In the quarterfinals, held in New Waterford, the top-seeded Sydney Academy Wildcats stomped the 8th-seeded Halifax J.L. Ilsley Judges 96-34 as Liam Stapleton scored 19, Dylan Gillis 13, Ryan Toney 11 and Tristan Minihan 11. Liam Thompson led the Judges with 15. The Judges (coached by Rob Douglas) included Sam Ritch, Josh German, Jay Stok, Kendrell Talbot, Ben LeBlanc, Jake Cooke, Will Campbell, Joe Baumgartner, Alex Foulger-Fort, Dawntez Simmons, Kirkland Conrad, Kohdai Sakamoto, David Fraser and Henry MacDonald.
The 5th-seeded Amherst Vikings clocked the 4th-seeded Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial Vikings 87-58 as Logan Dowe scored 26, Jacob Harnish 21 and Joel McCrossin 16. Will Devine paced Yarmouth with 24. Grayson Smith added 15 and Ethan Doucette 12. Yarmouth also included Brent Walker, Carter Cunningham and Anthony Oguntade.
The 7th-seeded host New Waterford Breton Education Centre Bears stunned the 2nd-seeded Bridgewater Park View Education Centre Panthers 72-57 as Jon Smolensky scored 20, Coady Clements 17 and Jeff MacEachern 17. The Panthers (coached by Jamie Mason, assisted by Jake Wheeler and Will Barkhouse) included Adam Fitzgerald, Andrew Robertson, Jelle Jansen, Wendall Larson, Matt Organ, Callum Robitaille, Spencer Statton, Ozzie Damiani, Adam Hebb, Brendan Balcom, Brogan Skinner and John Ernst.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Antigonish Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals clubbed the 6th-seeded Cambridge Station Berwick Central Kings Rural Gators 74-57 as Rhyley Bowen scored 26, Dondre Reddick 18 and Matt Sampson 9. Brian Sawler paced the Gators with 29. Coleton Oickle added 14 and Peter Mackey 11. The Gators (coached by Mark Sawler and Bob McGill) also included Connor Ross, Ben Mercer and Michael Parnell.
In the semis, the 3rd-seeded Antigonish Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals defeated the 7th-seeded New Waterford Breton Education Centre Bears 83-72 in overtime as Rhyley Brown scored 20, Patrick Bowen 18, Matt Sampson 17 and Pat Aquino 11. “Rhyley Bowen gave the team hope when he inbounded the ball, got the ball back in the corner and dropped a fade away three. They (Bears) were unable to score on their possession, throwing it out of bounds and giving the ball back to us. With 14.7 seconds left in the game, and down by three, Reddick dropped a three to tie it up and take us into overtime. It was back-and-fourth early in overtime but with 2:30 left we started to pull away,” coach Kyle Barker said. Coady Clements paced the Bears (coached by Jean Guy Demeter) with 28. Jon Smolensky added 24.
In the other semi, the 5th-seeded Amherst Vikings stunned the top-seeded Sydney Academy Wildcats 70-57 as Jacob Harnish scored 18. Curtis Ryan led the Wildcats with 15.
In the bronze medal match, the top-seeded Sydney Academy Wildcats dusted the New Waterford Breton Education Centre Bears 80-61. The Bears (coached by Jean-Guy Demeter, assisted by Greg Campbell and managed by Jared Bates) included Gary MacDonald, Nolan Campbell, Nick Peckham, Cody Burke, Troy MacLean, Blair MacIsaac, Jacob MacNeil, Ryan Beaton, Ryan MacLellan, Cody Clements, Logan Barrington, Jeff MacEachern and Jon Smolensky.
In the final,
the 3rd-seeded Antigonish Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals dispatched the 5th-seeded
Amherst Vikings 61-55 as Rhyley Bowen scored 22, Matt Sampson 11, Patrick Bowen
10, Oliver Cunningham 8 and Pat Aquino 7. “In the first half we were challenged
by the Vikings’ defence,” coach Kyle Barker told Canadian Press. “Our shooting
was off and we couldn’t get the ball inside and, overall, we struggled offensively.
Looking for a spark we put Oliver Cunningham into the game. He hit a pair of
three’s in our next three possessions to cut our deficit to 11 at the half. …
Dondre (Reddick), who did not play the first half because of a slight muscle
pull, was able to play in the second half. We knew with Reddick adding to our
guard play, the Amherst defence was going to be challenged a lot more. In the
second half with Reddick and Sampson pressuring their guards and Aquino,
Patrick Bowen and Rhyley Bowen battling with their big guys, we were able to
slow down their offence. Our offence started to click and by getting the ball
in the paint we started to score. We are very proud of the players. They had
their eye on gold going into provincials and they were very determined not to
let anything thrown at them stand in their way.” The Royals finished the season
with a 25-9 record.
The bronze medalist Sydney Academy
Wildcats: John Frank Sylliboy; Curtis Ryan; John Doirin; Logan MacNeil; Ryan
Toney; Liam Stapleton; Ryan Callaghan; Tristan Minihan; Devon MacDougall; Dylan
Gillis; Iain MacLellan; coach Johnathan Penny; assistant Joel LeBlanc; assistant
Kurtis MacLean
The silver medalist Amherst Vikings: Nabil Mohamad; Chris McCarthy; Logan Dowe; Jacob Harnish; Sam LeBlanc; Keaton Mapplebeck; Tristan MacEachern; Jordan Dyke; Joel McCrossin; Blake Thompson; Tré Brundage; coach Thomas Skabar; assistant Marcus Kindervater
The gold medalist Antigonish Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals: Rhyley Bowen; Matt Sampson; Patrick Bowen; Daniel MacDougall; Patrick Aquino; Riley Chisholm; Justin O’Handley; Jarrett Rossong; Tyler Barker; Kallin MacDonald; Dondre Reddick; Kieran Scott; Oliver Cunningham; Brandon Gerrior; coach Kyle Barker; assistant Chuck Scott