THE 10TH ANNUAL

JANUARY 19th–21st, 2017 2017 VGBA LANGARA CHALLENGE OPENING REMARKS

The Girls Basketball Association welcomes you to our 10th Annual VGBA Langara Challenge. On behalf of our Board of Directors, we send our heartfelt gratitude to our scholarship and tournament organizing committee, along with our sponsors, for allowing us to create this one-of-a-kind elite tournament for our female basketball players in Vancouver. For the sixth year, we are thrilled to expand this tournament to include a Junior Girls Division. This event would not have been possible without the generosity of and our partnership with both the Vancouver Secondary Schools’ Athletic Association and the Lower Mainland Independent Secondary Schools’ Athletic Association. It is our dream to create a sustainable basketball program for high school girls in Vancouver and continue to provide opportunties where these female athletes can develop their skills, sportsmanship, and a love for the game!

Our Objectives

1. To promote, provide, and coordinate girls basketball opportunities for Vancouver student-athletes at all levels of development; participation to elite 2. To build and sustain partnership with other organizations wishing to support the mission statement and objectives of the Association 3. To create a sustainable basketball program for Vancouver girls 4. To provide opportunities for girls to develop basketball skills, sportsmanship, and a love of the game 5. To provide supervised and accessible basketball programs 6. To provide quality coaching and training 7. To develop a core group of volunteer coaches and advisors as board members 8. To establish and maintain a bursary program for girls needing financial assistance to participate in training or playing in club/provincial/national programs 9. To establish and maintain a bursary/scholarship program for girls wishing to play post-secondary basketball

01 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 VGBA LANGARA CHALLENGE OPENING REMARKS

On behalf of the Vancouver Secondary Schools’ Athletic Association (VSSAA), I would like to congratulate all participants competing in the 10th Annual Vancouver Girls Basketball Association Langara Challenge. It takes great skill, discipline, hard work, and commitment to compete in an event of this calibre. Special thanks and congratulations go out to the Vancouver Girls Basketball Association and the organizing committee for putting together this premier basketball event. Best of luck in the tournament and with your future athletic and academic endeavours!

Harp Sohi District Athletics Coordinator

To all players, coaches, parents, and fans, thank you for supporting the 10th annual Vancouver Girls Basketball Association Langara Challenge. This event is an opportunity to showcase and promote girls’ basketball in the city of Vancouver by bringing together the best public and private school teams in a meaningful event. I wish to thank the many local organizations for commiting to this event and providing scholarships for our graduating athletes. I hope to see this event continue and even expand in the coming years. Good luck to all teams. Enjoy the competition and I hope this event helps you work towards your team’s goals for the season.

David Prissinotti LMISSAA President

2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 02 WELCOME TO LANGARA COLLEGE

On behalf of the Athletics Department, it is my pleasure to welcome all participants, managers, coaches, parents, and spectators to Langara College. We are extremely honoured to be the host site of this truly extraordinary event and look forward to watching the top high school girl’s basketball teams in Vancouver compete in the tenth annual VGBA Langara Challenge. A special thank you to the organizing committee, volunteers, and tournament sponsors whose support has made this event a reality. The Langara Falcons would like to wish all teams the best of luck during the tournament and for the rest of the season.

Jake McCallum Director, Athletics and Intramurals

03 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2016–17 SEASON LANGARA FALCONS

Vancouver Players on the Falcons Roster

10 12 9 Eloise Faehndrich Trisha Francia Hauna Wong Winston Churchill Notre Dame Gladstone

2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 04 2017 VGBA LANGARA CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

VGBA Challenge Scholarships $500 • 6 minimum

Available to any graduating player or manager participating in the VGBA Langara Challenge. The emphasis of these awards will be placed on students-athletes who have competed at an elite level of basketball, while displaying excellence in both sportsmanship and citizenship. Applicants should also show a commitment to their school and/or community through involvement in coaching, officiating, leadership and volunteer activities. Applicants should be candid about barriers to success which can be verified with a coach’s letter of reference.

Langara College Scholarships $1000 • 1 minimum

Available to any graduating player from a Vancouver public or independent school who is currently on their senior basketball team. Successful applicants need to attend Langara College on a full-time basis in 2017/2018. Full-time is defined as taking nine credits in one term. Langara College Selection Committee will use similar guidelines to the VGBA Langara Challenge scholarships and will make final selection.

VGBA Falcon Basketball Scholarships $1000 • 1 minimum

Available to any graduating player from a Vancouver public or independent school who commits as a team member to the Langara Falcons Women’s Basketball program in 2017/2018. Applicants do not have to participate in the VGBA Langara Challenge. Student athletes are expected to take a minimum nine credits per term to play any athletic sport at Langara. The Falcon Award will use similar guidelines to the VGBA Langara Challenge scholarships.

