In the opening round, held in Waterloo: …………………………………………………… The Ottawa Lisgar Lords defeated the North York Sandford Fleming Chargers 44-40 as Ray Dyck scored 20, Bob Sebara 13, Stoqua 10, Metuzals 6, Sidoli 6, King 5, Gilchrist 5, K.C. Keller 4, Kane 2, Horowitz 2 and Kelly 1. The Lords led 13-6, 33-15 and 59-25 at the quarters. The Lords hit 16-26 from the line, while the Chargers were 12-=23. Roman Turlo led the Chargers with 15. Walter Andrew added 13, Laurie 5, Bruce Pomer 5 and Anderson 2, while Chalton, Brian Forester, Tobe and Allan Kriedstein were scoreless. The Chargers also included Murray Zalko. …………………………………………………… The Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins dumped the Burlington Nelson Lords 62-42 as 7-2 centre Barry Atkinson scored 19, while nabbing 14 boards. Dave Coulthard, brought up from Tilsonburg’s junior team, added 13, Rod Carle 10, Cyulveszi 6, Bossy 5, Belore 4,Gossens 3 and Horvath 2, while Demaree, Clark, Kondrat and Foris were scoreless. The Griffins led 15-4, 30-19 and 50-34 at the quarters. The Griffins hit 21-46 from the floor and 22-33 from the line, while the Lords were 15-55 and 12-21 from the line. Griffins coach Brian O’Rourke told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “Barry (Atkinson) does a lot more than score points for us. He controls both boards and he also throws up the passes on our fast break. … As far as his effort tonight, I though the other boys should have been feeding him the ball more … We were adequate and that’s about all. It wasn’t one of our best games.” Lords post Mark Swithenbank told the Hamilton Spectator that Atkinson “only attempts what he can do best. He didn’t try to dribble the ball downcourt once during the game. He just got in position and took his best shot.” Lords coach John McLennan said Atkinson “really threw our shooting off. We weren’t taking the shots we would normally take. What surprised me, though, was their depth. They’ve got a well-balanced team.” Swithenbank led the Lords with 11. Peter Greenway added 10, Mark Harshaw 8, Ray Sinclair 6, Bob Flake 3 and Steve Harmer 2, while Mike Kirkwood, Bourne, Don Tech, Phil Veoland and Jim Nanavati were scoreless. The Lords (coached by John MacLennan) also included Phil Davies, Jim Nanavati and Dave Phillips. …………………………………………………… The Windsor Assumption Purple Raiders blasted the Kingston CVI Blues 62-28 as Steve Quigley scored 13, Bruce Walker 12, Dennis Kelly 12, Vince Landry 10, Thompson 8, Pocock 6 and Grier 2, while Burke, Deane, Morencie and Bob Wales were scoreless. The Purple Raiders led 19-8, 30-16 and 42-27 at the quarters. They hit 27-79 from the floor and 8-10 from the line. Chris Price led the Blues (coach Hank Garsch) with 15. John Sutton added 11 and Peter Paulsen 2, while Garth Amey, Terry Walsh, Rob Wallace, Rutherford, Mike Timmons, Steve Webber and Ian Dolphin were scoreless. The Blues hit 13-64 from the floor and 2-8 from the line. Assumption coach Jack Hool told the Windsor Star that “that was a good start for us. They weren’t a good team. I thought the difference today was defence. They had a height advantage but we still managed to control the boards. We had good pressure on the ball and had that vital instinct of covering up for each other.” …………………………………………………… The Toronto Oakwood Barons defeated the Waterloo CI Vikings 77-54 as George Gorzynski scored 23, Alvin Zilvytis 20, Len Outschoorn 17, Manfredi 10, Frank Grespan 4, D’Agostino 2 and Vani 1, while Beveridge, Plemontese, Dignard and Laretta were scoreless. Waterloo led 12-10 after one quarter but the Barons rallied to a 37-27 lead at the half. Oakwood let 54-38 after three quarters. The Barons hit 