Final regular season standings:
North (7): Concordia (19-5); Lakeland (18-6); Grant MacEwan (17-7); NAIT (12-12); Grande Prairie (11-13); The King’s University College (6-18); Augustana (1-23)
South (6): Mount Royal (16-4); SAIT (16-4); Red Deer (15-5); Lethbridge (9-11); Medicine Hat (3-17); Briercrest (1-19)
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Augustana: Joshua Schofield, Kory Baldwin, Paul Ofrim, Brendin Huculak, Patrick Maloney, Jonathan Honey, Kris Augustson, Mike McCorquindale, Will McInnes, Hamish Boyd, Jesse McKee, Nathan McElroy, Lee Martin, Jeffrey Merkel
Briercrest Bible: Chris Armstrong, Daniel Stonechild, Stephen Cruickshank, James Shiels, Bill Small, Andrew Quiring, Josh Fawcett, Lance Fradette, Josh Mawhorter, Chris Girvan, Scott Peterson, Mike Dell, Justin Waddington
Grande Prairie: Adam Jones, Andrew Boone, Trevor Kerschbaumer, Mitch Burton, Sheldon McKinney, Shawn Kennedy, Bradley Moskalyk, Ron Turner, Austin Mueller, Graeme Ryder, Andrew Jansen, Douglas Martin, Andrew Gorman
King’s University College: Judd Payne, Jayson Barrows, Jeff Janzen, Sam Smiley, Aron Balakrishnan, Houston Foote, Ben Seinen, Joshua Gutknecht, Matthew Darroch, Simon Doty, Terry Seinen, Joel Kelly, Vince Akinyode
Medicine Hat: Derek Groves, Tyler James, Kevin Tamaki, Craig Miller, Chris Kalesnikoff, Beau Pocza, Daniel Schow, Brent Larson, Cameron Wuthrich, Troy Gottselig, Ryan Ennis, Tony Dornbusch, Mike Anderson
In the quarterfinals, Concordia d’d Lethbridge CC 66-78; 72-60; 79-71 (2g-1). In game one, Paul Kuperus, Michael Szynkowski and Trevor Dreger each scored 14 to lead Concordia. Adnan Hajdarevic added 10, Aidan O’Connor 3, Kristopher Raymond 7, Sam Sir 2 and Jason Smith 2. Brady Byam led Lethbridge with 18. Jordan Reiter added 16, Bryan Shields 13, Jared Holt 12, Matt Anderson 4, Shane Bly 2, A.J. Kennedy 4 and James Thiessen 9. …………………………………………………… In game two, Kristopher Raymond paced Concordia with 19. Paul Kuperus added 18, Trevor Dreger 6, Gaby Ferzli 4, Adnan Hajdarevic 7, Wesley McConnell 0, Mike Montgomery 0, Aidan O’Connor 2, Sam Sir 5, Jason Smith 5 and Michael Szynkowski 6. Matt Anderson led Lethbridge with 13. Kevin Nelson added 10, Shane Bly 2, Brady Byam 6, Eric Dekens 0, Jared Holt 6, A.J. Kennedy 1, Dan Peters 6, Bryan Shields 6, James Thiessen 5, John Whidden 0 and Brendan Yuill 5. …………………………………………………… In game three, Michael Szynkowski paced Concordia with 20. Kristopher Raymond and Adnan Hajdarevic each added 19, Paul Kuperus 15, Trevor Dreger 4, Gaby Ferzli 2, Sam Sir 0, and Jason Smith 0. Brady Byam led Lethbridge with 25. Matt Anderson added 13, Bryan Shields 10, Jared Holt 6, Shane Bly 4, A.J. Kennedy 0, Jordan Rieter 4, James Thiessen 9 and John Whidden 0. The Kodiaks also included Eric Dekens, Aaron Barnes, Kevin Nelson, Henry Tighe, Stephen Bekkering, Brady Byam, Brendan Yuill and Dan Peters.
