Three Burnaby basketball stars are heading to Langley this weekend for the annual B.C. All-Star games.
St. Thomas More senior Domunique Booker will once again take to the court after leading STM to a third-place finish at the B.C. high school AA girls’ basketball championships last month. The Grade 12 student was named a first team all-star for her performance on the court, scoring 18 points and as many rebounds in the bronze-medal match on March 8, which saw STM defeat the Wellington Wildcats 83-67.
Booker will be playing for Windsor Dukes’ coach Peter Sprogis on Sunday when Sprogis takes on his 2014 AA girls basketball championship rival Anthony Beyrouti of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Named to team Beyrouti is Burnaby South senior Jasmine Manhas.
Manhas earned the tournament MVP at the Lower Mainland AAA high school girls’ basketball tournament in February. She led all South scorers with a game-high 36 points in the title AAA match and 37 points during the semifinal game against district rival New Westminster.
Reese Morris was the only Burnaby boy named to the B.C. boys’ all-star team for this weekend’s upcoming game. The STM senior scored 31 points on opening day of the 47th annual Chancellor boys’ basketball tournament in January and was named tournament offensive MVP.
Both all-star games feature the top Grade 12 girls and boys basketball players from across the province in the final matches of their high school careers. The girls’ game gets underway at 3 p.m. and the boys tip off at 5 p.m., all at the Langley Events Centre court on Sunday, April 20.
