In the opening round, held in Sherwood Park: …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded host Archbishop Jordan Scots defeated the 11th-seeded Grande Prairie St. Joseph Celtics 80-44. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Stettler William E. Hay Wildcats upset the 7th-seeded Barrhead Lorne Jenkins Gryphons 64-61. …………………………………………………… The 9th-seeded Spruce Grove St. Thomas Aquinas Thunder defeat the 8th-seeded Coaldale Kate Andrews Pride 77-62. The Pride (coached by Bob White) included Todd Schellenberg, Brandon Luke, Darren Wannop, Chase Oberg, Bryan Klassen, Ben Swen, Brendan Lutz. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Edmonton St. Joseph Saints defeat Fort McMurray Father Mercredi Trappers 88-68. The Trappers (coached by Jill Kerrigan, assisted by Ken Smith) included Brendan Amyotte, Cory Bergeron, Clarence Smith, Jace Saunders.
In the quarterfinals, the 3rd-seeded Ponoka Broncs defeated the 6th-seed Sherwood Park Archbishop Jordan Scots 81-70.
The 2nd-seeded Edmonton Austin O’Brien Crusaders, riding a high as it entered the tournament having just defeated 4-A school Edmonton Archbishop O’Leary for the Edmonton Metro premier league title, dumped the 10th-seeded Stettler William E. Hay Wildcats 81-49. The Wildcats included Bryce Leschert, Justin Stevens, Cody Rowledge.
The top-seeded Calgary Springbank Phoenix whipped the 9th-seed Spruce Grove St. Thomas Aquinas Thunder 78-54.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Okotoks Holy Trinity Knights nipped the 5th-seed Edmonton St. Joseph’s Saints 80-77.
In the semis, the Edmonton Austin O’Brien Crusaders defeated the Ponoka Broncs 69-50.
In the other semi, the Calgary Springbank Phoenix dumped the Okotoks Holy Trinity Knights 75-63.
In the bronze medal match, the Okotoks Holy Trinity Knights defeated the Ponoka Broncs 77-64. The Broncs included Danny Smith, Trevor Topham.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Edmonton Austin O’Brien Crusaders defeated the top-seeded Calgary Springbank Phoenix 78-75 on the three-point shooting of Carm Restauro. He had but one trey and four points in the first half, which Austin O’Brien led 39-36. But the 5-8 guard hit 7-9 from beyond the arc in the second half, to finish with 28 points as the Crusaders captured the title. “Ever since I rolled my ankle early in the season, I’ve been shooting more. I’ve been hot lately,” Restauro told the Edmonton Journal. “My coach told me to keep shooting. I believe in myself and everyone believes in me.” The Crusaders fell behind 47-39 in the second half when Restauro stemmed the bleeding with a three at 5:50 in the third quarter. He pulled O’Brien ahead 56-55 with another three and snapped a 58-58 tie at 14:00 with the first of four consecutive bombs from beyond the arc. Springbank rallied behind a pair of three-pointers by A.K. Kazalauskas to rally within five with a minute to play. They narrowed it to one when Kazalauskas converted a steal and Levi Selk hit a bucket off an intercepted pass. But the Crusaders iced it at the line when Kyle Saban hit a pair from the charity stripe. Kazalauskas desperation three at the buzzer to tie it bounced off the rim.
The bronze medalist Okotoks Holy Trinity Knights: Steve Gotch; Paul Power; Ben Deswart;
The silver medalist Calgary Springbank Phoenix: A.K. Kazalauskas;
The gold medalist Edmonton Austin O’Brien Crusaders: Carn Restauro; Danny Lawlor; Kyle Saban; coach Chris Hubick; assistant Jason Fischer; assistant Mark Schott