6:30 pm    Gold/Silver game
#4 SWAT Â Vs. #3 Â Savages
During the semi-finals for the winter league last weekend, upsets of the two favorites set up an all Williams final for the Championship. Â The Championship game is going to be held at the Colusa Casino this Sunday 29 April starting at 6:30 pm.Both the number 1 and 2 seeds got knocked out of the playoffs in tightly contested games. Â For the balance of the season, the top six teams were evenly matched, hence the close and competitive games this past weekend were not too surprising. Â Of note, this, the third season will see a new champion as the two time champions, Hoosiers, are out of the playoff picture.
Savages 52, Redskins 32
In the opening semi-final game, the #3 Savages went back and forth with the #2 Redskins for the bulk of the game,with the lead changing hands eight time in the first half and no lead larger than 5 points.  This pattern continued into the second half until the Redskins fell into a drought and could not buy a basket.  After cutting the lead down to 33-30 Savages half way into the second half, the Savages went off to score 19 unanswered points.  The score with about minute left was 52-30 to which there was no answer by the Redskins and sending the Savages to the final.
SWAT 57, Aces 50
SWAT, who had previously lost to the Aces by 5 early in the season, took an early 13 point lead with an opening run of 5-0 followed by later run of 10-3 . Â The teams Then a long concerted 16-6 run by the Aces got them the first lead in the game at the beginning of the second half at 35-34. Â The the game see-sawed for nearly the rest of the way with 8 lead changes. Â There were ten different 1 point leads and five different tie-game all in the second half. Â Â Â At the 5 minute mark, the Aces found themselves up by but 1 point at 49-48. Â SWAT then came back with a small run of 9-1 as the Aces could not find a way to convert a basket. Â SWAT closed out the game winning 57-50 putting them in the Championship game.
The losers of the semi-finals, the Aces and the Redskins, will square off in the Bronze medal game this Sunday at 5 pm which will precede the title game between SWAT and the Savages.
5 pm   Bronze Medal game
#2 Redskins Vs. #1  Aces6:30 pm    Gold/Silver game
#4 SWAT   Vs. #3  Savages