Final regular season standings:
East: Algonquin (8-2); Loyalist (7-3); St. Lawrence-Kingston (5-5); Sir Sandford Fleming-Peterborough (5-5); Cambrian (3-7); Georgian (2-8).
Central: Humber (13-2); Sheridan (11-4); George Brown (9-6); Seneca (7-8); Centennial (4-11); Durham (1-14)
West: Fanshawe (11-1); Lambton (8-4); Mohawk (8-4); St. Clair (6-6); Niagara (5-7); Sault (3-9); Redeemer (1-12).
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Cambrian Golden Shield: Dan Millard, Nelson Louro, John Dawson, Matt Riopelle, Jason Maynard, Bryan Petrie, Jeffery McNichol, Ernie Cull, Rick Houle, Ryan Sangha, Trevor Wakeford, Toni Galic, Jordon Tarini, Jean-Marc Maillet, Cory Leavitt, Mike Landry, Art Hodgins and Miko Petrovic.
Centennial Colts: Duane Cross, Kareem Rodney, Duane Elder, Dainian Porter, Sandy Jeffrey, Theon White, Burleigh Graham, Rannie Luke, Dwayne Corniffe, Brock Fitzsimmons, Craig Lovatt, Frank Boakye, Alex Noel, Chris Ghulam, Rom Halverson, George Nsiah, Sean Watson, Derrick Parker, Shawn Smith, Kris Groulx, Andrew Dixon, Douglas Booker and Dwaine Banes.
Durham Lords: Jonathon Bell, Adam Farr, Quado Service, Dudley Bent, Edilson Silva, Kevin Kireluk, Derek Gibson, Scott McKinney, Jason Cadogan, Garth Malcolm, Dewey Pinnock, Robert William, Salvatore Alonzi, Reggie Suyao, Andre Frank, coach Peter Gordon
Georgian Grizzlies: Dwayne Bylow, Llewyn Lashley, Ryan Thompson, John Marley, Ryan Wilson, Jason Campbell, Armand Belanger, Chad Traynor, Travis Watson, Leroy G. Blake Jr., Shane Johnston, Jamie Spittle, Tyler Murray, Thomas Perry, Matthew Simon and Samuel Hilliard.
Niagara Knights: Ernell Ellis, Hutchinson Haldon, Francis Curtis, Edson Jones, Aaron Paisley, Matt Roberts, Levar Morgan, John Young, Steve Rideout, Mirko Medic, Landon Walsh, Chad Kennedy, Nick Morra, Ryan Rose, Lauren Mertz and Juston Russ.
Redeemer Royals: Paul Voortman, Ryan Schipper, Isaac Van Huizen, Justin Renkema, Peter Markus, Jason Schouten, Klaas Hoekstra, David Stienstra, Brent Minty, Brian Dijkema, Justin Allen, Josh McDougall-Crans and Cliff Saint-Cyr.
Sault Cougars: Ghislain Roy, Chris Burk, Jacob Robinson, Mike Cundari, Mike Kehoe, Brad Nowitski, Robert Southwind, Bruno Tassone, Ryan Court, Jon Hotte, Michael Smith, Clint Galon, Andre Lafrancois, Derrick Musseau, Marx Hopkins, Zack Dunster and Tim Walker.
Sir Sandford Fleming-Peterborough Knights: Dale Swift, Omar Omar, Sheldon Golloher, Lucas Spear, Mike McIntyre, Jeff Nelson, Daren Loucks, Dan Moore, Damian Greene, Chad Martin, Jeremy Miedema, Michael Papthanasakis, John Smelt, Scott Schumacher, Scott Humphrey, Chad Clarke and Lee Lewis.
St. Clair Saints: Steve Talbot, John Mastromattei, P.J. Chalut, Ron Crumb, Aaron Day, Dan Mroja, Edward Moore, Reid Innes, Ryan Walker, Jeremy Woodley, Donnie Wright, Jamie McCahill, Cory Fauteux, Tom Lucier, Martin Gecelovsky and Desire Boismer
In the opening round of the playoffs, the George Brown Huskies (Central, 3rd) whipped the Mohawk Mountaineers (West, 3rd) 81-62. The Mountaineers included Robert Ivanovic, Headley Harriott, Gavin Storer, Ab Mendoza, Ron Machida, Luke Willie, Brian Jeremie, Vaughan Daley, Paul Petrella, Cedric Daley, Alpha O’Keiffe, Lloyd Crockett, Craig Lemaire, Jesse Horner and Luka Jusipovic. …………………………………………………… The Seneca Braves (Central, 4th) dispatched the St. Lawrence-Kingston Vikings (East, 3rd) x-x. The Vikings included Jay Fraser, Jeremy Boersma, Andrew Jones, Michael Paquette, Jean-Marc Poirier, Richard Whitfield, Denis Aseltine, Michael Kovach, Richard Caverly, Billy Dejong and Maurice Stewart.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Humber Hawks (Central, 1st) defeated the Seneca Braves 101-97 in overtime. Cornell Brown was chosen player of the game for the Hawks, while Sheldon Hinds earned the laurels for the Braves, who also included Shaun Lewis, Scott Wheler, Ndale Philbert, Mark McGregor, Martin Gibson, Chris Altmeyer, Leon Francis, Andre Richards, Mike Reventar, John Tigley, David Oliphant, Stefan Markovic and Jason Mason.
