In the rural regional quarterfinals (for schools with a population of more than 250 students in grade 10-12): …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Yorkton Regional Raiders dusted the 8th-seeded Balgonie Greenall Griffins 90-51. “We did a good job of controlling the game from the first tipoff to the final whistle,” Raiders coach Jason Payne told Yorkton This Week. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Swift Current Colts dispatched the 5th-seeded Warman Wolverines 64-52. The Wolverines were coached by Russell Dyck, Dean Broughton, Tracy Johnson and Jennifer Schneider. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded North Battleford Comprehensive Vikings whipped the 7th-seeded Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders 79-34. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Estevan Elecs stunned the 3rd-seeded Prince Albert Carlton Crusaders 76-67. The Crusaders (coached by Tim Strom) included Nhel Arpia. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the top-seeded Yorkton Regional Raiders defeated the 4th-seeded Swift Current Colts 74-64 after leading 35-24 at the half. Dreyden Walbauer paced the Raiders with 17. Braedon Friesen led the Colts with 27. The Colts (coached by Scott Mayall) also included Logan Fritzke, Tanner Scott, Scott Joseph, Alex Dominguez, Tanner Scott, Einer dela Cruz, Brock Wall, Tyson Lang Burkey, Nolan Klein and Parker Bloom. ………………………………………………… In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded North Battleford Comprehensive Vikings crushed the 6th-seeded Estevan Elecs 93-71. The Elecs (coached by x, assisted by Dustin Wilson) included John Sasi, Jack McGeough, John Andres. …………………………………………………… In the final, the top-seeded Yorkton Regional Raiders edged the 2nd-seeded North Battleford Comprehensive Vikings 88-83. “We came out slow,” Raiders coach Jason Payne told Yorkton This Week. “Slowly got our way back into it. We wore them down.” Riley Rathwell paced the Vikings with 29.
In the Regina city quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The Campbell Tartans smacked the Balfour Bears 89-60. The Bears (coached by Glen Fekula) included Hamid Mzaffari, Indiana Stapleton, Noah Pelletier, Nick Baier, Jaden Trudeau, John MacMurchy, Brett Zazulak, Patrick Gibbs, Zakk Zazulak, Abdullah Chaudry, Jake Gagnon, Jordan Seitz and Erik Tabin. …………………………………………………… The Winston Knoll Wolverines clipped the Miller Marauders 86-72. The Marauders included Chow, Garic, Gelma-Kans, Graft, Kiefer, King, Lang, Linnet, Poissant, Thomas, Valdez, Vibert. …………………………………………………… The Luther Lions defeated the Michael A. Riffel Royals 80-70. …………………………………………………… The Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns stomped the Archbishop M.C. O’Neill Titans 87-53. The Titans were coached by Frankie Perris. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Campbell Tartans clubbed the Winston Knoll Wolverines 95-69. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns whipped the Luther Lions 84-63. …………………………………………………… In the bronze medal match, the Winston Knoll Wolverines nipped the Luther Lions 84-82 as Guled Baineh scored 27. Caleb Racette led the Lions with 30. The Lions (coached by Tanner Brightman, assisted by Justin Lee) also included Fraser, Hall-Cunningham, Hardy, Husain, Paul, Persson, Pletz, Sarny, Vanderhooft, Yang and Zimmer. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Campbell Tartans crushed the Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns 76-53.
