In the Saskatoon city quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The Bishop Mahoney Saints edged the Evan Hardy Souls 63-57 as Marcus Gaco scored 12, Taijal Verma 11, Zachary Riehl 10, Aidan Smithen 10, Bojan Nikolov 8, Luke Karwacki 5, Lucas Korol 5 and Adam Lewis 4, while Luke Hale, Kirk Morrow, Matthew Nagy, Eric Turcotte and Karl Wesley Nullas were scoreless. Nathan Unruh paced the Souls with 24. Layne Yachyshen added 14, Mitchell Dumba 4, Dennis Anca 2, Evan Bayliss 2, Cole Paradzik 2 and Filip Davidovic 2, while Aman Gergis, Kyle Newton, Liam Obrodovich, Mohamed Adam Mohamed and Gian Esmabe were scoreless. The Souls (coached by Dave Unruh and Barclay Patterson, assisted by Alex Unruh, and managed by Jacob Stobbe and Davis Roach) also included Kyle Newton. …………………………………………………… The Marion Graham Falcons crushed the Centennial Chargers 84-47. The Chargers included Jordan Silzer, Radwan Sabriye, Salman Farah, Jackson Evans, Chris Campbell, Daniel Berg, Brandon Bellows, Dane Bartel, Kaden Angell, Michael Buell, Ibrahim Elmi, Jeff Erickson, Joonseong Lee and Baljit Pandher. …………………………………………………… The St. Joseph Guardians clocked the Holy Cross Crusaders 86-66. Mark Weiss paced the Guardians with 20. Ethan Stone added 19, Ja’shon Henry 17, Brayden Hyshka 14, Braxton Durham 11 and Emmanuel Akintunde 5, while Jordan Berscheid, Jack Bouvier, Mathew Gulka, Jaden Reding, Owen Weiss and Steven Bilodeau were scoreless. Evan Boechler paced the Crusaders with 25. C.J. Gavlas added 16, Quinn Sully 9, Joseph Trumpy 8, Jacob Solie 6 and Patrick Hunchak 2, while Andrew Bryant, Julian Gilewicz, Anthony Ferwerda, Ben Getzlaf, Arydan Healy, Tyler Hermann and Ben Solie were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the Walter Murray Marauders smacked the Aden Bowman Bears 80-63. The Bears included Patrick Chitanda, Lukas Cowan, Scott Craig, Tiegen Derksen, Tonny Fan, Flinn Herriot, Davis Humbert, Everett Iverson, Quinn Moat-Moskaluke, Logan Olfert and Arthur Schuler. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Bishop Mahoney Saints nipped the Walter Murray Marauders 74-73. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Marion Graham Falcons clipped the St. Joseph Guardians 80-67. …………………………………………………… In the bronze medal match, the Walter Murray Marauders whipped the St. Joseph Guardians 102-82. …………………………………………………… In the Saskatoon city final, the Marion Graham Falcons dusted the Bishop Mahoney Saints 71-59 to earn their first city title since the school was built in 1984. “It’s pretty surreal right now,” senior Tim Campbell told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “It’s been a long working process. I’ve been on the team since Grade 9, and we kind of started from three wins to this. It’s a crazy, awesome kind of thing, and it feels good that our hard work’s been paying off. I knew we’d improve, but I never expected this. It’s amazing and such a blessing to be part of it.” The Falcons led 22-10 after one quarter and the Saints never rallied closer than 4. Addison Dewar paced the Falcons with 18. Alexander Dewar added 17 and Campbell 16. The Falcons were playing without defensive stalwart Yan Kartavliuk, who broke his jaw in the quarterfinals. Adam Lewis led the Saints with 14.
