The losers of the AA quarterfinals drop to the A semis.
In the quarterfinals, the 7th-seeded Souris Spartans defeated the 10th-seeded Charlottetown Rural-A Raiders 76-70 as Robert Paquet scored 24. Jacob McCabe led the Raiders with 17. The Raiders (coached by Len Sirois) also included Mike Gallant, Andrew MacIntosh.
In the other quarterfinal, the 8th-seeded Montague Vikings dumped the 9th-seeded Kensington Torchmen 61-53. William Campbell scored six unanswered points to break open a 36-36-tie. Jim Hughes led Montague with 12. Colin MacKay paced Kensington with 18. The Torchmen (coached by Ken Clark) also included Kent Coles, Scott Mintie.
In the semis, the 5th-seeded Summerside Three Oaks-A Axemen dumped the 8th-seeded Montague Vikings 83-75 as Shannon Dumaresque scored 20, Mark Richard 18 and Jason Smith 14. Jim Hughes led Montague with 16. Mike Gamble added 14 and Justin Rowe 13. Three Oaks led 45-38 at the half.
In the other semi, the 6th-seeded Elmsdale Westisle Wolverines defeated the 7th-seeded Souris Spartans 74-63 as Dustin Gavin scored 22. Jason McVane led Souris with 25. The Spartans also included Robert Paquet.
In the bronze medal match, the 8th-seeded Montague Vikings defeated the 7th-seeded Souris Spartans 102-99 as Justin Rowe scored 24. Jason MacVane paced Souris with 36. The Spartans (coached by Brian Deveau) also included Robert Paquet, Trevor Dunphy.
In the final, the 5th-seeded Summerside Three Oaks-A Axemen defeated the 6th-seeded Elmsdale Westisle Wolverines 42-37 as their up-tempo offence eventually wore the Wolverines down. Brian Richard paced the Axemen with 13. Shannon Dumaresque added 8. Matthew Sentner led the Wolverines with 10. Coach David MacEachern told the Charlottetown Guardian that he was pleased his Axemen overcame a sluggish start. “Both teams had hard games in the semis. That probably contributed to the low scoring and the slow start to the game. I told the boys at half-time that we had to help out more on defence, which we did. Other than that, we basically stuck to our game plan and tried to move the ball around on offence. We have them the shot from the outside but they kept trying to force the ball inside. We just jammed the key and didn’t give them any easy baskets. We forced them into turning the ball over which allowed us to get some fast break baskets early in the second. That got things going our way.”
The bronze medalist Montague Vikings: William Campbell; Jim Hughes; Justin Rowe; Mike Gamble; Kent Fraser; coach Dale McIsaac;
The silver medalist Elmsdale Westisle Wolverines: Matthew Sentner; Dustin Gavin; Norman Gallant; Geoffrey Irving; Justin Smith; coach Walter Dawson
The gold medalist Summerside Three Oaks-A Axemen: Brian Richard; Shannon Dumaresque; Jason Smith; Mark Richard; Dale Somers; Matthew Williams; coach David MacEachern