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MHSAA 2017 Basketball Championships

March 19, 2017 by  
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2017 MHSAA Girls’ Baskteball Championships

GOLD

BRONZE

A Girls’ Varsity Ross L Gray over Grandview School 65-55 Elton Collegiate over Rosenort 78-38
AA Girls’ Varsity Gimili HS over Souris SS 69-60 Boissevain over Morris 78-68
AAA Girls’ Varsity University of Winnipeg Collegiate over Linden Chrisitian 64-30 St Norbert Collegiate over Swan Valley Regional 74-48
AAAA Girls’ Varsity École Secondaire Oak Park High School over Vincent Massey 81-67

 

2017 MHSAA Boys’ Basketball Championships

GOLD BRONZE
A Boys’ Varsity Ross L Gray over Treheme Collegiate 78-55 William Morton over Shevchenko School 84-59
AA Boys’ Varsity Carman over MacGregor 103-45 Niverville over Steinbach Christian 81-74
AAA Boys’ Varsity École Secondaire Neelin over Linden Christian 89-48 St James Collegiate over College of St Nbert Collegiate 66-46
AAAA Boys’ Varsity École Secondaire Oak Park High School over St Paul’s HS 78-73

 

A Boys and Girls Champions:  Ross L Gray

 

 

AA Girls Champions: Gimili High School

AA Boys Champion: Carman HS

 

MHSAA  2017 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL AWARDS

A  AA
Champions Ross L Gray Gimili High School
Tournament MVP Katelin Thiessen, Ross L Gray Kenzie Groot, Gimili
Players Choice Carlene Waldner, Rosenort Jessica Edel, Morris
Tournament

All Stars

Georgie-Rae Maxell, Elton

Hailee Van Wynsberghe, Grandview

Mae Branconnier, Grandview

Tianna O’Connor, Ross L Gray

Cidney Goodman, Ross L GrayK

Alex Hammond, Boissevain

Aly Kowaichuck, Souris

Carley Matkowski, Gimili

Jill Henry, Gimili

Lisa Gohl, Souris

 

MHSAA 2017 BOYS’ BASKETBALL AWARDS

A  AA
Champions Ross L Gray Carman
Tournament MVP Jayden VanDenBusche, Treheme (Gold Medal Game) Riely Ens, Carman
Players Choice Brian Doyle, Duke of Marlborough School
Tournament

All Stars

Justin Ejercito, W.Morton CI

Josh Pablan, Prairie Mountain

Cyrus O’Connor, Ross L Gray

Kevin Zabrasky, Ross L Gray

Andrew Early, Treherne

Ryan Metcalf, Carman

Liam Buhler, Steinbach

Nathan Martens, MacGregor

Ben Friesen MacGregor

Keegan Berr, Niverville

 

AAA Girls Champions: University of Winnipeg Collegiate

AAA Boys Champion: École Secondaire Neelin/Neelin High School

 

MHSAA AAA BASKETBALL AWARDS

AAA GIRLS

AAA BOYS

Champions University of Winnipeg Neelin High School
Tournament MVP Robyn Buoulanger, U of W Dayton Black, Neelin
Players Choice Danielle Algera, Calvin Christina Ben Kroeker, Linden Christian
Tournament

All Stars

Emma Parker,  St Norbert

Rachelle Dunsford, U of W

Alicia Lunsford, U of W

Hollea Remple, Linden Christian

Jillian Duncan, Linden Christian

Ben Kroeker, Linden

Barrett Mueller, Linden Christian

Joseph Bolo, St James

Kellen Gillick, Neelin

Riley Paul, Neelin

 

AAAA Boys and Girls Champions: École Secondaire Oak Park High School

We are very proud of Coaches Brown & Lundgren

MHSAA AAAA BASKETBALL AWARDS

AAAA GIRLS

AAAA BOYS

Champions École Secondaire Oak Park High School École Secondaire Oak Park High School
Tournament MVP Deidre Bartlett, Oak Park Wyatt Tait, Oak Park
Players Choice Raizel Guinto, Sisler Risto Zimbakow, John Taylor
Tournament

All Stars

Claire Signatovich, Oak Park

Raizel Guinto, Sisler

Niyah Becker, Vincent Massey

Lauren Bartlett, Oak Park

Victoria Tachinski, Vincent Massey

Kyler Filewich, Vincent Massey

Kneil Sullera, Fort Richmond

Shakur Harris, Oak Park

Matt Yaworsky, St Paul’s

Mark Tachie, St Paul’s

 


Raiders claim girls’ provincial hoops crown

Down arch-rival Trojans in hard-fought battle

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>From left: Oak Park Raiders' Lauren Bartlett, Tess Poulton and Deidre Bartlett celebrate after defeating the Vincent Massey Trojans in the Manitoba High School 2017 Varsity Girls Basketball Championship Monday</p>
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSFrom left: Oak Park Raiders’ Lauren Bartlett, Tess Poulton and Deidre Bartlett celebrate after defeating the Vincent Massey Trojans in the Manitoba High School 2017 Varsity Girls Basketball Championship Monday

They swung back and forth at each other all season, exchanging rights and lefts and a few jabs to remind each other neither was backing down.

It was the Oak Park Raiders who dealt the final haymaker, a knockout blow that crowned them varsity girl’s provincial basketball champions for a fifth time in a 81-67 win over the Vincent Massey Trojans Monday night at Investors Group Athletic Centre.

