In the wildcard games: …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg Glenlawn Lions dumped the Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers 63-51. …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg John Taylor Pipers edged the Winnipeg Miles Macdonell Buckeyes 80-77.
In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The 5th-seed Winnipeg Sisler Spartans defeated the 12th-seed Winnipeg College Louis Riel Voyageurs 89-64. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Winnipeg Fort Richmond Centurions defeated the 11th-seed Winnipeg John Taylor Pipers 76-71 in overtime. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Winnipeg Glenlawn Lions upset the 7th-seeded Winnipeg River East Kodiaks 73-49. …………………………………………………… The 9th-seeded Winnipeg St. Paul’s Crusaders upset the 8th-seeded Winnipeg Kildonan East Reivers 75-62.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders defeat the 9th-seeded Winnipeg St. Paul’s Crusaders 63-41.
The 2nd-seeded Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons defeated the 10th-seeded Winnipeg Glenlawn Lions 84-74. The Lions included Isaac Ansah.
The 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Silver Heights Huskies defeated the 6th-seeded Winnipeg Fort Richmond Centurions 57-55.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Winnipeg Dakota Lancers defeated the 5th-seeded Winnipeg Sisler Spartans 70-41.
In the semis, Alexi Findley scored 19 and A.J. Gervais 17 as the 4th-seeded Winnipeg Dakota Lancers upset the top-seeded Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders 63-56. Tyson Jones led the Raiders with 17.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons whacked the 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Silver Heights Huskies 91-74 as Erfan Nasajpour scores 33. Chris Byrnes paced the Huskies with 23.
In the final, Alexi Findley scores 34 as the 4th-seeded Winnipeg Dakota Lancers edged the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons 86-83. A.J. Gervais added 22. “I knew we could do it all along,” said Findley, who was named tournament MVP. “All we had to do was play like a team.” Erfan Nasajpour, who was selected the Manitoba high school player of the year and later enrolled at the University of Winnipeg, and Marvin Topacio each scored 29 for the Maroons. Starting point guard David Harvey-White was injured in the second half but the Lancers pulled out the victory. Nasajpour was also injured and forced to the bench for five minutes to nurse his ankle. “I think that was big,” Dakota coach Dean Favoni told the Winnipeg Free Press. “Even if just psychologically for us just to know that he was not on the floor and he wasn’t going to be able to go for steals for a while – just a bit of a break.” The score was tied at 81 with two minutes to play when Dakota’s A.J. Gervais and Alexie Findley ripped down a series of critical rebounds. “Every time you go in, they’ve got a big guy like a tree standing in front of the basket,” Nasajpour said. “They just played harder, I guess.” Maroons co-coach Carey Lasiuk said “it hurts a lot, but when you put things in perspective, Dakota was the better team tonight.” A.J. Gervais noted that “we really were underdogs. This was the first time we had beaten them. Nobody expected us to be in the finals. It was amazing winning that game. You couldn’t ask for a better way to end your high school career.” Dakota finished (23-8) on the season. Favoni noted that “our goal at the beginning of the season was to make the final four and anything after that would be a bonus.” Midway through the season, “some of the players thought we weren’t playing as well as we could. We had a team meeting after a loss and the kids rededicated themselves to that goal we set at the beginning of the year. They felt they were playing more as a team from February on. Some of the players told me that everything started to come together (after the team meeting). It was a great group of kids who came together at
the right time.” Gervais noted that without Findley, “we couldn’t have won.”
The co-bronze medalist Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders: Tyson Jones; coach Randy Kusano
The co-bronze medalist Winnipeg Silver Heights Huskies: Chris Byrnes; coach Kirby Schepp
The silver medalist Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons: Erfan Nasajpour; Marvin Topacio; Rodel Pamplona; Paul Avillanoza; Mark Molinar; Mike Tan; Marco Lopes; Jerwin Medina; Ken Masesar; Kevin Duong; Ian Maclellan; Rupert Capina; Roy Rodriguez; Arron Guddmonson; coach Greg Bouchard; assistant Carey Lasuik; assistant Jason Poponne; manager Steve Mark; manager Erel Fabro; manager Sambath San
The gold medalist Winnipeg Dakota Lancers: Alexi Findley; A.J. Gervais; David Harvey-White; Dan Hamelin; Trevor Shaw; Grant Shore; Adam Thordarson; Dylan Fries; Igor Juric; Chris Morrissette; Marshall Jones; coach Dean Favoni; assistant Brian Kidd; assistant Dean Sacco; assistant Cory Rothenburger; trainer Deanne Bennett