Rosendo Masocol drives the net in the Charles Hays Rainmakers' 63-40 loss to the first-ranked Sir Charles Tupper Tigers on Friday afternoon.

Rosendo Masocol drives the net in the Charles Hays Rainmakers' 63-40 loss to the first-ranked Sir Charles Tupper Tigers on Friday afternoon.

Rainmakers finish in third at AAA senior boys’ provincials

With a 77-61 win over R.A. McMath, the Prince Rupert boys take home third-place in B.C. tournament

The Charles Hays Rainmakers have claimed third-place at the 2015 TELUS BC High School Boys AAA Basketball Championships in Langley this weekend.

With a 77-61 win over R.A. McMath of Richmond, the hometown senior boys finished one place lower than last year’s second-place showing in which they lost to the St. Thomas More Knights in the championship game.Friday’s game versus the top-seed Sir Charles Tupper Tigers saw the ‘Makers come up short and on the wrong end of a 63-40 score that saw the Tigers pull away from the Rainmakers in the second quarter, later staving off the comeback, quashing the Rupert squad’s hopes of a provincial championship.

Some solid performances on the weekend came from Justin McChesney, Rosendo Masocol and Perry Terrell.

Look for more on the Rainmakers’ performance in Wednesday’s edition of the Northern View.

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