In the quarterfinals, held in Red Deer, the 2nd-seeded Raymond Comettes dispatched the 7th-seeded Morinville Lady Wolves 66-48 as Megan Depew and Diane Salmon each scored 15. Lisa Raymond added 12. Andrea Fraser led the Wolves with 13.
The 3rd-seeded Airdrie Bert Church Chargers defeated the 6th-seeded Bonnyville Centralized High Roadrunners 65-55 as Robyn Haig scored 16. Lisa Muirhead paced the Roadrunners with 19.
The top-seeded Stettler William E. Hay Wildcats torched the 8th-seeded Calgary Bishop McNally Timberwolves 83-47 after leading 48-30 at the half. Leighann Doan paced the Wildcats with 43. Stephanie Robinson added 10. Lori Jackson led the Timberwolves with 19. JaViera Gomez added 14. Doan told the Red Deer Advocate “we didn’t play as well as we can. But some of the younger girls were nervous. … I don’t play as good when there’s not much pressure. I enjoy the tough games … when the other team is putting pressure on me.” Timberwolves coach Carl Gratton said “they showed a lot of heart and certainly weren’t intimidated despite playing the top-seeded team.”
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Ardrossan Lady Bisons dumped the 5th-seeded Beaverlodge Royals 68-49 as Tammy Kenzie scored 22 and Andi Washyshyn 14. Karrie Smith led the Royals with 13. Amber Petryshyn added 12. The Royals also included Carolyn Friesen, Caroline Webber.
In the semis, the 4th-seeded Ardrossan Lady Bisons defeated the top-seeded Stettler William E. Hay Wildcats 84-72 as Andi Waslyshen scored 26, Lynsay Hurd 11, Tammy Kenzie 11 and Jennifer Andron 10. Leighann Doan paced Stettler with with 31. Amy Quance added 11, Teckla Anderson 11 and Jill Bruntjen 9. Bisons coach Ralph Tuominen told the Red Deer Advocate that his troops were recalling a loss to Stettler in the bronze playoff at provincials. “A lot of our girls remembered last year and weren’t going to let it happen again. I believe our advantage was that we had a deeper bench and our strategy was to run them as much as we could … force them to wear down.” Wildcats coach Kim Poapst said “the referees were (deleted). We were pounded underneath and they took it away from us.”
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Raymond Comets dispatched the 3rd-seeded Airdrie Bert Church Chargers 56-36 as Maree Powelson scored 14, Lisa Erickson 12 and Jackie Heggie 10. Robyn Haig paced the Chargers with 17. Comets coach Al Bourne told the Red Deer Advocate “it was every bit as tough as we expected. We knew they like to work the ball inside, so we tried to keep it as tight as possible, forcing them outside.”
In the bronze medal match, the Airdrie Bert Church Chargers defeated the top-seeded Stettler William E. Hay Wildcats 65-37 as Robyn Haig scored 17, Sarah MacLellan 10 and Michelle Gallup 10. Leighann Doan paced the Wildcats with 32. Teckla Anderson added 9. Wildcats point guard Amy Quance, who’d been concussed in the semis, tried to play but collapsed early in the second half and wask taken to hospital in a wheelchair. Stettler coach Kim Poapst told the Red Deer Advocate that “when we lost Amy, it hurt the team on the court but brought everyone down as well. But the bottom line was that we didn’t shoot well.” Stettler led 38-27 at the half. Chargers coach Doug Wilde said “they were in a war Friday (in the semis). I think they ran out of a little steam in the second half but you have to give them credit for how well they played. We had to play awfully good to win.” The Wildcats (coached by Kim Poapst) also included Jill Bruntjen, Stephanie Robinson, Wendy Crossman.
In the final, the Ardrossan Bisons defeated the Raymond Comets 72-71 as Tammie Kenzie dominated the paint. “She peaked at the right time this year,” said Bisons coach Ralph Tuominen. The Comets led 36-33 at the half. The Bisons took their first lead at 45-44 in the second half and the teams traded the lead down the stretch. The Bisons won it on a free throw with 13.1 seconds to play. The Comets turned the ball over on their last possession. “I’m very proud of our team,” said rookie Raymond coach Dr. Al Bourne. “They’ve come a long way this year.” Andi Wasylyshen led the Bisons with 26 on 5-7 from the arc. Tammy Kenzie added 13. “The threes killed us,” said Bourne. “We looked at the other games to learn and thought they were very fast so we used a press to slow them up. We played zone in the half court to make them shoot from the outside. They moved the ball very well and made their shots.” Lisa Erickson led the Comets with 29. Maree Powelson added 17 and point guard Megan Depew was stellar but in foul trouble early. Depew was whistled for her fifth with 1:30 to play while attempting to block a trey. Ardrossan made all three free throws to take the lead. “I won’t comment on her fifth foul, especially when there was a referee 10 feet (from Depew) away who didn’t call it,” said Bourne. Kami Wiebe hit the winning free throw with 50 seconds to play. Waslysyshen told the Red Deer Advocate “it was as tough as we expected but we also had a tough time getting into the game in the first half. Friday’s win against Stettler was mentally draining and we had to get back in it today.”
The bronze medalist Airdrie Bert Church Chargers: Robyn Haig; Sarah MacLellan; Michelle Gallup; coach Doug Wilde
The silver medalist Raymond Comets: Lisa Erickson; Zoe Aki; Maree Powelson; Megan DePew; Janae Paxman; Jackie Heggie; Jenee Kanyo; Diane Salmon; coach Alan Bourne
The gold medalist Ardrossan Lady Bisons: Tammy Kenzie; Andi Wasylyshen; Lynsay Hurd; Jennifer Andron; Kami Wiebe; coach Ralph Tuominen