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Oak Park Raiders celebrate after defeating the Vincent Massey Trojans in the Manitoba High School 2017 Varsity Girls Basketball Championship Monday.</p>
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSOak Park Raiders celebrate after defeating the Vincent Massey Trojans in the Manitoba High School 2017 Varsity Girls Basketball Championship Monday.

“We went in not expecting it to be given to us and we earned every single moment of it,” Grade 12 guard Deidre Bartlett said.

Bartlett, named provincial MVP, was a force for the Raiders, playing all forty minutes — a formality in big games for her — while dictating the flow of Oak Park’s offence for much of the night. She paced the Raiders with 19 points, including five three-pointers.

Bartlett’s sister, Lauren played all but four seconds of the final, pitching in with 18 points, four assists and five rebounds.

Down low, forwards Jessica Dyck and Emily Johnson combined for 28 points and 20 rebounds.

“Our defence just didn’t seem to be there today, there seemed to be a few people missing,” Massey coach Stacy Hawash said.

The final battle between the two this season, in which the Raiders regained their No.1 high school ranking, didn’t disappoint.

Neither team shot particularly well out of the gate, with the Trojans faring worse, shooting just 10-for-45 at the half from the floor and predictably trailing on the scoreboard, 40-25.

With a chance to settle themselves at the half, the Trojans began the third frame on a 10-0 run, pulling the deficit back to five points.

After hitting 10 field goals in the first two quarters, Massey went 10-for-25 in the third and outscored the Raiders 21-16.

Trojans guard Niyah Becker had nine points in the quarter and totalled 19 at the time. The Grade 11 star finished with 32 points and 12 rebounds.

“We were kind of dead, no one rebounding, we weren’t really talking,” Becker said. “It’s just hard to kind of come back from that.”

They did, however, coming within four points with four minutes left in the game. As they had all night, Oak Park reigned themselves in down the stretch, capping off a competitive season between the two squads.

The Raiders cashed in on three of four meetings, including wins in two major tournaments and another in league play. It was the Trojans who spoiled a perfect record for the Raiders in conference play late in the year. Then the Raiders settled for third place in the city championship while watching the Trojans earn first-place honours.

“Every season, it doesn’t matter what the records are, once it’s Massey and Oak Park, it’s a war,” Raiders head coach Murray Brown said.

For the Raiders, getting the final say was just that much sweeter.

“They killed us in that game they beat us,” Lauren said about their 89-45 loss back in February. “It’s always about the last game though, that’s what’s really important.”

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Savvy veterans carry Oak Park to title

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Oak Park Raiders celebrate winning the Manitoba High School 2017 Varsity Boys Basketball Championship Monday.</p>
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSOak Park Raiders celebrate winning the Manitoba High School 2017 Varsity Boys Basketball Championship Monday.

The Oak Park Raiders’ No. 1 ranking, their resiliency and ultimately their resolve were put to the test by a familiar foe, a test they passed honourably led by two veterans of their leadership core in the dying moments Monday night.

Leading by three with less than 30 seconds to go, Raiders forward Wyatt Tait drove to the basket. His layup attempt missed, bouncing off the rim and out, but guard Chris Chang was there to tip the rebound into the net. It was Oak Park’s 23rd offensive board of the game, and the dagger they needed to secure a 78-73 victory and their second varsity boys provincial basketball championship in three years.

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>The Oak Park Raiders raise the Manitoba High School 2017 Varsity Boys Basketball Championship Monday after beating St. Paul's.</p>
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSThe Oak Park Raiders raise the Manitoba High School 2017 Varsity Boys Basketball Championship Monday after beating St. Paul’s.

“He has my back,” Tait, who was handed MVP honours, said following the game.

The Grade 12 student, who will join the University of Manitoba Bisons basketball program next fall, scored 24 points and added 15 rebounds, four of those coming on offence.

Chang finished with 13 points, seven of which came in the fourth quarter.

“I’m most happy for our seniors,” Raiders coach Jon Lundgren said. “Cole Adamson, Wyatt (Tait), Shakir (Harris), (Chris Chang and Cam MacNeil), our whole starting five. They’ve been here for four years now. They’ve stuck together as a group. If they didn’t practise, they always listened. I know it’s hard, it’s like listening to your mom or dad every day getting on you. They reacted well to it. I’m really happy for those guys.”

Tait, the only member from the 2015 team that beat the Crusaders in that year’s provincial final, said this one was just a bit sweeter.

“It’s my last chance… my last game in an Oak Park jersey,” Tait said, MVP trophy in hand. “It’s pretty special.”

There was nothing between the Raiders and St. Paul’s Crusaders after three quarters.

The scoreboard read 58-58, due in large part to St. Paul’s outscoring the Raiders 25-15 in the quarter and nullifying a 10-point deficit after the eventual champions looked the part of a top-ranked team in the first half.

“We were out-rebounded by 18 in the first half and gave up just offensive rebounds in the third quarter,” Crusaders coach Jeff Laping. “Unfortunately, their last play there (in the fourth quarter), they got the O-board they needed.”

The Crusaders wouldn’t die. After Oak Park went on a 13-2 run to start the fourth quarter, St. Paul’s began another push for the summit, coming to within three points of tying the game before Chang’s timely tip sealed St. Paul’s fate.

“It’s pretty tough, as you can imagine,” a teary-eyed Mark Tachie said.

The Crusaders’ Grade 11 point guard scored 26 points, including 10 in his team’s third-quarter comeback. “We kind of just waited until the end and we waited too late.”

The win meant a sweep for Oak Park’s varsity basketball programs after the Raiders girls took home the provincial crown in an 81-67 win over the Vincent Massey Trojans earlier in the night.

— Scott Billeck

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