05 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 VGBA LANGARA CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Thursday, January 19th *Home teams will wear light colours No Time Location Home Away SR2 10:15 AM Notre Dame Lord Byng Magee JR4 12:00 PM Notre Dame Lord Byng Notre Dame SR3 3:45 PM Britannia Britannia Notre Dame JR1 5:30 PM Britannia Killarney St Patrick’s JR2 4:00 PM John Oliver Crofton House John Oliver SR4 5:30 PM John Oliver Kitsilano John Oliver JR3 6:00 PM Churchill Winston Churchill York House SR1 7:30 PM Churchill Winston Churchill York House

Friday, January 20th No Time Location Home Away SR5 5:30 PM Magee Loser of Game 1 Loser of Game 2 SR6 7:15 PM Magee Loser of Game 3 Loser of Game 4 JR5 10:30 PM Langara Loser of Game 1 Loser of Game 2 JR6 12:00 PM Langara Loser of Game 3 Loser of Game 4 JR7 1:30 PM Langara Winner of Game 1 Winner of Game 2 Semis JR8 3:00 PM Langara Winner of Game 3 Winner of Game 4 Semis SR7 4:30 PM Langara Winner of Game 1 Winner of Game 2 Semis SR8 6:15 PM Langara Winner of Game 3 Winner of Game 4 Semis

Satuday, January 21st No Time Location Home Away JR9 8:45 AM Britannia Loser of Game 5 Loser of Game 6 7th/8th JR10 10:15 AM Britannia Winner of Game 5 Winner of Game 6 5th/6th SR9 9:30 AM Langara Loser of Game 5 Loser of Game 6 7th/8th SR10 11:15 AM Langara Winner of Game 5 Winner of Game 6 5th/6th JR11 1:00 PM Langara Loser of Game 7 Loser of Game 8 3rd/4th SR11 2:30 PM Langara Loser of Game 7 Loser of Game 8 3rd/4th JR12 4:30 PM Langara Winner of Game 7 Winner of Game 8 Finals 6:00 PM Langara Three-Point Shooting Contest SR12 7:00 PM Langara Winner of Game 7 Winner of Game 8 Finals 8:30 PM Langara Closing Ceremony

2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 06 2017 JUNIOR ROSTERS LORD BYNG GREY GHOSTS

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07 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 JUNIOR ROSTERS WINSTON CHURCHILL BULLDOGS

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2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 08 2017 JUNIOR ROSTERS CROFTON HOUSE COUGARS

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09 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 JUNIOR ROSTERS JOHN OLIVER JOKERS

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2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 10 2017 JUNIOR ROSTERS KILLARNEY COUGARS

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11 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 JUNIOR ROSTERS NOTRE DAME JUGGLERS

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Saturday Friday Thursday Friday Saturday

Killarney

Game 1 5:30 PM @ Britannia

St Patrick’s Game 5 Game 7 10:30 AM 1:30 PM @ Langara @ Langara Crofton House

Game 2 4:00 PM @ John Oliver

John Oliver

5th/6th 7th/8th 3rd/4th 1st/2nd Game 10 Game 9 Game 11 Game 12 10:15 AM 8:45 AM 1:00 PM 4:30 PM @ Britannia @ Britannia @ Langara @ Langara

Winston Churchill

Game 3 6:00 PM @ Churchill

York House Game 6 Game 8 12:00 PM 3:00 PM @ Langara @ Langara Lord Byng

Game 4 12:00 PM @ Notre Dame

Notre Dame *Top team denotes home team

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Saturday Friday Thursday Friday Saturday

Winston Churchill

Game 1 7:30 PM @ Churchill

York House Game 5 Game 7 5:30 PM 4:30 PM @ Magee @ Langara Lord Byng

Game 2 10:15 AM @ Notre Dame

Magee

5th/6th 7th/8th 3rd/4th 1st/2nd Game 10 Game 9 Game 11 Game 12 11:15 AM 9:30 AM 2:30 PM 7:00 PM @ Langara @ Langara @ Langara @ Langara

Britannia

Game 3 3:45 PM @ Britannia

Notre Dame Game 6 Game 8 7:15 PM 6:15 PM @ Magee @ Langara Kitsilano

Game 4 5:30 PM @ John Oliver

John Oliver *Top team denotes home team

2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 16 2017 SENIOR ROSTERS britannia bruins

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17 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 SENIOR ROSTERS LORD BYNG GREY GHOSTS

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2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 18 2017 SENIOR ROSTERS WINSTON CHURCHILL BULLDOGS

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19 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 SENIOR ROSTERS JOHN OLIVER JOKERS

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2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 20 2017 SENIOR ROSTERS KITSILANO BLUE DEMONS

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21 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 SENIOR ROSTERS MAGEE LIONS

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23 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 SENIOR ROSTERS YORK HOUSE TIGERS

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2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 24 2017 VGBA LANGARA CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT HISTORY