13-25 from the line, while the Vikings were 18-26. Barons coach Al Quance told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that Gorzynski’s strength on the boards was critical. Jeff Samson led the Vikings with 11. Mike Reboulet added 10, Mitch Rowe 9, Mark Backham 9, Don Gordon 7, Randy Bauslaugh 4, Bruce Montieth 3, before injuring his back in the first quarter, and Kennerth 2, while Bean Roesler, Masterman and Heinbuch were scoreless. Vikings coach John Zdrahal said “our guys saw all that height on the Oakwood team and I think they were a little psyched out. I though our guys could have played better but they were a little nervous.” …………………………………………………… The Brantford Collegiate Mustangs whipped Thunder Bay Hillcrest Colts 76-50 as Tom Clark scored 23, Bob Yuhasz 14, Dave Boos 12, MacDougall 8, Smith 7, Vance 6, J Petrella 4 and Beal 2, while Lojko, M Petrella, Johnson and Foster were scoreless. The Mustangs hit 16-23 from the line, while the Colts were 6-16. The Mustangs led 13-12 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 26 at the half. The Mustangs led 45-39 after three quarters. Mustangs coach Larry Smith told the Brantford Expositor that “our shooting was off but it was our first game and I think the boys will settle down.” Jim Martin led the Colts with 22. Grace added 8, Rick Romick 8, Jasell 4, Keegan 4 and Tegola 4, while Harris, Joss, Kell and Cheadle were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Belleville Quinte Saints nipped the Hamilton Cathedral Gaels 61-60 on a 10-foot jumper by Don McTaggart with one second on the clock. Terry Collins, a 6-3 forward led Quinte with 22. McTaggart added 14, Mark Gallupe 12, B Hale 4, S Hale 4, Bradford 2, R McTaggart 2 and McCracken 1, while Wallace, Britt and Vos were scoreless. The Saints hit 15-23 (also reported as 15-27) from the line, while the Gaels were 14-21 (also reported as 14-24). The Gaels had 20 turnovers, including 4 straight possessions in the first half. The score was knotted at 13 after one quarter. The Saints led 34-24 at the half and 45-38 after three quarters. The Gaels took a 58-57 lead on a Steve Debowski layup. But Terry Collins hit a pair from the line for the Saints as they took a 59-58 lead. Dante Daha countered with a putback for the Gaels with 10 seconds to play, setting the stage for McTaggart’s winner. Saints coach Jim Murray told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “I thought the best thing we would have going for us was the element of surprise. Nobody even heard of Quinte and I don’t think anyone was concerned about us even though we were all-Ontario AA champions last season.” Vito Bommarito paced Cathedral with 26. Dante Daha added 15, Ed Tirilis 9, Debowski 4, Larry Ciapanna 3, Mark Korczynski 2 and Mike Confalone 1, while Almonte, Rick Campovari, Ben Bombardieri, Brian Good and Ferro were scoreless. The Gaels (coached by Mark Walton) also included Larry Ciapanna, Valdi Greco and Tom Howarth. …………………………………………………… The Niagara Falls CVI Red Raiders whipped the Etobicoke Kipling Wildcats 89-54 as Marcello Bellon scored 19, Tiziano Bellon 16, Ed Siebert 16, Ken Plata 12, Brian Rizzo 6, Nick Vaccaro 6, Cosmo Galluzo 4, Peter Irvine 4, Jim Anderson 4 and John Tirabasso 2, while Pietrangeo and Roman were scoreless. The Red Raiders led 28-10, 50-18 and 73-30 at the quarters, and by as many as 45. The Red Raiders hit 21-25 from the line, while the Wildcats were 16-29. Red Raiders coach Brian Mulligan told the Niagara Falls Review that “I was very pleased with both our running and our shooting. I think the boys are ready. I know they came to play.” Mulligan told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “we