In the Region 3 final, the Saskatoon Nutana Collegiate Blues defeated the Melfort Comets 60-22 as Debbie Nelson scored 22 and Donna Hunter 14. Kathy McHaig led the Comets with 8. …………………………………………………… Other regional qualifiers: Saskatoon E.D. Feehan Trojans.
In the region 4 semis: …………………………………………………… The Prince Albert Technical Tigerettes clipped the Saskatoon City Park Cowgirls 57-44 as Barb Hanson scored 25. Mary Fawcett led the Cowgirls with 15. Bev Mazurkewich added 13. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the North Battleford Collegiate Viqueens clipped Prince Albert Independent 35-25. In the final, the Prince Albert Technical Tigerettes dumped the North Battleford Collegiate Viqueens 36-24 as Barb Hanson scored 18. Marian Michalko led the Viqueens with 17.
In the Regina city/south region qualifiers, the Sheldon Williams Spartans pounded the Marian Saints 68-16 as Bernie Britton scored 19 and Jil McFarland 14. The Spartans led 17-2, 38-4 and 59-9 at the quarters. Elaine Swystuk led the Saints with 6. Cathy Curtis added 4. The Saints also included Linda Holizki. …………………………………………………… In the other qualifier, the Thom Trojans (then the Fillies) dumped the Scott Blues 62-43 after leading 14-10, 3-14 and 47-30 at the quarters. Sharon Klotz paced the Trojans with 15. Diane Graham added 11, Myra Kellendonk 10 and Jan Tweeten 8. Pat Shentaler led the Blues with 20. Mary Pilbeam added 10.
In the south regional semis, the Regina Sheldon Williams Spartans stomped the Moose Jaw Riverview Royals 52-18. The Royals included Janice Hogg, Barb Herchuk, Debbie Gamracy. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Swift Current Ardens whipped the Regina Thom Trojans 38-18. The Trojans (coached by Zoya Lapchuk) included Donna Graham, Myra Kellendonk, Bev Todd, Diane Graham, Janet Sweten, Sharon Klotz, Peggy Thorne, Maxine Cox, Jan Harrigan. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Regina Sheldon-Williams Spartans edged the Swift Current Ardens 41-39 in overtime as Renee Robertson hit the winner with eight seconds to play. Karen McLeod led the Spartans with 11, including 3-4 free throws in overtime. Renee Robertson added 11. The Ardens led 11-10 after one quarter. The Spartans Ardens led 21-19 at the half and 30-28 after three quarters. The score was knotted at 26 after regulation. The Ardens (coached by Marg Currie) included Anne Kilcher, Diane Rittinger, Yvonne Reid, Carolyn Elias, Judy Hymers, Brenda Sakata, Joan Leier, Patty Smith, Debbie Peters, Elaine Jeffery, Lorraine Loeppky and Frankie Smit.
In the provincial semis, the Saskatoon Nutana Collegiate Blues defeated the Yorkton Regional Raiders 49-39 as Donna Hunter scored 15 and Debbie Nelson 11. Pat Nicholson grabbed 13 rebounds and Irene Hawrysh nabbed 11 boards. Diana Boychuk led Yorkton with 15 points. Yorkton was ahead 21-17 at the half and the teams were tied at 34 at the three-quarter mark. Yorkton also included Candice Valichka, Dale Bode.
In the other semi, the Regina Sheldon-Williams Spartans defeated Prince Albert Technical Tigerettes 57-37.
In the provincial final, Nutana nipped the Regina Sheldon-Williams Spartans 47-46 as Karen Taylor hit the free throw in the final minute of play. Nutana trailed from the start. They were down 14-7 at the quarter, 25-17 at the half and 39-34 at the three-quarter mark. But they outscored Sheldon Williams 13-7 in the final frame after being down by 11 early in the fourth quarter. The rally was triggered by a series of turnovers off the press. Debbie Nelson led Nutana with 13 points. Irene Hawrysh scored 12 and grabbed 11 rebounds. Lynn Skolrood scored 10 and grabbed 11 rebounds, Donna Hunter 6, Noreen Johnson 3 and Karen Taylor 3. Bernie Britton led Sheldon-Williams with 15. Robin Frame added 10, Donna Bruce 8, Renee Robertson 8, Jill McFarlane 4 and Karen McLeod 1. Nutana coach Dianna Duerkop told the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix that Skolrood went “wild” when the team trailed by 11. Skolrood “took away Sheldon’s advantage on the backboards. When this happened, I switched to a full court press and things started to happen …the more we used it, the better it worked.” Bedford Road tied the game with minute and a half to go. Then Karen Taylor hit one of two free throws to give Nutana the lead for good. In the first half, Sheldon-Williams’ Rene Robertson, Donna Bruce and Bernie Britton had controlled the boards. Nelson scored 6 of Nutana’s last 13 points.
The silver medalist Regina Sheldon-Williams Spartans: Bernie Britton; Rene Robertson; Donna Bruce; Linda Sundeen; Karen Booth; Elaine Wray; Jill McFarland; Linda McNabb; Janice Snell; Shelly Parr; Shirley Templeton; Robin Evans; Karen Mcleod; coach Wilma Dowling; manager Janice Gordon; manager Laurie Thorsteison
The gold medalist Saskatoon Nutana Collegiate Blues: Debbie Nelson; Donna Hunter; Pat Nicholson; Irene Hawrysh; Karen Taylor; Lynn Skolrood; Candy Schachter; Noreen Johnson; Betty Schnell; Nikki Wilson; Kathy Jones; Leah Skolrood; coach Dianna Duerkop; manager Karen Shmon; manager Karen Woodcok