And as a result, four of them will advance to regionals beginning Friday at venues throughout the province – and if they can win there, it’s off to Hoopla 2020 the following weekend in Regina.
At the 3A boys playdown in Caronport, it was the Cornerstone Christian School Falcons who emerged with one of two regional berths after falling to Clavet 104-42 in the final.
Cornerstone opened with an 81-63 win over host Briercrest Christian Academy, while the Assiniboia Rockets won their opener 87-18 over Outlook before falling 69-32 to Clavet in the semifinal.
At the 2A girls playdown in Radville, top-seeded Cornerstone opened with a 58-21 win over the hosts to earn a regional berth, but lost the conference final 54-45 to Redvers.
The defending 3A girls champions from Briercrest Christian followed up on their hard-fought loss to Central in the Moose Jaw league semifinal with a comfortable win in their conference tournament in Maple Creek.
The Cougars rolled to a 93-52 win over Kindersley in the semi before defeating fellow Moose Jaw league competitors Assiniboia 69-49 in conference final.
The Rockets booked their regional berth with a 64-16 win over Outlook in their semifinal.
Dates and places for the regional tournaments this weekend will be released Monday, be sure to check www.shsaa.ca and click on ‘Regional Basketball’ for full draws.
Closer to home, the Moose Jaw high school basketball league finals are set for Tuesday night, with the nine-time defending champion Peacock Toilers taking on the Central Cyclones in the girls final at 6:20 p.m. and the four-time defending champion Central Cyclones taking on the Peacock Toilers in the boys final at 8 p.m. Both games are at Sask Polytech.
