In the quarterfinals, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg River East Kodiaks defeated the 7th-seeded Brandon Vincent Massey Vikings 50-49. The Vikings (coached by Stew Farnell) included Janet McMahon, Troy Lewis, Pat Janzen, Virginia Thompson, Danielle Daniels.
The top-seeded Winnipeg Dakota Lancers dusted the 8th-seeded Selkirk Lord Selkirk Regional Royals 52-20 as Marion Phillips scored 20 and Leslie Wright 19. Ida Clemmons led the Royals with 16. The Royals (manager Julie Bayliss, manager Shelly Donnelly) also included Wendy Goodbrandson, Jill Goodbrandson, Kathy Van Mol, Cathy Kuz, Nancy Horon, Sandi Soke.
The 4th-seeded Winnipeg Gordon Bell Panthers dusted the 5th-seeded Winnipeg Windsor Park Royals 47-25 as Mary Slater scored 18 and Aileen Nagduch 12. Cathy Ouilon led the Royals with 10. The Royals also included Elaine Forbes, Lynn Scott.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Westwood Warriors dumped the 6th-seeded Winnipeg St. John’s Tigers 59-50. The Tigers included Liz Poulin, Betty Ptasnik.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg River East Kodiaks defeated the 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Westwood Warriors 60-44. Patti Douglas led the Kodiaks with 23 points. Cheryl Cote added 22. Kelly Picken led the Warriors with 21 points.
In the other semi, the 4th-seeded Winnipeg Gordon Bell Panthers stunned the top-seeded Winnipeg Dakota Lancers 36-27 with a stifling zone. Lois Stiff and Aileen Najduch each scored 10 for the Panthers. Leslie Wright led the Lancers with 10. The Panthers zone appeared to completely befuddle the Lancers.
In the bronze medal match, the top-seeded Winnipeg Dakota Lancers defeated the 3rd-seeded Winnipeg Westwood Warriors 36-24. The Warriors included Kelly Picken, Janice Neufield, Donna Hagen, Cathy Coote, Stacey McGregor.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Winnipeg River East Kodiaks defeated the 4th-seeded Winnipeg Gordon Bell Panthers 33-32 as Debbie Broszeit hit a free throw to win with one second on the clock. The Kodiaks led 8-5 at the quarter and 26-12 at the half. The Panthers led 29-28 at the three-quarter mark. River East coach Dick Blais told the Winnipeg Free Press that the key was having three go-to players in Cheryl Cote, Patti Douglas and Sue Thompson. “We knew they used a 2-3 zone defence, and so we worked the ball inside. And when they double-teamed Patti, we went to Sue outside. Sue hit 3 or 4 buckets in a row which drew them away from Patti and then we would go back to her. When both were covered, we could go to Cheryl.” Cote scored 10, Thompson 8 and Douglas 7. Cote noted that in the final quarter “we just worked together began fast breaking.” Mary Slater led the Panthers with 14. Lois Stiff added 12.
The bronze medalist Winnipeg Dakota Lancers: Marion Phillips; Leslie Wright; Cathy Blais; Lori Turner; coach Dennis Alverstad
The silver medalist Winnipeg Gordon Bell Panthers: Mary Slater; Lois Stiff; Aileen Najduch; Janet Scott; Maem Slater; Judy Zaparniuk; Michelle Obirek; Leanne Squair; Lauralyn Friend; Joanne Berard; Liz Keep; coach B Wilkes; assistant D Crowe; manager Darlene Hardy
The gold medalist Winnipeg River East Kodiaks: Cheryl Cote; Patti Douglas; Sue Thompson; Irene Funk; Debbie Broszelt; Lee Heinich; Marlann Cerilli; Kim Young; coach Dick Blais