In the quarterfinals, the Rothesay Netherwood Riverhawks edged the Cambridge-Narrows Huskies 73-71. The Huskies (coached by Amanda Hennick) included Daniel Feris, Mathias Germindl, Jordan Wiggins, Brad Hovey, A.J. Arthurs.
The Grand Manan Community Breakers dumped the Hillsborough Caledonia Regional Tigers 69-58. The Tigers included Lucas Butland, Evan Tingley, Jacob Milton, Daniel Anderson, Jacob Mitchell.
The Edmundston Saint Mary’s Academy Eagles clipped the Minto Memorial Tigers 73-49 as Bryan Gervais scored 15 and Simon Jalbert 18. Alex Jordan led Minto with 19. Justin Corey added 12 and Adam MacBeth 10. The Tigers also included Alex Jordan.
In the last quarterfinal, Sussex Christian thrashed the Campobello Island Consolidated Vikings 81-46 as Brenda Jones scored 14 and Jeff Cormier 13. Jake Calder led the Vikings with 18. Dustin Calder added 15, Cody Martin 15 and Ben Beney 14.
In the semis, the Grand Manan Community Breakers defeated the Rothesay Netherwood Riverhawks 76-59 as Tyrone Gardiner scored 19, Tyler Bainbridge 17 and Jayden Wilson 13. Mike Wilson led the Riverhawks with 20. Matt Pain added 13. “It feels like we are going back home again,” said senior forward Brian Linton. The Breakers upset a pair of No. 1 seeds to earn its sixth straight trip to the New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association’s high school basketball championship. “It feels as if we are meant to be there.” Breakers coach Brian Nixon told the New Brunswick Journal-Telegraph that “we had an up and down year but the boys played well when they had to.”
In the other semi, Edmundston Saint Mary’s Academy defeated the Campobello Island Consolidated Vikings 65-51 as Bryan Gervais scored 28, Simon Jalbert 15, Andre-Pierre Bois 11 and Rene-Pierre Bois 11. Ben Beney led Campobello with 20. Dustin Calder added 18.
In the final, the Grand Manan Community Breakers defeated the Edmundston Saint Mary’s Academy Eagles 56-55 as Jayden Wilson scored a desperation bucket as the shot clock expired. Officials were uncertain and consulted with the scoring table before saying the bucket was good. “That has to be my biggest shot ever,” Wilson, who scored 19, nabbed 14 boards, dished 3 assists and had 2 steals, told the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. “We were fighting hard for that ball and I grabbed it in the air and threw ‘er in. I was hoping for the best. I thought the buzzer already went off. I saw the ref put his finger down and I just knew it was in and I was happy.” Eagle Simon Jalbert said “we thought they went over the time limit but according to the officials, they didn’t. It was questionable but all we had to do was rebound and we didn’t at the end. It was our fault. We have nobody to blame but ourselves. They shot, they missed, like 50 times. I jumped but the ball would be in another yellow player’s hands. I was pogo-sticking into the rim trying to get that rebound but it just never came to me.” Grand Manan centre Brian Linton said “I was just under the hoop when Jayden got the ball. All I yelled was ‘shoot’. I saw it go up, it was in the air, the buzzer went off and right through the net. I knew it beat the buzzer.” Saint Mary’s used a late 8-2 run to take a 29-27 lead at the half. Grand Manan started the second half on a 6-0 run and eventually led 42-36 and 45-39 early in the fourth quarter before Tyrone Gardiner pushed it to 48-41 with a three-pointer with seven minutes left and Jayden Wilson hit a running lay in 30 seconds later for a 50-41 advantage. But the Eagles countered with a 14-3 run to take a 55-53 lead into the final minute. Tyler Bainbridge hit the first of two free throws to cut the margin to 55-54 with 50.2 seconds remaining. But Andre-Pierre Bosse missed four free throws and Grand Manan got another chance. They missed three shots but corralled the rebound each time. Jalbert said “we had a run but that means nothing. They won it. They’re champions.” Wilson said “we didn’t show up as well as we wanted but I’m proud of my team. We got this far for the first time in history. I’m happy.” Jason Guptill added 13 points for Grand Manan while Ethen Graham grabbed 9 boards. Bryan Gervais led St. Mary’s with 23 points and 20 boards. Andre-Pierre Bosse added 8. Eagles coach Stephen Dunn was selected New Brunswick high school boys’ coach of the year.
The co-bronze medalist Rothesay Netherwood Riverhawks: Mike Wilson; Matt Pain; Julius Sum;
The co-bronze medalist Sussex Christian: Brendan Jones; Jeff Cormier; Bradford Rogers; Ryan Beechin; Jordan Hickman; coach Terry Jones
The silver medalist Edmundston Saint Mary’s Academy Eagles: Bryan Gervais; Simon Jalbert; Andre-Pierre Bosse; Rene-Pierre Boise; coach Stephen Dunn
The gold medalist Grand Manan Community Breakers: Tyrone Gardiner; Tyler Bainbridge; Jayden Wilson; Jason Guptill; Ethen Graham; Brian Linton; coach Brian Nixon
After the campaign, the A division was eliminated.