ran well and we shot well. The boys came to play.” The Red Raiders hit 21-25 from the line, while the Wildcats were 16-29. Jim Malcolm led the Wildcats with 10. Bernie Angelow added 9, Dave Bradshaw 9, Paul Resch 7, Batty 4, Jones 4, Adomaitis 4 and Paolini 3, while Tucci, Burns and Cameron were scoreless. The Wildcats (coach George Moher, Mohergave?) also included Art Jones, Pete Adimitice, Greg Paolini. Moher said “we came out cold and can play better but I think we weren’t in the same class as them. They’re well drilled, very unselfish and head-manned the ball well.” Mohergave told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “we came out cold and can play better than we did but I don’t think we’re in their class. That’s a very fine team. They head-man the ball well and are very fast.” …………………………………………………… The Toronto De La Salle Oaklands edged the Sault Ste. Marie Bawating Braves 47-46 on a pair of free throws by Ted Bober with five seconds reaming on the clock. The Braves led 12-9 after one quarter. The Oaklands led 23-16 at the half and 37-30 after three quarters. Bawating rallied to a 46-45 lead with 15 seconds to play on a pair of free throws by Jerry Tulloch, setting the stage for Bober’s winning free throws. A long jumper by Brave Dave Marinucci at the buzzer fell short. Bawating’s Bob Gibbs was fouled on the rebound but referee Don Smith ruled that time had expired. The Oaklands hit 7-12 from the line, while the Braves were 12-20. Bober led the Oaklands with 20. Ted Galka added 12, Syroplatko 11, E Galka 2 and Link 2, while Jurevicius, Boyd, Tate, Rostalski, Maloney, Neundorfe and De Sanctis were scoreless. Jerry Tulloch paced the Braves with 13. Ken Leask added 10, Billy Williams 8, Mike Leask 8, Dale Anderson 6, Gibbs 6 and Dave Marinucci 3, while Joe Cundari, Carlo Coccimiglio, Manuel Martinez, Ennio Trevisanut and Ron Alton were scoreless. The Braves (coached by Dennis Collins) also included Jerry Donnelly, Ron Carlucci, Jeff Clarida and Dale Anderson. Collins told the Sault Star that his troops played a “well-executed ball game.”
In the quarterfinals, the Ottawa Lisgar Lords clipped the Toronto De La Salle Oaklands 51-46 to run their winning streak to 41. But coach Larry Hale was perturbed. “Our team didn’t play well at all. I don’t what it was but we seemed to have a general collapse. But naturally we’ll take the win. We built our streak tonight because we played as a team. Our strength is the balance we have. When one guy has gone bad in the past the others usually pick things up.” Hale told Canadian Press that “we were terrible again. There were people at the tournament saying after the game that we must have a good team if we can play as badly as that and still win.” Pat Stoqua led the Lords with 18. Val Keller added 14, Bob Sebara 11, Dyck 6 and Metuzals 2, while King, Kelly, Gilchrist, Kane, Sidoli and Horowitz were scoreless. The Lords hit 5-11 from the line, while the Oaklands were 4-13. Hale told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “I’ve coached some of these guys since junior and I’ve never seen them play so bad. Our strong point has always been our balance. Usually, when one guy goes flat, we have lots of others to pick the team up. But tonight, something happened that I never thought I would see happen – the whole team went flat.” Rick Syropiatko paced the Oaklands with 15. Ted Bober added 11, Ted Galka 8, Dave Tate 6, Ed Galka 4 and Mike Link 4, while Ed Jurevicius, Blair Boyd, Al Rostalski, John Maloney, Jim Neundorfe (Neudorf?) and Tony De Sanctis were scoreless. The Oaklands (coached by Ed Hannon) also included Ken Moses, Mario Mazzone and Mike Horvatin.
