In the rural regional quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Estevan Elecs edged the 5th-seeded Swift Current Colts 69-65 as Donny Martenson scored 18. Stephen Addai led the Colts with 17. The Colts also included Carl Soriano. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders clipped the Balgonie Griffins 63-51 as Hudson Goertz scored 27 and Joshua Rojas 16. The Griffins led 31-25 at the half. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Yorkton Regional Raiders bombed the 6th-seeded Prince Albert Carlton Crusaders 76-42 as Jordin Rusnack scored 20. Aniket Saggar led the Crusaders with 9. The Crusaders (coached by Tim Strom) also included Dillon Bieker, Ben Grassick. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the top-seeded North Battleford Comprehensive Vikings dispatched the 4th-seeded Estevan Elecs 72-62 as Riley Rathwell scored 29. The Vikings led 37-32 at the half. Donny Mortenson led the Elecs with 18. 4. The Elecs (coach Shane Ross, assistant Nathan Wilhelm, assistant Dustin Wilson, manager Evanne Wilhelm) also included John Sasi, Wyatt Haux, Justin Van Achte, Jack McGeough, Heaven Calibuna, Cameron Rioux, Carter Davenport, Luigi Ambita. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Yorkton Regional Raiders clubbed the 2nd-seeded Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders 71-50 as Jordin Rusnack scored 19. The Raiders led 24-23 at the half. Luke Wandzura led the Marauders with 18. The Marauders (coached by David Seto, Jordan Carriere and Ryan Mckinnon) also included Hudson Goertz, Josh Rojas, Jordon Solomon, Morris Jornadal, Devin Kenny, Jake Rapin, Adam Paziuk, Kyle Kreshewski, Justin Echavez, Marc Rapin, Brennan Boyer, Adam Wandzura and Dele Egbeyemi. …………………………………………………… In the final, the top-seeded North Battleford Comprehensive Vikings edged the 3rd-seeded Yorkton Regional Raiders 67-62 as Riley Rathwell scored 19. Dylan Sharp paced the Raiders with 19.
In the Saskatoon city quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Walter Murray Marauders stunned the top-seeded Marion Graham Falcons 65-59. The Falcons (coach Dan Dewar, assistant Brock Katz, assistant Patrick Traves, manager Brad Jorgenson, manager Josh Capuli, manager Chris Zerajic) included Adam Dyck, Andre Ayad, Alexander Dewar, Connor Sparks, Davis Turnmire, Colton Franks-Campbell, Ashton Taylor, Nolan Sparks, Ben Gaskin, Cole Newkirk and Lucas Brown. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded St. Joseph Guardians clipped the 4th-seeded Holy Cross Crusaders 65-52. The Crusaders (coach Brett Hardy, assistants Dave Hardy, manager Jun ‘Orlando’ Viloria) included Kenneth Castillo, Josh Rutten, Reagan King, David Solie, Dominic Gursky, Jayce Wingate, Sabin Catana, Ben Linsley, Nolan Machibroda, Bryan Ahat, Ramsey Derbas, Benjamin Carlson, Drek Dut, Logan Kays and Musantu Mwango. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Bishop J. Mahoney Saints smacked the 6th-seeded Aden Bowman Bears 61-32. The Bears (coach Barclay Patterson, assistant Stefan Scott, manager Tyler Verity, manager Treyton Zary) included Arthur Schuler, Nathan Jones, Matt Dyck, Evan Kretzer, Cole Anderson, Everett Iverson, Nicholas Kucey, Shawn Lewis, Nolan Moat-Moskaluke, Connor Campbell, Liam Woods and Aaron Pankratz. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Centennial Chargers clubbed the 7th-seeded Bethlehem Stars 66-42. The Stars (coach Dan Kozun, assistant Emmitt Zerr, assistant Jodeci Del Castillo) included Matthew Villamil, Jake Carlos, Mutasir Awad, Nolan Zerr, Ala Salma, Andrew Marcelino, Jonathan Jokino, Jaylen Aranda, Samuel Yusuf, Peter Harun, Mitchell Petras, Edward Grant and Elias Lieffers. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the 5th-seeded St. Joseph Guardians defeated the 8th-seeded Walter Murray Marauders 81-74. