In the opening round, held in Milk River: …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded host Erle Rivers Comets clubbed the 11th-seeded Three Hills Prairie Christian Sabres 96-77 as Cameron Earl scored 22, Layne McTaggart 21 and Colin Anderson 20 and Lee Bogle 12. David Song led the Sabres with 23. The Sabres also included Tyler Foote, Andrew Peters. …………………………………………………… The 9th-seeded Edmonton Christian Lions dumped the 8th-seeded Calgary Christian Cougars 89-67. The Cougars included Josh Theule. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Bawlf Wildcats clipped 12th-seeded Vegreville 73-48. Vegreville included Terry Eberhardt, Pete Antisin. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Daysland Dynamos defeated the 10th-seeded Fort Saskatchewan John Paul Patriots 53-48. The Patriots included Jared Majeski, Matt McPherson.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Bow Island Senator Gershaw Gators defeated the 9th-seeded Edmonton Christian Lions 78-65 as Logan Murray scored 25, Jared Wever 22 and Thomas Penner 14. Chris Van Huis paced the Lions with 23. Jon Van Huis added 8 and Greg Sheep 8. The Lions also included Aaron Buisman.
The 5th-seeded Bawlf Wildcats dusted the 4th-seeded Fort MacLeod F.P. Walshe Flyers 88-70 as Jeff Vikse scored 20 and Dave Bowal 17. Keith Yellowface led the Flyers with 20. Michael Amasio added 18 and Thomas Gunderson 15. The Flyers (coached by Dino Pasquotti) also included Mike Derricott.
The 2nd-seeded Fairview Cobras pounded the 7th-seeded Daysland Dynamos 89-75 as Brad Grotkowski scored 33 and Brandon Kershbaumer 29. Clark McCarroll led the Dynamos with 20. Brian Hartwick added 13. The Dynamos also included Justin McCarroll.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Calgary Rundle Cobras dispatched the 6th-seeded Milk River Erle Rivers Comets 75-59 as Lee Stanford scored 32 and Billy Nikolic 22. Cameron Earl led the Comets with 18. Layne McTaggart added 12 and Bruce Balog 10. The Comets (coached by Barry Chapman) also included Lee Bogle, Colin Anderson, Adrian Audet.
In the semis, the top-seeded Bow Island Senator Gershaw Gators defeats the 5th-seeded Bawlf Wildcats 76-57. The Wildcats broke to a 7-4 lead but Gators coach inserted speedy guard Gary Reimer, who completely disrupted the Bawlf offence with steals for runout layups as Gershaw took command. “Gary comes in and he just picks the ball away,” coach Stuart Murray told the Lethbridge Herald. “Being the size he is you don’t realize how fast he is.” Bawlf coach Jody Watson said “our guys couldn’t handle him from the top, he worked his tail off.” Watson said his troops also had trouble handling Logan Murray, who scored 24, Jared Weaver, who scored 13. Thomas Penner notched 14 and Reimer 12. “Speed always seems to outdo strength,” Watson said. The Gators led 43-31 at the half and extended their lead to 18 in the second half with an 8-0 run.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Fairview Cobras defeated the 3rd-seeded Calgary Rundle College Cobras 79-67 as Brad Grotkowski scored 28, Brandon Kerschbaumer 23 and Damian Horner 16. Lee Stanford led the Cobras with 21. Billy Nikolic added 15.
In the bronze medal match, the 5th-seeded Bawlf Wildcats nipped the Calgary Rundle College Cobras 74-73 in overtime as Josh Burns scored 22 and Adam Dyck 16. Lee Stanford led the Cobras with 25. Billy Nikolic added 15.
In the final, the Bow Island Senator Gershaw Gators defeated the 2nd-seeded Fairview Cobras 85-59 to cap a double in the AA level for the school’s boys’ and girls’ teams. Jeremy Wiens paced the Gators with 21, including five treys. Jared Weaver added 16, Logan Murray 12 and Gary Reimer 12. “The boys are really happy,” Gators coach Stuart Murray told the Lethbridge Herald. “They all came out with a really big effort through the weekend. We had eight players with points in the final. They all played really well. You could see it in their eyes that they wanted that banner so I knew they would come out strong.” The Gators broke it open with a 14-2 run the first half as Thomas Penner and Jeremy Wiens nailed treys. They extended their margin to 21 on an 11-0 run in the second half, only to see Cobra forward Brad Grotkowski drill three treys to trim the margin to 10. But once 6-4 Cobra forward Travis Skrepnik was lost the injury, the outcome was never in doubt. The Gators nailed six treys down the stretch to ice it. “This is probably the best three-point shooting team we’ve played all year,” Cobras coach Amos Rossworm said. Murray said “Jeremy was on fire. Once he sank that first three, he got his confidence and kept going.” And Penner was exceptional, he added. “He’s not a really fancy player, but he’s always there.” Gratkowski led the Cobras with 27. Brandon Kerschbaumer added 21.
The bronze medalist Bawlf Wildcats: Josh Burns; Adam Dyck; Jeff Vikse; Dave Bowal; Josh Burnstad;
The silver medalist Fairview Cobras: Brad Grotkowski; Brandon Kerschbaumer; Damian Horner; coach Amos Rossworm
The gold medalist Bow Island Senator Gershaw Gators: Logan Murray; Jared Wever; Joel Robinson; Jeremy Wiens; Adam Kroeker; Thomas Penner; coach Stuart Murray