In the Regina city quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns stomped the 8th-seeded Winston Knoll Wolverines 121-54. The Wolverines (coached by Michael Silvius, assisted by Tim Artemenko, Landon Barr and Steve Comaniuk) included Jaxen Dufour, Eric Appelquist, Evan Desrosiers, Dylan Kreklewetz, Holden Bessel, Kyle Angielski, Kegan Lavoy, Chance South, Kurtis Foerster, Colton Friesen, Rovie Duarte and Alec Anderson. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Miller Marauders clipped the 5th-seeded Luther Lions 70-61. The Lions (coached by Joel Hunter, assisted by Josh Fink, Adam Hunter and Will Johnson, and managed by Kevin Brown) included Chris Bend, Scott Findura, Daniel Cherian, Avner Phen, Josh Exner, Teddy Wiens, Luca Fiorito, Daniel Elendu, Michael Vanderhooft, Gabe Hertz and Evan Anderson. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Balfour Redmen edged the 6th-seeded Thom Trojans 78-73. The Trojans (coached by Scottie Babcock and Stefan Endsen) included Morgan Stack, Joel Clark, Tyson Haubrich, Josh Fontaine, Josh Duczek, Kavis Sellinger, Connor Molloy, David Kerbs, Jestin Janzen, Rezgar Badi, Cameron Clemence, Joel Braden and Jesse Braden. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the 7th-seeded Riffel Royals stunned the 2nd-seeded Campbell Tartans 71-69. The Tartans (coached by Robbie Findley, assisted by Dan Simaluck and Ryan Csada) included Levi Reoch, Abrar Saeed, Sean Griffin, Calder Dollard, Lee Brown, Braxton Turnbull, Michael Sotropa, Jesse Trussler, Tanner Smith, Sterling Behnke, Sasha Pojuzina, Isaac Choboter and Ryker Toffan. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the top-seeded Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns swamped the 4th-seeded Miller Marauders 120-60. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Balfour Redmen dusted the 7th-seeded Riffel Royals 82-67. …………………………………………………… In the bronze medal match, the 7th-seeded Riffel Royals stunned the 4th-seeded Miller Marauders 82-70. …………………………………………………… In the city final, the top-seeded Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns edged the 3rd-seeded Balfour Redmen 57-53. “It just shows that any team can beat you at any time,’ said Golden Sun guard Carter Millar told the Regina Leader-Post. “If you play bad and even if they play bad, anything can happen. We just have to step our game up and work on our three-point shots. We have to get it together for provincials.” Redmen post Kolton Bellamy said “we almost got them here. Chances are we’ll play them in the final at regionals and hopefully in Hoopla. We have our chances at these guys.’ Balfour made it close when Eric Despins drained a trey with 7:36 remaining in the fourth quarter to knot the score at 42. But LeBoldus held on down the stretch. “They were expected to win and we gave them a hell of a game,’ Bellamy said. “That’s all that we can do.’ Ben Hillis, Brayden Kuski and Stefan Grujic led the Golden Suns with 10 points each. Carter Millar added 9. Kolton Bellamy paced the Redmen with 23.
In the provincial North regional quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Marion Graham Falcons received a bye. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Saskatchewan Walter Murray Marauders stomped the Prince Albert Carlton Crusaders 101-53. The Crusaders (coached by Lindsay Strachan) included Chris McLachlan, Alex Kessler, Daulton Sinoski, and Cole Sanderson. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians dumped the 2nd-seeded Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders 92-78. The Guardians broke to a 14-0 lead and were never threatened. Brandon Tolentino paced the Marauders with 23. The Marauders (coached by Dale Regel) also included Connor Murray, John Austria, Austin Ermine, Luke Buettner, Evan Parchonchuk, Danny Martin, Arliss McCloy, Antoine Nataweyes, Luke Wandzura, Noah Matice, Hudson Goertz, Mason Issel, Adam Wandzura, Sam Matice and Brandon Bonneau. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Saskatoon Bishop Mahoney Saints dusted the 6th-seeded Swift Current Colts 86-55. The Colts (coached by Andrew Judge) included Cyril Amoyen, Kristian Lubi, Marcus Mayall, Mitch Braun, Dalton Christiansen, Tyrell Beverly-Collins, Nathan Braun, Matt Bissonette, Tanner Williams, Jon Chisholm and Dylan Mortensen. …………………………………………………… In the North region semis, the 5th-seeded Saskatoon Walter Murray Marauders stunned the top-seeded Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons 94-92. …………………………………………………… In the other North region semi, the 7th-seeded Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians clubbed 3rd-seeded Saskatoon Bishop Mahoney Saints 83-58. …………………………………………………… In the North bronze match, the top-seeded Marion Graham Falcons whipped the 3rd-seeded Saskatoon Bishop Mahoney Saints 75-56. …………………………………………………… In the North region final, the 7th-seeded Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians dispatched the 5th-seeded Saskatoon Walter Murray Marauders 84-67. “We had our chance last weekend (in the city playoffs) and we didn’t get the job done,” said St. Joseph coach Brett Hoffman. “We just decided to get back in the gym this week and see if we can improve, and we did what we had to do.” Ja’Shon Henry paced the Guardians with 32. Ahmed Mahadhi led the Marauders with 22.