Red Deer d’d Lakeland 78-67; 59-88; 82-76 (2g-1). In game one, Lee Sprunger paced Red Deer with 22. Nathan Dixon added 20, Jamie Brown 10, Mark Salkeld 10, Christopher Bruno 6, Charles McLean 2, Brock McMillan 0, Jason Nicolay 5, Kyle Saban 0 and Tim Siad 2. Red Deer led 45-37 at the half. Kings coach Craig Behan told the Red Deer Advocate that “we really defended well tonight like we can. In the first half, we fell in love with the shot and forgot about defence at times. The second half was more our kind of game.” Behan added that his troops were outrebounded and dominated in the paint “but the guys played hard tonight. They played real hard.” Scott McKinney and Mike Page each scored 18 to lead Lakeland. Xavier Smith added 12, Aaron Amann 10, Gilbert Madsen 4, Kevin Michelenko 0, Mike Mitchell 0, Dan Perepeluk 2, Robert Prevost 0 and Clarence Smith 4. …………………………………………………… In game two, Lakeland pounded Red Deer as Aaron Amann scored 22. Clarence Smith added 21, Mike Page 13, Luke Harrison 3, Scott Howe 3, Gilbert Madsen 9, Scott McKinney 6, Kevin Michelenko 2, Mike Mitchell 2, Robert Prevost 0 and Xavier Smith 7. Nathan Dixon paced Red Deer with 10. Lee Sprunger added 10, Jamie Brown 5, Christopher Bruno 5, Evan Holstein 3, Justin Klein 0, Charles McLean 0, Brock McMillan 7, Jason Nicolay 4, Kyle Saban 7, Mark Salkeld 2 and Tim Siad 3. Kings coach Craig Behan told the Red Deer Advocate that “it was disgusting. It seems we can’t put two good games together. But give them credit. They wanted it bad and caught us back on our heels a bit and we could never recover. They outplayed us everywhere on the floor.” …………………………………………………… In game three, Lee Sprunger paced Red Deer to an 82-76 win by scoring 18. Nathan Dixon added 16, Jason Nicolay 14, Mark Salkeld 11, Jamie Brown 5, Christopher Bruno 5, E Holstein 0, Justin Klein 5, Charles McLean 0, Brock McMillan 5, Kyle Saban 2 and Tim Siad 2. Kings coach Craig Behan told the Red Deer Advocate “hats off to our guys for being able to regroup after being totally outplayed in the second game. Our players were really focused tonight. They were awesome.” Trailing by 10 with 10 minutes to play, Red Deer called a timeout. “We got back to basics, dug in defensively and really pulled together,” Behan said. Mike Page paced Lakeland with 24. Gilbert Madsen added 18, Xavier Smith 13, Clarence Smith 7, Mike Mitchell 6, Scott McKinney 6, Todd Labbe 2, Aaron Amann 0, Kevin Michelenko 0 and Robert Prevost 0. The Rustlers also included Scott Howe, Brayden Elliott, John Albert, Luke Harrison, Dan Perepeluk and Dan Langdon.
Mount Royal d’d NAIT 76-64; 78-68 (2g-0). …………………………………………………… In game one, Josh Forster paced the Cougars with 21. Josh Whyte added 19, Mark Lynch 15, Brett Kobe 11, Kalem Edlund 3, Chuck Sterling 3, Jeff Price 2, Dawson Eden 1, Sean Landry 2 and Nick Wiebe 0. Shane Leman led NAIT with 23. Ossie Hinds added 17, J.J. Russell 12, Greg Bourne 5, Josh Melton 2, Morgan Gieni 2, Danny Lang 0, Steve Lamont 1, Brent Vriend 2 and Cam Leslie 0. …………………………………………………… In game two, Josh Whyte paced the Cougars with 19. Mark Lynch added 17 points and 10 boards. Kalem Edlund added 9, Josh Forster 9, Brett Kobe 5, Dawson Eden 7, Peter James 0, Tanner Mitchell 0, Chuck Sterling 2 and Nick Wiebe 0. Shane Leman paced NAIT with 24. J.J. Russell added 15, Ossie Hinds 13, Josh Melton 8, Morgan Gieni 4, Steve Lamont 4, Greg Bourne 0, Danny Lang 0, Cam Leslie 0, Dwight Raymond 0, Kyle Schoock 0 and Brett Vriend 0. The Ooks also included Corey Allen and Ashley Grewal.
