Final regular season standings:
West (9): Mohawk (13-2); Fanshawe (13-3); St. Clair (10-6), Conestoga (10-6); Niagara (9-6); Humber (7-9); Sheridan (5-11) Canadore (3-13) and Cambrian (1-15).
East (6): St. Lawrence-Kingston (9-1); Seneca (8-2); Centennial (7-3); Durham (3-7); Loyalist (2-8); George Brown (1-9)
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Cambrian Golden Shield: Brian Yanchuk, Tim Perala, Roger Lavryssen, Rick Landry, Dan Mulvihill, Mark McLeod, Cory Lariviere, Dave Learn, Rod Smith and Bob Bisson.
Canadore: Al Wilson, Tom Binkley, Richard Langlois, Rick Quinn, Jean Claude Cayen, Randy O’Donnell, Craig Lasseter, Alan Catt, Paul elstone, Peter Wilson, Larry Dunn and Kirby Conner.
George Brown Huskies: William Daniels, Irvin Duncan, Andy Low, John Weatherup, John Thompson, Wayne Vanderklein, Stan Powell, Garfield Reid, Cliff Pierce, Reynolds Watkis, Tony Golea, Dale Johnson, Devon Chambers, Nat Morlando, John Buwalda, Edwin John, Dave Fleischer and Chris Mitchell.
Humber Hawks: Locksley Turner, Dan Stoberman, Eric Grizzle, Clyde Walters, Scott McCallum, John Putrimas, Scott Stewart, Dan Koukras, Frank Godfrey, Errol Harrison, Chris Dsouza, Tho Lichtenberg, Ramin Azhadi, coach Doug Fox
Loyalist Lancers: Mark Soule, Chris Adams, Marty Vogt, Bruce Collins, Paul Johnston, Rob Montgomery, Grant Boulay, Mike Paterson, Danny Byrne, Steve Goulah, Dave Cridlend, Jamie Moffat and Phil Hobbs.
Sheridan Bruins: Leroy Cassanova, Glen Wolstenholme, Paul Hancock, Mike Grace, Slavko Ray, Curtis Crawford, Paul Harris, Chris Hayes, Alex McDonald and Rick Bevington.
In the sudden-death playoff qualifiers: …………………………………………………… The Mohawk Mountaineers defeated the Niagara Knights 87-76 as Peter Stoyakovich scored 24 and Terry Kasulik 23. Paul Weller led the Knights with 32. The Knights (coached by Peter Nylander) also included Don Campbell, Steve Bull, Ken Griepsma, Mark Thomson, David Boc, Scott Allan, Pat Morrissey, Bill Hand, Dan Reeve, Todd Stevens, Jim Tucker and Henry Vangameren. …………………………………………………… The Conestoga Condors dumped the St. Clair Saints 93-77 as George Tinnes scored 24, Jim Gordon 15, George Sonnenberg 11, Paul Lillis 11 and Tom Eva 11. Condors coach Chuck Matthies told The Spoke that “some of guys said before the game we really hadn’t peaked yet. But tonight we finally came through. … We knew we could come back against them in the second half. … We knew St. Clair could shoot well from the outside. We had to cut down their outside shooters in the second half. We pressed them outside in the early going and they ran into foul trouble. They didn’t have the depth on the bench that we have and it hurt them. They guys coming off the bench played really well when we needed them. They played good defence and put everything together. I guess practice makes perfect.” St. Clair led 41-35 at the half. Duane Matthews led St. Clair with 29. George Copeland added 21. The Saints also included Jim Holmes, Mike Dagenais, Dale Laliberte, Jeff Sunderland, Rene St. Pierre, Robert Peters, John Forsyth, Terry Earley, Chris Dupont, David Browne, Kevin Carr and Shawn Harrison. …………………………………………………… The Centennial Colts clipped the Durham Lords 80-63 as Brenton Lowe scored 27. Ron Winterink led Lords with 16. J.P. Dunn added 14 and Nick Mikos 13. The Lords (coached by Don MacIllveen) also included Bob Watchorn, Gord Spee, Cliff McPherson, Dan Richards, Frank Bruno, Rob Ward, Mike Klein, Paul Hill, Sarto Provenzano and Larry Pearson.
