Final regular season standings:
East (6): Algonquin (9-1), Cambrian (7-3), St. Lawrence-Kingston (6-4), Loyalist (6-4), Sir Sandford Fleming-Peterborough (2-8) and Royal Military College (0-10).
Central (6): Sheridan (8-2), Durham (6-4), Centennial (6-4); Humber (5-5); Seneca (5-5) and George Brown (0-10).
West (7): Mohawk (10-2), St. Clair (8-4), Niagara (7-5); Fanshawe (7-5), Lambton (5-7), Sault (4-8) and Redeemer (1-11).
Playoff non-qualifiers:
George Brown Huskies: Nick Thomas, Desmond Stewart, Jason Dawkins, Anthony Oral, Hugh Mullings, Aaron Hunte, Robert Smith, Paul Cahur, Slavko Hocevar, Brian Ferguson, Randy Blake, Francis Antoine, Clint Marshall, Brian Ries, Derrick Parker, Philip Marsazackowski, Andre Hylton and David Thomas.
Lambton Lions: Sean Peters, Kevin McDonald, Mike Levy, Jason Titchner, Stan Chervinsky, Jeremy Raaymaker, Dan Wellington, Mike Arsenault, Mike Huard, Mike Hunter, Ryan Fitchter, Colin Beier, Chris Sauve, Colin Prentice, Cedric Sunray, Andre Morin and Ryan Blake.
Redeemer Royals: Devon Paul, Jeff Bakker, Ken Van Minnen, Dave Ellsworth, Andrew Zomerman, Mark Sikma, Dave Moulder, John Lise, Chris Groot, Walt Haveman, Dan Dopko, Kevin Bouwers, Dave Lehr, Hank Dejong and Jason Van Ankum.
Royal Military College Paladins: Travis Chapman, Brad Schur, Ross Prokopy, Walter Gamblin, Erik Folmer, Damon Tedford, Gord Roy, Todd Murphy, Mike LaPlante, Darren McCrank, Joel Halse, Liam Doyle, Carl Monk, Sam Sader and David Smith.
Sault Cougars: Tyler Lillepool, Dave McLaughlin, Russell Croft, Craig Bonner, Steve Zulka, Brad Noble, Tyler Linou, Adrien Griffiths, Colin Ortgiese, Matti Tucker, Cory Campbell, Cyrus Villa, Paul Gravelle, Johnathon Nolan and Lloyd Wilson.
Seneca Braves: Lance Walker, Sheldon Jones, Sean Cross, Jaybo Smith, Jeffrey Morrison, Robert Wright, Chris Wright, Kevin Gordon, Lyndon Johnson, Brian Vale, Aubrey Pantlitz, Trevor Shaw and Richard Watts.
Sir Sandford Fleming-Peterborough Knights: Tom Cookson, James Gill, Mike Templeton, Mark Lemke, Ryan Jolley, Andrew Hickey, Josh Hinan, Fraser Amphlett, Kent Watson, Evan Trapp, Brian Millman, Patrick Elmhurst, Brian Woodcock, Chris Pearson, Mike Smith and Calvin Vitalis.
In the eastern semis, with one team to advance to the OCAA final four, the Algonquin Thunder defeated the St. Lawrence-Kingston Vikings 85-64. The Vikings included Chris Paronuzzi, Scott Goodridge, Brad Goodridge, Mel Martyn, Robin Symes, Justin Boersma, Jason Brooks, Terryick Blimke, Corie Lutz, Jamie Graham, Paul Bergsma, Mike Belisle, Patrick O’Rourke, Adrian Borrowman and Steve Whittington. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Cambrian Golden Shield defeated the Loyalist Lancers 78-66. The Lancers included Emanuel Ostojic, Tim Mathieson, Ian Bentley, Marc Hawley, Aaron Kiser, Darrell McGrath, Jeremy Bench, Marc Ray, George Kapaclis, Tom Callahan, Peter O’Connor and Shawn Artkin. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Algonquin Thunder defeated the Cambrian Golden Shield 70-66. The Golden Shield (coached by Bill Gordon) included Chris Johnson, Andy Collins, Melvin Marsolais, Peter Boullion, Todd Talbot, Chris Williams, Clint Knott, Jason Jackola, David Wilby, John Remy, Jason Stephens, Nathan Gulliver and Jeremy Gilmour.
