In the opening round, held in Edmonton: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Edmonton Strathcona Lords crushed the 16th-seeded Grande Prairie Composite Phoenix 91-62. The Phoenix (coach Troy Sandboe, assistant Ryan Danderfer) included J.J. Distrito, Keith Castillejos, Christian Abellaneda, Reyhan Lucas, McDonald Adeyanju, Nathan Saathoff, Isaiah Dalgetty, Layne Skiffington, Devin Dyck, Brytan Jeffries, Benny Ekatan, Kyle Agunias and Aiden O’Shea. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Calgary Lester B. Pearson Patriots burned the 9th-seeded Leduc Composite Tigers 110-98. The Tigers (coach Vincent May, assistant Delton Kruk, assistant Cartar May, manager Kiyoshi Koizumi, statistician Jaycee May) included Nash May, Kai Boettcher, Ethan Gatzke, Ethan Mark, Jeremy Ekhator, Kohl Wedman, Ekan Ekhator, Memphis Gambler, Nick Broughton, Koen DeKlerk, Talan Rae, Sam Idemudia and Parker Friesen. …………………………………………………… The 12th-seeded Calgary Centennial Coyotes stunned the 5th-seeded Raymond Comets 97-92. The Comets (coach Ryan Baldry, assistant Brett Ralph, assistant Bruce Dunham, assistant Brady Baines, statistician Ava Baldry, statistician Hadley Hillyer, statistician Nyla Salmon) included Bently Francis, Houston Ralph, Keston Leavitt, Talen Jensen, Max Greep, Justin Baker, Aiden Arcus, Braxton Coppieters, Talan Ralph, Rylen Arcus, Nathan Nielsen and Everson Harker. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Calgary All Saints Legends clubbed the 13th-seeded Edmonton Jasper Place Rebels 101-80. The Rebels (coach Wyatt Eddy Arnell, assistant Esteban Castillo, assistant Lawrence Dushenski, assistant Pat Gerhardt, manager Osman Lo) included Bolu Ariyo, Neil Domingo, Fenwick Williams, Noam Rosenblum, Ador Madut, Adam Talma, Johan Del Carmen, Owen Hickey, Chayse Vaugh, Abdi Musse, Jalen Alleyne, Badou Saidy Jr, Ashton Karaim, Ryan Gerhardt and Quinn Boyington. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Calgary St. Mary’s Saints stomped the 15th-seeded Ecole Secondaire Lacombe Rams 132-62. The Rams (coach Shayne Stumpf, assistant Brody Bakken, assistant Brandt Kolybaba, teacher rep Mike Sonnenberg, teacher rep Riley Quance) included Earl Cayago, Mamoon Zahid, Ano Hamadziripi, Jaxon Holmen, Brady Keller, Ben Faustin-Atisme, Aiden Saganis, Stan Feddema, Lucas Legacy, Adnesse Pannenbecker, Michael Waite; Arthur Moar and Carter Tisdale. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded St. Albert Paul Kane Blues upset the 7th-seeded Cardston Cougars 88-83. The Cougars (coach Jamie Atwood, assistant Doug Pitcher, assistant Ty Lewis, assistant Isaac Atwood, manager Kolton Cherniaswky, manager Ollie Atwood) included Grayson Fox, Sam Hardy, Ryan Zemp, Jimmy Leishman, Burke Nelson, Reggie Olsen, Briley Leavitt, Timothy Holthe, Mikey Holland, Ryan Shaw, McKrae Pitcher and Ben Michel. …………………………………………………… The 11th-seeded Calgary Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs stunned the 6th-seeded Edmonton Holy Trinity Catholic Trojans 91-64. The Trojans (coach Trevor Scott, assistant Paul Eagleson, assistant Ed Kiryluk, assistant Redwon Kader) included Sayed Sayed, Mark Baker Relos, Carlo Dado, Isaiah Watchmaker, Elijah Samuel, Tyson Blight, Nathan Saldo, Nicholas Mallari, Well JuetJok, Kenneth Jamorabon, Favian Mbaoma, Mikyus Lawrence, Tyrese Kaliata and John Oyson. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Magrath Zeniths clubbed the 14th-seeded Okotoks Foothills Composite Falcons 81-62. “We knew we would probably have to have our best game of the year to even have a hope of beating them,” Falcons coach Amron Gwilliam told Okotokstoday.ca. “And I thought our boys played incredibly hard, our defence was really good overall and I was happy with how we competed.” The Falcons (coach Amron Gwilliam, assistant Brady Byam, assistant Jon Nibler, assistant Beynon Gwilliam, videographer Quentin Richards, manager Nathaniel Simard, statistician Cooper Hall) included Ki Williams, Nash Byam, Bergan Hall, Tyler Olson, Mac Purinton, Owen Chrstensen, Ben Stephan, Callen Sorenson, Evan Fitzner, Damon Johnson, Cache Perrett, Colby Richards and Van Kerrison.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Edmonton Strathcona Lords defeated the 8th-seeded Calgary Lester B. Pearson Patriots 79-74. The Patriots (coach Sunny Minhas, assistant Fraser Wheaton, assistant Amar Duhra, assistant Arvin Lalli) included Deepharnoor Singh, Daniel Alfred, Faris Gumaa, Sukhvir Dhillon, Jonathan Boateng, Xavier Clarke, Gurjot Grewal, Tayshaun Smith Sediqi, Kuach Gajak, Nirvaan Sareen and Dennis Dhaliwal.
