In the opening round, held in Red Deer: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans whipped the 16th-seeded Red Deer Lindsay Thurber Raiders 115-56. The Raiders (coached by Dwayne Lalor) included Patrick Bauer, Gradyn Bowd, Ryan Clark, Daniel Grenier, Tyson Hermanson, Karl Hoehne, Warren Johnston, Kyle O’Meara, Stephen Price, Sharmarke Salad, Dallas Snider, Sean Tuff and Remar Villanueva. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans clubbed the 9th-seeded Magrath Zeniths 77-58. The Zeniths included Max Beazer, Bryanna Bennett, Mitch Cook, Seth Harris, Carson Heninger, Janna Hinman, Tyson Hudson, Caleb Jackson, Chanse Sabey, Grady Taylor and Benson Wilde. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Calgary Western Canada Redmen whipped the 13th-seeded Red Deer Notre Dame Cougars 94-53. The Cougars (coached by Stef Labrecque) included Jesse Cheema, Kyle Devine, Eric deWitt, Tim Finnigen, John Goranson, Chad King, Chayse Marion, Connor McLachlan, Hayden Meador, Aaron Moritz, Trent Schmidt, Ralph Uytina, Alexi Viveros and Ladon Wesley. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Cardston Cougars dumped the 12th-seeded Okotoks Foothills Falcons 103-84. The Falcons included Braeden Anderson, Lee Campbell, Ammon Crowfoot, Quinton Gates, Chad Hardy, Brandon Heslip, Kyle Karl, Calvin Mabely, Landon Pitcher, Kris Robinson, D.J. Sehn and Daniel Watwood. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Raymond Comets stomped the 15th-seeded Grande Prairie Tomahawks 98-64. Lee Danderfer led the Tomahawks with 20 points, while Sam Carstairs hit double digits as well, with 11. The Tomahawks included Leif Carstairs, Sam Carstairs, Lee Danderfer, Luke Derksen, Jordan Gregson, Kareem Kilani, Adam Lehners, Josh Nicol, Jamison Plett, Tyler Przybylski and Paul Renfree. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Calgary Centennial Coyotes stunned the 7th-seeded Sherwood Park Archbishop Jordan Scots 85-69. The Scots included David Becker, Akeem Brown, Ryan deGans, Prenoslo Donald, Mac Dosman, Alex Emblem, Matt Hale, Mitch Lonsberry, Colin McKinnon and David Paquette. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Calgary Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs whipped the 14th-seeded Lloydminster Barons 94-66. The Barons included Chris Chudy, Jared Derkatz, Aaron Howard, Justin Kessel, Cole McCormick, Brett Patterson, Jake Ross, Shane Ross, David Salus, Fraser Young, Percy Young and Jade Zacharias. …………………………………………………… The 11th-seeded Edmonton Jasper Place Rebels clubbed the 6th-seeded Calgary Lord Beaverbrook Lords 95-67. The Lords included Abrar Lateef, Colin Loszchuk, Jonathon Lund, Albert Ndumbi, Ernest Rivera, Fraser Sloan, Rylan Smith, Josh Stewart, Ben Studen, David Thygesen and Josh White.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans whipped the 8th-seeded Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans 98-51. The Spartans included Allen Bubic, Jared Cuglietta, Jordan Elgert, Aime Kamana, Tyler Lundgren, Tommy Muhlethaler, Hermon Nizghi, James Purcell, Tommy Rodgers, Richard Roque, Alex Sherman and Kyle Smart.
The 6th-seeded Cardston Cougars edged the 4th-seeded Calgary Western Canada Redmen 89-87. The Redmen included Francis Cormier, Tyson Denhamer, Lael Dilworth, Nebojsa Kuljic, Dakota Laurin, Matt McCreary, Lachlin Muir, Simon Polychornis, Eli Prochnau, David Sun, Bisrat Tekletsadik, Wilmar Teves and John Urton.
The 2nd-seeded Raymond Comets crushed the 10th-seeded Calgary Centennial Coyotes 106-67. The Coyotes included Mark Walker, Eric Bakker, Jared Bartlett, David Charlton, Chad Dalley, Jake Durante, Ian Gott, Nathan Jerowsky, Tarek Saleh, Sean Smith, Jordan Stevens and Max Tyson.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Calgary Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs stomped the Edmonton Jasper Place Rebels 91-79. The Rebels included Mitchell Buffie, Sebastian Cava, Scott Chomin, Ryan Coleman, Jonathan Dosunmu, Ibrahim Hassan, Vivek Ramaswami, Will Robertson, Brett Rouault, Marcus Shafer, Nick Suvanto, Michael Swampy, Brin Taylor, Matt Wiggins and Dallas Wright.
