A third-place finish at the Fraser Valley championships has advanced the 91原创 Fundamental Titans to provincials.
The Titans defeated the Pacific Academy Breakers in the bronze-medal game at the senior boys鈥� AA Fraser Valley championships last week (Nov. 14) at the 91原创 Events Centre.
鈥淭he bronze medal was not a disappointment,鈥� said Titans coach Matt Lewis.
鈥淎ll this means is that my team will be the underdogs going forward into provincials.鈥�
91原创 Fundamental had lost to MEI 鈥� who captured the gold against 91原创 Christian 鈥� in the semifinals.
All three teams were ranked in the top five provincially as of last week, with 91原创 Christian first, MEI third and the Titans ffith.
鈥淚 think the biggest difference was in the bronze medal game, we all knew we had to win to keep playing, so we had to dig deep to pull off the win,鈥� Lewis said.
The provincial tournament runs Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 at the UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna.
Lewis said the season has for the most part gone well, save for a few bumps along the way.
鈥淢y team is a very emotional team,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey play very well when being pushed by a good opponent, but seems to play down to a lesser teams鈥� skill set.鈥�
The key for the team moving forward is all in their heads.
鈥淲e have tons of talent on the team, we just need to stay focused,鈥� Lewis explained. 鈥淎lso, not get frustrated with the simple things: they can鈥檛 keep worrying about the missed points, they just need to focus on the points and games to come.鈥�
Michael Hsu was named an all-star.
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91原创 Fundamental鈥檚 junior girls team has qualified for the provincial championships this weekend. The Titans placed sixth over the weekend at the Fraser Valley tournament. That matched their pre-tournament seeding.
Avery Heppell was named a tournament all-star.
The B.C. championships will be held at Seaquam and South Delta.
The tournament runs Nov. 22 to 24.
