WEST ROUND ROBIN BC SASK ALTA MAN Record  
  British Columbia —– 67-50 60-50 67-59 (3-0)  
  Saskatchewan 50-67 —– 64-60 72-53 (2-1)  
  Alberta 50-60 60-64 —– 57-54 (1-2)  
  Manitoba 59-67 53-72 54-57 —– (0-3)  
               
  Bronze Alberta 60 Manitoba 54
  Final Saskatchewan 62 British Columbia 58
     

        In round robin play of the inaugural Western Canadian juvenile championships, held in Regina: …………………………………………………… The Saskatchewan Selects clubbed Manitoba 72-53 as Vivian Kingdon scored 31 and Jackie Moore 10. Judith Friesen led Manitoba with 10. Kyla Bremner added 9. Manitoba coach Dave McNabb told the Regina Leader-Post that Saskatchewan is “big, strong and quick. Everything we tried to do, they just took it away. That No. 9 (Vivian Kingdon), not only is she big and strong and steady but she’s quicker than anybody we have, period.” Saskatchewan coach John McDonald said “tonight we ran a little more. With this team, we could anything we want if we had the time to do it.” …………………………………………………… Saskatchewan edged Alberta 64-60. The score was knotted at 28 at the half. Vivian Kingdon led Saskatchewan with 23 and 9 boards. Sue Jickling notched 21 for Alberta. …………………………………………………… British Columbia dumped Manitoba 77-62 as Jenny Sutton scored 12, Michelle Hendry 10, along with 13 boards, and Elaine Leachman 9. Kyla Bremner led Manitoba with 28. Judith Friesen nabbed 7 boards. …………………………………………………… British Columbia clipped Alberta 60-50 as Jenny Sutton scored 17 and Jennifer Smallridge 12. Sue Jickling led Alberta with 18. Lesley Lacroix added 9. …………………………………………………… British Columbia thumped Saskatchewan 67-50 as Joanne Tegart scored 12 and nabbed 8 boards. Jenny Sutton added 12 and nabbed 11 boards. Jackie Moore paced Saskatchewan with 9 points and 11 boards. …………………………………………………… Alberta edged Manitoba 57-54 as Stephanie Hlady scored 11 and nabbed 7 boards. Laura Bethlehem scored 10. Kyla Bremner led Manitoba with 13. Tracey Shields added 10.

        In the bronze medal match, Alberta edged Manitoba 60-54 as Lisa Demers scored 12 and Elizabeth Kufeldt 10. Marcel McNeil led Manitoba with 12. Jo-Anne Onisko added 12. Manitoba (coached by Dave McNabb) also included Judith Friesen, Kyla Bremner, Tracey Shields.

        In the final, Saskatchewan defeated British Columbia 62-58 in overtime. Ronalee Thistlethwaite hit 1-2 free throws with 14 seconds to play to force overtime. Thistlethwaite then hit a pair of free throws in overtime with 25 seconds to play to ice the win. “I was very nervous,” Thistlethwaite told the Regina Leader-Post. “Very, very nervous. But I was glad I made the one (in regulation). I just went up there thinking, ‘well, you to make at least one’. But it would have been nice to make them both.” BC led 29-24 at the half. But Saskatchewan won it at the line, hitting 20 free throws in the second half, and just four in the first. Saskatchewan coach John McDonald said “it took us a while to find out who put the ball in the hole for us. But we finally started to shoot. We started to hit the foul shots in the second half and that really helped the kid’s confidence. … It was nice to see Ronalee put it away. And I really think Jackie (Moore) deserved the MVP.” BC coach Anne Gillrie said “we just couldn’t control (Moore). We controlled Kingdon but Moore uses her body so well. … All our height was gone (because of fouls) and we also lost our point guard (foot injury to Jenny Sutton). I think our inexperience showed in overtime.” In overtime, Kingdon scored 5 and Connie Stepan hit a jumper and then Saskatchewan won it at the line. Jackie Moore notched 11 points and 9 boards for Saskatchewan. Connie Stepan added 10, along with 5 boards. Joanne Tegart paced BC with 12. Laurie Hockridge 10. Jackie Moore noted that “they lost some of their key players and I think that got them down. Yesterday, when we played them, they controlled the boards. Today, we got more rebounds but we knew we had it in us to win.”

        The all-tournament team featured: MVP Jackie Moore (Saskatchewan); Jenny Heeg (Saskatchewan); Vivian Kingdon (Saskatchewan); Joanne Tegar (BC); and Elaine Leachman (BC).

        The bronze medalists from Alberta: Sue Jickling; Lesley Lacroix; Lisa Demers; Elizabeth Kufeldt; Stephanie Hlady;

        The silver medalists from British Columbia: Jenny Sutton; Michelle Hendry; Elaine Leachman; Jennifer Smallridge; Laurie Hockridge; Joanne Tegart; Izzy Marynischak; coach Anne Gillrie

        The gold medalists from Saskatchewan: Vivian Kingdon; Jenny Heeg; Jackie Moore; Ronalee Thistlethwaite; Connie Stepan; Susie Rizak; Terry-Jo Martin; Jenny Heeg; coach John MacDonald