In the semis, the 6th-seeded Cardston Cougars stunned the top-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans 87-84. “We got a little stagnant on offence and defence,” said Titan star Jordan Baker. “We didn’t turn the intensity up. Cardston brought their A game. We didn’t take care of the ball. We didn’t have that fire that we needed to. I think they surprised us a little bit.”
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Raymond Comets crushed the 3rd-seeded Calgary Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs 95-74. “We had our heads handed to us,” said Bulldogs coach Mike Fullerton. “They were very quick and aggressive. They got all the loose balls all the rebounds. Raymond flat out beat us.”
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Calgary Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs edged the top-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans 94-89. The Titans included Ammar Ahmed, Jordan Baker, Austin Fairbanks, Jalahni, Reid Goodkey, Roderick Iyekekpolor, Steven Lederer, Alex Neilson, Jay Olmstead, Ryan Patterson, Daniel Plouffe, Jonathan Suderman, Khurram Sultan, Jordi Wang and Brandon West.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Raymond Comets annihilated the 6th-seeded Cardston Cougars 105-68 to complete an incredible boys-girls double for the school of 212 students. It marked the third such double in ASAA history. The bulk
of the boy’s squad was only on the provincial Tier 1 championships football squad. “It’s something for our school to win the football and the girls’ and boys’ basketball championships in one year, that doesn’t happen all the time . . . it’s a special moment,” said Comets coach Todd Heggie. “It’s a combination of good athletes and the will to win. It’s that drive and desire that gets them over the top.” The Comets led 27-10, 53-34 and 84-54 at the quarters. The Comets hit 17 treys, including six apiece by Grade 10 standout Jimmy Ralph and Grade 12 guard Jared Baker, quarterback of the football team, who enrolled at the University of Alberta on a football scholarship. Ralph finished 33 points. Baker added 23 and Robbie Olsen paced the Cougars with 23. Heggie told the Lethbridge Herald “we just really wanted to enjoy it for what it was. A real nice win against a tough opponent and a special moment for these kids. All season I’ve been telling them to slow down and enjoy life and enjoy the time you have here. I think that’s what they did Saturday after the game. It’s a basketball game and it can be a very special time for them to carve out some memories. … It’s unreal when you go back to football (the Comets won the provincial title there, too), most of these kids are celebrating their second provincial title this year. I just wanted them to get everything they can out of the experience.”
Call them incontestable. … Talk about playing a team over and over (seven times during the season). It’s unreal that these two teams from the South would meet in the final. It says a lot about the kinds of programs the South has. You look at Picture Butte, Ken (McMurray’s) got a couple of real talents out in Cardston and some of the kids coming out of these schools. It really is amazing. I think I can credit a lot of our success to playing those guys so much. I don’t think we could have won this without having them to compete against. My hat’s off to them and what they did this year.”
The bronze medalist Calgary Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs: Brett Toner; Brett Layton; Jinil Kim; Brett Palmer; Jordan Comfort; Pouyan Keshavarzian; Alex Regan; Tyler Spackman; Stephen Booth; Amar Deshwar; Dallin Bachynski; Brad Clark; coach Mike Fullerton; assistant Morgan Tudor; assistant Bachynski; trainer Jamie Dewald; trainer Katie Li; trainer Kristen Shewchuk; trainer Jenna Kneeshaw
The silver medalist Cardston Cougars: James Brooks; Travis Hartley; Landon Leavitt; Jon McMurray; Kent Neilson; Robbie Olsen; Parker Smith; Shawn Traweek; Matt Webster; Cody Wood; coach Ken McMurray; assistant Jeff Heggie; assistant Dallen Leavitt
The gold medalist Raymond Comets: Nathan Allred; Tyler Antal; Jared Baker; Austin Baldry; Nick Demas; Taylor Fromm; Payden Mendenhall; Dustin Prince; Austin Prince; Jimmy Ralph; Lloyd Strickland; Skylar Thompson; coach Todd Heggie; assistant Ryan Baldry; assistant Shawn Heggie; assistant Robert Oliver