In the quarterfinals, held in Nanton, the host J.T. Foster Knights dumped the Bonnyville Roadrunners 102-81 as Jamie Mulholland scored 32. Raymond Rutledge led the Roadrunners with 19.
The Edmonton J.H. Picard Pumas nipped the Canmore Crusaders 68-67. Mike Flynn paced the Pumas with 28. Jodi McCroy led the Crusaders with 32.
The Devon John Maland Wildcats clocked the Rimbey Spartans 107-66 as Vic Lefebre scored 26. Brent Heagy led the Spartans with 20. The Spartans (coached by Duncan Prescott) also included Ed Furst, Ian Christensen, Brent Stuthheit, Paul Bresnahan, Trevor Coulter.
In the last quarterfinal, the Milk River Erle Rivers Comets clipped the Spirit River Spartans 100-65 as Cam Miller scored 16. Dwayne Noskey led the Spartans with 22.
In the semis, the Nanton J.T. Foster Knights defeated the Devon John Maland Wildcats 70-57 as Jamie Mulholland scored 29.
In the other semi, the Milk River Erle Rivers Comets crushed the Edmonton J.H. Picard Pumas 76-55 as Cameron Miller scored 20.
In the bronze medal match, the Edmonton J.H. Picard Pumas whipped the Devon John Maland Wildcats 71-56.
In the final, the Milk River Erle Rivers Comets defeated Nanton J.T. Foster Knights 73-63. The Knights broke to an early 12-point lead but Barry Chapman ignited the Comets offence as they rallied to a 35-34 lead. The Comets added four more points but Knight guard Vin Trinh hit his fourth trey and Jamie Mulholland added a baseline jumper with three seconds on the clock to knot the score at 39 heading into the lockers. After Comets went up by five early in the second half, Nanton pulled to within 55-54 with eight minutes remaining but Erle Rivers ran off a 13-6 run to take a 67-61 lead with 3:35 left. The closest the Knights came after that was four points. “It was an especially sweet victory for us,” said Comet coach Dale Baldwin. “(Knights) beat us here last year to knock us out of zones and the guys were really pumped to get some revenge. We discussed it before the game and the guys said ‘we owe them one’.” Baldwin added that “Chapman probably had the best game of his high school career. We were nervous for a while in the first half, but he calmed us down and got us going like he’s done all year. (Tad) Lisowskl had another strong game for us, but I was most impressed with Cameron Miller. He did an excellent job on Mulholland. He held him to only 12 points when he’s been averaging 37.” Chapman scored 21. “My job is to run the offence, set up the plays and get everyone fired up. We have guys who can score and I try to get them the ball.” Knights coach Allen Gallup said “we’ve had such a good year that tonight’s (game) was a tough one to lose. We picked up a couple of fouls early in the second half that really cut our tempo back and that hurt us because we’re an up-tempo team.” Tad Lisowski added 15 for the Comets and Brent Peterson 14. Vin Trinh led the Knights with 19. Gavin Smith added 14 and Jamie Mulholland 12.
The bronze medalist Edmonton J.H. Picard Pumas: Mike Flynn; Pat Filion;
The silver medalist Nanton J.T. Foster Knights: Jamie Mulholland; Gavin Smith; Glen Walker; Big Yung Trinh; Kim Trinh; coach Allen Gallup
The gold medalist Milk River Erle Rivers Comets: Barry Chapman; Cameron Miller; Scott Heirath; Tad Lisowski; Brent Peterson; coach Dale Baldwin