In the quarterfinals, the host Stirling Lakers defeated the Acme Redmen 108-60. Stirling dominated the boards while breaking to an 18-2 lead in the romp. Shane Still paced the Lakers with 24. Mason Barton added 23 and Ryan Pitcher 14. Scott Senft led the Redmen with 18. Danny Hunter added 12 and Steven Seiler 11. “This was a good ice breaker for the boys and we played pretty well with everyone getting in the game,” said Lakers’ coach Darren Mazutinec. “This team likes to shoot from the perimeter.”
The Niton Riders shocked the Calgary Rundle College Cobras 66-64 as Lance McFeeters scored 18, Trevor Callioux 15 and Luke Van Dyk 12. Rob Kerr led the Cobras with 25. Reg Carrick added 22.
The New Norway Spartans dumped the Fox Creek Flames 99-87 as Terry Resler scored 27, Ron Turner 19, Bryan Graham 16 and Ryan Ledene 15. Cam Sykes led the Flames with 32. Eric Wolney added 24.
In the last quarterfinal, the Lundbreck Livingstone Sabres smacked Heinsburg 84-30. Devon Vollmin paced the Sabres with 16. Jason Gunderson led Heinsburg with 12.
In the semis, the Lundbreck Livingstone Sabres dusted the Niton Riders 83-56 as Devon Vollman scored 22 and Brent Lamb 21. Luke Van Dyk led the Riders with 26.
In the other semi, the Stirling Lakers clipped the New Norway Spartans 79-61 as Mason Barton scored 28 and Ryan Pitcher 24. Ron Turner led the Spartans with 20.
In the bronze medal match, the Niton Riders defeated the New Norway Spartans 68-62 and Luke Van Dyk scored 19. Ron Turner led the Spartans with 23.
In the final, the Lundbreck Livingstone Sabres defeated the Stirling Lakers 75-61 to capture their third consecutive title and fourth in five years. It was the Lakers third consecutive title loss. “They’re coming closer every year,” said Lundbreck coach Roger McAdam. “We sometimes have trouble finding our intensity for some games, but with Stirling, the guys really get up for it. … They’ve got the desire. They’ve been bridesmaids for a few years and they wanted it really bad, and it showed. They went after the ball for a good portion of the game a lot more than we did.” Lundbreck led 29-27 at the half but the perimeter-oriented Lakers took a 47-41 lead with 13 minutes to play. The Sabres, though, kept pounding the ball inside and dominated the boards, though it wasn’t a strong point all season. “We’ve relied on our height instead of boxing out, so I was glad to see the guys were putting a little bit extra effort into it.” McAdam said the Sabres started out with a 1-3-1 zone defence aimed at controlling the Lakers’ perimeter shooting, but when it failed to do the trick, Lundbreck switched to man-to-man. MacAdam said Brent Lamb did a stellar defensive job on Laker Shane Still. Point guard Kent McCulloch paced the Sabres with 32. “Kent always comes through with his strong game,” said McAdam. Devon Vollman added 22 for Livingstone. Lamb and Gerald Erickson each scored 11. Ryan Pitcher paced the Lakers with 20. Mason Barton added 13 and Shane Still 10.
The bronze medalist Niton Riders: Luke Van Dyk; Lance McFeeters; Trevor Callioux;
The silver medalist Stirling Lakers: Shane Still; Mason Barton; Ryan Pitcher; Rob Edwards; Chad Mrazek; coach Darren Mazutinec
The gold medalist Lundbreck Livingstone Sabres: Kent McCulloch; Gerald Erickson; Devon Vollmin; Brent Lamb; Lee Martin; coach Roger MacAdam