The 2nd-seeded Fanshawe Falcons (West, 1st) defeated the Loyalist Lancers (East, 2nd) 79-62. Dave Brown was chosen player of the game for the Falcons, while Clayton Hoffman earned the laurels for the Lancers, who also included Nick Briere, Andrew Ferris, Khalid Quasim, Shawn Artkin, Franco Veneruzzo, Mohamoud Abdirahman, Troy Rosborough, Fredrick Erskine, Matt Lisk, Curtis Stevenson, Michael Cross, Carl McMullen and Scott Thompson.
The 3rd-seeded Sheridan Bruins (Central, 2nd) defeated the Lambton Lions (West, 2nd) 97-62. Kevin Dennis was chosen player of the game for the Bruins, while Sean Bookal earned the laurels for the Lions, who also included Chris Williams, Matt Stevers, Trevor Richard, Justin Mulder, Omar Henry, Cedric Benn, Matt White, Fred Follings, Rick Mathieson, Bobby Johnston, Mark Campbell, Don Davis, Kevin Grimmond, Jamie Burdette and Mark Bye.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Algonquin Thunder (East, 1st) defeated the George Brown Huskies 95-84. Saeed Kosar was chosen player of the game for the Thunder, while Dion Horsford earned the laurels for the Huskies, who also included Roger Nurse, Andrew Richards, Wilton Edwards, Raymond Morgan, Bojan Catic, Wayne Willis, Shawn Wyse, Clifford Brown, Abdalla Sudani, Rob MacKinnon, Alex Kim, Mark Scarlett, Damian Gordon and Nick Jovanovic.
In the semis, the top-seeded Humber Hawks defeated the 4th-seeded Algonquin Thunder 79-71. Chris Bennett was chosen player of the game for the Hawks, while C.J. Anderson earned the laurels for the Thunder.
In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Sheridan Bruins upset the 2nd-seeded Fanshawe Falcons 73-44. Hugh Bent was chosen player of the game for the Bruins, while Kyle Wilkinson earned the laurels for the Falcons.
In the bronze medal match, the Algonquin Thunder defeated the Fanshawe Falcons 96-78. Jimmy Sebulime was chosen player of the game for the thunder, while Andrew Cammaert earned the laurels for the Falcons, who also included Jordan Saunders, Dave Brown, Tyler Bettridge, Kyle Wilkinson, Chris Brosnan, Chad Foster, Marlon Coore, Cory Bondy, Chris Barkley, Josh Braby, Tom Boyd, Archie Parsons, Brad Kerr, Mike Grant, Mark Alton and Mark Burtenshaw.
In the final, the 3rd-seeded Sheridan Bruins upset the top-seeded Humber Hawks 89-87 in double overtime. With six seconds to go and Humber leading by two, Hawk Dexter Miller missed a pair from the line. Sheridan rebounded ball and went coast to coast to scoring tying bucket. In first overtime, Hawk missed a putback that would have won it. In second overtime, Sheridan took a six-point lead. Humber rallied back to tie it. Dexter Miller hit treys to put Humber ahead by one with 6.2 seconds on clock. Sheridan inbounded the ball to Elvis Dennis who under pressure dribbled it off a Humber guard Jeremy Walters foot at half-court with 3.6 seconds to play. Sheridan again inbounded to Kevin Passley at midcourt. He took two dribbles and launched a desperation 40-footer which hits nothing but net. Kevin Passley was chosen player of the game for the Bruins, while Cornell Brown earned the laurels for the Hawks. Humber coach Mike Katz told The Coven that “statistically, our foul shooting hurt us a lot, but it seemed as though they were destined to win tonight. They are
tremendous second-effort guys, and they battle hard. They’re a hell of a team and it seems as though they’ve put it together.” Bruins coach Jim Flack said “we were … given up [for] dead at Christmas. People in our own camp thought we were dead, but I’ll be honest. I thought it was going to be a long hard road to make it to the final four, and
even the playoffs.”
After the season, Thunder coach Hugh Lynn retired.
The bronze medalist Algonquin Thunder: Clinton Anderson Jr. (C.J.); Vasco Martinov, Yaqub Warsame; Ryan Bennison; Andrew Rodney; Jean-Francois Gratton; Jermaine Samuels; Joe Bellamy; Abraham Osman; Djordje Varagic; Scott Lelievre; Jimmy Sebulime; Saeed Kosar; Mark Newman; Mischa Dafoe; Mohamed Ali; coach Hugh Lynn; assistant Jim Kent; assistant Trevor Costello
The silver medalist Humber Hawks: Junior Brown; Chris Bennett; Dexter Miller; Cornell Brown; Emil Vojnic; Kingsley Hudson; Fitzroy Woolery; Jeremy Walters; Rupert Thomas; David Phillips; Marcel Lawrence; Cwentum McLeod; Mark Sparks; Mark McLaughlin; Ben Sanders; Dejvis Begaj; coach Mike Katz; assistant David DeAveiro; assistant Nantali Indongo; therapist John Sage; manager Cordell Crooks
The gold medalist Sheridan Bruins: Aylwin Baleshar; Vance King; David Martin; Brian Laudry; Denton Daley; Glen Boothe; Kevin Passley; Hugh Bent; Elvis Dennis; Kevin Dennis; Ricardo Edwards; Andrew Muir; Marcus O’Connor; Yuri Browne; Ryan Loucks; Sammy Smith; coach Jim Flack; assistant Leroy Cassanova; assistant Nick Davis; therapist Glen Quigley; manager Wayne Allison