In the provincial South regional quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns stomped the 8th-seeded Balgonie Greenall Griffins 97-34. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Regina Riffel Royals smacked the 4th-seeded Estevan Elecs 83-75. The Elecs (coached by Shane Ross, assisted by Alex Coop and Dustin Wilson) included Carter Kuchinka, Wyatt Haux, Matt Haux, Mitchell Clark, Donny Mortenson, Kolby Dyck and Reagan Wallewein. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers dumped the 7th-seeded Regina Miller Marauders 100-93. “It was a really fun and fast game to play in,” Peacock guard Sawyer Buettner told the Moose Jaw Times-Herald. “That would have been a nice game to watch in the stands. I think the key for us was the fact that were able to run more set plays and we had a lot of structure to our game. That allowed us to score a lot of points.” The Marauders included Adrian Yim. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Regina Balfour Redmen crushed the 6th-seeded Yorkton Regional Raiders 74-46. The Raiders (coached by J Payne) included Clyde Mariano, Tyson Black, Alex Popoff, Caleb Bymak, Nick Payne, Daniel Sparrowhawk, Dylan Sharpe, Jesse McDowell, Adam Wyonzek, Earl Langan, Peter Kozushka, Alex Utanes and Noah Zerr. …………………………………………………… In the South region semis, the top-seeded Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns whipped the 5th-seeded Regina Riffel Royals 108-65. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Regina Balfour Redmen dispatched the 2nd-seeded Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers 72-60. …………………………………………………… In the South bronze match, the 5th-seeded Regina Riffel Royals dumped the 2nd-seeded Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers 75-56. …………………………………………………… In the South regional final, the top-seeded Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns spanked the 3rd-seeded Regina Balfour Redmen 89-61.
In the provincial quarterfinals, the 7th-seeded Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons dumped the 2nd-seeded Regina Balfour Redmen 72-60. Guard Eric Katz told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix that the Falcons were inspired by the injury of point guard Yan Kartavliuk, who broke his jaw in the Saskatoon city quarterfinals. “It hurts to be without our starting point guard, Yan, but we’re doing it for him. Now we’ve got to go all the way. His jaw is wired shut. We bought him a Booster Juice card and he can’t really order himself, so we go with him and order sometimes. We made this whole run without him, but we’re doing it for him. … The key to victory was closing out on their three’s, playing hard defence and taking them out of the game and running on them.” The Falcons broke to a 26-12 lead before Balfour responded with an 8-0 run and drew within 31-28 with 1:35 to play in the first half. Graham rebuilt its lead to 52-35 in the second half but the Redmen trimmed the margin to six with seven minutes to play. “Credit to them,” said Falcons coach Dan Dewar. “Obviously they deserved being the No. 2 seed. They had a tough one in the city final, only losing by four to LeBoldus, which has been the powerhouse for the year in high school basketball, winning BRIT and the last two provincials. They’re well coached. The guys worked hard and they wouldn’t go away – and that’s sign of their character. … Our guys were disciplined down the stretch at the end, which was good and we took care of the basketball, Defensively, we made stops and secured the ball, so that was the big thing for us. Balfour coach Tanner Brightman said “we have a resilient team. We have a lot of guys who play multiple sports, a lot of football guys. They’re never technically out of it. We faced a lot of adversity this year. We won games in double overtime and lost games in overtime, so we feel like we’re never out of it. Graham just came out and they just wanted it more today than we did.” Graham led 14-8, 35-30 and 54-46 at the quarters. Alexander Dewar paced the Falcons with 27 points. His brother, Addison, added 20. Eric Despins led Balfour with 17. Kolten Bellamy and Austin Halstead each had 11. The Redmen (coached by Brightman, assisted by Mathew Cherkas and Kyle Dudley) also included Riley Orchard, Brady Reid, Mark Marano, Josh Turanich, Kevin Dudley, Ryan Schienbein, Zachary Schultz and Alex Lenius.
The Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians clipped the Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers 85-73. Braedon Crone paced the Toilers with 21. The Toilers (coached by Bryan Adams, assisted by Vaughn Crone) also included Nolan Thoroughgood, Sawyer Buettner, Eric Forbes, Stephen Holzer, Teagan Gottselig, Griffin Barrett and Park Andrews.
The Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns whipped the Saskatoon Bishop Mahoney Saints 99-70. Chan De Ciman paced the Golden Suns with 24. Zach Riehl led the Saints with 26. The Saints also included Marcus Gaco, Luke Hale, Luke Karwacki, Lucas Korol, Adam Lewis, Kirk Morrow, Matthew Nagy, Bojan Nikolov, Aidan Smithen, Eric Turcotte, Taijal Verma and Karl Wesley Nullas.
