In the opening round, the 2nd-seeded Saskatoon Christian Centre Academy Cougars defeated the 15th-seeded Canora Cougars 82-15. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Outlook Blues defeated the Onion Lake Eagleview Eagles 80-39. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Fort Qu’Appelle Bert Fox Lakers smacked 16th-seeded Oxbow Prairie Horizons Knights 76-52. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Watrous Wildcats clubbed the 9th-seeded La Ronge 81-58. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Shaunavon Shadows dusted the 12th-seeded Rosthern JC Longhorns 106-54. The Longhorns included Joel Enns. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Indian Head Broncos stunned the 3rd-seeded Maple Creek 62-39. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Assiniboia Rockets whacked 11th-seed Dalmeny 64-49.
In the quarterfinals, the 2nd-seeded Saskatoon CCA Eagles defeated the 7th-seeded Outlook Blues 112-57.
The 6th-seed Assiniboia Rockets defeated the 14th-seeded Indian Head Broncos 62-57 as Matt Stevens hit a pair of three-pointers with two minutes to go and Mike Ellert hit four free throws in the final minute of play to ice it for Assiniboia. Ryan Rasmussen scored 21 to lead Assiniboia. Stevens added 17.
The top-seeded Fort Qu’Appelle Bert Fox Lakers defeated the 8th-seeded Watrous Wildcats 76-52 as Jon Krahenbil scored 32 and Jason Johns 21. Lane Manson led Watrous with 12. Brandon Bertram added 10.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Outlook L.C.B.I. Bisons defeated the 5th-seeded Shaunavon Shadows 76-68. LCBI had led 43-38 at the half and by as many as 10 in the second half before getting into foul trouble and then hanging on for the win. Joel Ditson scored 15 for LCBI. Paul Abrahamson added 12, James McCollough 12, Brad Friesen 10, Peter Hermanson 8 and Luc Thibodeau 7. Shaunavon was paced by Jason Zuit’s 21 points. Ron Hart added 19. The Shadows also included Michael Kruse-Dahl, Devin Platen.
In the semis, the top-seeded Fort Qu’Appelle Bert Fox Lakers defeated the 4th-seeded Outlook Lutheran Collegiate Bible Institute Bisons 86-78 after leading 42-35 at the half. Jason Johns led Fort Qu’Appelle with 28 points. Jon Krahenbil added 21. Joel Ditson led LCBI with 24. Paul Abrahamson added 16.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Saskatoon Christian Centre Academy Cougars defeated the 6th-seeded Assiniboia Rockets 94-69 as Jonathan Carreiro scored 23 and Dion Newton 19. CCA led 41-25 at the half. Matt Stevens led Assiniboia with 17. Cory Stevens added 14. Eagles coach prepared his troops by having them shoot over hockey sticks to get accustomed to playing against the taller Rockets.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded Outlook Lutheran Collegiate Bible Institute Bisons clipped the 6th-seeded Assiniboia Rockets 83-71 as Joel Dotson scored 25 and Paul Abrahamson 22. Ryan Rasmussen led the Rockets with 34. Matt Stevens added 18. The Rockets also included Cory Stevens.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Saskatoon CCA Eagles pounded the top-seeded Fort Qu’Appelle Bert Fox Lakers 81-57 as Dion Newton scored 19 and Jonathan Carreiro 18. Saskatoon CCA led 47-34 at the half. Sean White led Qu’Appelle with 22. Jon Krahenbil added 17. “It was mostly tough man-to-man defence, no tricks,” Jonathan Carreiro told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “After that, we let the offence take care of itself. Everybody contributed. It was a really good team game.” Carreiro added that the Eagles maintained their focus on the second half, after leading by seven at the break. “That’s not that big of a lead. We said at half that in the first five minutes we wanted to come out and be dominant, and that if we did that, we’d be all right.”
The bronze medalist Outlook Lutheran Collegiate Bible Institute Bisons: Joel Ditson; Paul Abrahamson; James McCollough; Brad Friesen; Peter Hermanson; Luc Thibodeau;
The silver medalist Fort Qu’Appelle Bert Fox Lakers: Sean White; Jon Krahenbil; Jason Johns; coach Darryl Hamilton
The gold medalist Saskatoon Christian Centre Academy Cougars: Dion Newton; Jonathan Carreiro; coach Gregg Galan