In the last quarterfinal, SAIT d’d Grant MacEwan 76-66; 77-66 (2g-0). In game one, Oliver Sargeant and Matt Tosine each scored 17 to lead SAIT. Jamie McLeod added 16, Dave Lee 6, Fabian Warner 5, Jermaine Cherry 2, Chauncey Evans 5, Cody Hall 0, Adam Lukomski 3 and Branden Stewart 4. Zenon Wiebe led MacEwan with 19. Blaine Sherman added 17, Jon Goodkey 15, Spencer Dorward 3, Anthony Lange 5, Paul Power 2, Douglas Bennett 3, Alex Conrad 0 and Matthew Kallio 0. The Trojans played without coach Craig Anderson, who was sitting the game out because of a pair of technical fouls collected in the last game of the regular season. SAIT led 40-34 at the half and opened the second frame with a 5-0 run and soon led by 10. But they quickly found themselves in foul trouble and MacEwan rallied to the lead. With three minutes to play and trailing by four, Trojan guard Oliver Sargeant hit a pair of free throws and a trey. Matt Tosine added a trey as SAIT dominated down the stretch. “I just had to follow my teammate Oliver,” said Tosine. “He hit one, so I had to match him.” …………………………………………………… In game two, Oliver Sargeant paced SAIT with 17. Matt Tosine added 17, Jamie McLeod 16, Dave Lee 5, Chauncey Evans 6, Fabian Warner 5, Jermaine Cherry 2, Cody Hall 0, Adam Lukomski 3 and Branden Stewart 4. Zenon Wiebe led MacEwan with 19. Blaine Sherman added 17, Jon Goodkey 15, Anthony Lange 5, Spencer Dorward 3, Paul Power 2, Douglas Bennett 3, Alex Conrad 0, and Matthew Kallio 2. The Griffins also included Thomas Butlin, Adam Patola, Ryan Topcean, Robie Phl, Lanny McHugh, Kevin Stork, Colin Hoehne, Robens Josaphat and Mike Stollerz.
In the Final Four semis, SAIT whipped Concordia 76-56.
In the other semi, Mount Royal dumped Red Deer 78-61 as Josh Forster scored 16, Josh Whyte 15, Mark Lynch 12, Brett Kobe 12, Dawson Eden 10, Jeff Price 7, Kalem Edlund 6, Peter James 0 and Nick Wiebe 0. Nathan Dixon paced Red Deer with 17. Jason Nicolay added 16, Lee Sprunger 12, Charles McLean 5, Jamie Brown 3, Mark Salkeld 3, Kyle Saban 2, Justin Klein 2, Christopher Bruno 0 and Brock McMillan 0. “It was a tough game in every aspect,” said Red Deer Kings coach Craig Behan. “We haven’t played a game like that since before Christmas. The ball was bouncing off our knees out of bounds, we couldn’t hit anything offensively and I really didn’t think we played our best defence either.” Red Deer led 34-31 at the half. “It was a tough game in every respect,” Behan told the Red Deer Advocate. “We haven’t played a game like that since before Xmas. The ball was bouncing off our knees out of bounds. We couldn’t hit anything offensively and I really didn’t think we played our best defence either. … It was their game. They outplayed us in every aspect of the game. I thought we worked hard at times, but we never did put together a string offensively. Maybe one or two good possessions and that was it. We didn’t get anything from inside, which really hurt. But then we didn’t hit from the outside either, as you can see by the score.” Nathan Dixon paced Red Deer with 17 points. Jason Nicolay added 16, Lee Sprunger 12, Charles McLean 5, Jamie Brown 4, Mark Salkeld 3, Kyle Saban 2, Justin Klein 2, Christopher Bruno 0 and Brock McMillan 0.