In the last quarterfinal, the Saskatoon Walter Murray Marauders dispatched the Regina Riffel Royals 83-71. Josh Caburao led the Royals with 16. The Royals (coached by Trevor Troy and Brennan Yaremko) also included Kieran Hebert, Jesse Ducharme.
In the semis, the Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians stomped the Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons 94-72. The Guardians led 47-39 at halftime and 72-60 after three. Ethan Stone led St. Joseph with 23 points while Addison Dewar had 27 for the Falcons.
In the other semi, the Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns burned the Saskatoon Walter Murray Marauders 88-47. The Golden Suns dominated from the start, leading 26-6 after one quarter and by as many as 30 in the second quarter.
“We were really geared up to play today and our guys showed up defensively in the first – six points (allowed) in the first quarter,” LeBoldus coach Wade Bartlett told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “It was a super-good defensive effort. Our guys played really well today.” Marauders coach Trevor Mirtle said “I was a little bit taken back. We played them two times earlier in the year and we had (closer) games with them. But that being said – LeBoldus, they are one talented high school basketball team. You take one thing away, they respond and make the right reads and all of a sudden now they’ve got another weapon.” Mirtle added that Sun guard Kade Belyk “was a major impact on the game. Offensively, he was getting to the rim every time he wanted to and we had problems staying in front of him. But probably the even bigger job that he did was defensively when he matched on our top scorer (Cain Shepherd) and he really shut him down. He gave Cain some really difficult looks and made life miserable for him.” Carter Millar led the Golden Suns with 25 points.
In the bronze medal match, the Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons mauled the Saskatoon Walter Murray Marauders 89-55. The Marauders (coached by Trevor Mirtle, assisted by Scott Ferguson, Chris Fryett-Miller and Graham Black, and managed by Adam Nazarali and Eugene Lam) included Tyler Wellman, Khaled Tajik, Feroz Safi, Cameron Delahey, Kai Matisz, Ahmed Mahadhi, Conlin Dewar, Matt Benkic, Abubakar Jeilani, Cain Shepherd, Marco Yutuc, Enzo Yutuc, Taijon Dixon and Michael Reed-Wood.
In the final, the Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns crushed the Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians 108-79 to capture their third consecutive provincial crown and their fifth in the last six finals. “Our guys, when it comes big time, they’re really ready to play. They play as a team and you saw that all weekend,” said Golden Suns head coach Wade Bartlett told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “Absolutely the best team I’ve ever coached, without a doubt. Last year’s (team) was really good. This was better. I had one in ’08 that was really good, but this is the best team I’ve ever coached.” Guardians coach Brett Hoffman said “they’ve always got it rolling. They’re a very talented team across the board, whether it’s their starting five or their guys coming off the bench. They can all shoot the ball, they share the ball very well and they’re big inside.” Chan De Ciman paced the Golden Suns with 32. Stefan Grujic added 29 and Carter Millar 22. Emmanuel Akintunde led the Guardians with 25. The Golden Suns were also three-time defending provincial 4A football champions with De Ciman played on both squads in all three seasons. “It’s definitely something (not just) anybody is capable of, so I’m so proud of my team and everybody that’s coached me and brought me to this point,’ De Ciman told the Regina Leader-Post. Grujic, who’d sprained his ankle in the semis, scored 10 of the Suns first 17 points. “Right off the bat, Stefan stepped up,” Bartlett told the Leader-Post. “We didn’t even know if he was going to play. He comes out and nails a three-pointer right off the get-go – bad ankle and all. He was fabulous.”
The bronze medalist Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons: Tanner Rhode; Jared Braun; Dean Visvanathan; Eric Katz; Alexander Dewar; Joshua Cline; Tim Campbell; Simon Burton-Foui; Carter Berge; Addison Dewar;
The silver medalist Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians: Emmanuel Akintunde; Jordan Berscheid; Jack Bouvier; Braxton Dirham; Mathew Gulka; Ja’shon Henry; Brayden Hyshka; Jaden Reding; Ethan Stone; Owen Weiss; Mark Weiss; Steven Bilodeau; coach Brett Hoffman; coach Dan Carreiro
The gold medalist Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns: Jamal Hooker; Mike Mutschler; Ben Hillis; Michael Scraper; Michael Scraper; David Simon; Nick Dheilly; Kade Belyk; Chan DeCiman; Connor McIntyre; Brayden Kuski; Diego Orelanna; Stefan Grujic; Carter Millar; coach Wade Bartlet; assistant Garret Kot