In the quarterfinals, held in Didsbury, the Nanton J.T. Foster Knights dispatched the Chestermere Lakers 72-59 as Brad Gallup scored 20. The Lakers (coach Rob Wilson, manager Katie Beamish, manager Rachel Murray) included Phil Alberda, Rech Boechler; Torston Vick, Neil Karl, Kory Taylor, Brian Hunter, Ryan Coller, Shane Hooker, John Belanger, David Holt and Kendon Dressel.
The Devon John Maland Wildcats defeated clubbed the Didsbury Dragons 64-43. The Dragons (coach larry Auger, coach Chris Overwater, coach Dave McMane) included Dave McMane, Anthony Dahl, Don Moon, Mike Luft, Brian Pahl, Shane Wilkins, Aaron Bonkowski, Shawn Stetson, Tyler Hughes and Denis Cant.
The Red Deer River Glen Royals thrashed the Fairview St. Thomas More Kodiaks 101-73 (also reported as 101-74) as Charlie Jorgenson scored 27, Kelly Steadman 23 and Vance Porter 23. Lyndon Sawchuk led the Kodiaks with 24.
In the last quarterfinal, the Edmonton Christian Lions dispatched the Bonnyville Notre Dame Wildcats 69-61.
In the semis, the Nanton J.T. Foster Knights defeated the Red Deer River Glen Royals 78-75 as Brad Gallup scored 28 and Big Trinh 18.
In the other semi, the Devon John Maland Wildcats defeated the Edmonton Christian Lions x-x.
In the bronze medal match, the Red Deer River Glen Royals dispatched the Edmonton Christian Lions 70-60 as Charlie Jorgenson scored 22 and Vance Porter 18. Royals coach Bill Bowd told the Red Deer Advocate that “it was a good experience. We still have a young team which will benefit from this.” The Lions included Kent Nenninga.
In the final, the Nanton J.T. Foster Knights defeated the Devon John Maland Wildcats 54-47. The Knights were led by Brad Gallup, the 14-year-old phenom, averaged 25 points per game in the tourney, including 23 in the final. Bin Trinh added 14. The Wildcats had only 81 high school students. Coach Al Gallup said the title was a testimony to the school’s system. ““This was a hockey town, but I like basketball and started a program up when I came here as principal. … We start working with kids in grade nine and I think they learn to grow up fast. We basically let them play whenever they want and as long as the students are doing something constructive, they can shoot. If not, they’re gone for a week. If students can learn to love the game, they will want to practice and get better. It’s a give and take situation. If you can sell the game to the people who want to play, you should be successful, no matter how big a school is. … We were by far the smallest team in the tourney (with just 81 students). In the final our biggest guy (Gavin Smith) was 6-2 and Devon had two 6-6 starters and all five of their starters was over 6-foot.” John Bitz scored 43 in three tournament games for the Knights.
The bronze medalist Red Deer River Glen Royals: Charlie Jorgenson; Vance Porter; Kelly Steadman; Laurie Corbett; Jared Sayers; Tyler Matheis; Steven Moore; Kevin Virove; Scott Cooper; Kurtis Kaiser; Todd Monday; Sean Jeffers; Steven Webster; Tyler Matthies; Dean Warterbarger; Greg Gerlinsky; Brad Cooper; coach Bill Bowd; manager Sandra Johnson
The silver medalist Devon John Maland Wildcats: Gord Smith; Travis Dufresne; Leon Burgess; Rick Holnan; Aaron Canvel; Lance Shultz; Robb Cameron; Chris Bogach; Jeremy Stuthart; Shane Parie; Derek Durocher; coach Gerry Couzens
The gold medalist Nanton J.T. Foster Knights: Brad Gallup; Big Trinh; John Bitz; Dale Willoughby; Gavin Smith; Wade Rozander; Phil MacPherson; Ian Gardner; Stephen Pepin; Troy Kirby; Roddy Kessler; Jason Shaw; Dion Willoughby; coach Allen Gallup