The Niagara Falls Collegiate Red Raiders crushed the Belleville Quinte Saints 85-61 as Tiziano Bellon scored 23 on 13-14 from the line and 12 boards, Cosmo Galluzo 15, Brian Rizzo 15, Marcello Bellon 10, Ken Plata 7, Ed Siebert 6, Nick Vararo 5, Jim Anderson 2 and Tony Pietrangelo 2, while Tirabasso, Roman and Irvine were scoreless. The Red Raiders led 26-9, 41-23 and 62-42 at the quarters. The Red Raiders hit 21-33 from the line, while the Saints were 19-28. Raiders coach Brian Mulligan told the Niagara Falls Review that “the beauty of this team is that if one player is off, another comes along to pick us up. Tonight, it was Cosmo Galluzo (who hit 6-7 from the floor in the fourth quarter) who gave us the spurt.” Saints coach Jim Murray said “we knew they were quick and would break fast but we still couldn’t stop them.” Don McTaggart paced the Saints with 13. Steve Hale added 12, Mark Gallupe 12, Terry Collins 10, Ron McTaggart 6, McCracken 4, Peter Vos 2 and Bradford 2, while Gary Wallace, Peter Britt and Brian Hale were scoreless. The Saints also included Russ Crook.
The Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins defeated the Brantford Collegiate Institute Mustangs 66-56 as Barry Atkinson scored 18, while 5-11 guard Dave Coulthard added 13, Horvath 13, Belore 7, Bossy 6, Carle 4, Demaree 3 and Brian Goosens 2, while Kondrat, Gylveszi and Clark were scoreless. Atkinson quickly intimidated the Mustangs, blocking several shots and dominating the boards. The Griffins led 16-12, 30-29 and 44-41 at the quarters. The Griffins hit 10-17 from the line, while the Mustangs were 20-35. The Griffins strode to an 8-2 lead before Bob Yuhasz started hitting looping jumpers over the 7-2 Atkinson. The game was tight until Coulthard ripped off three buckets to trigger a 10-0 run earlier in the second half to give the Griffins a 55-42 lead. Griffins coach Brian O’Rourke told the Brantford Expositor that “(Bob) Yuhasz played a good game (for the Mustangs). He can shoot from outside. You know he’s 6-6 and they blocked out well on the boards.” Mustangs coach Larry Smith said that reserve 15-year-old Dave Coulthard broke open the game in the fourth quarter. “I don’t think he lost the ball once when he was handling it. He’s cool and he’s only 15. He made some key baskets.” Bob Yuhasz led the Mustangs with 22. John MacDougall added 12, Doug Vance 9, Bob Boos 8, Tom Clark 2 and Scott Smith 1, while Nelson, Marcel Petrella, John Petrella, Dale Johnson and Bill Foster were scoreless. The Mustangs (coached by Larry Smith) also included Fred Lojko, Randy Beal, Tommy Stewart.
In the last quarterfinal, the Windsor Assumption Purple Raiders whipped the Toronto Oakwood Barons 64-52 as they dominated backcourt play and forced the Barons well outside their comfort zone on the perimeter. Dennis Kelly ignited a 12-0 run that gave the Purple Eagles a 27-14 lead that Toronto never surmounted. Dennis Kelly finished with 25. Steve Quigley added 20, Bob Wales 8, Doug Pocock 4, Vince Landry 3, Bruce Walker 2, Grier 1 and Greg Thompson 1, while Burke, Deane and Morenci were scoreless. The Purple Raiders hit 27-63 from the floor and 10-21 from the line. Purple Raiders coach Jack Hool told the Windsor Star “that was the best two-way game I’ve ever seen Kelly play. We needed it too. … Oakwood was playing its deep man up and we were able to beat him with the long pass. It’s a play that can go most effectively under those circumstances. They adjusted their game after a while but not before we scored some easy points with it.” George Gorzynski paced Oakwood with 15. Frank Grespan added 10, D’Agostino 8, Outschoorn 8, Algi Zilvytis 5, Sam Manfredi 4 and Vani 2, while Beveridge, Piemontse, Dignard and Lavetta were scoreless. Zilvytis was benched early for “nonchalant” performance. The Barons hit 22-87 from the floor and 8-11 from the line. The Barons led 10-9 after one quarter. The Purple Raiders led 29-19 at the half and 47-32 after three quarters.
