In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The Kinistino Blues defeated the Gravelbourg Hawks 74-47 as Brittany Jack scored 33 and Jennifer Porter 12. Cierra Wallington paced Gravelbourg with 18. Erin Lech added 11. Kinistino controlled this game from the outset. Fast ball movement and strong guard play carried the game. Gravelbourg stepped up their long passing in the 2nd half and found better results but never closed the gap. …………………………………………………… The Lashburn Lobos defeated the Wilkie Broncos 59-47 as Samantha Wright scored 27 and Jenna Hope 10. Courtney Bachman and Jillian Shepherd each scored 12 to pace the Broncos. The Lobos built a 28-22 lead at the half and wore down the Broncos in the second half. …………………………………………………… The Turtleford Titans thumped the Macklin Sabres 73-38. Turtleford led 22-8, 41-20 and 59-26 at the quarters. …………………………………………………… The Norquay Nikes crushed the Davidson Raiders 65-30. Norquay came out strong and fast, controlling the tempo and scored the first few baskets off of the fast break. Davidson played to Norquay’s pace, but was dominated in the paint. The score at half was 38-12 for Norquay. Davidson came out strong after the half, but was still unable to keep Norquay out of the paint. …………………………………………………… The Meath Park Mustangs whipped the Langenburg Eagles 79-34. …………………………………………………… The Rosthern Junior College Longhorns nipped the Redvers Rams 63-62. …………………………………………………… The Osler Valley Christian Academy Lions crushed the Rocanville Rara Avis 79-38 as Michelle Behrens scored 27 and Samantha Longfellow 19. Frankie Grose led Rocanville with 13. Jad McKinnon added 8. The Lions came out roaring in the 1st quarter with a 26-8 start. Rocanville rallied with 38-23 at the half. The Lions sprung back and scored 25 points to the Rara Avis’s 12. In the last quarter the Lions finished things off by only allowing 3 points for Rocanville. …………………………………………………… Porcupine Plain dumped the Hague Panthers 84-75 as Christine Ryhorski and Jenna Girona each scored 27. Monica Kwasney added 20. Leslie Fehr paced Hague with 39. Hague led 27-19, 45-41 and 63-62 at the quarters.
In the quarterfinal, the Kinistino Blues lashed the Lashburn Lobos 77-32 as Bailey Johnson scored 18 and Jocelyn Boyle 14. Crystal Morris led Lashburn with 10. Sam Wright added 9. The Blues led 31-23 after the racehorse first half. In the second half, the size and depth of the Blues took over the game as they controlled the boards on both ends of the floor. Although the Blues were in foul trouble, Emma Jones and Bailey Johnson stepped up off the bench.
The Turtleford Titans crushed the Norquay Nikes 63-49 as Hannah Warrington scored 33 and Brandee Mitchell 16. Teigan Binsfield led Norquay with 15. Danika Rayner added 10. Turtleford exploded to a 20-2 lead after one quarter. Norquay rallied within 46-38 at the half.
The Meath Park Mustangs whipped the Rosthern JC Longhorns 73-51.
In the last quarterfinal, the Osler Valley Christian Academy Lions dumped Porcupine Plain 90-60. The Lions led 26-6 after one quarter and 45-20 at the half.
In the semis, the Kinistino Blues thumped the Turtleford Titans 66-34 as Bailey Johnson scored 24. Hannah Warrington led Turtleford with 15. Turtleford led 11-8 after one quarter. Kinistino led 29-19 at the half and 46-28 after three quarters.
In the other semi, the Meath Park Mustangs defeated the Osler Valley Christian Academy Lions 61-52 as Sam Dearing scored 16. Michelle Berhrens paced the Lions with 18. Osler VCA led 19-13 after one quarter. Meath Park led 33-31 at the half and 43-40 after three quarters.
In the bronze medal match Osler Valley Christian Academy Lions crushed Turtleford Titans 77-49 as Michelle Beherns scored 30. Carlie Tollifson paced Turtleford with 16.
In the final, the Kinistino Blues captured their fourth consecutive 2A crown and their seventh in eight years by edging the Meath Park Mustangs 44-42 as Brittany Jack scored 30. Kinistino led 21-18 at the half. Jack earned her fourth provincial gold medal. “Four years in a row felt really good,” Jack said. “The coaches must be doing something right. Kinistino’s always been one to watch and we want to keep that going.” Kinistino nearly letting a 10-point lead slip away. “She just dominated the game for us,” said Kinistino head coach Bill Yeaman. “She’s a great player … I didn’t know how they were going to stop her and they weren’t able to. We struggled a little bit with scoring and I think that was why the game was close. Defensively, we did a good job to hold them to 42 – and they did a good job on us defensively.” Meath Park coach Kevin Tait said that “out of 29 school divisions in our province, for one to have five schools at Hoopla is pretty good.” Jack fouled out 22.3 seconds to play. Grade 10 rookie Emma Jones stepped up and sunk a free throw to give the Blues a 44-42 lead with 17.1 seconds left. Kinistino hung on. “I was very, very nervous,” Jones told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “But everybody helped me a lot. It was the bright eyes of everybody saying, ‘You have to do this and you had to do it now.’ It’s amazing. Now I know what they (the veterans) are talking about. When she got that fifth foul, I was like, ‘Oh, Brittany Jack.’ Then I thought, ‘Oh well, it’s my time to do it for the team.” Jones scored only three points but none was bigger than the last one. Jocelyn Boyle added 5. “A Grade 10 kid comes in and makes a heck of a play, a high school memory she’ll never forget,” said co-coach Bill Yeaman. Sam Dearing led Meath Park with 12 points. Janice Trudel added 9 and had the last shot to either tie or possibly win the game at the buzzer. “We probably had our best offensive player taking that last shot,” said Mustangs coach Dave Seto. “She actually had an open look, but it just bounced out. That happens. They’re a great team and if we had to lose to someone, they’re the team we wanted to play. For an undersized team, we battled defensively and kept it close.” Jack has been with the Blues since Grade 9 and won her fourth gold in four years. Her only regret was being on the bench for the last one. “But this is an awesome feeling. Not too many girls get a shot (at four gold) and I’m grateful that I did. My team pulled through and I’m really happy.”
The bronze medalist Osler Valley Christian Academy Lions: Michelle Beherns; Samantha Longfellow;
The silver medalist Meath Park Mustangs: Sam Dearing; coach Kevin Tait; coach Dave Seto
The gold medalist Kinistino Blues: Brittany Jack; Jennifer Porter; Jocelyn Boyle; Bailey Johnson; Emma Jones; Brittany Sharkey; Janel McCallum; Kara Martin; Brooklynn Borsa; Jennifer Porter; Olivia Stephen; Krista Porter; Bailey Johnson; coach Tom Hazzard; coach Bill Yeaman