Men hold heads high after disappointing end

By Dominic Sramaty [Sports Bureau Chief]

Losing is never an easy pill to swallow when playing at the BCCAA level, especially when a playoff berth is on the line. The Eagles Basketball team can tell you all about that.

On Feb. 20, while most of the Kwantlen population was either home or downtown, these elites fought for their playoff lives. Having won four straight games coming into the final weekend, the Eagles, who everyone thought were out of it early, made a serious push to make the playoffs. It came down to the last game of the season against the Capilano University Blues, a team they had beaten the previous evening 81-76. The Eagles lost 104-76. According fourth-year year player and BCCAA Second Team All Star, Mike Davis commented that the reason they lost, “was a mix of us playing poorly and them making a ton of shots. Once they got off to a quick start [11-2] it was too much of a deficit to come back on.”

Ali Bosir, rookie teammate of Davis added that “It came down to us not being ready and they were prepared.”

However, the boys are holding their heads high. Varinder Singh another member of the team was quick to point out the four game winning streak as the highlight of their season and with most of the core group of players coming back in addition to a few high school signings the team is looking to do some serious damage in the upcoming season.

Harold Keech a player that was signed in the preseason could not join the team due to concussion issues. However, after going through the precautionary measures and some serious off season training both Bernie Love – Head Coach – and Keech are confident that he will make a good addition to the team next season.

Love has also been keeping a close eye on both Julio Epondulan III and Paolo Santos both of which have delivered stunning performances in their senior year at St. Patrick’s Secondary.