LANGLEY — The B.C. junior boys basketball championships tip off on the final Saturday of February.
That’s Feb. 24, or 17 days.
Here’s the final Top 10 of the season as the official stretch drive to provincials is under way. Of note, only four ranked teams from last week survived the cut to remain in the final Top 10 of the season:
1 St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI) (2)
3 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS) (3)
4 Enver Creek Cougars (Surrey) (SF) (NR)
5 South Kamloops Titans (TOK) (NR)
6 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (5)
7 L.A. Matheson Mustangs (Surrey) (SF) (NR)
8 Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)
9 St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (Victoria) (VI) (NR)
10 Richmond Colts (SF) (HM)
Honourable mention — Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF) (10), Killarney Cougars (Vancouver) (VSS) (9), New Westminster Hyacks (FN) (NR), Rick Hansen Hurricanes (Abbotsford) (EV) (HM), Rutland VooDoos (Kelowna) (TOK) (7)
KEY: EV — East Valley, FN — Fraser North, KOT — Kootenays, NC — North Central, NW — North West, SF — South Fraser, TOK — Thompson-Okanagan, VI — Vancouver Island, VSS — Vancouver Sea-to-Sky
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