In the semis, the Ottawa Lisgar Lords defeated the Niagara Falls Collegiate Red Raiders 60-52 as Ray Dyck scored 19, Val Keller 18, Pat Stoqua 10, Peter Metuzals 10 and Serbara 5, while King, Kelly, Gilchrist, kane Sidoli and Horowitz were scoreless. The Lords led 17-10, 37-22 and 49-40 at the quarters. Lisgar hit 6-8 from the line, while Niagara Falls was 8-10. The Raiders rallied within three with four minutes to play but Lords Ray Dyck and K.C. Keller hit timely buckets as Lisgar pulled out the win. Ed Siebert led Niagara Falls with 19. Brian Rizzo added 10 (also reported as 12), Tiziano Bellon 11, Tony Pietrangelo 10 (also reported as zero), Cosmo Galluzzo 8 and Nick Vaccaro 2, while Plata, M Bellon, Anderson, Tirabasso, Roman and Irvine were scoreless. Red Raiders coach Brian Mulligan told the Niagara Falls Review that “I thought we were going to catch them when we cut it to 51-48 but they (Lisgar) showed me something. They never lost their poise and that’s the mark of a champion.”
In the other semi, the Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins defeated the Windsor Assumption Purple Raiders 53-51 as Rod Carle hit a 25-foot jumper with two seconds to go. Assumption led 15-13 after one quarter. Glendale led 29-24 at the half and 39-35 after three quarters. The Raiders led 49-46 with 2:55 to play but Barry Atkinson knotted the score with an and-one. Bruce Walker, Vince Landry and Pocock all went to the line in the final minute in bonus situation but missed the front ends. Tillsonburg took the lead but Assumption knotted the score at 51 with 22 seconds to play as Bob Wales hit a pair of free throws. But Griffins quickly moved back up court and passed the ball beautifully to set up Carle for the perimeter jumper. Barry Atkinson paced the Griffins with 23. Rod Carle added 16, Goossens 6, Belore 3, Coulthard 2, Horvath 2 and Bossy 1, while S Horvath, Demaree, Clark, Cyuveszi, B Horvath and Ron Foris were scoreless. The Griffins hit 23-69 from the floor, 7-12 from the line and nabbed 39 boards. Dennis Kelly led Assumption with 13. Bob Wales added 11, Vince Landry 9, Doug Pocock 7, Bruce Walker 6, Steve Quigley 4 and Greg Thompson 1, while Burke, Dean, Morenci, Grier and Kristolovich were scoreless. The Purple Raiders hit 16-65 from the floor and 19-29 from the line, while nabbing 42 boards. Purple Raiders coach Jack Hool told the Windsor Star that “it’s a tough way to go out. We had a bad second quarter and our shooting was consistently weak, particularly from the foul line, where we missed eight shots in the first half. But we came back very strong and I thought we had them on the ropes in the fourth quarter.”
