Wednesday saw Burnaby continue to dominate the Senior Men鈥檚 Division and one of the semifinals matchups decided in each of the Seniors, Intermediates and Masters.

The team from down south, who ran away with the Intermediate title in 2022, showed no sign of weakening in their run to add a Seniors title dispatching the defending champions Gitxaala to the elimination bracket 101 - 58.

It was never really a contest as the nimble Chiefs ran away with the first quarter banging down 36 points, including 21 from beyond the arc, to Gitxaala鈥檚 10. While the warriors showed signs of pulling it together in the second quarter with 23 points, they were still outscored by eight.

Burnaby also bombed the champs in the third 19 -7 before backing off in the final frame.

The win propelled the Chiefs into the first semifinal in the division against Skidegate by virtue of their win Feb. 15 against Massett 91 - 73. That game will be played at 1 p.m. on Friday.

Semifinals were also set in the Intermediate and Masters Divisions on Day 5.

On the Intermediate side, Prince Rupert advanced over Gitxsan (Hazelton) 86 - 53 while Heiltsuk edged their way in over Skidegate 79 -78.

In the Masters group, Prince Rupert will play Gitmidiik (New Aiyansh) for a berth in the final. Rupert qualified on Tuesday with a win over Gitwinksihlkw 87 - 63.

Gitmidiik got there Wednesday by defeating Gitxsan 51 -49.

Eliminations continued on Feb. 15 with at least one fairly significant upset. The Gitanmaax (Hazelton) women were ranked third coming into the week, but were relegated to the elimination bracket in their bye game on Tuesday by 2023 host Nation 尝补虫驳补濒迟蝉鈥檃辫.

While they were able to easily advance Wednesday morning crushing Gitga鈥檃t 66 - 22, Hesquiaht, who also played earlier in the day had a little more in the tank in the late draw to bounce Gitanmaax out of the tournament.

As of the end of play on Wednesday, 11 more teams had been eliminated winnowing the field from 55 teams to 31.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023, Complete Results

WOMEN鈥橲 DIVISION

All games were played in the arena

8 a.m. Gitga鈥檃t (Hartley Bay) 22 vs Gitanmaax (Hazelton) 66

Top Scorers

Gitga鈥檃t - Tracy - 11

Gitanmaax - Tatum Jack - 20

9:30 a.m. Hesquiaht 73 vs Massett 32

Top Scorers

Hesquiaht - Destiny Hanson - 22

Massett - Joey Pringle - 9

1 p.m. Lax Kw鈥檃laams 39 vs Prince Rupert 68

Top Scorers

Lax Kw鈥檃laams - Aliyah White - 14

PR - Carly Cochrane - 13

4 p.m. Similkameen 67 vs 尝补虫驳补濒迟蝉鈥檃辫 (Greenville) 44

Top Scorers

Similkameen - Jade Montgomery, Madison Terbasket and Nicola Terbasket

尝补虫驳补濒迟蝉鈥檃辫 - Jewel Leeson - 10

8 p.m. Gitanmaax 51 vs Hesquiaht 54

Top Scorers

Gitanmaax - Taylor Wale and Misty Wells -10

Hesquiaht - Destiny Hanson - 15

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION

All games were played in the main gym

8 a.m. 尝补虫驳补濒迟蝉鈥檃辫 (Greenville) 78 vs Massett 75

Top Scorers

Massett - Stanley Swanson - 25

尝补虫驳补濒迟蝉鈥檃辫 -Bryson Stevens - 20

9:30 a.m. Gingolx (Kincolith) 67 vs Gitga鈥檃t (Hartley Bay) 53

Top Scorers

Gingolx - Bryson Gurney -23

Gitga鈥檃t - Jon Clifton - 34

11 a.m. Prince Rupert 86 vs Gitxsan (Hazelton) 53

Top Scorers

PR - George Henry - 27

Gitxsan - Kalem Wilson - 11

6:30 p.m. Skidegate 78 vs Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) 79

Top Scorers

Sidegate - Kole Jones - 30

Heiltsuk - Blake Landsdowne - 23

SENIORS DIVISION

All games were played in the main gym

1 p.m. Gingolx (Kincolith) 59 vs Massett 79

Top Scorers

Gingolx - David Stewart Jr. - 25

Massett - Jess Williams - 18

2:30 p.m. Metlakatla BC 57 vs Lax Kw鈥檃laams 81

Metlakatla - Kade Santos - 18

Lax Kw鈥檃laams - Taylor Ross - 26

4 p.m. Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) 72 vs Similkameen 107

Top Scorers

Heiltsuk - Jordan Gladstone -27

Similkameen - Kaleb Montgomery Reid - 25

8 p.m. Burnaby 101 vs Gitxaala 58

Top Scorers

Burnaby - Ronnie Battle and Marlon Edgar-Apps - 28

Gitxaala - Joe Lewis Jr. - 25

9:30 p.m. Skidegate 91 vs Massett 73

Top Scorers

Sidegate - Jason Alsop - 22

Massett - Chris Campbell - 22

MASTERS DIVISION

All games were played in the arena

11 a.m. Skidegate 59 vs Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) 43

Top Scorers

Skidegate - Jon MacIntyre -15

Heiltsuk - Burl Gladstone - 11

2:30 p.m. Gitxsan (Hazelton) 49 vs Gitmidiik (New Aiyansh) 51

Top Scorers

Gitxsan - Jess Olson - 15

Gitmidiik - Richard Wolff - 17

6:30 p.m. Hydaburg 89 vs Gitga鈥檃t 66

Top Scorers

Hydaburg - TJ Young - 40

Gitga鈥檃t - Myron Dundas - 15

9:30 p.m. Gingolx (Kincolith) 49 vs Skidegate 50

Top Scorers

Gingolx - Simon Gurney - 23

Skidegate - David Ryan - 19