In the opening round, held in Vancouver: …………………………………………………… The North Surrey Spartans dusted the Vancouver Templeton Titans 58-44. Leading 32-16 at the half, North Surrey was paced by 6-7 forward Charles Olsen, who scored 22, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked three shots in dominating the game. Bob Dudley added 10, Dave Reich 8, Pat Cahill 7, Ross Scanlon 6, Nick Berzins 3 and Eric Buecker 2. Gord McCartney paced the Titans with 12. Andy Bigiolli added 11, Terry Burke 11, Angelo Lucarino 5, Rick Rudichuck 4 and Keith Krentz 1. …………………………………………………… The Penticton Lakers dusted the Vancouver Kitsilano Blue Demons 80-53 as Gordon Herbert scored 42, Brian McKinnon 14, Rob Kugi 7, Kelly Goheen 6, Barry McKay 5, Pierre Van Oosteram 3, Doug Mutch 2 and Jim Gordon 1. Ed Taylor paced the Blue Demons with 14. Bob Forsyth added 14, Mary Fury 8, Bram Russel 6, Dean Blackmore 4, Shane Pospisil 4, Sam Williah 2 and Mark Sagges 1. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver College Fighting Irish clipped Cranbrook 57-44. Cranbrook had opened with a 10-1 run but the Fighting Irish responded with a 12-0 run to take command. Kevin Konar paced the Fighting Irish with 16. Rich Smitas added 15, Gary Oleskiw 11, John Doughty 7, Terry Cox 6 and Dave Negrin 2. Grant Bennett paced Cranbrook with 14. Tim Becker added 10, Jim Maletta 6, Dave Vandesype 6, Kevin Rose 4, Art Tank 2 and Kim Becker 2. …………………………………………………… The Terrace Caledonia Kermodes dispatched the Courtenay Towhees 96-89 in overtime despite trailing by 13 with six minutes to play. The Kermodes forced overtime by knotting the score at 77 and then capitalized on Towhee foul trouble in the extra session. Four Towhees fouled out in overtime. Fred Lindsay led the Kermodes with 18. Andy Ruygrok added 14, Ernie Freese 13, Scott Schooner 12, Albert Olson 10, Nick Tooms 9, Rodney Place 8, Clayton Williams 6, Pat Kofoes 5 and Rob Onstein 1. Kent Milburn led the Towhees with 32. Murray Erickson added 16, Jamie Graham 16, Randy Standish 12, Larry Bennie 7, Mike Gibson 4, Brad Hornstein 2, while Chris Squire, Pat Omelko, Dave DesMeules and Curt Erickson were scoreless. The Towhees also included Mike Gibson and Bruce Meldrum. …………………………………………………… The Victoria Belmont Braves nipped the North Vancouver Hillside Highwaymen 57-56 as Bruce English hit the winner with seven seconds to play. English paced the Braves with 19. Darrell Johnson added 10, Rob McTavish 10, Chris Calnan 8, Don Wightman 4, Bruce Robertson 4 and Steve Dunbar 2, while Jerry Kupiak, Ian Evans, Ken Wells, Tom Le Quesne, Wayne McChesney were scoreless. Vic Grundy led the Highwaymen with 24. Dave Power added 19, Chester Elton 4, Ken Gregson 4, Tom McDonald 4 and Don Eilers 1, while Bruce MacDonald, Jay Faulkner, John Bell-Irving, Brad Powers, Peter Carter and Ian Miller were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Victoria Oak Bay Bays bombed the Dawson Creek Penguins 80-46 as Dave Richmond scored 24. The Bays led 50-28 at the half. Dave Richmond paced the Bays with 24. Ken Kirzinger added 16, Mike Miller 13, Charlie Fisher 12, Craig Higgins 7, Tom Sinnott 2, Wayne Bryan 2, Steve Leung 2 and Rick Hatchman 2, while Brant Cathcart was scoreless. Fred Last paced the Penguins with 12. Morley Johnson added 10, Darrel Campbell 9, Sean O’Brian 8, Roger Belisle 4, Ray Bourbeau 2 and Kevin Omilon 1, while Gene Segne, Mark Gerzey and Simon Hine wee scoreless. …………………………………………………… The North Delta Huskies clipped the Kelowna Owls 65-56 as Bren Ennis scored 21, Wayne Corness 17, Steve Watts 12, Stu Fitzpatrick 10 and Dennis jones 6. Phil Weddell paced the Owls with 16, Murray Chalmers 14, Fred Kanigan 9, Lindsay McQueen 6, Brad Serwa 4, Brad Heuser 3, Gerry Mitschke 2 and Greg Prytula 2. …………………………………………………… The Burnaby South Rebels dumped the Surrey Semiahmoo Totems 84-74 as Jerry Dawson scored 25, Dave Morris 23, Terry Dawson 16, J.C. Kootnekoff 11, Walt Brandl 4, John Demidoff 4 and Bruce Turris 1. Gordon Duke led the Totems with 26. Scott Brandon added 18, Shawn Catterall 12, Terry Heskeith 7, Terry Duke 6, Keith Renner 2, Gord Hodson 2 and Terry Breen 1. The Totems also included Kent Renner and Larry White.
