In the wildcard game, the Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans edged the Portage Trojans 56-52 after rallying from an 8-point fourth quarter deficit. Lisa Nagorski paced the Spartans with 38. “I’m quite happy,” Spartans coach Larry Rodenbush told the Brandon Sun. “Portage is a pretty good team and they’re bigger than us. We decided to run at them and they basically couldn’t keep up with Lisa.” Dionne Williams added 8. Mavis McRae and Marci McLeod each scored 12 to pace the Trotters.
In the quarterfinals, held in Steinbach, the 5th-seeded Swan River Swan Valley Tigers dusted the 4th-seeded host Sabres 64-50. The Tigers led 34-32 at the half. The Sabres included Teri Taylor, Melanie Peterson, Hong Trinh, Renelda Friesen, Kamp Pathammavong.
The top-seeded Elie St. Paul’s Barons crushed the 8th-seeded Virden Golden Bears 90-54. The Golden Bears included Lori Earls.
The 7th-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans stunned the 2nd-seeded Warren Wildcats 56-42 as Dionne Williams scored 17 and Lisa Nagorski 16. The Wildcats (coached by Ken Overby) included Sandy Spicer, Leanne Johnson, Heather Brotherston, Laurie Irwin.
In the last quarterfinal, the 6th-seeded The Pas Margaret Barbour Spartans stunned the 3rd-seeded Winnipeg St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles 54-51. The Eagles (coached by Jody Dyck) included Leigh Stevenson, Leanne Zrum, Emma Robinson, Gillian Sanders, Nicola Bishop, Sarah young, Naomi de Graaf, Kristen Wittman, Elaine Beare, Chrissy Kokonos and Nicole Reid.
In the semis, the top-seeded Elie St. Paul’s Barons crushed the 5th-seeded Swan River Swan Valley Tigers 73-59.
In the other semi, the 6th-seeded The Pas Margaret Barbour Spartans dusted the 7th-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans 63-47. The Spartans opened with a 12-0 run and romped. Jody Rock paced Barbour with 16. Lisa Nagorski led Neelin with 23. Jennifer Hoyland added 16. Barbour led 34-25 at the half.
In the bronze medal match, the 7th-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans smacked the 5th-seeded Swan River Swan Valley Tigers 73-59 as Lisa Nagorski scored 26, Jen Hoyland 16 and Kathie Nairne 12. The Spartans led 40-29 at the half. Dayna Gordon led the Tigers with 18. The Tigers (coached by Mona Morrison, managed by Marnie Clark, Deanna Mullin, Andrea Granta, staff supervisor Byron Ross) also included Carla Norman, Lori Bage, Darlah Belanger, Paula Rivard, Shauna Norman, Jackie Knudson, Shannon Walterson, Rhonda Woloshyn, Karen Goodman, Chris Predy, Brenda Barkowski and Lori Hardy.
In the final, the Elie St. Paul’s Barons defeated the 6th-seeded The Pas Margaret Barbour Spartans 52-45.
The bronze medalist Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans: Lisa Nagorski; Jennifer Hoyland; Kathie Nairne; Dionne Williams; Tonia Stadel; Tammy Viellneuve; Cherlyn Lane; Leanne Lind; coach Larry Rhodenbush
The silver medalist The Pas Margaret Barbour Spartans: Shannon Vovchuk; Jody Rock;
The gold medalist Elie St. Paul’s Barons: Cheryl Cyrenne; Julia Murray; coach Richard Kleban