In the opening round, the top-seeded Edmonton Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds pounded the 16th-seeded Grande Prairie Composite Tomahawks 106-54. The Tomahawks (coached by Troy Sandboe, assisted by Brandon Harvey and Managed by Bryce Evans) included Yahie Aden, Jesse Falconer, Daniel Friesen, Chester Galiza, Taylor Hudak, Chad Macdonald, Dawson McCarthy, Dylan Nixon, Bailey Reber, Logan Rempel, Rashaard Shahadat and Tony Wolfe. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Magrath Zeniths smacked the 9th-seeded Calgary Bishop O’Byrne Bobcats 96-73. The Bobcats (coached by Kurt Luttmerding, assisted by Mahir Markos and Joe Petrone, and managed by Tony Swain) included David Asebiode, Liam Burke, T.J. Chipashu, Dylan Cline, Marco Kehoe, Alex Krasowski, Emmer Mangawang, Sean Marleau, Angelo Mbituyimana, Seun Morawo, Landon Parrington, Alejandro Pena, Leo Pena, Jimmy Villa, Zach Violi, Bailey Walz and Quinton King-Matthews. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Cardston Cougars mauled the 13th-seeded Red Deer Notre Dame Cougars 80-69. The Cougars (coached by Ed Major, assisted by Stephen Merredew and managed by Lorenzo Porquia) included Josh Ballantyne, Tony Bornyi, Dustin Evangelista, Daniel Gurdian, Jackson Haddow, Nico Lachica, Keegan MacDonald, Nelson Martin, Mike Ozga, Glen Saligumba, Ken Villaluz, Keno Villaluz and Cody White. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Calgary Bishop McNally Timberwolves clipped the 12th-seeded Edmonton St. Francis Xavier Rams 77-58. The Rams (coached by Jeremy Posteraro, assisted by Fergal Peters and managed by Alex Hooks) included Osa Amegor, C.J. Basa, Zach Bouwsema, Filip Dosenovic, Nolan Gray, Rafael Guce, Liam Harrison, Elfas Johannes, Muigee Molas, William Monga, Jonathan Robinson, Jeremy Smith, Mark Tarauna, Nelson Wani, Nahome Wolde Giorgis and Eliel Zikum. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams dusted the 15th-seeded Lloydminster Comprehensive Barons 83-63. The Barons (coached by Scott Lumbard, assisted by Travis Niekamp) included Riley Conlon, Tyrell Gingell, Kirk Haan, Ryan Hatchard, Jon Hutchinson, Leif Larson, Wade Li, Kuvraj Madhar, Jordan Meyo, Matthew Miller, Arsh Saini, Clark Thomson, Brennan Watt, Corey Watt and Zach Wilson. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Edmonton Jasper Place Rebels dumped the 7th-seeded Calgary Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs 81-79. The tide turned when Geoffrey James hit a pair of treys to draw the Rebels within six. The Rebels soon trimmed the margin to 75-73. Guard Nigel Warden pilfered the ball for a runout to put the Rebels up by one. Steven Pavlic added a free throw. Rebels coach Matt Burrows told the Edmonton Sun that his troops “were taking the shots that they were supposed to take. No coach can ask for more than that. … (James) knew what he needed and he gave it to us.” Josiah Thomas led the Rebels with 25. Nigel Warden added 14. Amrit Gill led the Bulldogs with 25. Kobyn Jopp added 18. The Bulldogs (coached by Mike Fullerton, assisted by Morgan Tudor and managed by Dave Nickell) included Wesley Cole, Matt Fullerton, Kyle Gill, Preetpal Gill, Sagar Grewal, James Jacob, Sam Kerber, Nico Ogawa, Jesse Tam, Derian Valdes and Vlad Zasmolin. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans dispatched the 14th-seeded Okotoks Foothills Composite Falcons 113-81. Aher Uguak led the Titans with 34. Awak Piom added 15. “They’re special and we’re trying to be a better team around them,” Titans coach George Hoyt told the Edmonton Journal. “You can’t stop two guys but you can’t stop five. We’re really trying to focus on a contributing. Marvin Washington had a great game today for us too.” Piom said “I just get buckets. I shoot threes. Shoot, get in the paint, drive, play D.” The Falcons (coached by Amron Gwilliam, assisted by Steve Lloyd) included Isaiah Baker, Reece Chapin, Coal Clark, Justin Grigor, Trey Kellogg, Gavin Millard, Josh Orr, Adam Pahl, Kaden Perrett, Mason Sheen and Tyler Ziehl. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans clubbed the 11th-seeded Calgary Ernest Manning Griffins 72-45. The Griffins (coached by Darcy Weston, assisted by Hooman Hoadie and managed by Matt Mcphail) included Liam Cole, Noah Curry, Brodie Davis, Amjad Gehzey, Stefan Gigovic, Mohamen Haydar, Derek Johnson, Serge Ten and Carson Weston.
