(1) Fraser Valley 90            
(8) St. Thomas 65 Fraser Valley 97        
(4) Dawson 73 Dawson 85 Fraser Valley 63    
(5) S.A.I.T. 67            
              —–FRASER VALLEY  
(3) Langara 92            
(6) Montmorency 70 Langara 81 Humber 57    
(2) Humber 79 Humber 86        
(7) N.A.I.T. 48            

        In the quarterfinals, held in Edmonton, the 4th-seeded Dawson Blues defeated the 5th-seeded SAIT Trojans 73-67 on clutch shooting down the stretch and a series of missed free throws by the SAIT Trojans. SAIT led 65-64 with three minutes to play when Trojan Tim Whitehead was fouled on a three-point attempt. But he missed all three and the Blues drove down and hit a jumper to grab a lead they’d never relinquish. Mannix Auriantal led the Blues with 15. Wayne Desmond added 14. Mark Slade led SAIT with 19. Jeff Wright added 14 and ACAC player of the year Shawn Kennedy 12. “We felt like we played really well,” said SAIT guard Ryan Martin. “They got some breaks, like blocked shots that came right back to them for easy buckets.” SAIT had led 39-38 at the half but Slade said ‘we really didn’t execute. We didn’t have the patience and threw up some bad shots. They made all their easy buckets and we didn’t. But I think the difference was their penetration. They fast broke really well today. They got up the court quickly. That’s the only way they really scored. When we stopped that, we really took a lead. I honestly feel that we played our hearts out. We played a really good game. It just didn’t work out.”

        The top-seeded Fraser Valley Cascades led by a mere six at the half against St. Thomas but outscored the Tommies 50-31 in the second half to pull away with a 90-65 victory. Pat McKay led the Cascades with 19. Jamie Armstrong added 14 and Wayne Jones 13. Mike Bonnar led St. Thomas with 16.

        The 3rd-seeded Langara Falcons defensive prowess proved the difference as they held the Montmorency Nomades to under .290 from the floor in the second half to take a 92-70 victory. Langara led 44-43 at the half but Montmorency went cold in the second half and the run-and-gun Falcons took command. Pete Hodson led Langara with 21. Marc Horth led the Nomades with 20. “Definitely, we won it defensively,” said Langara forward James Maksymiw. “In the first half we struggled a little defensively but Pete Hodson played excellent. Jeffrey Dallin grabbed a lot of good defensive boards that kept us in the game.”

        In the last quarterfinal, the NAIT Ookpiks forgot to hold on to the ball and committed a whopping 30 turnovers as they fell to the Humber Hawks 79-48. The Hawks shot only .420 from the floor. Jason Francis and Dexter Miller each scored 17 for Humber. Sean Wrobel led NAIT with 13.

        In the bronze quarterfinals, St. Thomas edged SAIT 82-75 in overtime. The Tommies had a 15 point lead at the half but almost let it slip away. Shane Butland paced St. Thomas with 30. Chris Aikens scored four of his five points in overtime and notched a critical defensive board. Colin Jones led the Trojans with 21.

        In the other bronze quarterfinal, Montmorency dumped NAIT 104-80. Charles Fortier paced the Nomades with 24. Marc Horton and Jean-Richard Volcy each added 23. The Nomades led 56-37 at the half. Sean Wrobel paced the Ooks with 17.

        In the semis, all-Canadian Wayne Jones turned into a one-man wrecking crew as he canned a game-high 36 points as the University College of Fraser Valley Cascades ended the Dawson Blues hopes of making a third straight final by a 97-85 count. Jones went 12-17 from the field and 9-9 from the line while grabbing four rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Mike Lee added 15 and Jarami Reid 11, while nabbing 10 boards. Cascades coach Pat Lee told the Abbotsford News that “it was just a lot of Wayne Jnes. He was in one of those Jones moments that we’ve all seen in Abbotsford and he was unstoppable.” Tyson Boult said “they were in awe of Wayne and what he could do. We had everything but you need that special point guard who can bring it all together.” Fraser Valley was ahead by two at the half. Jones hit 20 in the second half. Ross Corbett and Wayne Desmond each drained 19 for the Blues.

