In the quarterfinals, held in Woodstock, the top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans torched the 8th-seeded Saint John St. Malachy’s Memorial Saints 114-51 as McLaughlin scored 21, Legace 20, Fagan 20, Wilson 16, D McGinley 12, S McGeachy 8, Clark 7, Hansen 4, Nicholson 2, Estabrooks 2 and McGinley 2.
The 2nd-seeded Woodstock Thunder whipped the 7th-seeded Riverview Royals 90-46 as Graham scored 25, Gibson 19, DeMerchant 10, Tenhave 8, Gervais 8, Tait 6, Stokoe 6 and Durling 4. Kevin Lewis led the Royals with 10. Dave McLaughlin added 8, Ernie Mrazek 6, Jarvis 6, Ethelston 4, McShane 4, Toner 4, Montieth 3 and Croll 1, while Wheaton was scoreless.
The 3rd-seed St. George Eastern Charlotte crushed the 6th-seeded Dalhousie Condors 9-654 as Nixon scored 32, Vautour 26, Mahar 11, Clinch 7, Bradford 6, Spires 4, Monks 4, Hooper 2, Clark 2 and Taylor 2. Landry led the Condors with 20. McKenzie added 10, Basque 9, Valdron 7, Miller 2 and Stewart 2, while Morris and Carter were scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Campbellton Restigouche Bruins clipped the 5th-seeded Sackville Tantramar Titans 86-74 as MacKenzie scored 25, Aucoin 20, Houlton 10, Flanaga 8, Ayles 7, W Mann 7, Leblanc 4, B Mann 3 and K Mann 2. Alex Cameron led the Titans with 27. Steve Grugan added 11, Charles Walton 10, McCallum 6, Bruce Kingston 6, Dan Sears 6, Haley 4 and Barry Walton 4.
In the semis, the top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans dusted the 4th-seeded Campbellton Restigouche Bruins 102-37 as S McGinley scored 19, D McGinley 17, Nicholson 13, Hansen 12, McGeachy 12, Fagan 7, Estabrooks 5, Clark 4, Legace 3 and McLaughlin 2. Mackenzie led the Bruins with 12. Aucoin added 8, Houlton 6, Flannagan 5, Biddiscombe 4 and K Mann 2.
In the other semi, the 3rd-seede St. George Eastern Charlotte whipped the 2nd-seeded Woodstock Thunder 73-51 as Nixon scored 34, Vautour 22, Bradford 10 and Maher 7. Gibson led the Thunder with 18. Stokoe added 10, Graham 8, Hawkes 7, Tenhave 4 and Tait 4.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded Campbellton Restigouche Bruins nipped the 2nd-seeded Woodstock Thunder 79-78 as Aucoin scored 26, Mackenzie 18, Houlton 14, K Mann 9, Flanagan 6, W Mann 2, R Mann 2 and Ayles 2. Herb Gibson led the Thunder with 18. Jim Tenhave added 16, Dana Stokoe 13, Tony Hawkes 10, Graham 9, DeMerchant 8 and Durling 2, while Gervais and Tait were scoreless.
In the final, the top-seeded St. Stephen Spartans repeated in an all-southern zone championship by defeating 3rd-seeded St. George Eastern Charlotte Regional 63-59. S McGinley paced the Spartans with 20. D McGinley added 12, Fagan 10, Nicholson 6, Wilson 6, Legace 4, Hansen 3 and McGeachy 2. Vautour paced Eastern Charlotte with 26. Nixon added 18, Mahar 10 and Bradford 5.
The bronze medalist Campbellton Restigouche Bruins; Tom MacKenzie; Bob Aucoin; Greg Houlton; Flanagan; Ayles; W Mann; Leblance; B Mann; K Mann; Biddiscombe;
The silver medalist St. George Eastern Charlotte Regional: Brian Nixon; Allan Vautour; Dave Mahar; Clinch; Roddy Bradford; Stephen Spires; Monks; Hooper; Clark; Taylor coach Brian Forsythe
The champion St. Stephen Spartans: Steven McGinley; Mike McLaughlin; Jeff Legace; Dave Fagan; Roddy Wilson; Dave McGinley; Sandi McGeachy; Greg Clark; Dana Hansen; Bruce Nicholson; Kevin Estabrooks; Dave McGinley; coach Dave Nutbrown; manager Dave Burns