In the quarterfinals, the North Surrey Spartans defeated the Penticton Lakers 82-67 as Charles Olsen scored 24, Bob Dudley 22, Ross Scanlon 15, Pat Cahill 8, Nick Berzins 7, Dave Reich 5 and Brian Fornwald 1. Gord Herbert paced the Lakers with 18. Brian McKinnon added 16, Rob Kugl 11, Pierre Van Oosteram 10, Sonny Mohr, Kelly Goheen 4 and Barry McKay 4. The Lakers (coached by Fred Fedorak) also included Doug Mutch, Jim Gordon.
The Burnaby South Rebels clocked the Terrace Caledonia Kermodes 84-55 as Jerry Dawson scord 28, Dave Morris 20, Terry Dawson 16, Len Blake 5, John Demidoff 4, Walt Brandl 6, J.C. Kootnekoff 2, Bruce Turris 2 and Vic Pospeich 1. Albert Olson paced the Kermodes with 13. Andy Ruygrok added 9, Clayton Williams 8, Rob Onstein 7, Rod Place 6, Scott Schooner 4, Fred Lindsay 4 and Ernie Froese 4.
The Victoria Oak Bay Bays defeated the Vancouver College Fighting Irish 53-46 as Ken Kirzinger scored 18, Dave Richmond 9, Steve Leung 7. Mike Miller 6, Craig Higgins 7, Charlie Fisher 4 and Wayne Bryan 2, while Tom Sinnott and Rick Hatchman were scoreless. John Doughty and Kevin Konar each scored 12 to pace the Fighting Irish. Gary Oleskiw added 7, (-Dave Negrin 4, Terry Cox 4, Richard Smitas 3, Doug Hartman 2 and Ian McKinnon 2. The Fighting Irish (coached by Brother Dawson, managers Alfie Auger, Mike Brueser and Mike Merlo) also included Mike Arnold, Pierre Pettit, Terry Cox, Phil McKay and Dennis Madsen.
In the last quarterfinal, the North Delta Huskies edged the Victoria Belmont Braves 63-61 as Bren Ennis scored 26, Wayne Corness 14, Steve Watts 8, Stu Fitzpatrick 8, Denis Jones 5 and Brian Dunbar 2, while Rick Jongkind, Tom Elwood and Mike Schweers were scoreless. Darrell Johnson paced the Braves (coached by Bill Spotwood) with 18. Don Wightman added 10, Chris Calnan 8, Rob McTavish 8, Bruce Robertson 7, Bruce English 6 and Wayne McChesney 4, while Steve Dunbar, Jerry Kupiak, Ian Evans, Ken Wells and Tom LeQuesne were scoreless.
In the semis, 6-2 guard Dave Reich was instrumental in the North Surrey Spartans 77-67 win over the Burnaby South Secondary Rebels as he shut down Rebel guard Dave Morris in the first half and Jerry Dawson in the second, while scoring 21 points. Charles Olsen led the Spartans with 23. Bob Dudley added 13, Nick Berzins 10, Pat Cahill 8 and Ross Scanlon 2. Jerry Dawson paced the Rebels with 23. Dave Morris added 16, Terry Dawson 10, J.C. Kootnekoff 8, John Demidoff 6 and Walt Brandi 4.