        In the other semi, Jason Francis hit a jumper with 2.8 seconds to play in overtime as the Humber Hawks defeated the Langara Falcons 86-81. Humber controlled the ball, committing only seven turnovers while Humber scored 24 off 18 Langara miscues. Francis and Dexter Miller each scored 22. All-Canadian Aaron Mitchell scored 21 for Langara.

        In the bronze semis, Langara dumped St. Thomas 92-79.

        In the other bronze semi, Montmorency clubbed Dawson 89-71.

        In the bronze medal match, the Montmorency Nomades stomped the Langara Falcons 101-72. Langara, appearing emotionally drained from their semi-final loss, were never in the contest. Montmorency led 47-26 at the half. The Nomades hit 10 from beyond the arc, out-rebounded the Falcons 53-39 and held Langara to less than .350 from the floor. Falcon all-Canadian Aaron Mitchell hit only 1-9 from the field and was held to four points. Charles Fortier led the Nomades with 22 points, while former Grant MacEwan Griffin guard Pat Sasseville led the Falcons with 17 points.

        In the final, Ryan Haviland hit 10-15 from the floor to score 23 points, including 15 in the first half, as the Fraser Valley Cascades defeated the Humber Hawks 63-57. Wayne Jones added 14 and Pat McKay 11. Humber led by six early but Haviland blitzed the Hawks for 15 in the first half as the Cascades fought to a 30-27 lead at the half. The second half was a game of runs, as Humber went on a 8-0 tear to pull within one with seven minutes to play, only to have Fraser Valley step up to the challenges with a 9-1 flurry of their own. Fraser Valley led 61-57 with minute to play but Wayne Jones, a 5-9 guard, hit a pair from the line to ice the win. Dexter Miller led Humber with 14 points. Tourney MVP Wayne Jones said the sluggish start was a function of mental lapses. “We had to start running our offence and we had to come down the floor and start penetrating and doing what we do. We were doing uncharacteristic things, like turnovers. So we had to get back into the post, use our height advantage and play some D.” Tyson Boult told the Abbotsford News that “they were athletic and they were cocky. They could walk the talk and they had that up to a point. But they didn’t come up against our defence. … (Ryan Haviland) was determined to have a game that night and he brought everything for us.” Haviland said “we used our discipline, took advantage of our height and now we’re the champs.”

        The all-tourney team featured: MVP Wayne Jones (Fraser Valley); Charles Fortier (Montmorency); Marc Antoine Horth (Montmorency); Pete Hodson (Langara); Dexter Miller (Humber); Jason Francis (Humber)

        The second team featured: Pat McKay (Fraser Valley); Ryan Haviland (Fraser Valley); Shawn Kennedy (SAIT); Mike Bonnar (St. Thomas); and Mannix Auriantal (Dawson)

        The bronze medalist Montmorency Nomades: Charles Fortier; Marc Antoine Horth;

        The silver medalist Humber Hawks: Jason Francis; Dexter Miller; Adrian Clarke; Marcel Lawrence; Cornell Brown; Rupert Thomas; Kingsley Hudson; Jeremy Walters; James Ashbaugh; Mark Damon; Chris Ottoro; Alfred Simmonds; Chris Aim; David Phillips; Trevor Baptiste; Sidney Jeffrey; Nathaniel Fraser; coach Mike Katz

        The gold medalist Fraser Valley Cascades: Pat McKay; Wayne Jones; Chad Yarwood; Jeremy Neufeld; Sean McLaverty; Rana Gill; Tyson Boult; Aaron Wells; Mike Lee; Ryan Haviland; Jarami Reid; Brad Peterson; Anthony Toth; Kevin Dielman; Ben Neufeld; Jaime Armstrong; coach Pat Lee