In the interzone playoffs: …………………………………………………… The Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans clipped the Swan River Swan Valley Tigers 78-71. …………………………………………………… The Virden Golden Bears clubbed the Dauphin Clippers 61-34. The Clippers were coached by Ron Fidierchuk.
In the wildcard game, the University of Winnipeg Collegiate Wesmen dusted the Swan River Swan Valley Tigers 89-70. “We had not played them nor did we have the chance to see them at any of the tournaments we attended this year,” Tigers coach Kevin Carter told the Swan Valley Star and Times. “But the same could be said about their familiarity with us. … We were playing well enough to create opportunities. “But we were not hitting shots that we have all year and had a hard time getting into a groove.” The Wesmen led by as many as 23. “This was certainly not a position we have been in at any time or any game all year,” said Carter. “It was a hole too deep to dig out of and although we tried to get something going, we could not get any runs or get the opposition on their heels. … It was a tough ending to swallow for us as a team as we had hopes of making a run at a provincial title this year, but we fell short of that goal.” The Tigers (coached by Carter, assisted by Ryan Maksymchuk, Ian Kitch, Brendan Fedorchuk and Ryley Rivett) included David Muller, Tre Fleury, Riley Munro, Eric Galaschuk, Quinn Kematch, Nick Watson.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings rolled the 8th-seeded Morden Collegiate Thunder 89-39. Mat Machado was chosen player of the game for the Wings, while Evan Bugden earned the laurels for the Thunder. The Thunder (coached by Ron Samborski) also included Ethan Unrau, Freddy Mansour, Jaden Neufeld, Jaden Thiessen, Jeremy Menzies, Jesse O’Tennadzahe, Jesse Warkentine, John Bugden, Nick Tremblay, Payam Salimi, Russell Dyck, Thomas Spirjakin and Tyler Friesen.
The 4th-seeded Winnipeg St. James Jimmies stomped the 5th-seeded University of Winnipeg Collegiate Wesmen 95-27. Owen Hanson-Machendagoos was chosen player of the game for the Jimmies, while Jordin Dumas earned the laurels for the Wesmen. The Wesmen (coached by Eric Cable) also included Marik Beraki, Himat Dhaliwal, Ajai Gill, Cully Kipling, Josh Martins, Ethan Mercredi, Chace Moroz, Zibo Ren and Adam Williams.
The 2nd-seeded Winnipeg St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles crushed the 7th-seeded Beausejour Edward Schreyer Barons 98-58. Sandeep Brar was chosen player of the game for the Eagles, while Philip Gut earned the laurels for the Barons. The Barons (coached by Thomas Gut) also included Matthew Bialek, Ryan Bialek, Tristin Boss, Tyson Brooks, Chase Buhler, Martin Gut, Kelly Mars, Kelby Picard, Max Rosentreter, Sheldon Rosentreter, Justin Roy and Jacob Stengel.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans clocked the 6th-seeded Flin Flon Hapnot Collegiate Kings 64-49. Brock Hiltner was chosen player of the game for the Spartans, while Nicholas Novosol earned the laurels for the Kings. The Kings (coached by Don Dyke) also included Ethan Anderson, Maverick Bryson, Henry Claboyer, Ryan Diakow, Isaac Dufour-Jarvais, Will Hatherly, Bladen McCullum, Pearce Pardoski, Branson Powell, Devon Puchailo and Eric Rutherford.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles smacked the 3rd-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans 87-52. Jeremy Gunn was chosen player of the game for the Eagles, while Brodi Gill earned the laurels for the Spartans.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings clipped the 4th-seeded Winnipeg St. James Jimmies 71-57. Andrew Davison was chosen player of the game for the Wings, while Devin Kinch earned the laurels for the Jimmies.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans dumped the 4th-seeded Winnipeg St. James Jimmies 59-43. Andrew Paul was chosen player of the game for the Spartans, while Josh Villegas earned the laurels for the Jimmies. The Jimmies (coached by Ryan Kangas) also included John Alibango, Brandon Arnett, Brayden Bandusiak, Nash Bockstael, John Bulos, Keenan Cooke, Johnell Dianelo, Jacob Fowler, Owen Hanson-Machendagoos, Jess Intac, David Iradukunda, Devin Kinch, Jeremy Lajoie and Nico Nayad.
In the final, the top-seeded Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings defeated the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles 88-82. Josh Bergmann was chosen player of the game for the Wings, while Anoush Sepehri earned the laurels for the Eagles.
The bronze medalist Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans: Noah Bursey; Sean Coey; Dylan Foster; Brodie Gill; Brock Hiltner; Clark Nachtigall; Noah Patton; Andrew Paul; Eric Plante; Joel Plante; Lane Tufts; Nate Unger; coach Casey Lasuik; coach Adam Philpott
The silver medalist St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles: Brendan Boswick; Charn Brar; Jagman Brar; Sandeep Brar; Ryan Eisbrenner; Jeremy Gunn; Nathan Kroft; Anoush Sepehri; Vaelan Sriranjan; Lahiru Wijesinghe; Manny Wood; coach Jeremy Martin
The gold medalist Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings: Karim Asham; Charles Barbour; Josh Big Country Bergmann; Andrew Davison; Namku Kang; Evan Klassen; Mat Machado; Cody Neustaedter; Trevor Nickel; Austin Parks; Aaron Roller; Christophe Towells; coach Nick Janzen; coach Manfred Glor