April 21st, 2016U15 Provincial Team Rosters Announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 19, 2016

BASKETBALL BC – Basketball BC announces the athletes who will represent BC on the U15 Boys and Girls Provincial Teams for the 2016 season. Twelve girls will be selected from the U15 team to represent BC at National Championship and the U15 Boys Blue team will be representing BC in Winnipeg at National Championships.

2016 U15 Girls Provincial Team Staff:

Head Coach: Rich Chambers
Assistant Coach: Al Tuchscherer
Assistant Coach: Mandy Botham

First Name	Last Name	Height	City / Hometown	School	School Coach	Club
Nicole	Cabuco	5ft. 7in.	Port Moody	Dr.Charles Best	Mike Hinds	Jr.Cascade
Kayla	Canama	5ft. 7in.	Vancouver	Little Flower Academy	Bob mackay	VSC
Brynn	Dergousoff	5ft. 11in.	Prince George	Duchess Park	Catherine Ericsson	3D
Kennedy	Dickie	5ft. 11in.	Kelowna	Kelowna	Kim Whelpton	BC250
Kkayleigh	Garland		North Vancouver	NA	NA	NA
Madison	Gobeil	5ft. 6in.	Kamloops	South Kamloops	Olynk	BC250
Pietra	Kamstra	6ft. 0in.	Whistler	Whistler	Alan Kristmanson	NA
Rebecca	Landry	5ft. 10in.	prince george	Duchess Park	Louise Holmes	JR Timberwolves
Katrina	Lawley	6ft. 2in.	AGASSIZ	AGASSIZ	GREG LAWLEY	3D
Olivia	Morgan-Cherchas	6ft. 5in.	Kamloops	South Kamloops	Olynyk	Kelowna
Jessica	Parker	5ft. 8in.	Princeton	Princeton	Rob Marshall	Gini Basketball
JV	Patry-Smith	5ft. 5in.	Port Moody	Terry Fox	Kelly Fridge	VSC
Jordan	Robb		Kelowna	NA	NA	NA
Talia	Sireni	5ft. 9in.	Surrey	Earl Marriott	Michael McMartin	OnPoint
Emma	Stewart-Barnett	5ft. 7in.	New Westminster	STMC	Jen Farano	SBMC/VSC
Janel	Tantengco	5ft. 6in.	Vancouver	Killarney	Rana Lee	Vancouver Sports Club
Jenna	Tobias	5ft. 6in.	Whistler	Whistler	Alan Kristmanson	NA
Deanna	Tuchscherer	6ft. 0in.	Chilliwack	GW Graham	Sarah Mourtizen	Junior Cascades
Alternate
Samantha	Vidovic	5ft. 7in.	Surrey	Lord Tweedsmuir	Luke Jones	Vancouver Sports Club

Coach Chambers said, “The coaches are very excited about working with this level of athlete at the provincial level. We are very committed to individual player improvement over the next four months and we are also excited about the process.”

2016 U15 Boys Blue Provincial Team Staff:

Head Coach: Kyle Graves
Assistant Coach : Cam Macgillivary

First Name	Last Name	Height	City / Hometown	School	School Coach	Club
Charles	Bourque	6ft. 2in.	Prince George	Prince George	Scott Walton	UNBC Jr Timberwolves
David	Brodie	6ft. 1in.	Chilliwack	Highroad Academy	Steve Basaraba	trans canada
Kieran	Chalmers	6ft. 1in.	Kelowna	KLO	Johstone/Chalmers	UBC Jr. Heat
Soren	Erricson	5ft. 10in.	Prirnce George	Duchess Park	Al Erricson	Timberwolves
Jarrett	Jacobs	5ft. 11in.	Langley	RE Mountain	Daniel Adimora	Elevate
Noah	Jansen	6ft. 4in.	Armstrong	Salmon Arm	Rob Neid and Keith Limber	Junior Heat and Synergy
Peter	Li	6ft. 1in.	Burnaby	Sir Winston Churchill	Q.Ly	NA
Payton	Lum	6ft. 0in.	Vancouver	Kitsilano	Sylvester	NA
Giovanni	Manu	6ft. 7in.	pitt meadows	Pitt Meadows	Rich goulet	NA
Liam	Mcchesney	6ft. 4in.	Prince Rupert	Charles Hays	Kevin Sawka/Mel Bishop	NA
Victor	Radocaj	6ft. 6in.	Richmond	R.A. McMath	Jason Belonio	DRIVE Basketball
Aamir	Rajwani	6ft. 2in.	North Vancouver	Carson Graham	Mike Fedak / Jamie Oei	Drive

“I am very happy with the 12 guys picked, who earned the right to represent BC at Nationals at a very competitive Supercamp. Competing every play will be an identity I see us forming with a lot of depth at every position which should make for great practices leading up to Nationals. I like our size at both the forward and guard positions which should give other teams trouble down the road. I Look forward to the next 3 months with this young and talented group. “ said Coach Graves

2016 U15 Boys Red Provincial Team Staff:

Head Coach: Dave LaFontaine
Assistant Coach : Jon Mayan

First Name	Last Name	Height	City / Hometown	School	School Coach	Club
David	Finch	6ft. 1in.	North Vancouver	Argyle	mario tancon	3d basketball
Filip	Kragl	6ft. 0in.	Burnaby	Stratford Hall	Josh Whang	AthElite
Nic	Lafontaine
Harrison	Longhi	6ft. 4in.	Pitt Meadows	Pitt Meadows	Richard Goulet	NA
Corbin	Marsden	6ft. 1in.	Keremeos	Similkameen	Yuri	N/A
Matthew	Martens	5ft. 11in.	Langley	WGSS	George Bergen	NA
Asher	Mayan	6ft. 1in.	Surrey	Langley Christian School	Jon Mayan	NA
Colin	Montgomery	6ft. 2in.	Port Moody	Charles Best	Jamal Chu	NA
Jackson	Netzel	6ft. 2in.	Terrace	Caledonia	Mike Johnson	N/A
Brandon	Porter	5ft. 11in.	Kelowna	Rutland	Jeff Balkenal	DIPP
Foster	Wynne	5ft. 7in.	Lac Le Jeune	South Kamloops	Tim unaegbu	Na

“I am very honoured to be the head coach of the U-15 boys red team this summer. We have an exciting blend of speed, shooters, and serious defenders from all areas of the province. We have an exciting schedule of tournaments and training sessions including a weekend in Kelowna in late June. I look forward to coaching these players and our journey together. “ said Coach LaFontaine.

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