players on the B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜BB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ team are Conner McCullough from Parkland Secondary and Max Savallano from StellyB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s.

The all-star games are hosted by the South Vancouver Island Basketball Association, UVic Vikes WomenB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Basketball, Braefoot Community Association and Accent Inns.

Over the last 10 years, the girls teams from the South have held the upper hand, winning six games. Both the boys B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜BB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ side and B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜AB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ side have been dominated by the North, who have taken eight of the last 10 matches.

The boys B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜BB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ game gets started at 3 p.m. Tipoff for the girls game is 4:45 p.m. and the B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜AB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ boys match goes at 6:30 p.m. on April 7. All game will be at the UVic CARSA High Performance Gym. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students.

South Roster - Girls

Emily Blair, St. AndrewB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s

Taylor Noel, St. MichaelB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s

Amber Jellema, Pacific Christian

Caitlin Stewart, StellyB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s

Makenzie Messelink, Claremont

Sierra Reisig, Claremont

Carmen Eilertsen, Lambrick Park

Jamie Cocu, Parkland

Chloe Scaber, Claremont

Isobel Donald, St. MargaretB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s

Maddie Manns, Claremont

Ella Heaman, Esquimalt

South Roster - Boys B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜BB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™

Moe Mohammed, Reynolds

Max Savallano, StellyB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s

Jarius Mielat, Vic High

Jason Cao, Mount Douglas

Vlad Gaspar, Reynoldsd

Connor McCullough, Parkland

Carl Tello, Reynolds

Jonathan Martens, Spectrum

Brennan Pletsch, Royal Bay

Ryan Fuhr, Edward Milne

Isahia Harrison, Esquimalt

Robbie Lowerison, Edward Milne

South Roster - Boys B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜AB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™

Tyler Hills, Oak Bay

Caelan Scott, Oak Bay

Nishad Nirak , Belmont

Shak Nisham, Claremont

Soren Hallschmid, Mount Douglas

Julius Kennedy, Belmont

Riley Kronk, Oak Bay

Noah Jefferson, Claremont

Kelvin Wong, St. MichaelB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s

Isaac Ickovich, Belmont

Cameron Henderson, Oak Bay

Dylan Smallwood, Claremont





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