In the opening round, held in Eckville: …………………………………………………… The Edmonton Parkland Immanuel Christian Penguins defeated the 12th-seeded Calgary Edge School for Athletes 75-49 as Bryan Versteeg scored 24 and Tyler Hoeksema 14. Josh Groberman led The Edge with 20. Kevin Zurevinski added 12. …………………………………………………… The Crooked Creek Ridgevalley Raiders defeated the Cremona Cougars 50-43 as Jordan Zenner scored 18 and Craig Pellerin 11. Cam MacFarquhar led Cremona with 21. Justin Novak added 9. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded New Norway Spartans defeated the 11th-seeded Vilna Hazard 67-54 as Craig Isaac scored 20 and Robin Marshall 17. Colten Sklerek led Vilna with 28. Brandon Warholek added 13. The Hazard also included E.J. Halfe. …………………………………………………… The Fairview St. Thomas More Kodiaks defeated the host Eckville Aces 80-61 as David Doll and Kris Ruether each scored 19. Remi Watts and Kesler Lawton each notched 14 to pace the Aces. The Aces also included Evan Gomes, Tyrel Berdahl, Kyle French, Shane Smith.
In the quarterfinals, the 5th-seeded Edmonton Parkland Immanuel Christian Penguins stunned the 4th-seeded Glendon Nobles 61-50 as Bryan Versteeg scored 27 and Justin Huizing 12. Michael Krywiak led Glendon with 13. John Webber added 12.
The top-seeded Stirling Lakers whipped the Crooked Creek Ridgevalley Raiders 80-50 as Matthew Maynes scored 21 and Travis Strickland 16. Jordan Zenner led Ridgevalley with 21. Cody Stevenson added 12.
The 3rd-seeded Youngstown Falcons defeated the 6th-seeded New Norway Spartans 76-69 in overtime as Logan Armstrong scored 27, Brady Horner 15, Patrick Beasley 12, Rodrick Mwemera 12, Mark Blair 4, Ryan Neigel 3 and Jaden Lockhart 2. Graham Graff led New Norway with 23. Robin Marshall added 20. Grade nine reserve Mwemera came off the bench to start the second half with a pair of treys that sparked the Falcons offence. They built their lead to 18 but the Spartans rallied to knot the score and almost won it at the buzzer but an in-bounds pass sailed over the fingers of an open player, the Hanna Herald reported.
The 2nd-seeded Foremost Falcons defeated the Fairview St. Thomas More Kodiaks 66-57 as Quinn van Gaaelen scored 39 and Brant Seward 11. Kris Ruether led St. Thomas More with 22. Reji Thomas and David Doll each added 10.
In the semis, the Stirling Lakers crushed the Edmonton Parkland Immanuel Christian Penguins 92-50 as Dustin Tanner scored 21 and Matthew Maynes 19. Bryan Versteeg led Immanuel Christian with 17. Andrew Wallace added 10.
The 3rd-seeded Youngstown Falcons avenged a pair of regular season losses to the 2nd-seeded Foremost Falcons by prevailing 82-70 as Logan Armstrong scored 28, Mark Blair 16, Pat Beasley 12, Ryan Neigel 11, Roderick Mwemera 7 and Brady Horner 2. Quinn Van Gaalen led Forest with 32. Sam Dykshoorn added 11. Foremost led 37-26 at the half but Youngstown rallied within defensive pressure.
In the bronze medal match, the 2nd-seeded Foremost Falcons whipped the 5th-seeded Edmonton Parkland Immanuel Christian Penguins 73-53 as Quinn Van Gaalen scored 37 and Bryan O’Hara 8. Bryan Versteeg led Immanuel Christian with 19. Tyler Hoeksema added 12. The Penguins (coached by Brad VanRaalte, assisted by Jeff Falk) also included Todd Ferguson, Justin Huizing, Ryan Panek, Gord Tolsman, Joshua VanDelden, Justin Versteeg and Andrew Wallace.
In the final, the top-seeded Stirling Lakers crushed the 3rd-seeded Youngstown Falcons 98-68 as Travis Strickland scored 28 and Matthew Maynes 19. Logan Armstrong paced Youngstown with 34. Patrick Beasley added 11, Brady Horner 7, Ryan Neigel 4, Rodrick Mwemera 4, Daniel Becker 3 and Brian Schmidt 1. The Lakers depth simply wore down the Falcons.
The bronze medalist Foremost Falcons: Quinn Van Gaalen; Bryan O’Hara; Brant Seward; Chris Bianchi; Brent Biesterfelt; Sam Dykshoorn; Brodie Haugen; Blaine Laqua; Brent Lee; Jay Rasmussen; Darren Ross; Ryan Ross; Cord Sturtevant; Brad Webster; Sean Wutzke; coach Garth Van Gaalen; assistant Duane Rasmussen
The silver medalist Youngstown Falcons: Logan Armstrong; Cole Andrew; Pat Beasley; Daniel Becker; Clint Blair; Mark Blair; Brady Horner; Jaden Lockhart; Patrick Mwemera; David Mwemera; Rodrick Mwemera; Ryan Neigel; Brian Schmidt; Jason Schmidt; coach John Armstrong; manager Tim Butler
The gold medalist Stirling Lakers: Matthew Maynes; Dallin Cooper; Rene De Graaf; Braydon Edwards; Adrian Edwards; Dallin Ellingson; Keith Gardner; Michael Krokosh; Kyle Peterson; Jon Romeril; Dustin Tanner; Travis Strickland; Lloyd Strickland; coach Chad Watson; assistant Jason Edwards; assistant Brent Workman; manager Benny Neufeld