In the central playoffs, with two teams to advance to the OCAA final four, the Humber Hawks defeated the Sheridan Bruins 74-72. The Bruins included Shawn Green, Donovan Brown, Kevin Gayle, Shane Bascoe, Bryan Harris, Craig Morgan, Chris Brown, Bruce White, Dorian Jones, Noel Holness, Trevor Reid, Robert Dilworth, Christopher Williams, Jon Gistafson, Otis Lancaster and Sean Stevens. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Durham Lords defeated the Centennial Colts 93-72. The Colts included Duane Elder, Christopher Pollman, Seibert Phillips, Dwayne Perry, Marcus Mcdonald, Sean DeGraaff, Josh Clark, Brian Dawkins, Jay McNeilly, Sylvan Francis, Jason Gulozian, Travis Wright, Fitz Williams, Stefan Husbands, Kirt Milligin, Christopher Dennis and Patrick Williams. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Durham Lords defeated the Humber Hawks 75-60 in a meaningless game as both squads advanced to the Final Four. Lords point guard Sandy Jeffrey, who scored 6, told the Durham Chronicle that “it feels good. It feels good to beat the number two team.” The Lords led 32-30 at the half. Augusto Duquesne led the Lords with 21 points and 20 boards. Bill Crowdis also nabbed 20 boards. Lords coach Kerry Vinson said “Augusto had a big game on offence. He’s been in a slump lately so it’s nice to see him have a good game.” Vinson added that Kenrick Hopkinson also “had a pretty good game. He didn’t score a lot of points but made a few key plays. It was a team effort. A good team effort.” Assistant coach Bob Marsh said “I thought we played really well defensively. We threw the ball away a couple times though. Offensively, we were up by nine. With Humber you can’t give them an inch or they’ll come back. Nine points is nothing.” In the final 30 seconds, Durham’s Sandy Jeffrey and Humber’s Adrian Clarke got into a fistfight at midcourt. “It was clearly a case of their guy provoking our guy (Jeffrey) with a cheap shot and then our guy retaliating instead of just taking it,” said Vinson. “I was a little concerned for our players because if they had gotten thrown out of this game, then they wouldn’t be able to play on the weekend.”
In the west semis, with one team to advance to the OCAA final four, the Mohawk Mountaineers defeated the Fanshawe Falcons 71-50. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the St. Clair Saints defeated the Niagara Knights 94-89 after rallying from a nine-point second-half deficit. The teams were tied at 46 at the half but Niagara opened the second half with a 14-4 run. “The guys didn’t even blink when they got down one,” said St. Clair coach Rick Muldoon. “They came right back and held Niagara to one point over the next seven minutes.” The Saints outscored Niagara 15-4 during the run to take a 65-63 lead. The teams traded the lead until the minutes when both Lee Awad and Ted Beale notched three-point plays in a decisive 11-7 run. “After that it was just a free throw shooting contest,” said Muldoon. The Saints were 24-46 from the line. Steve Popadic led St. Clair with 23. Jimmy Parsons added 17, Lee Awad 18 and Ted Beale 18. The Knights included Mike Harris, Mike Hurley, Steve Dever, Derek Flindall, Mike Conradi, Jeff Eden, Andy Medhurst, Peter Mosley, Jerry Ferguson, Jason Smith, Kofi Boateng, Dan Carbonara, Jeff Ponting, Mark Sutherland, John Wark and Kevin Beauchamp. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Mohawk Mountaineers defeated the St. Clair Saints 77-74. The Saints led by 10 early but starting centre Ted Beale got in foul trouble and things turned sour. “Our offence doesn’t run smoothly without him at the helm,” said coach Rick Muldoon. St. Clair missed a chance to tie the game at the buzzer but Steve Popadic’s three-point attempt rimmed out. Popadic led the Saints with 28. Jimmy Parsons added 17, along with 16 boards and Lee Awad 10. The Saints also included Ted Beale, Lonny Upcott, Imokhaj Atogwe, Joe Abi-Abdallah, Shaun Guadeloupe, Mike Vergeer, Ray McCorquodale, Matthew Horst, Sean Tibeault, Duane Smith, Brian Perrotte, Mike Reaume and Jason Wycisk.
In the OCAA Final Four semis, held in Ottawa, the Durham Lords defeated the Mohawk Mountaineers 100-67 as Bill Crowdis scored 19 and nabbed 12 boards. Delawn Grandison added 19, Augusto Duquesne 17 and Tom Cory 13. Mike Larose led Mohawk with 18.
