In the quarterfinals, held in Grande Prairie, the 4th-seeded Sherwood Park Salisbury Sabres defeated the 5th-seeded Calgary E.P. Scarlett Lancers 73-60 as Jackie Simon scored 11, Jenny Wood 10 and Natalie Gradmitzer 10. Sharla Undershute led the Lancers with 25. The Lancers (coached by Bryce Tolley) also included Shannon Selmser, Scelece Chipman.
The top-seeded Medicine Hat Kwahommies dumped the 8th-seeded Grande Prairie Composite Totems 84-53 after leading 52-27 at the half. Jaylene Rattai paced the Kwahommies with 36 points, 12 boards and 7 assists. Dawn Thomas added 20 and Claudette Cheret 9, along with 7 steals. The Totems included Sasha Urness, Erin King.
The 3rd-seeded Lethbridge Catholic Central Cittens clipped the 6th-seeded Calgary Bishop Carroll Cardinals 65-56 as Cori Watson scored 16 and Melanie Marek 15. Katrina Howe led the Cardinals with 13. Sue Howell added 12.The Cardinals (coached by Mark Rawlek and Sil Duregon) included Chelsea Warner, Stacey Thorsten, Nicole Klements.
In the last quarterfinal, the 2nd-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans dumped the 7th-seeded Red Deer Lindsay Thurber Raiders as Wyley scored 14. Cori Rawlusyk led the Raiders with 23. Sheri Kalan added 11. The Red Raiders also included Dana Somerville, Jodie Lazenby.
In the semis, the top-seeded Medicine Hat Kwahommies defeated the 4th-seeded Sherwood Park Salisbury Sabres 65-59 as Jaylene Rattai and Dawn Thomas combined for 56 points. Rattai added 13 boards and 13 blocks. Thomas added 9 boards and 7 assists.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans defeated the 3rd-seeded Lethbridge Catholic Central Cittens 64-47.
In the bronze medal match, the Sherwood Park Salisbury Sabres whipped the Lethbridge Catholic Central Cittens 76-45 as Jenny Wood and Jackie Simon each scored 11. The Sabres led 38-27 at the half. Crystal McPherson led the Cittens with 17. The Cittens (coached by Cal O’Brien) also included Jennifer Pawluk, Cori Watson, Jennifer Slavich, Tricia Whimister, Sarah Joly, Lindsay Wagner, Caylee Lawlor, Mandy Delbello, Dubek, Michelle Villeneuve and Melanie Marek.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans defeated the top-seeded Medicine Hat Kwahommies 57-54 to complete a 4A girls-boys double. The Titans played in the Edmonton senior women’s league and finished (13-0). Stacey Mulcahy paced the Titans with 11. Jenn Roles added 10. Jaylene Rattai led Medicine Hat with 19. Lenore Page added 16, Dawn Thomas 14, along with six steals, and Claudette Cheret 6 steals. The Kwahommies rallied to within one with 37 seconds to play but a Jenn Roles bucket and Medicine Hat technical gave the Titans a 57-52 lead. The Kwahommies led 29-23 at the half. Ainlay had taken its first lead midway through the second half. Two late calls disturbed Kwahommies coach Boris Grisonich, the Medicine Hat Times reported. A jump ball was called with 37 seconds to play but in the course of the tie-up, a Harry Ainlay player elbowed guard Claudette Cheret in the back. “Claudette bumped her on the shoulder and sort of said ‘You don’t have to do that,’ and was called for a technical,” said Grisonich. “It was a brutal call.” Harry Ainlay drained the two free throws to open the gap to 57-52. Kwahommie post Jaylene Rattai answered with a bucket. “I had no time outs left and so they panicked a little, thinking they had to make a three-point shot,” said Grisonich. With four seconds left, a foul was called against the Kwahommies and the teams marched to the line, though the Titans weren’t in the bonus. “My girls were all lined up at the other end for the shots,” said Grisonich. “I told them to get back on defence and told the ref to wait for them. He said no and let Harry Ainlay inbound the ball. The Magrath coach said that was a rotten way to decide the game and started writing a letter about the officiating right on the spot.” The Kwahommies held a 29-23 at the half. “I said we couldn’t let them past half court so we full-court man-to-manned them,” said Grisonich. “They had a lot of 10-second violations and when they did get the ball over they had only 15 seconds or so to get a shot away. The girls were just exhausted. But it was a beautiful game to watch and we represented our school, our city and our zone well. This is like a dream year. We won four of the five tournaments, won gold at zones and silver at provincials.”
The bronze medalist Sherwood Park Salisbury Sabres: Jackie Simon; Jenny Wood; Natalie Gradmitzer; Nicki Bishop;
The silver medalist Medicine Hat Kwahommies: Dawn Thomas; Lenore Page; Claudette Charet; Jaylene Rattai; Xassie Goodfellow; Sue Pell; Brandy Bechtold; Allison O’Reilly; Julie George; Andrea Stevens; Jill Davis; Corinne Selhorn;
The gold medalist Edmonton Harry Ainlay Titans: Stacey Mulcahy; Jenn Roles;