In the interzone playoffs, the Winkler Garden Valley Zodiacs thrashed the Brandon Crocus Plains Plainsmen 110-63 as Ian Milne scored 28. Matt DeGagne led the Plainsmen with 29. The Plainsmen (coached by Darren Hardy) also included Iain McDonald, David Sutherland, Zach McMillan.
In the wildcard game, the Winnipeg Glenlawn Lions clipped the Winnipeg John Taylor Pipers 83-69.
In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The 9th-seeded Winnipeg Vincent Massey Trojans defeated the 8th-seeded Winnipeg St. Paul’s Crusaders 75-64. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders dumped the 12th-seeded Winnipeg J.H. Bruns Broncos 79-48. …………………………………………………… The 11th-seeded Winnipeg Glenlawn Lions upset the 6th-seeded Winnipeg Miles Macdonell Buckeyes 77-62. The Buckeyes included Jordan Jasiewicz, Jon Cade. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Winnipeg Mennonite Brethren Hawks dumped the 10th-seeded Winkler Garden Valley Zodiacs 100-87. The Zodiacs included Ian Milne.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Winnipeg Fort Richmond Centurions defeated the 9th-seeded Winnipeg Vincent Massey Trojans 64-63.
The 4th-seeded Winnipeg Silver Heights Huskies defeated the 5th-seeded Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders 44-42. The Raiders (coached by Randy Kusano) included Jeremiah Robinson.
The 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers crushed the 11th-seeded Winnipeg Glenlawn Lions 89-67.
In the last quarterfinal, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg River East Kodiaks defeated the 7th-seeded Winnipeg Mennonite Brethren Hawks 72-61. The Hawks (coached by Ken Opalko) included Matthew Opalko.
In the semi-finals, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg River East Kodiaks defeated the 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers 74-69 as Chris Dyck scored 49, including the Kodiaks last 14 points. “It was kind of funny because in warm-up I wasn’t shooting very well at all. My last shot, I put it off the back of one of the backboards,” Dyck, who was chose Kodiaks player of the game after hitting 6 treys, told the Winnipeg Free Press. “I guess I got a little better as the game went on.” Kodiaks coach Erwin Hildebrandt said “Chris is a very solid shooter; he’s breaking his own records now. The school record was 42 points in a game and that was Chris too, this year. Kelvin’s got a tough-as-nails team and we expected a close game with them. Fort Richmond is the same type of team. We’ve played them three times. They beat us twice and we beat them once.”
In the other semi, the top-seeded Winnipeg Fort Richmond Centurions defeated the 4th-seeded Winnipeg Silver Heights Huskies 51-45 as player of the game Danny Atwell scored 14. The Centurions outscored the Huskies 10-4 over the final 4:18. Todd Christianson paced the Huskies with 12. Harlo Larkin added 11, Jared Boville 11 and Anju Sharma 11. The Centurions were elated to make the final for the first time in 25 years, the year coach Ogo Okwumabua was born. “It’s really exciting for our school and it’s really great for our players. Our younger players like Danny (Atwell), James (Gerardy) and Grant (Rayner) did a tremendous job out there today,” Okwumabua, whose younger brother Buisi was a Grade 11 forward with the Clippers, told the Winnipeg Free Press. “The Silver Heights team plays such good defence and they’re so physically strong, we really needed big games from our guys tonight.” Dele Legris added 13 for the Centurions, Atwell 13, Gerardy 10 and Rayner 7. The score was knotted at 41 when Gerardy hit a pair of free throws to give the Centurions the lead for good.
In the final, 2nd-seeded Winnipeg River East Kodiaks stunned the top-seeded Winnipeg Fort Richmond Centurions 63-55 as tournament MVP Chris Dyck scored 22, including 15-16 from the line. “In the second half we just started playing. There was nothing special, no big pep talk or anything, we just had to play some good defence and everything
fell into place,” Kodiak forward Jordan Wiebe, who scored 17, told the Winnipeg Free Press. “It’s just a game but it’s great to win the provincial title.” The Centurions led 22-10 early but the Kodiaks rallied back when four Centurions fouled out in the second half, hitting 9 of their final 13 points from the free throw line. “Foul trouble did hurt us. We played a tough game, we were up most of the game. There were a few suspect calls but we had to battle through it. But congrats to them and we’ll be back next year,” said Fort Richmond coach Ogo Okwumabua, whose team suffered its first loss on the season. Dele Legris led the Centurions with 21. Ali Ahmadzai added 11.
The all-tournament team featured: MVP Chris Dyck (River East); Jhonnathan Menjivar (Kelvin); Ali Ahmadzai (Fort Richmond); Jordan Wiebe (River East); and Dele Legris (Fort Richmond)
The co-bronze medalist Winnipeg Silver Heights Huskies: Todd Christienson; Harlo Larkin; Jared Boville; Anju Sharma; Craig Penniston; coach Kirby Schepp
The co-bronze medalist Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers: Damir Osmanovic; Vinit Elimban; Norman Marceliono; Jhonnathan Menjivar; Russel Taylor; Don Oramasionwu; Josh Sjobert; Andrew Welch; Taylor Poirier; Matan Gamliel; Alex Dunas; Will Krahn; Buisi Okwumabua; coach Chris Young; assistant Andrew Forsythe; manager Ben Carr; manager Ira Kaye
The silver medalist Winnipeg Fort Richmond Centurions: Ali Ahmadzai; Dele Legris; Enes Jeine; Tarik Tokar; Danny Atwell; James Gerardy; Luke Dunlop; Andy Garha; Mungala Londe; Charles Ho; Mike Pawlyshyn; Grant Rayner; coach Regan Moses; assistant Ogo Okwamabua; manager Dion Mohammed.
The gold medalist Winnipeg River East Kodiaks: Chris Dyck; Jordan Wiebe; Jaime Moses; Manny Wiebe; Mikki Gagic; Cam Sheppard; C.J. Edwards; James Janzen; Derek Martens; John Zak; Ian Bowie; Mark Dolyniuk; Ezra Visch-Krahn; coach John Thompson; coach Donald Ewasko; coach Erwin Hilderbrant; manager Phil Wiebe; manager Scott Bainard