In the Saskatoon quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The St. Joseph Guardians dusted the Tommy Douglas Tigers 72-44. The Tigers (coached by Orland Iverson, Kevin Tysowski and Kyle Graham, manager Kobe Herzog) included Brenden Bruneau, Hayden Sabadash, Jarrod Deptuch, Tyrone Williams, Micah Pankratz, Jake Sluzalo, Simon Pankratz, Jeevan Dhaliwal, Josh Perlitz, Aman Imtiaz, Hasnan Shafqat, Braiden Vanbeek and Austin Haas. …………………………………………………… The Evan Hardy Souls nipped the Centennial Chargers 72-69. The Chargers (coached by Kory Dawe, Neal Gieni and Trevor Mirtle, managers Bobby Jing, Caleb Rockel, Sagun Mishra and Saugat Mishra) included Adam Keen, Egan Weiler, Nick Johnson, Fraser McLeod, Carter Wingert, Matthew Bryant, Ben Hall, Keon Cleland, Jacob Hall, Adil Rehman, Parker Adair, Evan Dulat and Halend Lam. …………………………………………………… The Marion Graham Falcons blasted the Bishop J. Mahoney Saints 83-54. The Saints (coached by Scott Fernquist, assisted by Taylor Lane and Zach Riehl) included Aiden Riehl, Drew Rysavy, Easton Ong, Boston Davidson, Brantt Wood, Hunter Whyte, Eliot Smithen, Evan Ward, Ben Pelechaty, Gradin Anderson, Andish Niazi and Kevin Keehbom. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the Holy Cross Crusaders mauled the Walter Murray Marauders 74-44. The Marauders (coached by Kirk Jones, assisted by Dana Nielsen and Mo Adam, managers Amirala Nazari and Avias Mohammad) included Wale Osman, Abdul Moiz, Ayoub Hassan, Ahmed Nur, Seth Jones, Evan Nielsen, Bakari Mahadhi, Tristan Mariano, Adam Labrash, Ruon Thuok, Spencer Schoenfeld, Reid Janzen and Tai Vassell. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the St. Joseph Guardians smacked the Evan Hardy Souls 82-69. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Marion Graham Falcons dispatched the Holy Cross Crusaders 79-71. …………………………………………………… In the bronze medal match, the Holy Cross Crusaders whipped the Evan Hardy Souls 78-62. The Souls (coached by Darren Mitchell, assisted by Matt Forbes, managers Anders Hanson and Baran Basran) included Oore Adeyinka-Peter, J.C. Umuhire, Simon Engen, Brolin Simes, Carter McLean, Brock Friesen, Ryan Dagenais, Andrew Campbell, Kevin Alas, John Kilcher, Justen Saini and Blade Wiggins. …………………………………………………… In the final, the St. Joseph Guardians dusted the Marion Graham Falcons 91-68 to capture their third consecutive city title and first under rookie coach Matt Harbidge. “Three in a row is pretty cool,” said Harbidge, an assistant for the previous two seasons, told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “Anytime you win one, it’s pretty special. But if you can win three in a row, that’s obviously pretty incredible. I know our guys are pretty excited about it. I’m pretty excited about it too.” Mason Dirham paced the Guardians with 24. Daniel McCullough added 15, Daniel Larson 14, Michael Akintunde 12 and Alan Spoonhunter 11. “Credit to them, they just outplayed us,” said Falcons coach Daniel Dewar. “We have kind of a motto where we like to run on the opposition and not have them run on us – but it was the opposite today – they ran on us, and we weren’t able to run on them. That’s credit to them defensively. They dictated to us and we weren’t able to dictate to them.” Alexander Dewar led the Falcons with 38.
In the provincial quarterfinals, the Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons dispatched the Regina Campbell Tartans 74-63. The Tartans led 33-29 at the half. Alex Dewar paced the Falcons with 39. Harrison Lars-Hansen led the Tartans with 11. The Tartans (coached by x, assisted by Stephen Shields) also included Eriyeza Bumwebo, Dex Hong, Nathan Dumanski, Matt Kush, Aidan Mann, J.C. Ishemezwe, Stefan Dundjerovic, Bennett Stusek, Nathan Klapatiuk, Matt Rivers, Omer Jama, Pano Kourles, Isaac Nichols and Kyle Huber.