In the other semi, the Humber Hawks defeated the Algonquin Thunder 68-60 as Jason Daley scored 16. Keith Gough led Algonquin with 20. Algonquin led 42-39 at the half but suffered from a plague of turnovers early in the second half. “We did everything right for 26 minutes and then we panicked,” said Thunder head coach Warren Newberry. “This is the most disappointing loss I’ve had since I’ve been here.” The Hawks tied the game at 46 and then took the lead for the first time after Al St. Louis drilled a three midway through the second half. Newberry called a time out and focus the Thunder and Algonquin responded by cutting the gap to 51-50 with just over seven minutes to play. The teams traded the lead but Humber’s defence proved the difference down the stretch. “The guys just didn’t come out to play,” said Newberry. “They knew what they had to do.” With 1:07 to play, Humber took a 62-60 lead. Jason Daley iced it with a bucket with 43 seconds to go which drew an intentional foul from Algonquin’s Jamie Trofimczuk. Daley added two free throws and Humber ran off with the win. Hawks guard Stephan Barrie told Et Cetera “we were ready but that wasn’t true in the first half. We weren’t executing well.”
In the bronze medal match, the Algonquin Thunder defeated the Mohawk Mountaineers 90-66 as Mike Kosavic scored 25. “It’s nice to be able to end things on a positive note,” Kosavic said. Willy Ade-Nangah added 16 for the Thunder. “We moved the ball really well and all the guys got a chance to play,” said Algonquin coach Warren Newberry. Jason Tatti paced Mohawk with 22. The Mountaineers also included Goran Franjesevic, Steve Zolis, Jason Newton, Mike Larose, Jason Meyers, Aaron Parr, Telly Kalimeris, Ben Shipton, Ted Forde, John Peterson, Angus McKillop, Paul Fulham, Tim Mendoza and Kreso Nuic.
In the final, the Durham Lords defeated the Humber Hawks 57-52 as Augusto Duquesne scored 16 and Shane Nicely 14. Rowan Beckford led Humber with 12. Adrian Clarke added 10 and Thomas Daley 8, along with 9 boards and 6 steals. The Lords completed a gender double with the title, only the third time in 27 years that the feat had been accomplished. Humber captured the double in 1976 and 1993. Coach Kerry Vinson said guard Kenrick Hopkinson was outstanding in the title match. “We wanted to meet Humber, instead of Algonquin, because Humber is more beatable as a team,” Lords manager Bill Leron told the Coven. “We prepared for this game as we did for the central championship, by-playing our style of basketball.” Assistant coach Bob Marsh said “it’s been a real hard road. We lost one guy because of politics.’ It is a sweet victory that we have overcome everything and won it all. … We’re not all-stars. We are a team.” Hawks post James Ashbaugh told Et Cetera that “it was a tough game. Tough games happen. You can’t win them all.” Jason Daley said “our defence was solid in the first half. We missed some shots. Our early shooting hurt us.” Durham’s zone, rebounding and size proved the difference. Daley said “we ran out of time. We worked hard and played hard. We had a game plan and we played it. We went out hard.”
The bronze medalist Algonquin Thunder: Jeff Armstrong; Willi Ade-Nangah; Mike Kosavic; Keith Gough; Jamie Trofimczuk; Curtis Houlden; Mark Degrandpre; Mike Stephenson; Jason Gerald; Roland Tiamuh; Chris Bourgon; Keynes Emeruwa, Nick Hallen; Mike Farant, David Rook and Troy Gibbons; coach Hugh Lynn; assistant Jim Kent; assistant Warren Newberry
The silver medalist Humber Hawks: Rowan Beckford; Al St. Louis; Jason Daley; Adrian Clarke; O’Neil Marshall; Stephan Barrie; Revi Williams; Patrick Nelson; Jeremy Murray; Churne Nwobosi; Greg Grant; James Ashbaugh; Chris Aim; David Cobrie; Robert Chambers;
The gold medalist Durham Lords: Shane Nicely; Delawn Grandison; Bill Crowdis; Augusto Duquesne; Tyrone Smith; Kenrick Hopkinson; Patrick McKoy; Sandy Jeffrey; Lester Jones; Trevor Challenger; Kevin Johnson; Adrian Gray; Thomas Cory; Kevin Tatem; Chris Davey; Kevin Williams; Sidney Zigah; Sean Stewart; Mike Grant; Jason Edmonds; coach Kerry Vinson; assistant Bob Marsh; athletic director Ken Babcock