In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The Moose Jaw A.E. Peacock Toilers clocked the Wilcox Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Hounds 98-37 as Nairen Duncan scored 11 and Andrew Savage 10. Leenoil Jean-Francois paced the Hounds with 12. Daniel Park added 8. …………………………………………………… The Yorkton Regional Raiders dumped the Regina Martin Monarchs 60-43. Yorkton took a 15-point lead at the half and romped. Kotzer led Yorkton with 14. Wilk added 12. Pat Stancu paced Regina Martin with 14. Dulong added 7. …………………………………………………… The Lloydminster Holy Rosary Raiders crushed Swift Current 84-58. The Raiders took a 26-9 lead after one quarter and 48-30 at the half. Brayden Wangler led the Raiders with 14 on 5-9 from beyond the arc. Tom Hall added 10 and Joseph Cavanagh 10. Jordan Harper led Swift Current with 18. …………………………………………………… The Regina F.W. Johnson Wildcats clipped the Yorkton Sacred Heart Saints 69-56. Sacred Heart led 39-32 at the half. Regina Johnson opened the second half with a 20-3 run to take a 52-42 lead after three quarters. Shohruh Noraliev led the Wildcats with 22. Dallas Niessen and Joe Inglis each added 11. Geoff Matisho paced Sacred Heart with 16. Drake Yaholnitsky added 14 and Jesse Ellert 12. …………………………………………………… The Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders whipped the Weyburn Eagles 94-62 after leading 47-22 at the half. Braden Blais paced St. Mary with 29. Scotty Jenkins added 17. Jon Newberger led Weyburn with 17. Jerald Kravanya added 13. …………………………………………………… The Moose Jaw Vanier Vikings defeated the Meadow Lake Carpenter Spartans 65-59 after leading 40-25 at the half. Meadow Lake closed to within three but Vanier had the answers as Jon Cutter kept nailing free throws. Cutter finished with 27 points. Jeran Fraser and Danny Mullens each added 8. Chad Stene led Meadow Lake with 12. Brian Brander added 11. …………………………………………………… The Moose Jaw Central Cyclones dumped the North Battleford Vikings 81-65. North Battleford led 20-17 after one quarter but soon faltered. Andrew Cassidy led Central with 19. Casey Barker added 18. Braden Roschker led North Battleford with 16. …………………………………………………… The Estevan Elecs clipped the Balgonie Greenall Griffins 86-62 as Dan Betnar scored 23 and Keegan Duncan 16. Curtis Keil led Balgonie with 20. Sean Herperger added 17. The Griffins also included Travis Macmillan, Keenan Wenger.
In the quarterfinals, the Moose Jaw A.E. Peacock Toilers crushed the Yorkton Regional Raiders 80-58 as Matt Pitts scored 22 and Matt Lys 18. M. Burchholzer led Yorkton with 16. D. Wilk added 13.
The Regina F.W. Johnson Wildcats nipped the Lloydminster Holy Rosary Raiders 74-73. The Wildcats led 30-26 at the half but Holy Rosary rallied to take a 59-51 lead after three quarters. The Wildcats dominated the perimeter, while the Raiders dominated the paint. Johnson’s Dallas Lenko drove the paint and drew a foul with 15 seconds to play, hitting the free throw to cap the win. Shohruh Noraliev led the Wildcats with 20. Dallas Niessen, Dallas Lenko, Greg Whitelaw and Joe Inglis all scored in double figures. Tom Hall and Joseph Cavanagh each scored 15 to pace Holy Rosary.
The Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders defeated the Moose Jaw Vanier Vikings 67-57. St. Mary took a 12-7 lead after one quarter and extended it to 31-21 at the half. They moved ahead by 15 as Braden Blais and Scott Jenkins each notched a pair of treys but St. Mary rallied to within 47-39 after the three-quarter mark. St. Mary had the answers from the free throw line as they pulled out the win. Blais led St. Mary with 29. Scott Jenkins added 19. Jerran Fraser led Vanier with 21. Jon Cutter added 15.
In the last quarterfinal, the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones edged the Estevan Elecs 80-75 as Andrew Cassidy scored 24 and Brandon Penner 19. Brad Aspinal led Estevan with 34. Dan Betnar added 14.
In the semis, the Moose Jaw A.E. Peacock Toilers waxed the Regina F.W. Johnson Wildcats 91-57 as 6-5 post Nairen Duncan scored 24, Jamie O’Brien 14, 6-4 forward Andrew Savage 13 and 6-5 forward Matt Lys 10. Shohruh Noraliev led the Wildcats with 23. Dallas Niessen added 15. Toilers coach Ryan Boughen was please his depth in the post. “We’ve got some depth there, that’s for sure,” he told the Regina Leader-Post. “With just two big kids on the floor, we already have some mismatches.” Savage said that “at the beginning of the year I played on the wing, but I proved more dominant on the inside so they moved me down there. Coach can move me in and out when he wants to.” The Toilers also featured 6-3 posts Levi Steinhauer and Jordan Gottselig. Early in the season, “we kind of all played our own game,” said Duncan. “They (the guards) wanted to handle it all, but now we’ve found something in between so we can work it inside and outside.” Lys said “I love playing with another big guy. Teams can never double team one guy, because the other is always there.”
In the other semi, the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones whipped the Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders 81-67 as Brandon Penner scored 18 and Andrew Cassidy 13. Braden Blair led Crusaders with 15. Max Oleksinski added 14.
In the bronze medal match, the Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders clipped the Regina F.W. Johnson Wildcats 78-63 as Braden Blair scored 22 and Scott Jenkins 19. Dallas Lenko led the Wildcats with 13. Vladan Vukovic added 11. The Wildcats also included Dallas Niessen, Shohruh Noralieu.
In the final, the Moose Jaw A.E. Peacock Toilers nipped the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones 82-80 as Jamie O’Brien and Matt Pitts each scored 20 and Nairen Duncan 18. Casey Barker led the Cyclones with 17. Brandon Penner added 16. Coach Ryan Boughen had coached the Cyclones to provincial titles in 1997, 1999 and 2001. The Cyclones trailed by 12 in the fourth quarter but Andrew Cassidy and Julian Wood hit treys to rally them within a point. “They hit those threes and a few of us were like, ‘Oh crap’,” O’Brien told the Regina Leader-Post. “We just locked down our defence and it came through for us.”
The bronze medalist Prince Albert St. Mary Marauders: Braden Blair; Scotty Jenkins; Max Oleksinski
The silver medalist Moose Jaw Central Cyclones: Andrew Cassidy; Casey Barker; Brandon Penner; Julian Woo; coach Leigh Pethick
The gold medalist Moose Jaw A.E. Peacock Toilers: Nairen Duncan; Andrew Savage; Matt Pitts; Matt Lys; Jamie O’Brien; Jared Bachiu; Kevin Ariss; Jeremy Hansen; Chad Sunde; Jordan Gottselig; Karson Smith; Levi Steinhauer; coach Ryan Boughen; assistant Bryan Adams; assistant Lorne Armstrong