In the other semi, the Victoria Oak Bay Bays defeated the North Delta Huskies 64-55 as Ken Kirzinger, who’d returned to the line-up in the tourney’s opening round after a five-week hiatus to recover from an eye injury, scored 22. Oak Bay led 34-32 and in the second half, coach Don Horwood began running and pushing the ball inside to Dave Kirzinger. Dave Richmond added 14 for the Bays, Craig Higgins 12, Charlie Fisher 6, Wayne Bryan 4, Mike Miller 4 and Steve Leung 2, while Brant Cathcart, Tom Sinnot and Rick Hatchman were scoreless. “They showed a lot of poise and controlled the game when it counted,” Horwood told the Victoria Times-Colonist. “The first two games but they are kids were a little shaky (but they are now) playing with confidence.” Bren Ennis paced the Huskies with 28. Wayne Corness added 23, Steve Watts 8, Stu Fitzpatrick 5 and Brain Dunbar 2, while Rick Jongkind, Rom Elwood, Mike Schweers, Bill Gratto, Mike Rusch and Denis Jones were scoreless.
In bronze medal match, the North Delta Huskies nipped the Burnaby South Rebels 58-57. The score was knotted at 35 at the half. The Huskies led 49-45 after three quarters. With 24 seconds to play, Jerry Dawson tipped in a J.C. Kootnekoff shot to give Burnaby South a 57-56 lead. Stuart Fitzpatrick answered with a layup for the Huskies with 15 seconds to play. A Dave Morris putback at the buzzer appeared to win it for the Rebels. But Huskies coach Bill Edwards protested that time had expired and after some discussion, the referees agreed, giving the Huskies the win. Steve Watts led the Huskies with 12. Wayne Corness added 12. John Kootnekoff paced the Rebels with 14. Jerry Dawson added 14. The Rebels also included Dave Morris, Terry Dawson, Len Blake, John Demidoff, Walt Brand, Vic Pospeich, Bruce Turris.
In the final, after the Victoria Oak Bay Bays had rallied for 14 behind to cut the margin to two, a pair of free throws by Dave Reich with seven seconds to go clinched a 52-48 victory for the North Surrey Spartans. Heavily favored to win the tourney all year as they returned five senior starters who’d made it to the semi-finals of the provincial tourney a year earlier, North Surrey finished 35-1 on the season. But the season wasn’t easy. Pat Cahill had broken his foot early in the season. Erick Buecke had torn an ankle ligament. 6-9 centre Kirk Randa was out for the last four weeks of the season with a knee injury. Charles Olsen had suffered tonsillitis. Still, the final belonged to North Surrey as Reich scored 21 and confused Oak Bay with his quick drives to the basket. Bob Dudley added 12, Charles Olsen 9, Nick Berzins 6 and Pat Cahill 4, while Colin Wilkie, Rob Smith, Tony Munoz, Brian Cornwall and Eric Buecker were scoreless. North Surrey was ahead 28-26 at the quarter and opened the second with a 3-4 court press, while alternating between a man-to-man and a zone in their backcourt. Oak Bay coach Don Horwood said that confused his troops. Horwood later noted Reich was “the key. He did it to us. We worked so hard at keeping their big guys away from the basket, but Reich just popped them in every time.” After North Surrey went ahead by 14, they tried to stall and it almost backfired before Reich hit the key winning free throws late in the game. Coach Robert Arden noted “I felt we should play a delaying game. But instead of penetrating their press to get some easy layups, we tried working the ball around in the forecourt. They got some easy steals and made the finish very interesting.” Ken Kirzinger and Craig Higgins each scored 12 to pace the Bays. Charlie Fisher added 10, Mike Miller 8, Dave Richmond 4 and Steve Leung 2, while Brant Cathcart, Wayne Bryan, Tom Sinnott and Rick Hatchman were scoreless. Oak Bay outrebounded North Surrey 40-28.
The bronze medalist North Delta Huskies: Steve Watts; Wayne Corness; Stuart Fitzpatrick; Bren Ennis; Dennis Jones; Brian Dunbar; Rick Jongkind; Tom Elwood; Mike Schweers; coach Bill Edwards
The silver medalist Victoria Oak Bay Bays: Ken Kirzinger; Dave Richmond; Craig Higgins; Brant Cathcart; Mike Miller; Steve Leung; Wayne Bryan; Rick Hatchman; Charlie Fisher; Tom Sinnott; coach Don Horwood; assistant Grant Boland; manager Bill Chapman; manager Kelly Mann
The gold medalist North Surrey Spartans: Charles Olsen; Bob Dudley; Dave Reich; Pat Cahill; Ross Scanlon; Nick Berzins; Eric Buecker; Kirk Randa; Bryan Fornwald; Antonio Munoz; Colin Wilkie; coach Robert Arden