In the interzone playoffs, the Swan River Swan Valley Tigers defeated the Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans x-x.
In the wildcard playoff, the Dauphin Clippers clubbed the Virden Golden Bears 95-54. …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg Nelson McIntyre Maroons edged the Winnipeg Windsor Park Royals 70-69. The Royals included Chilo Simonyola, Maity Phounsavat.
In the quarterfinals, held in Swan River, the 2nd-seed Thompson R.D. Parker Trojans defeated the 7th-seeded Winnipeg Nelson McIntyre Wolverines 110-90. Winnipeg Nelson McIntyre led 52-48 at the half. The Wolverines (coached by Todd Tyler) included Mike Hebert, Paul Beaudry, Tyler Gaines, Justin Ducharme
The 5th-seeded Portage Trotters defeated the 4th-seeded Dauphin Clippers 67-51. The Trotters led 30-21 at the half. “You’ve got to give a lot of credit to Portage,” Clippers coach Cam Bennet told the Dauphin Herald. “They played extremely well. They were outstanding defensively. They were just all over us. And we didn’t shoot that well. We were a bit scrambley.” The Clippers (coached by Cam Bennet) included Garret Dykun, Colin Thompson, Matt Zeiler, Rob Hopkins, Josh Hercina, Alan Bernat, Willie Budzinski, Wilson Van Alstyne, Kevin Thompson, Josh Hercina and Sam Rempel.
The top-seeded Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings crushed the 8th-seeded Lorette Scorpions 93-55. The Wings led 55-27 at the half. The Scorpions included Travis Vandenberghe.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded St. Norbert Celtics dumped the 6th-seed Swan River Swan Valley Tigers 58-44. The Celtics led 22-9 early and 32-20 at the half. The Tigers rallied with a 9-0 run but the Celtics took command of the paint and romped to the win. Kyle Backlund led the Celtics with 18. Craig Fulcher added 15. Brock Effa led the Tigers with 15. Craig Bowles added 11. Tigers coach Duane Whyte told the Swan Valley Star and Times that “the score is important certainly, but more important is the desire to do your best. If you bring some passion and pride to the floor, often you win. You may not win on the scoreboard, but you win in your soul. I’m very proud of all 13 members of our team and our staff. Our kids did not quit.” The Tigers (coached by Duane Whyte, assisted by Laurier Munroe) also included Matt Harris, Matt Strete, Kyle Papp, Bernel Stevenson, Tyson Maidy, Travis Church.
In the semi-finals, the top-seeded Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings defeated the 5th-seeded Portage Trotters 72-58. The Wings led 39-28 at the half.
In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded St. Norbert Celtics defeated the 2nd-seed Thompson R.D. Parker Trojans 68-65. The teams were knotted at 28 at the half.
In the bronze medal match, the 5th-seeded Portage Trotters crushed the 2nd-seeded Thompson R.D. Parker Trojans 85-65. The Trojans led 34-32 at the half. The Trojans included Mervin McKay, Jared Broderick.
In the final, the top seed Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings defeated the 2rd-seed St. Norbert Celtics 70-62. The scored was knotted at 36 at the half. Ryan Krahn led the Wings with 23. Tim Bock added 13 and Jon Boville 13. Kyle Backlund led the Celtics with 17. Craig Fulcher added 15 and Kyle Van Caeyzeele added 15.
The bronze medalist Portage Trotters: Zach Diboll; Matt Bernard; Adam Carpenter; Norm Cook; Justin Edinger; Stephan Lesage; Luke MacInnis; Tyler Miller; Drew Neufeld; Robert Stobbie; Chris Utz; Ben Wetlaufer; Can Wright; coach Steven Lewis; coach Angus MacInnis; manager Christian Buck
The silver medalist St. Norbert Celtics: Kyle Van Caeyzeele; Kyle Backlund; Craig Fulcher; Todd Groenig; Scott Gibbons; Hiten Shah; Rob Storozuk; James Richardson; Bryan Demianyk; Chris Chong; Dylan Buhr; Keena Rempel; Thane Grier; Peter Thwaites; Adam Holik; coach Raffael Borelli; coach Graham Collier; coach Che Williams
The gold medalist Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings: Jonny Boville; Tim Bock; Ryan Krahn; Jared Klassen; Andrew Parker; Derek Neufeld; Ben Wiltshire; Ryan Wegner; Jeff Krul; Jon Mark Neufeld; Jeff ‘Butter’ Rudolph; coach Nick Janzen; assistant Jared Boville