In the final, the Ottawa Lisgar Lords defeated the Tilsonburg Glendale Griffins 48-39. The Griffins appeared in control through most of the contest, leading 14-10 at the quarter, 23-17 at the half and 30-28 at the three-quarter mark, as well as 36-31 in the final frame when Ottawa Lisgar switched from a zone to man-to-man defence and outscored Glendale 17-3 in the final four minutes of the game. Pat Stoqua led the Lords with 14 points, while Bob Serbera added 13, K.C. Keller 11, Peter Metuzals 6 and Dyck 4, while King, Kelly, Gilchrist, Kane Horowitz and Sidoli were scoreless. Metuzals was tenacious in defence against 7-0 c Barry Atkinson, who led Glendale with 21, including 12 in the first quarter. But when Lords coach Larry Hale shifted Peter Metuzals to defend him and he was held to nine for the remainder of the contest. “Pete did a fine job on him,” Lords coach Larry Hale told Canadian Press. “We just kept shooting and they started to drop for us.” Rod Carle added 8 for the Griffins, Coulthard 4, Demaree 3, B Horvath 2 and Cyuveszi 1, while Bossy, S Horvath, Goossens, Bellon, Clark and Kondrat were scoreless. The Lords hit 14-22 from the line, while the Griffins were 5-9. With three minutes to go and Sebera on the bench having fouled out, Stoqua stole the ball from future star David Coulthard and converted it into a bucket, giving Lisgar its first lead. Another steal and transition layup, coupled with four free throws, gave Lisgar eight unanswered points and a 44-36 lead. “I remember standing and watching Glendale and a U.S. scout said to us, `You’re playing them next’,” 6-4 Metuzals told the Ottawa Citizen. “`We’ll kill those guys. There’s no way they’ll get close to us.”’ After the game, Metuzals told reporters “I ate him for breakfast,” (according to teammate John Horowitz). “Just call me Deuce the Giant Killer.” Serbera noted that “I’ve never been a champion on any other team. It was a rare achievement.” Hale told CP that “after Pat’s steal, our shooting came on and our defensive play came on as well.” Glendale coach Brian O’Rourke said “we just gave it our best shot. But it just wasn’t good enough.” Hale told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “I actually thought we were out of it in the second quarter. The boys had been playing poorly for so long and I wasn’t sure they would come back. … I just can’t figure out why we waited so long to come alive. Maybe we were nervous in front of that big crowd. … We were thinking about how we were going to keep the ball away from Atkinson but it didn’t work. He scored most of his points which we were doing something special. When we weren’t doing something special, he wasn’t scoring. Sounds kind of funny doesn’t it?” Glendale coach Brian O’Rourke said “so near and yet so far.” Lisgar finished 44-0 on the season. The Lords included two Americans: 6-7 Kellar, who father had moved to Nepean from Los Angeles to become technical director of Volleyball Canada and Sebara, who father had left Cooperstown, New York to work for the National Gallery. “They dropped in out of the blue with good, solid basketball skills,” said coach Larry Hale. The Lords also started Pat Stoqua, Ray Dyck and Peter Metuzals. Glendale finished (38-3) on the season.
The co-bronze medalist Windsor Assumption Purple Raiders: Vince Landry; Steve Quigley; Bruce Walker; Dennis Kelly; Bob Wales; Doug Pocock; Greg Thompson; Dean; Grier; coach Jack Hool
The co-bronze medalist Niagara Falls Collegiate Raiders: Ed Siebert; Brian Rizzo; Tony Pietrangelo; Tiziano Bellon; Cosmo Galluzo; Marcello Bellon; Ed Siebert; Ken Plata; Nick Vaccaro; Peter Irvine; Jim Anderson; John Tirabasso; coach Brian Mulligan; assistant Jimmy Rose
The silver medalist Tilsonburg Glendale Griffins: Barry Atkinson; Rod Carle; David Coulthard; Dave Kaufmann; Ron Foris; Leroy Innanen; Steve Horvath; John Kondrat; Bob Horvath; Al Clark; Randy Belore; George Gilvesy; Brian Procunier; Paul Schnieder; Brian Goosens; coach Brian O’Rourke; coach David Demaree; manager Mark Bossy; manager Boyd Armstrong; manager Tony Drescher
The gold medalist Lisgar Lords: Pat Stoqua; Val Kellar; Bob Sebera; Ray Dyck; Peter Metuzals; John Horowitz; Joe Sidoli; Matthew King; Donald Gilchrist; Larry Kane; Dan Kelly; coach Larry Hale; assistant Hugh Reid; manager Ron Hughes.