2008 All-Stars *Bold denotes MVP senior standings 1 York House 2 Britannia 3 Crofton House 4 John Oliver 5 Little Flower Academy 6 Magee

senior standings 1 York House 2 Kitsilano 3 Point Grey 4 Crofton House 5 Britannia 6 Little Flower Academy 7 Notre Dame 8 Windermere senior standings 1 York House 2 Kitsilano 3 Crofton House 4 Point Grey 5 Notre Dame 6 Britannia 7 John Oliver 8 Winston Churchill

2011 All-Stars †Best Defensive Player senior standings 1 York House 2 Britannia 3 Kitsilano 4 Crofton House 5 Point Grey 6 St. Patrick’s 7 Prince of Wales 8 Notre Dame senior standings 1 York House 2 Britannia 3 Kitsilano 4 Winston Churchill 5 Crofton House 6 St. Patrick’s 7 Notre Dame 8 Killarney

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2013 All-Stars senior standings 1 Britannia 2 York House 3 Notre Dame 4 Winston Churchill 5 St. Patrick’s 6 Magee

2014 All-Stars senior standings 1 York House 2 Notre Dame 3 Britannia 4 Magee 5 Kitsilano 6 Killarney 7 St. Patrick’s 8 John Oliver 2015 All-Stars senior standings 1 Notre Dame 2 Britannia 3 Killarney 4 Churchill 5 York House 6 Magee 7 John Oliver 8 St. Patrick’s 2016 All-Stars senior standings 1 Churchill 2 Britannia 3 Kitsilano 4 York House 5 Notre Dame 6 St. Patrick’s 7 Crofton House 8 John Oliver

2017 VGBA Langara Challenge • 26 2017 VGBA LANGARA CHALLENGE ALUMNI PAGE

VGBA is proud of its participants who have gone on to play at the next level:

2016 Eloise Faehndrich Churchill Langara College Hauna Wong Notre Dame Langara College Trisha Francia Gladstone Langara College 2015 Lauren Bondi Notre Dame Smith College Jolene Robinson Notre Dame Pasadena College 2014 Amanda Young Britannia Highline College Maddy Baker York House University of 2013 Ashley dela Cruz Yip Britannia Bronte Stark Churchill Langara College Jilliane Viña Britannia Langara College Helen Wilson Britannia Langara College Marinel Santiago Churchill Langara College Shaniece Angus Britannia Northwest College Shonte Devernichuk Kitsilano Brandon University 2012 Alisha Roberts York House Andrea Strujic Kitsilano University of Cherub Lum York House University of British Columbia Jennifer Carpio Britannia Langara College Jolissa Crossley Britannia Langara College Karen Li Britannia Langara College Laura Baker York House Queen’s University Laura Lewis Britannia Preety Jijar York House University of N. British Columbia Rebeca Fernandez Britannia Thompson Rivers University Toni Li Kitsilano Langara College 2011 Adrienne Parkin Kitsilano University of British Columbia Charan Randhawa John Oliver Capilano University 2010 Chantelle Robertson York House Cynthia Lau Point Grey Jennafer Palma Notre Dame Capilano University Jessica Eng York House Langara College Roya Assadi York House McGill University Samantha MacPhail Lord Byng Kwantlen University Sarah Gillis John Oliver 2009 Alicia Grossi Point Grey Vancouver Island University Alynn McNeilly Windermere Capilano University Laura Kynoch Point Grey Capilano University Rae-Maryse Laljee York House Thompson Rivers University 2008 Charlotte Lau John Oliver Langara College Jennifer Ju Britannia Thompson Rivers University Nicola Cohen Kitsilano Ryerson University Paige Burnham Kitsilano Langara College Priya Sevak Charles Tupper Douglas College Zana Williams Kitsilano University of British Columbia

27 • 2017 VGBA Langara Challenge 2017 VGBA LANGARA CHALLENGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

VGBA would like to thank the following individuals and sponsors for making this tournament possible: tournament chairs host sites vgba board of directors Jennifer Eng Langara College Russel Black Mitra Tshan Britannia Winston Brown Robyn Wilson John Oliver Sabrina Chan Magee David Douglas Notre Dame Jennifer Eng master of ceremony Winston Churchill Mike Evans Jennifer Ju Jim Ion David Prissinotti langara college all-star selection womens’ basketball Ron Suzuki MyVi Truong Winston Brown Winston Brown Mitra Tshan Jennifer Ju Denise Busayong Robyn Wilson Stephanie Scott Javaugn Langlois Jake McCallum Jennifer Ju organizing commitee graphic artists Carly Scarr Russell Black Richard Koh Stephanie Scott Sabrina Chan Sean Wu Juliane Chien tournament sponsors David Douglas photographers Jennifer Eng Griffin House Mike Evans Russel Black Hamber Foundation David Prissinotti Gina Fedalizo HT Awards Rex To Mitra Tshan Sunrise Tofu MyVi Truong Mitra Tshan game announcers scholarship committee Robyn Wilson Harry Franklin Jessica Louie Allen Hiebert Morgan McLaughlin MyVi Truong

A big thank you to our game directors and scorekeepers!

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