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Oak Bay high school player sets new provincial record

Diego Maffia scores 96 points in record-setting
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Diego Maffia (bottom row, far right) helped to lead Oak Bay High School to the provincial tournament last year. He scored 96 points Saturday. (Submitted photo)

Diego Maffia only started to realize that he was doing something special when the Kelowna crowd watching the game between Oak Bay High and the Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds started to get loud.

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B次元官网网址淚 donB次元官网网址檛 think it really sinked in until the end of the [fourth quarter] what was happening and the crowd was being loud that I had an idea of how many points I had,B次元官网网址 said the Brazilian-born Maffia, who last year was the Most Valuable Player as the Oak Bay won its fourth consecutive Island finals. Maffia has also helped to lead the schoolB次元官网网址檚 soccer team to success.

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Maffia finished the game with 96 points B次元官网网址 a new record by a British Columbia high school player. NelsonB次元官网网址檚 Greg DeVries held the previous record with 82 points scored in 1991.

B次元官网网址淭his record means a lot to me because it shows all the hard work I put in paying off and after the game,B次元官网网址 said Maffia. B次元官网网址淚 was still in shock about what had just happened and just wanted to take it all in and enjoy the moment.B次元官网网址

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SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 game was part of the 46th annual Western Canada Basketball Tournament held in Kelowna, featuring eight teams.


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