In the quarterfinals, the Fredericton Black Kats thrashed the Dieppe Mathieu Martin Matadors 91-56. The Matadors included Damien LeBlanc, Xavier Beriault, Antoine Smith, Etienne LeGresley.
The Riverview Royals rallied from a 32-27 halftime deficit to defeat the Saint John Harbour View Vikings 69-62. The Vikings (coached by Bruce Bell) included Bryn Burditt, Jon Lane, Kevin Simpson, Gregor Chisholm, Glen Steen, Wes Burgess, Andy Dionne.
The Saint John Simonds Seabees edged the Moncton Harrison Trimble Trojans 63-62 as Brad Mclean scored 18. Simonds led 36-33 at the half. Mike Thomas added 12. The Trojans included Ryan Doucette, Jon Voutour, Greg Black, Darrel McGee.
In the last quarterfinal, the Moncton Purple Knights dumped the Quispamsis Kennebecasis Valley Crusaders 72-58 as Rob Pelkey scored 30 and Clint Bateman 15. Moncton led 44-30 at the half. The Crusaders (coached by Dennis Rollins) included David LeBlanc, Allen Furlong, Mike Connolly, Drew Stratton, Mark Munro, Dave Dunstan.
In the semis, the Fredericton Black Kats stomped the Riverview Royals 104-51 as Doug Thompson scored 31, including 23 in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Oliver Glencross was named player of the game after scoring 18. Dylan Lisson added 17. Fredericton led 49-23 at the half. Tom Johnson and Campbell Barrett led Riverview with 10 points apiece.
In the other semi, the Moncton High Purple Knights defeated the Saint John Simonds Seabees 70-63 as Rob Pelkey scored 31, including 21 in the second half. Randy Richard added 18 points, including five treys. Ryan Buchanan led Simonds with 16 points while Brad McLean added 11. Simonds led 30-28 at the half.
In the final, the Fredericton Black Kats defeated the Moncton Purple Knights 79-68 to cap an undefeated (38-0) season. “No other team in FHS history has done what we have done,” graduating senior Joel Little told the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. “The team is proud and feels great in what we have accomplished.” Five players hit double figures for the Kats, who raced to a 21-9 lead, held off a pair of Moncton comebacks and then pulled away for the title with a 13-6 run midway through the second half. “We have a deep bench and that’s why we beat Moncton,” said Little, a 6-5 forward. “They can’t go as deep as us. We can go all the way down to 10 players and still play effectively.” Moncton, behind the 26-point performance of Rob Pelkey kept things interesting with a 21-10 run to close within a point at 31-30 late in the opening period. And they stayed within six points until five minutes into the second half before the Kats finally pulled away for good. “When things were going well, we were rebounding the ball,” said Fredericton’s Doug Thompson. “In the first half, they got a few offensive boards of foul shots that kept them in the game. Then we cleaned up the glass and started to run away with it.” Dylan Lisson paced the Kats with 17 points while Little and Oliver Glencross added 15. Thompson scored 13 points and guard Steve Lawrence added 10. Nine Black Kats hit the scoresheet. Pelkey noted that “I have been with this program for three years and to end it like this . . .I mean it’s nice to be here but it hurts to lose,” said Pelkey. “It all goes to the boys. I love the boys, I love the coach [Ken Curwin], I love [assistant coach Will] Kealy but it sucks to lose.” He pointed to the slow start and the fact the Knights were always in a hole. “We wanted to shake the shivers off in the warm up but obviously, it took about five minutes into the game to get us going,” he said. Denis Duquette added 17 for Moncton and Clint Bateman 9.
The co-bronze medalist Riverview Royals: Tom Johnson; Campbell Barrett; Dan Budd; Matt Quiring; Jared Budd; Jeff Archibald; Jake Laycock; Craig Marton; Josh Prescott; Tyler Stokes; Cliff Wareham; Eddie Wareham; coach Brian Forsythe; assistant Dave Allison
The co-bronze medalist Saint John Simonds Seabees: Ryan Buchanan; Brad McLean; Mike Thomas; Richard Naves; Jeff Thomas; Nick Morrisey; Andrew O’Leary;
The silver medalist Moncton Purple Knights: Rob Pelkey; Denis Duquette; Clint Bateman; Marc McArdle; Jeff Wade; Randy Richard; Mark Mcdonald; coach Ken Curwin; assistant Will Kealy
The gold medalist Fredericton Black Kats: Steve Lawrence; Dylan Lisson; Alex Goss; Joel Little; Doug Thompson; Oliver Glencross; Adam Parent; Darren Lohnes; Craig Steeves; Ryan Watson; Adam Heissner; Chris Brown; Danya Bubar; coach Gary Young; coach George Doak