| (3) | Champlain | 97 | ||||||
| (6) | N.S. Agricultural | 57 | Champlain | 76 | ||||
| (2) | New Caledonia | 53 | Dawson | 75 | Champlain | 57 | ||
| (7) | Dawson | 66 | ||||||
| —–FANSHAWE | ||||||||
| (4) | Briercrest Bible | 65 | ||||||
| (5) | S.A.I.T. | 64 | Briercrest Bible | 45 | Fanshawe | 61 | ||
| (1) | Fanshawe | 57 | Fanshawe | 60 | ||||
| (8) | B.C.I.T. | 43 |
In the play-in game, the wildcard Dawson Blues defeated the Manitoba champ Red River CC Rebels 81-46 as Biagio Caressa scored 18. Barry Hiebert led Red River, coached by Bert Jones, with 11, Rodney Jacobs added 10. Rebels guard Gord Muir told The Projector that “we just played badly. They were a better team than us. But if we had played the way we can, we could been within 10 points of them.”
In the quarterfinals, held at B.C.I.T., the 4th-seeded Prairie Conference champ Briercrest Bible Clippers edged the 5th-seeded Alberta Conference champ S.A.I.T. Trojans 65-64. Penticton native Stan Peters hit two free throws with 13 seconds to go and then a desperation bomb at the buzzer. The game was marred by a timekeeping error with 1:23 to go. After a timeout, the timekeeper let 15 seconds elapse before turning on the clock. That turned out to be the 15 seconds Carl Hinderager’s Clippers needed to defeat the Trojans, who were led Nigel Gainor, averaging 13 ppg and Bart De Nooy averaging 17.8 ppg. After the game, S.A.I.T. coach Phil Allen noted that “a protest never entered my mind. We didn’t play well enough to win. A protest would take away from Briercrest’s game and take away from the tournament. If you start depending on those things, you’re not going to go very far.” Briercrest was led by Stan Peters 12, Curtis Frisque 16. Peters said later he felt he rushed the winning shot when he released it with one second to go. SAIT was led by Bart DeNooy’s 18 points. Nigel Gainor added 14.
The 7th-seeded wildcard Dawson Blues, coached by Andy Mezey and led by 6-4 guard Craig Norman, averaging 16 ppg, and guard Biagio Carrese, a member of the Quebec provincial team, knocked off the 2nd-seeded British Columbia champion College of New Caledonia Carriers 66-53. Craig Norman scored 23 and Peter Carpentieri 16. The Carriers, coached by Phil McLeod, were the Totem Conference representatives after upsetting the Langara Falcons in the BC postseason final, were led by Dean Peters, averaging 16.1 ppg and 7.1 rpg. Peters scored 20. Hans Minck added 10. “We lost it in the first 10 minutes. Our easy inside shots just weren’t going down,” Peters told the Prince George Citizen. Carriers coach Phil McLeod added that “we started very slowly and had difficulty converting our easy shots. It was definitely one of our worst shooting games of the year. Of our starting five, I feel only one had a decent game.”
The top-seeded defending and Ontario champion Fanshawe Falcons defeated the 8th-seeded host and Totem Conference third place finishers, the British Columbia Institute of Technology Cougars 57-43. The Cougars were led by Brent Koskoska, who averaged 20.4 ppg and 9.1 rpg; Tom Raine, who averaged 9.8 rpg, and coached by Rick Inrig. The Falcons prevailed easily as John Hayden scored 17 and Vito Frijia 13. Brent Koskoska scored 22 for the Cougars. Inrig said “we stayed close throughout the game but we didn’t have the offensive power to take them.” Inrig added that his Cougars had nothing in the way of a response to Hayden.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Champlain Regional College Cavaliers, coached by Olga Hrycak, had won a squeaker against Maisonneuve to win the FASCQ title and were led by Dave Zanatta, formerly of the Canadian junior national team and Lakehead University. The Cavaliers thrashed the 6th-seeded Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams 86-57 as Dennis Penny Cooke scored 20 and Zanatta 19. The 6th-seeded Rams had won the regular and postseason title of the Nova Scotia conference. They were led by guard Roger Pryor, averaging 16 ppg and coached by Ken Smyth. The Nova Scotia champs also started Larry Mailman, averaging 14 ppg and 13 rpg and Craig Quinn, averaging 12 ppg and 11 rpg. Pryor scored 17 against Champlain.
In the bronze quarterfinals, the New Caledonia Carriers defeated the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams 96-88 as Dean Peters scored 14. John Lohr led the Rams with 38. Larry Mailman added 18..
In the other bronze quarterfinal, the S.A.I.T Trojans dumped the British Columbia Institute of Technology Cougars 72-61 as Les Cochrane scored 16 and Bill Durnin 9. Both Trojans coach Phil Allen and BCIT coach Rick Inrig were incensed with the officiating. The refs called 63 fouls and six players fouled out. “The refereeing was as bad as it could possibly be,” said Inrig. “That kind of officiating takes away the game styles of both teams. If the fouls are being called, you have to change your plans.” The Cougars contained star Trojan post Bart De Nooy to 7 points. The Cougars played without starter Steve Salt, who’d torn a ligament in his knee, but rookie Dan Basso manned the point with aplomb. Brent Kokoska paced the Cougars with 24.
In the semis, the Fanshawe Falcons defeated the Briercrest Bible Clippers 60-45 as Bill Sewell scored 15 and Vito Frijia 18. The Clippers were led by Rick Browatzke’s 18 points.
In the other semi, the Champlain Cavaliers nipped the Dawson Blues 76-75 as Dave Zanatta scored 36 and Dennis Penny-Cooke 16. Michael Paquin led the Blues with 22. The Cavaliers led 40-30 at the half and 48-34 after three quarters. Cavaliers coach Olga Hrycak told The Province “that was hard on the voice and the heaert. … Zanatta is a great all-around player and a great team player. Blues coach Andy Mezey noted that “Michel (Paquin) had a very good game.”
In the bronze semis, the New Caledonia Carriers stomped the Briercrest Bible Clippers 103-74.
In the other bronze semi, the S.A.I.T. Trojans nipped the Dawson Blues 86-84.
In the bronze medal match, the New Caledonia Carriers edged the S.A.I.T. Trojans 66-63. Bart DeNooy paced the Trojans with 17.
In the final, the Fanshawe Falcons defeated the Champlain Cavaliers 71-67. The Cavaliers took a 37-28 lead at the half but John Hayden rallied the Falcons with 12 points in the second half. Hayden finished with 22 while tourney MVP Dave Zanatta scored 18 for Champlain.
The all-tourney team featured: MVP Dave Zanatta (Champlain); Bart De Nooy (S.A.I.T.); Greg Norman (Dawson); Dean Peters (New Caledonia); John Hayden (Fanshawe); and Vito Frijia (Fanshawe)
The bronze medalist New Caledonia Carriers: Dean Peters; coach Phil MacLeod
The silver medalist Champlain-St. Lambert: Dave Zanatta; Dennis Penny Cooke; coach Olga Hrycak
The gold medalist Fanshawe Falcons: John Hayden; Vito Frijia; Grant Taylor; Rick Mutuchky; Al Ratcliffe; Bill Sewell; Andrew Benoit; Albert Carlington; Paul Fotia; David Farley; Danny Develtor; Darren Syer; Chris Dewitte; Mike Foubert; Wayne Duncan; coach Glenn Johnston