There was no stopping the Templeton Academy Tigers over the weekend in Baie Verte.
The Tigers won all four games they played en route to a gold-medal performance at the West Coast Provincial Grade 11 Boys basketball tournament at Copper Ridge Academy.
The Tigers earned the championship with a 73-66 win over Exploits Valley High in the final.
They cemented their place in the gold-medal game after defeating Elwood Regional High 58-50 in a semifinal affair.
Exploits beat Viking Trail Academy 51-46 in the other semifinal.
Templeton actually started the tournament with a 70-50 triumph over that same Exploits Valley team, before knocking off the host club 68-48 in their other contest.
Elwood finished at 2-2 after picking up a 67-54 win against Pasadena and dropping a 61-60 decision to Viking Trail. They bested Copper Ridge Academy in the quarter-final round 73-53.
Pasadena couldn’t get off the ground in this tournament, dropping all three of their games. It started with the loss to Elwood, before they were beaten 60-50 by Viking Trail, and then 66-46 by Exploits Valley in the quarter-finals.
West Coast Provincial Grade 11 Girls basketball tournament
On the girls side, at JM Olds Collegiate in Twillingate, the Corner Brook Regional High Titans had to settle for silver after falling 56-36 to the host team in the championship game.
It was the only loss of the tournament for the Titans, a run that included a 51-33 win over JM Olds Collegiate in the round robin. They also defeated Fogo Island Central High 52-32, and then again 35-15 in the semifinals.
JM Olds made the final with a 36-27 victory over Exploits Valley High.