St. Michaels Blue Jags grab boys' city hoops title
The St. Michaels University School Blue Jaguars are city champs, having won the South Island AA boys basketball championship final on Saturday over the Lambrick Park Lions, 58-51.
Georgios Ikonomou led the Jags in scoring with 14 points, while Brendan Somers paced the Lions with 13.
Up 34-17 in the first half, Lambrick made a big run to start the third quarter, but SMUS pulled away late in the fourth.
The Jags, Lions and Brentwood College will represent at the Island AA championships this week, Feb. 21 to 23, at Wellington secondary in Nanaimo. Brentwood defeated Shawnigan Lake 69-53 in the third place game.
Pacific Christian School finished sixth and Esquimalt High seventh.
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