In the postseason tournament quarterfinals, the Seneca Braves defeated the Conestoga Condors 91-57 after leading 48-25 at the half. Conestoga opened the second half with an 8-0 run but Seneca responded with a 10-0 run to ice it. Seneca led by as many as 35. Conestoga coach Chuck Matthies told the Spoke that “the refereeing didn’t help us out at all tonight. But I guess that’s the way it goes. … We didn’t look too impressive tonight but we had a good year. We just weren’t shooting well.” Paul Lillis led the Condors with 11. The Condors (coached by Chuck Matthies) also included George Tinnes, Jim Gordon, Tom Eva, Wayne Monroe, George Sonnenburg, Scott Norwood, Phil Aubin, Tim Darling, Gary Rubie, Eric Manahan, Gary Smith, Brian Widemand and Mark Alexander. After the game, Conestoga announced that it was axing the men’s coaching position because of budget cuts.
In the other quarterfinal, the Mohawk Mountaineers defeated the Centennial Colts 62-58. The Colts included Serge Trivanovich, Brenton Lowe, Curtis Mascall, Kirk Mondesire, Lebert Veira, Doug Schenck, Winston James, Geoff Collins, Roy Bailey, Ainsworth Barrett, Gerald Herbert, Garvin Clarke, Pete Moran, Devon Armstrong and Calvin Smith.
In the semifinals, the Seneca Braves defeated the Fanshawe Falcons 78-71.
In the other semi, the St. Lawrence-Kingston Vikings clipped the Mohawk Mountaineers 76-69 as Price scored 28, Besselink 13, Wrzbowski 13, Roe 11, Knox 9 and Wilson 2, while Duncan, Hugle and Smith were scoreless. Stoyakovich led the Mountaineers with 21. Kasulak added 12, Boorsma 10, Genovese 7, Mungar 7, Slomka 4, McGrattan 4 and Kalarco 4, while Burr and Malcomson were scoreless.
In the bronze medal match, the Mohawk Mountaineers defeated the Fanshawe Falcons 74-64. The Falcons included John Hayden, Doug Church, Bill Sewell, Ron Swain, John Mott, Dave Farley, Paul Fotia, Vito Frijia, Bill Carriere, Andrew Benoit, Jim Pitre, Grant Nixon, George Karygianis and Edwin John.
In the final, the Seneca Braves defeated the St. Lawrence-Kingston Vikings 95-71 to capture their first title since 1977. Ron Keizerwaard paced the Braves with 29. Patrick Adrien, who transferred to Seneca from Montreal after the Christmas break added 27 and was chosen the tourney MVP. The 26-year-old was ineligible to play for the Braves at the nationals in Calgary because of the CIS’s then-four-year eligibility rule. “I would like to play in the nationals but I knew about the rule from the beginning. I knew this would be my last game and I wanted to go out on a good one. But I thought it would be a lot closer than this.” The Big Blue were plagued by turnovers, giving up six early in the second half as Seneca built a 60-38 lead and then stretched it to 82-47. Andy Lawrence, who a day later head to the New York Mets training camp to pursue a career in baseball, added 16, Cameron 11, Petrie 3, Gennero 3, Tuto 2, Wallace 2 and Sleuman 2. Dale Roe led the Big Blue with 30. Chris Price added 11, Rob Besselink 10, Knox 8, Wrzbowski 6, Duncan 3, Smith 2 and Hugli 1, while Wilson and Tavares were scoreless. Vikings coach Ted Batchelor told the Kingston Whig-Standard that “Ron Keizerwaard is a great shooter. Pat Adrian brought Seneca a wealth of experience. He controlled the boards from his position at centre.”
The bronze medalist Mohawk Mountaineers: Perry Kasulak, Dave Dinney, Peter Stoyakovich, Serino Genovese, Joe Slomka, Dave Boorsma, Joe Calarco, Don McGrattan, Dave Burr, Paul Mungar, Robert Palmieri, John Malcolmson, Greg Peart, Jim Gordon; Mark Rosinki
The silver medalist St. Lawrence-Kingston Vikings: Leigh Knox; Rick Weirzbowski; Dale Roe; Chris Price; John Sutton; Tom Wilson; Rob Besselink; Bill Duncan; John Smith; Brian Hugli; Tony Tavaras; Terry Kimmett; John Breza;
The gold medalist Seneca Braves: Andy Lawrence; Ron Keizerwaard; Keith Cameron; Patrick Adrien; Dave Petrie, Joseph Gennaro, Keith Tufo, Craig Watson, Jim Nedow, Anthony Thomas, Mark Shewman, Richard Hasfal, Mark Wallace, Jim Gmaz;