Final regular season standings (9): St. Lawrence-Kingston (15-1); Cambrian (14-2); Durham (12-4); Sir Sandford Fleming (10-6); Sault (6-10); Georgian (5-11); Canadore (5-11); Loyalist (3-13); Lambton (2-14)
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Canadore Panthers: Leroy Brown, Vince Scott, John Desormeaux, R Vaillancourt, Lee Jacques, Daniel Lemay, Hoss Golanbari, Sean Bray, Claude Leclair, Larry Sartoretto, Stewart Fowler, Michel Thompson, Stephan Lecuyer and Marty Ellam.
Georgian Grizzlies: Bernie Alvarez, Derek Taylor, Gregg Cullen, Chris Fry, Scott Burns, Sean Sahey, Ernie Alligood, Kevin Lepage, Mike Thompson, Tim Rolland, Ron Wills, Roger Roy, Steve Chenier and Bruce Wilson.
Lambton Lions: Jon Birchmore, Sandy Colosimo, Mark Fogal, Gary Topfer, Garc Sebastian, Brian Wichert, Pete Deane, Peter Brown, Mark Bond, John Dontas, Mike Ferris and Randy Gorton.
Loyalist Lancers: Leigh Court, Andy Braithewaite; Curr Matthews, Kevin Kea, Kevin Tinsley, Valdy Rossit, Andrew Row, Mike Dingsdale, Neil Sedgwick, Ken Brooks, Greg Nicholson, Brent Wylie, Ken Thompson and Bill Montgomery.
Sault College: Mark McQuabbie, Paul Rousselle, Joe McCambridge, Sean Brown, Rich Warkentin, Sean Smart, David Moore, John Lacelle, Dave Landon, Edward Torres, James Shannon, Jeffery Naylor, Harold Hoskin, Villeneuve and Gary Lehto.
In the postseason semis, the St. Lawrence-Kingston Vikings edged the Sir Sandford Fleming-Peterborough Knights 58-52 as Randy Lambert scored 17. “It was a defensive battle right from the onset,” said Vikings coach Ted Batchelor. “Our defence won it for us. Knights held us to our lowest points output of the season. Richard Chambers and Peter Robb add 20 each for the Vikings. The Knights included Kevin Schweer, Ken Daize, Percy Steacy, Jim Shubat, Shawn Whitney, Rob Weis, Stephen Elliot, Hayden Adams, Todd Selvage, Don Chapman and Shane O’Donoghue.
In the other semi, the Durham Lords defeated the Cambrian Golden Shield 74-64 as Harry Sillen scored 18. Cutler says the key to that win was the Lords’ improved defensive play. “Our defence came up really big. We had played Sudbury twice in the regular season, winning one and losing one, so we knew it’d be a close game.”
In the bronze medal match, the Cambrian Golden Shield defeated the Peterborough Sir Sandford Fleming Knights 83-75.
In the final, St. Lawrence defeated Durham 65-59 on the rebounding on Mike Maschi, the perimeter shooting of Craig Johnston, a series of critical second half buckets by Andrew Harris and a 1-3-1 zone that befuddled the Lords. “Our defence was awesome and the major factor in our win,” said Vikings co-coach Chris Price. The Vikings Maschi held high-scoring Harry Sillen to just 11 points, including six in the final minute when the outcome was no longer in doubt. Maschi grabbed 10 boards. The Lords focused their defence on Randy Lambert, who scored 33 points when the teams met during the regular season. But that opened up the perimeter for Craig Johnston. The Vikings led by 10 at the half but Durham whittled the lead to two with four minutes to play. Then Andrew Harris got hot. He hit a 24-footer from the top of the key and 4-4 from the line down the stretch. Johnston scored 18, while hitting 8-14 from the floor. Harris added 11, Lambert (the league’s scoring champ) 9 and Richard Chambers 9. Ken Babcock paced Durham with 25. Harry Sillen added 16. Rookie Lords coach Dave Cutler said “we’ve had a great season. I’m very happy with the team and the results. It was a good year for us. We gave it our best shot; it was just a little short. We weren’t happy losing the gold, but everyone realizes we’ve had a great year. We knew our goal was in reach, but we just didn’t have enough. We couldn’t get our outside shooting going and that made the difference.” Vikings coach Ted Batchelor told the Durham Chronicle that “we felt that all year we’ve had the league’s best defensive team. When you can hold a powerful team like Durham to under 60 points in a game (the only time that was done in 18 league and playoff games) you’ve really done a job.
The bronze medalist Cambrian Golden Shield: David Schuster; John Tymchuk; Paul Tymchuk; Brian Bird; Frank Michaud; Gilles Philion; Guy Fillion; Mike Swanson; Stewart Fairwell; Jose Alexander; Royal Labelle; Piers Blanchard; Gilles Potvin;
The silver medalist Durham Lords: Ken Babcock; Harry Sillen; Frank Raimondi; Mike Duggan; John Wells; Tony Wind; Dan O’Hanley; Ken Cox; Rob Devlin; Tony Oliver; Ted Kosciesza; Chris Hearon; Karl Blair; Rob Faubert; coach Dave Cutler
The champion St. Lawrence-Kingston Blues: Mike Maschi; Craig Johnston; Andrew Harris; Randy Lambert; Richard Chambers; Peter Robb; Stephen Veenstra; Ron Peeters; Bruce Allen; Todd Atkins; Mark Young; co-coach Ted Batchelor; co-coach Chris Price;