In the opening round, held in Magrath: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans stomped the 16th-seeded Grande Prairie Composite Tomahawks 106-35. The Tomahawks included Jordan Carlson, Ryan Danderfer, Chester Galiza, Jordan Holloway, Idyl Indangan, Bogdan Knezevic, Chase McCarthy, Logan Rempel and Matt Seidler. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams dusted the 9th-seeded Calgary Ernest Manning Griffins 91-63. The Griffins included Keyvan Amini, Brodie Davis, Matt Ellis, Denim Gedleman, Derek Johnson, Jared Kraus, Aidan Saunder, Yanni Sideris, Serge Ten and Carson Weston. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Sherwood Park Bev Facey Falcons smacked the 12th-seeded Okotoks Foothills Composite Falcons 76-54. “We played quite well,” Facey coach Hal Shouster told the Sherwood Park-Strathcona County News. “We turned the ball over a bit more than I would have liked. We shot the ball better in that game than we did in the rest of the tournament. Tyler Roth had a great game. He had 22 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists. He was kind of the man for us. They worked really hard on shutting down Ryan McLaren, but he still broke loose with five three-pointers and 17 points. It was a good opening game for us.” Ben McMillan added 12. The Falcons included Morgan Burbank, Anthony Cayetano, Reece Chapin, Coal Clark, Jamie Derochie, Justin Grigor, Hunter Karl, Trey Kellog, Gavin Millard, Austin Orr, Josh Orr, Mason Sheen, Austin Smutko and Noah Wilkie. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Medicine Hat Mohawks dispatched the 13th-seeded Calgary Crescent Heights Cowboys 88-80. The Cowboys included Nathan Chase, Jevan Dhaliwal, Navkirat Dhaliwal, Shay Foggo, Usman Khawar, Ethan Lamoureux, Manjot Mangat, Tajinder Marwaha, Kendall Melliphant, Ali Raza, Satprit Sandhu and Joel Waleba. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans whipped the 15th-seeded Lloydminster Comprehensive Barons 101-33. The Barons included Connor Acton, Riley Conlon, Braden Derkatz, Brenden Derkatz, Josh Esguerra, Tyrell Gingell, Kirk Hann, Troy Hatchard, Nathan Hutchinson, Kuvraj Madhar, Mathew Miller, Jonathan Stoodley and Clarke Thompson. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Cardston Cougars stunned the 7th-seeded Calgary Father Lacombe Lasers 82-72. The Lasers included Oman Ajote, Marao Akaor, Jeshrun Antwi, Tong Atak, Atem Ateam, Braxton Bakska, Barakat Limi, Bilongo Lugala, Jeremiah Mejia, Mel Mel, Christopher Nanda, Lazarus Teny, Jonak Weyessa and Franklyn Williams. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Edmonton Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds pounded the 11th-seeded Magrath Zeniths 80-58. The Zeniths included Austin Bennett, Tyson Bourne, John Brewerton, Morgan Broadhead, Scott Gieske, Tyson Gruninger, Carter Hansen, Tim McMahon, Jared Sabey, Dawson Strate and Derek Strate. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Castleridge Bishop McNally Timberwolves crushed the 14th-seeded Red Deer Hunting Hills Lightning 104-51. The Lightning included Luke Beasley, Dan Billet, Parker Booth, Sean Campbell, Matt Mackie, Linden Petersen, Evan Petriew, Cody Pratt, Dan Ripley, Jesse Ross, Jordan Vincent and Mackenzie Wright.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans dispatched the 8th-seeded Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams 85-75. The Rams included Mason Gibb, Arjan Gill, Brayden Gunness, Tevin Hall, Derek Jensen, Erik Lewis, Jack McDonald, Brady Nelson, Ben Nielsen, Zac Overwater, Matthew Primrose, Matt Stewart, Jaxon Toly and Saren Westrop.
