In the quarterfinals, held in Calgary: the Fort McMurray Composite Miners defeated the Sherwood Park Archbishop Jordan Scots 62-50. The Scots included Chris Kubaric.
The Red Deer Camille J. Lerouge Voyageurs whipped the Beaverlodge Royals 129-55.
The Westlock R.F. Staples Thunderbirds defeated the Calgary Queen Elizabeth Knights 64-60. The Knights (coached by x) included Jason Chase, Jason Wrubell.
The top-seeded Coaldale Kate Andrews Pride dumped the Airdrie Bert Church Chargers 102-53. “We started off really shaky,” said Gaels’ coach Terry Hanna. “(Bert Church) was leading us five minutes into the game and it took us two minutes to score our first basket. But then our press started to work and everything started to go for us.” The Gales led 60-28 at the half. David Erickson led the Gaels with 23. Darren Gugyelka added 16, Shane Strate 16 and Dan McLaren 13.
In the semis, the Red Deer Camille J. Lerouge Voyageurs dumped the Fort McMurray Miners 101-62 after leading 44-30 at the half. Andre Richard paced the Voyageurs with 21. Craig Erichsen added 18 and Jody Gross 14. Bobbie Cameron led the Miners with 27. Erichsen told the Red Deer Advocate “we had some pre-game jitters. It took a while but we finally got them under control.” Voyageurs coach John Johnston said “we told the boys to keep running and eventually it would pay off.” Miners coach Bob McCracken said “we’re basically a five-man team. We’re very limited as to what we can put on the floor. Camille J. LeRouge, on the other hand, just keeps coming at you in waves.” Miners coach Bob McCracken told Fort McMurray Today that “we stayed with them for about the first half but they pulled away quite convincingly in the second half.”
In the other semi, the top-seeded Coaldale Kate Andrews Pride whipped the Westlock R.F. Staples Thunderbirds 88-60 as David Erickson scored 27, Dean McLaren 14 and Darren Gugyelka 15.
In the bronze medal match, the Westlock R.F. Staples Thunderbirds clubbed the Fort McMurray Miners 75-26. Miners coach Bob McCracken told Fort McMurray Today that “we were leading at halftime by about six. But, basically, they had a few more horses than we did.” The Miners (coached by Bob McCracken) included Dwayne Vigilance, Robbie Cameron, Travis Dawson.
In the final, the Red Deer Camille J. Lerouge Voyageurs defeated the top-seeded Coaldale Kate Andrews Gaels 89-88. The Voyageurs beat the Gaels at their own game, getting out in transition. The Voyageurs led 47-46 at the half. The Gaels opened the second half missing their first eight shots. The Voyageurs led 66-60 midway through the second half but the Gaels rallied to a 79-77 lead on a bucket by guard Darren Gugyelka. Lerouge went ahead again 87-80 before Gaels ran off five straight points to make it 87-85 with a minute to play. The Cougars hit a free throw but the Voyageurs Andre Richard hit a 6-foot jumper to make it 89-86 with 16 seconds to play and the Gaels drilled a meaningless two at the buzzer. He had his foot on the three-point line or it would have forced overtime. Noting that the Voyageurs twice nearly blew 10-point leads, Jody Gross told the Red Deer Advocate “we kept letting them back in the game with mental lapses. But it all came down to who wanted it most.” Voyageurs coach John Johnston said “we’re used to have teams roll over on us. But we knew this team wouldn’t. … We told the kids to put the nails in, to stop letting Coaldale back into the game. At the same time, though, we could have folded two or three times under pressure. That we didn’t shows how much character there is on this team.” Coaldale coach Terry Hanna said “we were in a good position but we just couldn’t hit anything. We took over 100 shots today but were only 36%. That’s just not like us.” Hanna told Canadian Press that “we took over 100 shots in the game, but we didn’t shoot over 40%. And we were only 14 for 29 from the foul line and that doesn’t include the bonuses we missed. Lerouge) don’t play many league games, but they go to a lot of tournaments here in Calgary and around the province. That makes them a little tougher. They didn’t doubt themselves at all. We came in here ranked number one, but we still considered ourselves underdogs.” Jody Gross led the Voyageurs with 19. Craig Ericksen added 16 and Andre Richard 15. Gugyelka and David Erickson led the Gaels with 24 points apiece. Dean McLaren and Shane Strate each added 12.
The bronze medalist Westlock R.F. Staples Thunderbirds:
The silver medalist Coaldale Kate Andrews Gaels: David Erickson; Dean McLaren; K.J. Reed; Ryan Gibb; Jason Sera; Jevon Needham; Tim Neufeld; Aaron Chmielewski; Darren Gugyelka; Shane Strate; Shane Olson; coach Terry Hanna
The gold medalist Red Deer Camille J. Lerouge Voyageurs: Jody Gross; Craig Erichsen; Pat Keogh; Andre Richard; Joel Chalifoux; Darren Williams; Brett Manyluk; Steph Labonne; Vince Hunter; Andre Francis; Ryan Clements; Sean Engberg; coach John Johnston; assistant Dave Smith; manager Rafal Klonowski