With the first and second seeds locked up for the WCBL standings, the focus has turned to the race for third place on the ladder between the Falcons and Nevermore. Going into Sunday’s action the Falcons already held the tie-breaking rights, as they claimed two previous head to head victories over Nevermore. However only one game separated the two teams as they met for the third time this season. After a fairly evenly played first half, Nevermore held a 43-37 edge, thanks in large part to controlling the boards on both ends of the court. While …

After forward Jason Leslie fell a single point short of the fifty point mark last week, Golgis guard Randy Nohr accomplished the feat for the second time this season with a game and league high 54 points in a 125-96 victory over Nevermore this past Sunday. For a game that was relatively competitive throughout the first ten minutes of the opening half, it turned lopsided following a Golgis 22-5 run to close the first half. Extending their lead to as much as forty points midway through the second half, the Golgis eased into their fourteenth consecutive victory and …

Regardless of their bench depth, or more importantly lack of it, the Falcons pushed the Runnin’ Rebels to the limit this past Sunday thanks to a quick start and an eight point lead at the break. With Andy Khaira establishing a post presence early on, the Rebels defense started to sag into the paint, therefore opening up the three point line for Ajit Dhaliwal and Harvey Brar. The Rebels struggles remained the same to start the second half as their lack of consistent team play on both ends of the floor allowed the Falcons to continue their route …

After getting slammed by nearly forty points last week against the Golgis, the Falcons flipped the script this past weekend with a blowout victory of their own against the Wildcats. Kicking off the game with a 14-5 run, the Falcons worked the inside/outside game with Andy Khaira manning the paint, while Harvey Brar attacked from long range. Despite a rough start, the Wildcats managed to not only get themselves back into the game, but take over the lead, thanks in large part to the five first half three pointers from Peter Adams, including three straight from downtown. …

As both teams floundered at the bottom of the WCBL standings for the 2009 portion of the season, it came as a surprise to all that the best game of the past weekend featured the Wildcats and Assault. After a quick 12-2 start, the Wildcats were on the negative end of a 30-7 run, as Assault looked to start the new year with better balance and chemistry than they left behind in 2009. Possessing a 42-25 first half lead, Assault continued to maintain a double digit advantage until the final eight minutes of the second half when Wildcats …

As Santa forced the WCBL to relocate to Sands Secondary for the final game of 2009, it appeared that the change of venue was something that Nevermore was more than willing to accept as they pushed the Falcons to the limit.  Despite the 82-71 loss, the game was much closer than the score indicated as it wasn’t until end of  the final twenty minutes that the Falcons, led by Shami Gill’s second straight forty plus game, 7-2 run pushed them into the double digit comfort zone.  With a little extra pep in their step, both Gill and Nevermore swingman Jim …

In a score that was reminiscent of the early 80′s Denver Nuggets, the Nielsen Golgis and Nevermore seemed to ignore the defensive aspect of the game as they combined for 252 points in a 142-110 Golgis victory.  Led by Randy Nohr’s game high 34 points and 13 assists, along with 30 points from forward Jim Martin, the Golgis turned an eighteen point lead off the opening tip into a twenty point halftime lead, and escalated from there to as much as thirty six points.  While normally a hundred point effort has led to a victory, Nevermore could not match the …

Led by Jim Taylor’s team high 20 points, Nevermore has now put together their second two game winning streak of the season and evened their record at .500 with an 85-80 victory over the Wildcats. Not quite halfway through the season, Nevermore has already posted a better record than in recent years and with the victory, find themselves in uncharted waters as they hold down the third seed in the WCBL rankings. Trailing for the duration of the first half, Nevermore clawed back into the game by making the most of their second chance opportunities and limiting …

Sometimes it isn’t so much you beating your opponent that gets the victory, as it is your opponent beating themselves.  Either way you looked at it Sunday afternoon, the Nielsen Golgis continue to sit at the head table of the WCBL standings with a 105-101 victory over the Runnin’ Rebels.  Giving up multiple points via a smorgasbord of missed layups, technical fouls, errant defensive assignments and turnovers, the Rebels found themselves constantly chasing the Golgis throughout the entire game.   Possessing a seven point advantage after the first twenty minutes of action, the Golgis were unable to put the final …

Like David Silver waiting for Donna Martin circa 1990something, good things come to those who wait, and for Assault, the wait ended on Sunday with a convincing 91-77 victory over the Wildcats.  After struggling through the first five games of the season, the Assault lineup started to get things figured out with a close game last week against the Runnin’ Rebels to kickstart their first positive result this week.  Paced by Jag Aujla’s 32 points and 10 rebound effort, his fourth double double of the season, Assault jumped out to an early 22-11 lead, before suffering their only setback of …