The 12th-seeded Calgary Centennial Coyotes clipped the 4th-seeded Calgary All Saints Legends 87-78. The Legends (coach Kurt Luttmerding, assistant Craig Ruzycki, assistant Mahir Markos, assistant Sean Patrone) included Mako Sharara, Brandon Calder, Steve Adjuya, Monydhar Ariik, Gian Ouano, Judah Graham, Joel Kabambi, Dele Osuma, Barry Paringit, Trey Soondarsingh, Daniel Owolabi, Nnamdi Ogali, Ike Imegwu and Michael Lapin.
The 2nd-seeded Calgary St. Mary’s Saints whipped the 10th-seeded St. Albert Paul Kane Blues 93-79. The Blues (coach Evan Eger, assistant Marc Dallorto, assistant Mark Dobko, assistant Tyler Wise, teacher liaison Kai Fong) included David Luu, Colin Smith, Caleb Michael, Navnoor Sra, Mohzin Jama, Esuyalew Nataee, Isaac Tchomo, Joshua Mah, Austin Walter, James Carbone, Kayne Miller, Samuel Wangler, Erik Tomkins, Nate Waldron and Jay Stevenson.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Magrath Zeniths mauled the 11th-seeded Calgary Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs 95-57. The Bulldogs (coach Ian Thomson, assistant Mack Irving, trainer Candice Chan) included Khushal Shukla, Angad Randhawa, Omar Amer, Wilson Aborowa, Isaac Nickell, Cian Smith, Trey Alladin, Sahib Randhawa, Arnav Arya, Alex Ataev, Chibu Akpuh, Ben Ikezue, Tami Adedokun and Logan Trinh.
In the semis, the top-seeded Edmonton Strathcona Lords dispatched the 12th-seeded Calgary Centennial Coyotes 78-67.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Calgary St. Mary’s Saints clipped the 3rd-seeded Magrath Zeniths 96-84.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Magrath Zeniths clubbed the 12th-seeded Calgary Centennial Coyotes 106-84. Zenith David Hansen told the Lethbridge Herald that “you know what, we’ve come a long and it was very nice to end the year off with the boys with a win.” The Coyotes (coach Brent Juul-Hansen, assistant Matt Dyck, manager Terrell Keys, manager Hans Cabanero, trainer Chloe Fulbrook) included Will Christoggersen, Xavier Jones, Woodli Cime, Daniel Adeyemi, Cody Hudson, Keyrai Kapcsos, Fuad Okuboyejo, Randy Otieno, Filip Cavarkapa, Cooper Nelson, Jack Hudson and Mark Prendergast.
In the final, the top-seeded Edmonton Strathcona Lords defeated the 2nd-seeded Calgary St. Mary’s Saints 85-70.
The bronze medalist Magrath Zeniths: Westin Balderson; Luka Kauro; Pyken Easthope; Brock Barnett; Ace Richards; Matt Payne; Kaden Bourne; Joe Cook; Luke Jacobs; Kale Orr; Dave Hansen; Bruston Holthe; coach Chris Steed; assistant Layne Barnett; assistant Brady Adamson; Danny Balderson; assistant Graham Lambert
The silver medalist Calgary St. Mary’s Saints: Savion Gibson; Yel Akol; Remi Ajayi; Ty Sinclair; Andre Reid; Luca Reynolds; Brunel Kumbu Ki Lutete; Liam Fehres; Khedit Gatluak; Jacob McLellan; Mark Saloni; Klei Pjetri; Nicholas Marra; Emerson Joy; Josh Chiok; coach Vince Marra; assistant Brad O’Donnell; Jon Bautista; assistant Ray Salise; assistant Michael Quiambao; trainer Austin Espirutu; trainer Paul Omofoma
The champion Edmonton Strathcona Lords: Nadir Shoush; Ethan Puyaoan; Amanpreet Singh; Serigne Sarr; Owen Gateretse; Thomas Kickham; Joe Lemieux; Ishan Dhaliwal; Julien Touret; Josh Ahayere; Lakaya McFadyen; Jayden Bector; Salman Mohamud; Sulaiman Oseni; Ethan Puyaoan; coach Dane Owen; assistant Josh Spronk; assistant Jeff Menzi; manager Eric Barnstable; manager Sofian Rasheed