In the quarterfinals, the 8th-seeded Magrath Zeniths stunned the top-seeded Edmonton Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds 89-80 in overtime. The Thunderbirds (coached by Dave Youngs, assisted by Dane Owen and managed by Zale Smordin) included Yasser Abdullahi, Alath Alath, Clifford Bangura, Marco Beasley, Daniel Flemming, Zubeir Hussein, Sam Lasubu, Michael Long, Mon Lueeth, Machot Magok, Enoque Michel, Alex Mitrovic, Muhmud Mohamed, Kennedy Muhindo and Nicky Stolic.
The 4th-seeded Cardston Cougars defeated the 5th-seeded Calgary Bishop McNally Timberwolves 75-63. The Timberwolves (coached by Tyler Korol, assisted by James Woodl and managed by Jessica Sosa) included Branden Baltazar, Terence Crisostomo, Jairus De Jesus, Clayton Henry, Ivan Ikomey, Solomon Odile, J-Min Pelley, Voshon Porter, Redmond Quiambao, Richard Rocha, Deshon Vaughan and William Wolter.
The 2nd-seeded Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams defeated the 10th-seeeded Edmonton Jasper Place Rebels 82-73. “We didn’t have our legs late in the game,” Rebels coach Matt Burrows told the Edmonton Sun. The Rebels (coached by Burrows, assisted by Mike Wilkie, Donovan Wright and Doug Wilde) included Emanual Amaya, Nathan Bowie, Calen Dubuc, Erik Hohnstein, Geoffrey James, Logan McLean, Stephen Pavlic, Justin Rumball, Joel Stewart, Josiah Thomas, Alex Veer and Nigel Warden.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans clipped the 6th-seeded Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans 91-78. The Spartans (coached by Ray Filice, assisted by Frank Filice, Jay Tomlinson and Chad Carleton) included Roy Anku, Vince Arcana, Matthew Barrett, Justin Bediako, Frankie Cuecaco, Adrian Dario, Ian Del Rosario, Jamal Hinds, Tristen Kamal, Adong Makuoi, Mina Ogot, Ogot Ogot, Mitch Rando and Zac Segger.
In the semis, the 4th-seeded Cardston Cougars dispatched the 8th-seeded Magrath Zeniths 75-63.
In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans edged the 2nd-seeded Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams 83-81.
In the bronze medal match, the 2nd-seeded Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams defeated the 8th-seeded Magrath Zeniths 103-94. The Zeniths (coached by Allen Gallup, assisted by Kim Woolf and Brent Broune, and managed by Matt Thomson, Avery Tollestrup and Nelson Lowry) included Austin Bennett, Tyson Bourne, Morgan Broadhead, Parker Clifton, Ben Dow, Carter Hansen, Josh Hubbard, Josh Judd, Tristin Killian, Tim McMahon, Nick P. and Brady Tollestrup.
In the final, the 3rd-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans ripped the 4th-seeded Cardston Cougars 101-74. Titans coach George Hoyt said the win was partly the product of a tough regular season. “If you play a good team enough times, you’re going to lose sometimes,” he told the Edmonton Sun. “We just decided we would rather have a provincial title than a city title. … We’ve had a good year. We always try to have a good year.” Awak Piom paced the titans with 40, including six consecutive points when the Cougars made a run in the second half. Marvin Washington added 18 and Aher Uguak 12. Max Russell led the Cougars with 34. Tanner Quinton added 24. “We never quit,” Cardston coach Kevin Quinton said. “It was a little like David and Goliath tonight. Their big guys are 6-6 or 6-7 and our biggest were closer to 6-3.”
The bronze medalist Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams: Mitchell Boychuk; Davin Evanson; Mason Gibb; Brayden Gunness; Tevin Hall; Tristan Hamon; Erik Lewis; Brady Nelson; Kale Penner; Matthew Primrose; Matt Stewart; Alex Tetzlaff; Jaxson Toly; Saren Westrop; coach Jared Nelson; assistant Wesley Spring; assistant Sean Olsen; manager Parker McNabb; manager Taylor Anderson
The silver medalist Cardston Cougars: Drake Beavans; Quinton Bruised Head; Cooper Frenchy; Shawn Leishman; Kyle Nish; Riley Nish; Shane Quinton; Tanner Quinton; Max Russell; Brigham Smith; Dylan Strang; coach Kevin Quinton; assistant Doug Sheen; manager Ryley Jensen
The gold medalist Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans: Mitchell Barthel; Jaret Burbank; Joshua Fernandes; David Gingles; Conrad Oddoye; Jinoh Park; Awak Piom; Karnakshpal Toor; Aher Uguak; Marvin Washington; Miles Washington; Hugo Young; Abdulkarim Arbowahab; coach George Hoyt; assistant Stephan Burke; assistant Paul Kuperus; assistant Sam Pankiw; manager Tim Hay