John Abbott 71            
  Vanier 61 John Abbott 64        
  Mount Royal 80 Mount Royal 53 John Abbott 75    
  George Brown 51            
              —–JOHN ABBOTT  
  Cape Breton 47            
  Langara 45 Cape Breton 51 N.S. Agricultural 27    
  N.S. Agricultural 60 N.S. Agricultural 54        
  Briercrest Bible 52            

        In the Four-West round-robin play, held in Edmonton, essentially for second-place finishers who did not make the national draw: …………………………………………………… The SAIT Trojans clubbed Wascana 74-61 as Heather Carey scored 27. Diane Mills led Wascana with 32. Wascana coach Bob Hornsberger told the Regina Leader-Post that “I believe they shot 59% from the floor, which is incredible in any league. We shot 38%.” …………………………………………………… The British Columbia Institute of Technology smacked the Grant MacEwan Griffins 68-45. …………………………………………………… Wascana Institute edged Camrose Lutheran 61-60 as Diane Mills scored 37. Cheryl Anderson led Camrose Lutheran with 22. …………………………………………………… Wascana Institute nipped Red River 54-52 as Diane Mills scored 24. Bev Wimmer pilfered the ball for the winning runout layup in the final minute of play. Barb Kuz led the Rebels with 14. The Rebels led 27-26 at the half and hit 11-21 from the line. Rebels coach Joe Di Curzio told The Projector that “we made a couple of critical errors at the end which cost us the game.” Marion Phillips said “we had more height than any other team at the tournament but we didn’t seem to get the ball. We had trouble with our offence. Our passes were telepathic but we played well on the boards and on defence.” …………………………………………………… The Grant MacEwan Griffins dispatched the Red River Rebels 54-49 as Bernice Smandych scored 20. Donna Faryon led the Rebels with 24. Barb Kux added 12 and Sharon Stewart 12. The Rebels nabbed 50 boards and pilfered 11 balls. Rebels coach Joe Di Curzio told The Projector that “we played terrible in the first half. Our shooting was way off.” Linda Montgomery said “we should have won but we didn’t get it together. The people we usually count on didn’t come through with the baskets. It was a disappointing loss.” Donna Faryon said “we didn’t play well inside. Our defence was broken down by Grant McEwan’s halfcourt press.” Sharon MacDonald said “we were winning in the second quarter and then Grant McEwan poured it on and we lost it. We spent the third and fourth quarters catching up.” …………………………………………………… BCIT whipped Grant MacEwan 68-45 as Stastia Gallagher scored 18. …………………………………………………… In the bronze medal match, Camrose Lutheran clipped Wascana 61-55 after leading 32-29 at the half. Diane Mills led Wascana with 22. Anderson added 18. …………………………………………………… In the final, BCIT defeated SAIT x-x. …………………………………………………… The all-tournament team included Brenda Girard (Wascana); Diane Mills (Wascana).

Wild card selections were made for the first time and the predictable controversy ensued. Critics howled over Vanier’s selection because Vanier’s coach served as men’s basketball convener and a member of the wild card selection committee. It chose St. Clair as the men’s wild card and Vanier as the women’s selection. St. Clair’s coach was then the president of the CCAA and he also served as a member of the selection committee. Critics said it was a definite case of one hand serving the other.

        In the quarterfinals, the John Abbott Islanders thumped the Vanier Cheetahs 71-61. The Islanders broke to a double-digit lead but Vanier post Annette Kiss rallied the Cheetahs to within 41-34 at the half. The Islanders led by four with three minutes to play but Janet Hyland iced it at the line. The Islanders scored 35 points at the line.

        The Mount Royal Cougars defeated the George Brown Huskies 80-51.

        The host Cape Breton Capers nipped the Langara (then the Vancouver CC) Falcons 47-45.

        In the last quarterfinal, the Nova Scotia Agricultural Rams clipped the Briercrest Bible Clippers 60-52.

        In the semis, the John Abbott Islanders knocked off the Mount Royal Cougars 64-53 despite trailing 26-22 at the half. In the second frame, the Lady Islanders full-court pressure and the perimeter shooting of Jane Bullock and Janet Hylland proved the difference. Jane Bulloch paced the Islanders with 22. Janet Hylland added 14. Jan Tangjerd paced the Cougars with 14. Theresa Steirt added 11 and Heather McKay 10. The Cougars led 26-22 at the half. With two minutes to play and the score knotted at 53, the Islanders hit two buckets to take command. Cougars coach Bob Rose told the Calgary Herald that “they went into a stall after that. We kept fouling them and they kept hitting the foul shots.”

        In the other semi, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams edged the host Cape Breton Capers 54-51 as Marg Harbers scored 22.

        In the bronze semis, the Vanier Cheetahs defeated the Cape Breton Capers x-x.

        In the bronze medal match, the Mount Royal Cougars defeated the Vanier Cheetahs 67-59.

        The final was a blowout as the John Abbott Islanders romped to a 75-27 win over the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams. The Islanders took a 14-0 lead from the start, and a 38-15 lead at the half, en route to its 75-27 pasting of Nova Scotia Agricultural College. John Abbott was led by Lynn Noftle 20, Jane Bullock 15 and Cathy Brabant 10. Nova Scotia was paced by Eleanor Langille’s 10 points.

        The all-tourney team featured: MVP Janet Hyland (John Abbott); Jan Tangjerd (Mount Royal); Nancy Martin (Nova Scotia Agricultural); Annette Kiss (Vanier); Lynn Whan (Mount Royal); Jane Bullock (John Abbott)

The bronze medalist Mount Royal Cougars: The gold medalist Mount Royal Cougars: Jan Tangjerd; Theresa Steiert; Tracy Lehman; Darla Anderson; Heather McKay; Sharyn Bliss; Maureen Jacques; Lynn Whan; coach Bob Rose

        The silver medalist Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams: Nancy Martin; Eleanor Langille;

        The gold medalist John Abbott Lady Islanders: Janet Hyland; Jane Bullock; Lynn Noftle; Cathy Brabant; coach Chris Hunter