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Bishop J. Mahoney Saints dispatched the 2nd-seeded Centennial Chargers 60-54. …………………………………………………… In the bronze medal match, the 2nd-seeded Centennial Chargers clipped the 8th-seeded Walter Murray Marauders 58-51. The Marauders (coach Trevor Mirtle, assistant Dave Earl, assistant Chris Fryett-Miller, assistant Cassidy Tillman, manager Dallen Erickson, manager Dhanush Balakrishnan) included Ahmed Nur, Bakari Mahadhi, Mack Dumba, Ahmed Mahadhi, Evan Nielsen, Hani Tekheste, Chris Van Der Spuy, Adam Labrash, Jericho Schmidt, Aidan Vanbinsbergen, Tai Vassell, Graham Kelly and Zyvia Murdaugh. …………………………………………………… In the final, the 5th-seeded St. Joseph Guardians defeated the 2nd-seeded Bishop J. Mahoney Saints 67-59 (alternately reported as 69-61) by ripping off a late 16-0 run. The game featured 19 lead changes and 18 ties. “We finally found something that worked,” Guardians coach Brett Hoffman told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “We got our big guy — Dan Okpoko — going inside and they didn’t have a guy big enough to handle him. Once they had to start taking care of that, it opened up some other stuff for us and we were very lucky to come away with the win.” Saints coach Scott Fernquist said he felt for his troops. “(They’re) extremely hard working and you can see that from the way they play. Unfortunately, we didn’t make a couple key plays that we needed to. A couple turnovers, a couple offensive rebounds for them, little plays like that make a big difference in games like this.” Owen Weiss led the Guardians with 21. Alan Spoonhunter added 16. Brant Morrow led the Saints with 17. Michael Gerber added 14.
In the Regina city quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The Campbell Tartans (1st, Blue division) whipped the Winston Knoll Wolverines (4th, White division) 98-58. …………………………………………………… The Riffel Royals (3rd, Blue division) clipped the Miller Marauders (2nd, White division) 76-54. The Marauders (coach Michael Tran, assistant Joey Werapitya) included Noah Griff, Hamza Bersales, Andrei Valdez, Eugene Soliverez, Leone Santiago, C.J. Balmes, Jojo Macabba, Filip Garic, Michael Kalume, Parker Lang, Will Genert, Jackson Sombach and Mitias Germakana. …………………………………………………… The Luther Lions (2nd, Blue division) dumped the Sheldon-Williams Spartans (3rd, White division) 75-65. …………………………………………………… The Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns (1st, White division) stomped the Balfour Bears (4th, Blue division) 98-47. The Bears (coached by Tanner Brightman) included Indiana Stapleton, Jake Norman, John MacMurchy, Amir Awad Adam, Kyler Sather, Donovan Loeffler, Myles Bistritzan, Nolan Kuz, Lee Barber, Zakk Zazulak, Randy Orchard, Jake Gagnon, Austin Filipchuk and Aiden Venables. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Campbell Tartans stomped the Riffel Royals 96-65 as Jesse Trussler scored 22. Austin Chase led the Royals with 17. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns blasted the Luther Lions 102-54 as Matt Barnard scored 24. Andrew Vanderhooft led the Lions with 27. …………………………………………………… In the bronze medal match, the Riffel Royals clipped the Luther Lions 94-83. The Lions (coached by Connor Hewson) included Carter Shewchuk, Samuel Hardy, Andrew Vanderhooft. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns crushed the Campbell Tartans 96-72 as Marcus Roflik scored 26. Tyrese Potoma led the Tartans with 28.
In the provincial quarterfinals, the Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians edged the Regina Riffel Royals 88-86 despite trailing 50-31 at the half. Owen Weiss paced the Guardians with 25. Nolan Slusar and Austin Chase each scored 14 to lead the Royals. The Royals (coach Andrew Hamilton, assistant Shawn Painter, assistant Dan Osiowy) included Carter Ramler, Antoine Mekonnen, Jordan Konieczny, Kale Stoll, Hayden Ducharme, Gitara Bongomin, Riley Cooper, Eason Olynick and Toby Omoyefa.
The Regina Campbell Tartans clocked the Yorkton Regional Raiders 108-53 after leading 60-20 at the half. Luke Harold paced the Tartans with 23. Dylan Sharpe and Brandt Scott each scored 11 to lead the Raiders. The Raiders (coached by Jason Payne, assisted by Tony Hayden and Curtis Spelay) also included Jordin Rusnack, U’sinne Langford, Matthew Balysky, Matthew Mandziuk, Jordin Rusnack, Ben Koroluk, Raphael Rosas, Josh Soke, Keenan Nystrom, Dreyden Waldbauer, Shane Scharf and Jel DeJesus.
The Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns whipped the Saskatoon Centennial Chargers 88-49 after leading 40-24 at the half. Matt Barnard paced the Golden Suns with 23. Jackson Mayerle led the Chargers with 8. The Chargers (coach Kory Dawe, assistant Neal Gieni, assistant Mike Veszi, manager Mackay Bell, manager McKenna Olson, manager Zach Edwards, manager Bobby Jing) also included Kash Angell, Egan Weiler, Ben Morrow, Jake Frostad, Nick Johnson, Haland Lam, Austin Hatfield, Dallin Nickel, Adam Keen, Cole Rutherford and Jordan Silzer.
In the last quarterfinal, the Saskatoon Bishop J. Mahoney Saints dispatched the North Battleford Comprehensive Vikings 80-70 after leading 39-29 at the half. Aiden Smithen led the Saints with 29. Damon Dutton led the Vikings with 21. “They took it to us earlier in the season but we were right there with them all game long,” Vikings coach Jamie Sommerfeld told the Battleford News-Optimist. “We had a five-minute lapse where they jumped out in front of us and we couldn’t recover. It’s those little things that make the difference at this tournament.” The Vikings also included Keegan Chartier, Clark Rivera, Nick Rutten, Riley Rathwell, Jordan Poitras, Clayton Kotelko, Apete Tuiloma, Jaron Armstrong, J.T. Lamb, Sam Neufeld and Karl Ottenbreit.
In the semis, the Regina Campbell Tartans blasted the Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians 97-60 after leading 50-35 at the half. Tyrese Potoma paced the Tartans with 27. Maguire Schwitzer led the Guardians with 12.
In the other semi, the Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns clipped the Saskatoon Bishop J. Mahoney Saints 65-53 despite trailing 32-26 at the half. Matt Barnard paced the Golden Suns with 16. Brant Morrow led the Saints with 16.
In the bronze medal match, the Saskatoon Bishop J. Mahoney Saints dispatched the Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians 57-45 despite trailing 30-22 at the half. Aidan Smithen led the Saints with 20. Alan Spoonhunter led the Guardians with 10. The Guardians (coach Brett Hoffman, assistant Matt Harbidge, assistant Seb Turcotte, manager Fabio Istifo, manager Enoch Solarin) also included Spencer Thiessen, Owen Weiss, Michael Akintunde, Kayode Olaloku, Michael Hendrickson, Ben Kellins, Keagan White, Maguire Schwitzer, Mason Dirham, Jayden Burns and Dan Okpoko.
In the final, the Regina Campbell Tartans defeated the Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns 76-71 to avenge a loss in the Regina city finals and deny the Golden Suns their fifth consecutive provincial title. The Golden Suns led 33-26 at the half. Tyrese Potoma paced the Tartans with 23. Nick Barnard led the Golden Suns with 16.
The bronze medalist Saskatoon Bishop J. Mahoney Saints: Ethan Hupe; Bojan Nikolov; Brant Morrow; Aiden Riehl; Brant Wood; Hunter Whyte; Eliot Smithen; Michael Gerber; Evan Ward; John Smith; Aidan Smithen; Mathew Todos; Andrew Zdunich; coach Scott Fernquist; assistant Taylor Lane; assistant Zach Riehl; manager Shuju Sun
The silver medalist Regina Dr. Martin Leboldus Golden Suns: Lucas Turchet; Todd Moyer; Ivan Santos; Ben Camplin; Josh Donnelly; Peyton Wood; Moses Onion; Mugisha Asharuf; Matt Barnard; Jamon Campbell; Nick Barnard; Marcus Roflik; Ken Wakaluk; coach Wade Bartlett
The gold medalist Regina Campbell Tartans: Daniel Sison; Bennett Stusek; Tyrese Potoma; Stefan Dunjerovic; Harrison Lars-Hansen; Jesse Trussler; Will Peers; Justin Myles; Luke Harold; Eriyeza Buwembo; J.C. Ishemezwe; Josh White; Carter Brodner; Dex Hong; Matt Rivers; coach Will Redl