Blue Ridge School’s JV and Varsity Basketball teams both won the 2016-2017 Virginia Independent Conference (VIC) Championship in a tournament held at Roanoke College on Saturday, February 25, 2017.

Varsity defeated Miller School in overtime 66-57. This was the fourth time the Barons faced Miller this season. JV beat Virginia Episcopal School 44-29.

Coach Cade Lemcke was named VIC Coach of the Year, senior Josh Colon was named VIC Basketball Player of the Year, Darius McGhee ’18, Aamir Simms ’17 and Josh Colon were named first team all-conference, and Sardaar Calhoun ’18 was named second team all-conference.

The JV team pictured above from left: Coach Jim Douglas,  Manager Derrick Owusu ’18, Iceysis Lewis ’19, Kris Deane’19, Amon Johnson ’20, Alex Tembo ’18, Tyler Wills ’18, Taku Endo ’18, Dhruv Mehrotra ’19, JacQuan Newman ’19, and Myles Ham ’19, and Coach Parker Kirwan.

The Varsity team pictured above standing left:  Coach Cade Lemcke, Xavier Kane ’19, Coach Joseph Toe, Myles Jones ’18, Marcus Valeiras ’17, Jaden Frazier ’19, Aamir Simms ’17, Richard Amaefule ’20, Sean Karr ’20, Babacar Diagne ’17, Dhruv Mehrotra ’19, Manager Franck Germain ’18, Coach Parker Kirwan, Manager Chris Richmond ’18 and Coach Tladi Conway. Kneeling from left: managers Keane Emmans-McGill ’19 and Spencer Cadieux ’18, Sardaar Calhoun ’18, Josh Colon ’17, Darius McGhee ’18 and Naz Hopson ’17.

In addition to  Blue Ridge School, the VIC includes Eastern Mennonite High School, Holy Cross School, Carlisle School, Fishburne Military School, Roanoke Catholic School, Covenant School, Hargrave Military Academy, Miller School and Virginia Episcopal School.

For photos of the JV VIC game, click here. For photos of the Varsity VIC game, click here.

Click here for a State Tournament Preview in the Daily Progress.