In the interzone playoffs: …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans smacked the Virden Golden Bears 73-28 as Andrew Paul scored 21 and Noah Patton 12. Matt Trusler led the Golden Bears with 8. …………………………………………………… In the interzone final, the Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans whipped the Swan River Swan Valley Tigers 83-65 as Quinton Hunter scored 29, Andrew Paul 29 and Brodie Gill 12.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Winnipeg Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Wings clocked the 8th-seeded Swan Valley Regional Secondary Tigers 67-35. Ben Miller was chosen player of the game for the Wings, while Caleb Johnson earned the laurels for Swan Valley. The Tigers (coached by Kevin Carter) also included Keegan Bender, Ben Hart, Kyle Johansen, Quinn Kematch, Brody Kitch, Austin Klein, Eric Klein, Darcy Mullin, Ryley Rivett, Nick Watson and Nathaniel Wowchuk.
The 4th-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans dusted the 5th-seeded Flin Flon Hapnot Kopper Kings 79-50. Quinton Hunter was chosen player of the game for the Spartans, while Max Leclerc earned the laurels for Hapnot. The Kopper Kings (coached by Don Dyke) also included Maverick Bryson, Quinton Fieber, Dustin Hartery, Grant Hatherley, Will Hatherley, Josh Mantyla, Nick Novasel, Devon Puchailo, Zack Reykdal and Blake Wallaker.
The 3rd-seeded Winnipeg St. James Jimmies edged the 6th-seeded Winnipeg Linden Christian Wings 66-60. Jordan Murdock was chosen player of the game for the Jimmies, while Andrew Davison earned the laurels for Linden Christian. The Wings (coached by Nick Janzen and Manfred Glor) also included Karim Asham, Charles Barbour, Josh Bergmann, Namku Kang, Evan Klassen, Mat Machado, Jon Murrell-Cole, Austin Parks, Ian Rumbolt, Zak Stubel, Zach Warkentin and Levi Wiebe.
In the last quarterfinal, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles dusted the 7th-seeded College Churchill Bulldogs 84-68. Avery Cadogan was chosen player of the game for the Eagles, while Zak Sirac earned the laurels for Churchill. The Bulldogs, (coached by Alan Briol) also included Amanuel Abraham, Ryan Bergen, Jonathan Diestro, Daniel Gauthier, Carson Horsburgh, Griffin Jenkins, Shoal Raymond, Emmanuel Sagno, Aaron Shand, Sam Stevens and Eskindrias Tegegne.
In the semis, the top-seeded Winnipeg Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Wings bombed the 4th-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans 67-40. Justin Dyck was chosen player of the game for the Wings, while Brandon Lalonde earned the laurels for the Spartans. Brandon Lalonde paced the Spartans with 14. Andrew Paul added 9. “At the end of the day, (Friday) was an opportunity to compete for a gold medal and as much as you want to be in that game, that’s the disappointing part,” Spartans coach Don Thomson told the Brandon Sun. “Waking up (today) we know we have another chance. The kids may not be excited about it right now, but when they wake up (this) morning they’ll be excited.”
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles edged the 3rd-seeded Winnipeg St. James Jimmies 79-72. Sandeep Brar was chosen player of the game for the Eagles, while Daniel Tuazon earned the laurels for the Jimmies.
In the bronze medal match, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg St. James Jimmies dusted the 4th-seeded Brandon T.A. Neelin Spartans 72-50. Jordan Murdock was chosen player of the game for the Jimmies, while Andrew Paul earned the laurels for Neelin. The Spartans (coached by Don Thomson) also included Brodie Gill, Brock Hiltner, Mason Hodgson, Quinton Hunter, Brandon Lalonde, Andrew Norman, Noah Patton, Lane Tufts, Nate Unger and Joe Waters.
In the final, the top-seeded Winnipeg Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Wings clubbed the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles 89-72. Cole Friesen was chosen player of the game for the Wings, while Manny Wood earned the laurels for the Eagles.
The bronze medalist Winnipeg St. James Jimmies: Joseph Alibango; Artfel Galapon; Layton Haley; Curtis Harrison; Jess Intac; Jordan Murdock; Justin Penner; Jhude Ramirez; Adam Schmidt; Jessie Seng; Braeden Siemens; Kyle Stratton; Daniel Tuazon; Josh Villegas; coach Ryan Kangas
The silver medalist Winnipeg St. John’s Ravenscourt Eagles: Jeremy Baker; Ramy Boles; Sandeep Brar; Avery Cadogan; Tim Dang; Jeremy Gunn; Anoush Sepehri; Bilal Shaikh; Vaelan Sriranjan; Gavin Storoschuk; Manny Wood; Michael Xu; coach Jeremy Martin
The gold medalist Winnipeg Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Wings: Sam Craton; Justin Dyck; Isaiah Fast; Cole Friesen; Jackson Gustafson-Fish; Ben Miller; Nick Niebur; Anthony Ouellette; Matthew Page; Jonathan Pankratz; Christian Peters; Andrew Savignac; Liam Sawatzky; coach Karl Wiebe