In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The Regina Christian Grizzlies stuffed the Canora Cougars 93-42 after leading 19-15, 53-28 and 80-31 at the quarters. Tyrel McLaren led Regina Christian with 24. Len Bobyk paced Canora with 11. …………………………………………………… The Outlook L.C.B.I. Bisons clipped the Duck Lake Stobart Rebels 68-40. LCBI led 13-9 after one quarter and took command when Nathan Peettetuce and Bryan Balaton took command in the second quarter. Stobart answered with a 7-0 run to trim the margin to 32-25 at the half. But Outlook got back on track in the third quarter and led 50-34. Balaton led the Rebels with 32. Peettetuce added 20. …………………………………………………… The Davidson Raiders crushed the Pinehouse Lake Minahik Waskahigan Lakers 89-66 as Luke Edwards scored 17. Barry Smith led Minahik with 13. …………………………………………………… The Moose Jaw Cornerstone Falcons dumped the Langenburg Eagles 94-78 as their depth wore down the Eagles. Brandon Hasmatali dominated the paint, while Brandon Oakes scored 28. Dennis Gilchuk led Langenburg with 29. Garret Yeske added 26. …………………………………………………… The Saskatoon Christian Centre Academy Cougars whipped the Ile-al-la-Crosse Rossignol Huskies 101-25. …………………………………………………… The Porcupine Plain Bears nipped Cando 61-57. …………………………………………………… The Shaunavon Shadows dumped the Foam Lake Panthers 80-47. Shaunavon led 30-8, 45-22 and 65-32 at the quarters. Dane Morstad paced Shaunavon with 19. Sheridan Kruse-Dahl added 17. Jordan Moore led Foam Lake with 11. Brett Ukrainetz added 9, while Devin Sakaluk dominated the boards. …………………………………………………… The Regina Western Christian Mustangs edged the Kinistino R.J. Humphrey Blues 62-61. Western Christian dominated the boards as they built a 26-11 lead after one quarter. Kinistino went to a full-court press and rallied within 37-26 at the half. They closed within five but ran into foul trouble and Western Christian took a 53-43 lead after three quarters. When Western Christian point guard Zach Williams fouled out with four minutes to play, Kinistino began forcing turnovers and rallied to tie the score at 61 with 10 seconds to play. But Western Christian’s Joseph Pradzyniski hit the winning free throw with 2.5 seconds to play. Matt Dorland led Western Christian with 15. Zach Williams added 14. Scott Holmes paced Kinistino with 23. Corey Burns added 11.
In the
quarterfinals, the defending champ Regina Christian Grizzlies crushed the Outlook
L.C.B.I. Bisons 81-38. Regina Christian broke to a 16-4 lead and extended it to
20-9 after one quarter as Tyrel McLaren scored 7. Bryan Balaton caught fire in
the second quarter, hitting a pair of treys, but Regina Christian kept pushing
the pace and built a 41-23 lead at the half. They extended it to as many as 31
and romped. McLaren and Braydon Jordheim each noted 12 for Regina Christian. Balaton
led LCBI with 18.
The 5th-seeded Moose
Jaw Cornerstone Christian Falcons outlasted the 4th-seeded Davidson
Raiders 114-95 as Brandon Hasmatali scored 43, including a one-man 13-0 run at
the end of the first half. Ian Kadlec paced the Raiders with 29.
The Saskatoon Christian Centre Academy Cougars whipped the Porcupine Plain Bears 92-28.
In the last quarterfinal, the Shaunavon Shadows clocked the Regina Western Christian Mustangs 103-76. Western Christian built an early 13-4 lead and extended it to 21-15 at the half. Shaunavon began taking control of the boards and rallied to a 48-41 lead at the half. Shaunavon opened the second half with a 14-2 run and extended their lead to 78-50 after three quarters. Dane Morstad paced Shaunavon with 30. Carter Vause added 21. Matt Dorland led Western Christian with 30. Kole Oberkirsch added 16.
In the semis, the 5th-seeded Moose Jaw Cornerstone Falcons nipped the Regina Christian Grizzlies 84-82. The Falcons’ Kevin Bergen found net with a pair of desperation, buzzer-beating three-pointers to conclude the first and second quarters. The shots, which were well outside the three-point arc, proved to be crucial as Cornerstone edged the Regina Christian Grizzlies 84-82 in a semifinal. “And at the end of the third quarter, he hit the rim (with another bomb),” Falcons coach Brett Blair told the Regina Leader-Post. “Maybe we should make it one of the plays. They definitely wouldn’t be ready for that.” Gavin Stonehouse led Regina Christian with 33.
In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Shaunavon Shadows edged the 2nd-seeded Saskatoon Christian Centre Academy Cougars 82-79 as Dane Morstad scored 34, including 20 straight for the Shadows in the third quarter.
In the bronze medal match, the Regina Christian Grizzlies defeated the Saskatoon Christian Centre Academy Cougars 61-56. The Grizzlies led 26-21 at the half. The Eagles led 42-40 after three quarters. The score was knotted at 54 with 2:40 to play. Tyrel McLaren led the Grizzlies with 19. Spencer Janzen led the Cougars with 23.
In the final, the 5th-seeded Moose Jaw Cornerstone Falcons defeated the Shaunavon Shadows 64-52 to capture their third title in four years. Sheldon Oakes paced the Falcons with 22. Tyson Willman paced Shaunavon with 12. “We’re 6-and-0 at Hoopla – 3-for-3,” Falcons coach Brett Blair told the Regina Leader-Post. “We’re all buddies. We have great camaraderie. We love each other. We pray for each other. … It feels good. There’s so much of a time commitment away from your family. It can be tough to leave the family to go to a practice or a game or a tournament. We had seven weekends away from home. This is the reward for the time commitment.” Blair told the Moose Jaw Times-Herald that “we didn’t feel we were a five seed. So we wanted to definitely show that.”
The bronze medalist Regina Christian Grizzlies: Tyrel McLaren; Braydon Jordheim; Gavin Stonehouse; Curtis Martens; coach Geoff Glaspell
The silver medalist Shaunavon Shadows: Dane Morstad; Tyson Willman; Carter Vause; Sheridan Kruse-Dahl; coach Mark Benesh
The gold medalist Moose Jaw Cornerstone Christian Falcons: Sheldon Oakes; Brandon Hasmatali; Kevin Bergen; coach Brett Blair