The 4th-seeded Medicine Hat Mohawks clipped the 5th-seeded Sherwood Park Bev Facey Falcons 71-57. “They were a quality team,” Falcons coach Hal Souster told the Sherwood Park-Strathcona County News. “They were probably the most disciplined team we have played all year. They score several baskets right at the end of the shot clock which is tough because you will have played some great defence and then give one up right at the end. We did a few things to slow them up a bit and that seemed to help. … The problem was that we just couldn’t find it offensively. I don’t know what it was.” Tyler Roth led the Falcons with 18. Ryan McLaren added 14 and Ben McMillan 10. The Falcons (coached by Hal Souster) included Misha Blades, Talyn Davies, Parker Dorothy, George Hobern, Taylor Kitson, Padon Knox, Ryan McLaren, Ben McMillan, Jason Miller, Brandon Rebnord, Tyler Roth, Keaton Souster and Grant Weissbach.
The 2nd-seeded Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans edged the 10th-seeded Cardston Cougars 76-73. The Cougars included Quinton Bruised Head, Jordan Creason, Ben Duce, Hadyn Johansen, Grayden Klain, Clayton Leavitt, Josh McMurray, Rylan Quinton, Shane Quinton, Tanner Quinton, Jase Sommerfeldt and Dylan Strang.
In the last quarterfinal, the 6th-seeded Edmonton Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds stunned the 3rd-seeded Castleridge Bishop McNally Timberwolves 83-30. The Timberwolves included David Caibigan, Robert Dake, Jairus De Jesus, Prince Greg-Alabi, Ivan Ikomey, Mathieu Kamba, Jacquon Lawrence, Josh Mapalo, Colin O’Neil, Redmond Quiambao, Johnson Simon, Paul Sindac and Deshon Vaughan.
In the semis, the top-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans dumped the 4th-seeded Medicine Hat Mohawks 100-93.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans dispatched the 6th-seeded Edmonton Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds 65-53.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded Medicine Hat Mohawks whipped the 6th-seeded Edmonton Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds 90-61. The Thunderbirds (coached by Dave Youngs) included Yasser Abdullahi, Abdulrahman Al-Tamimi, Clifford Bangura, Durell Byron, Khayre Farah, Daniel Fleming, Conroy Goerge, Merron Haile, Samuel Lasuba, Mon Lueeth, Shane Morgan, Aiden Purnell, Niko Stolic and Brandon Thorburn.
In the final, the top-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans dispatched the 2nd-seeded Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans 82-71. After defeating O’Leary in the Edmonton city finals, “we thought we would be playing them again and we were right,” Titans coach George Hoyt told the Edmonton Sun. “It was a back and forth game. We had a couple of fairly big leads but we couldn’t put the Spartans away. They wouldn’t quit.” O’Leary coach Ray Felice said “we were down by 12 points at one stage and we got back to three points hear the half. Then we fell behind and pulled up again. By the end, we were down by six points or so and we couldn’t get any closer.” Andrei Halusko paced the titans with 20. Awak Tiom added 15, Barento Mohammed 14, Aher Uguak 14 and Marvin Washington 10. Kuiir Bulgak paced the Spartans with 30. Julien McFadden added 14 and Wyatt Beaver 12.
The bronze medalist Medicine Hat Mohawks: Lewis Brown; Kyle Church; Cam Fischer; Daniel Guardian; Liam Mohanraj; Levi Smith; Josh Sparkes; Logan Spruyt; Ben Taylor; Duane Whitrow; Brett Wirzba; coach Chad Watson
The silver medalist Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary Spartans: Tony Aboudiwan; Lemuel Baui; Wyatt Beaver; Kuir Bulgak; Solomon Davies; Jamal Hinds; Tristen Kamal; Julien McFadden; Mina Ogot; Ogot Ogot; Mitch Rando; Abel Woubete; coach Ray Felice
The gold medalist Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans: Sabre Abduraheman; James Dong; Joshua Fernandes; David Gingles; Jordan Glover; Andriy Halushko; Devon Healey; Dylan Larocque; Barento Mohammed; Levi Paquette; Awak Piom; Will Pittman; Aher Uguak; Marvin Washington; coach George Hoyt