Sports
Dolphin streetball is back on Friday
It won’t take long to see if the last two
Dolphin Basketball Classic champions are again poised for glory in the annual
Richmond summer streetball showdown.
Looking to reclaim the title they surrendered
to UBC last year, AthElite (2016 winners over SB Battle) will face the
defending title holders in a rematch of the 2017 men’s final Friday (July 13)
on the outdoor courts at South Arm Community Centre. Tip-off is 8 p.m.
AthElite is led by renowned basketball coach
Aman Heran who co-founded (with Surinder Grewal) the AthElite Basketball
Academy. As a player, Heran co-captained the University of Calgary Dinos to the
2004 Canada West title.
SBBVH and University of Fraser Valley (UFV)
will lock horns in the tournament opener at South Arm Park at 5 p.m., followed
by Academy vs. Running Rebels at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., X-Falcons (winners of a record
six Dolphin titles) play TRU, and at 8 p.m. AIA meets Trinity Western
University (TWU).
Women’s play also begins Friday with Chaos
(led by Elle Kerfoot) facing the Original Grandmas (captained by Jenn Bodnar)
at 6 p.m.
The remaining women’s pool games are set for
Saturday. At 10 a.m., Fusion (captained by Katy Germain) meets the Cascades
(led by recent McMath grad Jessica Zawada); at 2 p.m., Cascades face Original
Grandmas; and at 6 p.m., Fusion plays the Original Grandmas.
The Dolphin youth basketball tournament also
enjoys a bit of the spotlight this weekend, with its semifinals at 9 a.m.
Saturday and the final at 4 p.m. Sunday.
The 33rd annual Dolphin Basketball Classic
winds up Sunday with the men’s final at 7:30 p.m., following the always-popular
three-point contest and electrifying slam dunk contest.
Friday, July 13
5 p.m., SBBVH vs. UFV
6 p.m., Academy vs. Running Rebels
6 p.m., Chaos vs. Original Grandmas
7 p.m., X-Falcons vs. TRU
7 p.m., AIA vs. TWU
8 p.m., AthElite vs. UBC
8 p.m., SBBVH vs. G2
Saturday, July 14
9 a.m., Youth tournament semifinals
10 a.m., Young Guns vs. UFV
11 a.m., Academy vs. TRU
11 a.m., AI vs. X-Falcons
Noon, G2 vs. UBC
1 p.m., AthElite vs. SBBVH
3 p.m., X-Falcons vs. Running Rebels
3 p.m., TWU vs. Academy
4 p.m., AIA vs. TRU
4 p.m., Young Guns vs. G2
5 p.m., AthElite vs. UFV
6 p.m., Running Rebels vs. TWU
7 p.m., UBC vs. Young Guns
Sunday, July 15
10 a.m., Academy vs. AIA
11 a.m., G2 vs. UFV
Noon, AthElite vs. Young Guns
1 p.m., Men’s quarter-final
1 p.m., Women’s semifinal
2 p.m., Men’s quarter-final
2 p.m., Women’s semifinal
3 p.m., Men’s semifinal
4 p.m., Men’s semifinal
4 p.m., Youth final
5 p.m., Women’s final
6 p.m., Dunk contest and Three-point contest
7:30 p.m., Men’s final