In Blue division round-robin play, held in Deer Lake: …………………………………………………… The St. John’s Prince of Wales Cavaliers edged the Corner Brook Regina Knights 45-39. …………………………………………………… The Placentia Laval Cavaliers clipped the Corner Brook Regina Knights 51-46. The Knights included Brent Hughes, Jim Hughes. …………………………………………………… The St. John’s Prince of Wales Cavaliers defeated the Placentia Laval Cavaliers 63-59. …………………………………………………… Final pool standings: Prince of Wales (2-0); Laval (1-1); Regina (0-2).
In Red division round-robin play: …………………………………………………… The Corner Brook Herdman Huskies clubbed the Deer Lake Elwood Regional Lakers 82-63. …………………………………………………… The St. John’s Brother Rice Celtis torched the Corner Brook Herdman Huskies 87-60. …………………………………………………… The St. John’s Brother Rice Celtics dispatched the Deer Lake Regional Lakes 67-60. The Lakers (coached Bob Turner, manager Eugene Hancock) included Kenny Ball, Derrick Rumboldt, Clint Mercer, Brad White, Paul Curtis, Dennis Janes, David Clarke, Terry Wiseman, Cordell Wicks, Paul Hollahan and Dean Turner. …………………………………………………… Final pool standings: Brother Rice (2-0); Herdman (1-1); Elwood (0-2).
In the semis, the St. John’s Brother Rice Celtics clipped the Placentia Laval Cavaliers 89-71.
In the other semi, the St. John’s Prince of Wales Cavaliers defeated the Corner Brook Herdman Huskies 67-60. The Huskies included Barry Hicks, Robert Evans.
In the final, the St. John’s Brother Rice Celtics defeated the St. John’s Prince of Wales Cavaliers 74-67 after rallying from a 21-point first half deficit. The Celtics shifted to a full-court press to start the third quarter to ignite the improbable comeback.
The silver medalist St. John’s Prince of Wales Cavaliers: Doug Kirby; Chris Carter; Steve Vallis; Paul Moores; Greg Anthony; Andy Sanger; Steve Mowe; Alan Rich; Steve Bruneau; Steve Noseworthy; Mike Taylor; Randy Anderson;
The gold medalist St. John’s Brother Rice Celtics: Craig Cole; Hubert Hall; Shawn Follett; Dave Ryan; Bill Dooley; Mike Jardine; John Blake; Bruce Dalton; John Thompson; Brian McDonald; Larry Lyver; Mark Spurrell; Calvin Tobin; Noel Dtanford; Shawn Darcy; coach Brother J.V. Reynolds