The Saskatoon Holy Cross Crusaders defeated the North Battleford Comprehensive Vikings 80-72. The Vikings led 40-34 at the half. Ben Carlson paced the Crusaders with 22. Damon Dutton led the Vikings with 21. The Vikings (coached by Jamie Sommerfeld) also included Jordan Poitras, Jaron Armstrong, Riley Rathwell.
The Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians clipped the Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns 86-70 after leading 47-36 at the half. Alan Spoonhunter led the Guardians with 21. Ben Camplin paced the Golden Suns with 20. The Golden Suns (coached by Garret Kot) also included Ryder Kehler, Todd Moyer, Mason Hoffman, Logan Neumann, Jerry Wiebe, Payton Wood, Jamon Campbell, Jean-Chretien Nibirantiza, Zack Biegler, Connor Morley, Carter Roflik and Kenny Wakaluk.
In the last quarterfinal, the Yorkton Regional Raiders edged the Regina Winston Knoll Wolverines 86-83 after leading 47-38 at the half. Jordan Rusnack led the Raiders with 26. Raiders coach Jason Payne told Yorkton This Week that “we played really well. Managed to hold on.” Payne added that it was a “pretty substantial victory” as rural schools rarely fare well in Hoopla. D’Sean Mimbs paced the Wolverines with 38. The Wolverines (coached by Michael Silvius, assisted by Landon Barr and Steve Comaniuk) also included Guled Bainah, J Wambululu, C Katende.
In the semis, held in Prince Albert, the Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons edged the Saskatoon Holy Cross Crusaders 66-65 after leading 35-29 at the half. Alexander Dewar paced the Falcons with 24. Josh Rutten led the Crusaders with 17.
In the other semi, the Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians clubbed the Yorkton Regional Raiders 89-69 after leading 53-27 at the half. Daniel Okpoko paced the Guardians with 21. “St. Joseph started hot,” Raiders coach Jason Payne told Yorkton This Week. “They put us in a hole we couldn’t get out of.”
In the bronze medal match, the Saskatoon Holy Cross Crusaders crushed the Yorkton Regional Raiders 78-56 after leading 35-24 at the half. Balia Salma led the Crusaders with 18. Raiders coach Jason Payne told Yorkton This Week that foul trouble undid his troops. “I think we had a really good year. We had a challenging schedule and it paid off. Nothing to hang our heads over.” Matthew Mandziuk led the Raiders with 20. The Raiders (coached by Jason Payne) also included Jordan Rusnack, Dreyden Waldbauer.
In the final, the Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians dispatched the Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons 81-71 after leading 29-x at the half.
The bronze medalist Saskatoon Holy Cross Crusaders: Benjamin Carlson; Josh Rutten; Baha Salma; Bryan Ahat; Mitch Wagner; Mutez Awad; Emmanuel James; Ethan Shurvell; Ramsey Derbas; Tony Perrotta; Musantu Mwango; Dylan Froh; Seth Hundeby; coach Brett Hardy; assistant Taylor Hammel; assistant Dave Hardy; manager Ryan Gibson; manager Lucas King
The silver medalist Saskatoon Marion Graham Falcons: Alexander Dewar; Andre Ayad; Adam Dyck; Owen Hoffart; Connor Sparks; Rudy Zaidan; Tyler Mathews; Ashton Taylor; Nolan Sparks; Benjamin Gaskin; Blake Richens; Julian Suggs; Bronwyn Murray; coach Daniel Dewar; assistant Brock Katz; assistant Patrick Traves; manager Auckland Nickolayou; manager Bronwyn Murray
The gold medalist Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians: Alan Spoonhunter; Daniel Okpoko; Cadyn Holman; Mason Dirham; Michael Akintunde; Jordan Hough; Jonah Pritchard; Josh Povhe; Ben Kellins; Daniel McCullough; Maguire Schwitzer; Sam Marshall; Keagan White; Daniel Larson; coach Matt Harbidge; assistant John Rochon; assistant Steve Boryski; manager Enoch Solarin; manager Spencer House; manager Josh Obidiya