In the bronze medal match, Concordia University College defeated Red Deer 80-73 as Paul Kuperus scored 21, grabbed three boards and dished 9 assists. The Kings included Justin Klein, Christopher Bruno, Kyle Saban, Nathan Dixon, Evan Holstein, Jamie Brown, Scott Weninger, Jason Nicolay, Lee Sprunger, Adam Bowie, Charles McLean, Mark Salkeld, Brock Mcmillan and Tim Siad. Kings coach Craig Behan told the Red Deer Advocate “it was a sub-par performance by the team. We didn’t really make the best of a bad situation. We didn’t finish up strong. … Concordia wanted third place more than we did. We were very uncharacteristic this weekend. We sucked this weekend.”
In the final, Mount Royal clipped SAIT 82-65 as Josh Whyte scored 23 on 6-11 from the floor, 10-13 from the line and 4 boards. Josh Forster added 14 on 4-11 from the floor and 5-8 from the line. Kalem Edlund notched 13 on 4-7 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Dawson Eden scored 12 on 3-11 from the floor, 6-8 from the line and 9 boards. Mark Lynch notched 8 on 3-8 from the floor and 8 boards. Jeff Price scored 5, Nick Wiebe 4 and Brett Kobe 2. Mount Royal shot 24-57 (.421) from the floor, 5-10 from the arc and 29-39 (.744) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 16 turnovers, 4 blocks, and 20 fouls. SAIT shot 25-63 (.387) from the floor, 4-17 (.235) from the arc and 11-27 (.407) from the line, while garnering 32 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 16 turnovers, 2 blocks, 5 steals and 24 fouls. “I think any time you win a championship, you need depth and a total contribution,” said Mount Royal coach Marc Dobell. The Trojans got no closer than nine in the second half. “They fully deserve it,” said Trojans coach Craig Anderson. “They executed. They were better. We just couldn’t get any momentum going.” Whyte said the Cougars were focused. “I’ve been in a lot of championship games, in high school and I’ve never won one. I’m so proud of our team. We worked so hard all year. We want to come out strong from the get go.” The Cougars led 43-29 at the half after a dominant performance.
The bronze medalist Concordia University College Thunder: Paul Kuperus; Michael Szynkowski; Trevor Dreger; Adnan Hajdarevic; Aidan O’Connor; Kristopher Raymond; Sam Sir; Jason Smith; Michael Danderfer; Gaby Ferzli; Wesley McConnell; Mike Montgomery; Jahmeil Sanders; coach Brian Ross
The silver medalist SAIT Polytechnic Trojans: Oliver Sargeant; Matt Tosine; Jamie McLeod; Dave Lee; Fabian Warner; Jermaine Cherry; Chauncey Evans; Cody Hall; Adam Lukomski; Branden Stewart; Nabil Bushnaq; Matthew Fuhr; Matt Secord; David Wilson; Jadron Wolf Leg; coach Craig Anderson; assistant Mike Stevens; assistant Brian Laythorpe; assistant Eddie Richardson III; assistant Sharon Anderson; manager Ranbir Sandhu; trainer Brendan Roberts
The gold medalist Mount Royal Cougars: Josh Whyte; Josh Forster; Kalem Edlund; Dawson Eden; Mark Lynch; Jeff Price; Nick Wiebe; Brett Kobe; Parker Evans; Peter James; Sean Landry; Orin McCusker; Tanner Mitchell; Mantej Sangha; Chuck Sterling; coach Marc Dobell