In the wildcard game, the Winnipeg River East Kodiaks nipped the Winnipeg Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute Hawks 70-69. The Hawks included Jamie McCammon.
In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg Vincent Massey Trojans defeated the Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons 72-63. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Winnipeg Sisler Spartans clipped the 12th-seeded Winnipeg J.H. Bruns Broncos 80-55. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Winnipeg John Taylor Pipers clubbed the 10th-seeded Winnipeg River East Kodiaks 59-49. The Kodiaks included Steve Shaddock. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders dispatched the 11th-seeded Brandon Crocus Plains Plainsmen 51-42. The Plainsmen (coached by Darren Hardy) included Mike Raimbault, Jesse Griffith, Dan Kumar, Jon Baker, Stan Shurb.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Winnipeg Dakota Lancers defeated the Winnipeg Vincent Massey Trojans 93-78 as Paul Lodewyk scored 45 and Ryan Dudler 25. Matt Kozlowski paced the Trojans with 18. The Trojans (coached by Terry Klapak) also included Yemi Adegunjy, John Laganse, Ryan Morris, Alex Sannie, Jordan Klassen, O’Neil White, Minga Nyomba, Ryan Christopher, Jason Maclean, David Duchnycz, Eric Route and Tony Richter.
The 4th-seeded Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers nipped the 5th-seeded Winnipeg Sisler Spartans 77-74 in overtime. Renold Marcelline paced the Clippers with 39. Tosin Opanubi added 16. Russell Jaque scored 21 to lead the Spartans (coached by Scott Martin).
The 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Tec Voc Hornets clubbed the 6th-seeded Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders 61-43 as Chris Williams scored 20 and D’Oyen Morais 13. Ryan Johnston paced the Raiders with 14. Williams told the Winnipeg Free Press that “we know if we do things right, we win. While we had a bad first half, we were more intense defensively in the second half. It got our transition game going.” Hornets coach Greg Bouchard said Oak Park played a slow control game. “They wanted a low-scoring game and dragged us into it.” The Raiders (coached by Randy Kusano, assisted by Mike Bevan) included Tyler Calhoun, Neal McDonald, Kevin Arsenault, Steve Miller, Dan Ogilvie, Kevin Willoughby, Ross McDonell, Colin Hawkes, Matt Alkana, Aaron Giesbrecht and Scott Mulvey.
In the last quarterfinal, the 7th-seeded Winnipeg John Taylor Pipers stunned the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg Miles Macdonell Buckeyes 65-61 as John Lundgren scored 25 and Patrick Gadsby 18. Matt Molitowsky paced the Buckeyes with 14. The Buckeyes (coached by Martin Riley) also included Gurp Brar, Matt Mills, Nathan Jacob, Patrick Gadsby.
In the semis, the 4th-seeded Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers stomped the top-seeded Winnipeg Dakota Lancers 74-42 as Tosin Opanubi scored 38. “We were well prepared for this game,” Opanubi told the Winnipeg Free Press. “The coach did a good job in getting us up for this game. We knew they had two shooters in Ryan Dulder and Paul Lodewyks. We just put a man on each of them, while three of us played zone defence.” Renold Marcelline added 14 for the Clippers. “Opanubi’s a horse for us,” Clippers coach Hymie Fox said. “He’s a tremendous defender and they couldn’t stop him inside. Our team practiced and practiced. We decided to cover their two shooters and let Dakota’s other two guys try to do the shooting. We didn’t think they could, and they didn’t.” Lancers coach Dean Favoni said “we didn’t play our best game of the year when we had to.” Clippers came out quickly, 23-11 in the first period and 43-24 at the half. We couldn’t stop their inside game and my Lancers didn’t shoot very well.” Lodewyks scored 15 and Dulder 9.
In the other semi, the 7th-seeded Winnipeg John Taylor Pipers dumped the 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Tec Voc Hornets 80-72 as Jory Smith scored 25. The Hornets built an early 11-point lead on early Piper foul trouble but eventually got their running game going, hit a series of treys and took a 43-38 lead at the half. Chris Williams paced the Hornets with 29. Armand Sobrevilla added 12. “They were able to get their speed game going against us,” Hornets coach Greg Bouchard told the Winnipeg Free Press. “They shot well at the right time too.” Williams noted that “we know if we do things right, we win. While we had a bad first half, we were more intense defensively in the second half. It got our transition game going.”
In the final, the 4th-seeded Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers defeated the 7th-seeded Winnipeg John Taylor Pipers 57-42 as tournament MVP Tosin Opanubi scored 21 and game MVP Renold Marcelline 25. “It feels great to win. We were confident
out there just doing our thing. Just going hard, trusting each other, giving that extra pass — that was the key to our win and our success,” Opanubi, who scored 17 in the first half, told the Winnipeg Free Press. The Clippers led 40-26 after three quarters but the Pipers went on a 12-4 run as Casey Gooch and John Lundgren caught fire. “They (Opanubi and Marcelline) were definitely difficult to solve, blocking a lot of shots. They had 46 of their 57 points, so we did a good job on their other three guys,” coach Pipers coach Chris Chartier. “We have to be positive about it. The big difference was our inability to score. Today we only had 42 points and, in the semifinal, we scored 80.”
The co-bronze medalist Winnipeg Dakota Lancers: Ryan Dulder; Paul Lodewyks; Matt Hyman; Ryan MacLennan; Cam Lawson; Matt Hyman; coach Dean Favoni; coach Riley Campbell
The co-bronze medalist Winnipeg Tec Voc Hornets: Chris Williams; Armand Sobrevilla; D’Oyen Morais; Gilbert Dejesus; Matthew Davis; Robel Habtemicael; Jessie Paras; Mark Davis; Jeffrey Flores; Howie Eugenio; Mark Lisan; Steve Guiboche; Nick Scott; Brian Chief; Elvis Paveck; coach Greg Bouchard; manager Michael Lemieux
The silver medalist Winnipeg John Taylor Pipers: Casey Gooch; Jon Lundgren; Jory Smith; Patrick Gadsby; Mark Molitowsky; Steve Brezden; coach Chris Chartier
The gold medalist Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers: Daniel Harrison; Mike Tran; Shawn Coe; Sean Kirby-Peloquin; A.J. Zeglen; Karl Zadnyk; Sean Armstrong; Ryan Mackin; Tosin Opanubi; Renold Marcelline; Kyle Williams; Michael Migie; coach Hymie Fox; assistant Art Bryant; manager Mitch Momtchilov; manager Leith Bengtson