In the opening round, the Hanna J.C. Charyk Hawks edged the Spirit River Spartans 52-50. The Spartans (coach T Dirsa, assistant T Angelitti, assistant L DeBolt, manager C Hebrata) include H Backer, Yar Zuk, P Briault, D Keebler, G Matthews, B Pack, R Van Rootselaar, K Cook, M Rawlek, R Maddonald, D Jones and P Schoorlemmer. …………………………………………………… X defeated Peace River Glenmary x-x.
In the quarterfinals, held in Spirit River, the Picture Butte Sugar Kings defeated the Edmonton J.H. Picard Pumas 62-52 after leading 48-30 at the half. Murray Hanna led the Sugar Kings with 16. Bernie Loman added 14 and Carl Sucher 12. John Kelly paced the Pumas with 24.
The Hanna J.C. Charyk Hawks dispatched the Ashmont Falcons x-x. The Falcons (coach Rand Rasmussen, assistant Bernie Hughes, manager Dwayne Kaprowski) included Jack Mulkay, Ralph Johnson, John Slowski, Walter Thompson, Rick Noel, Robert Slowski, Rujo Moster, Phillip Arnett, Eddie Arnett, Terry Pattison, Jim Wegren and Francis Erasmus.
The Rimbey Spartans stomped the Edmonton Concordia College Mustangs 75-32 as Rod Palm scored 15, Ken Buist 14, Daryl Kramer 13 and Derek Tona 12. John Burger led the Mustangs with 10.
In the last quarterfinal, the Devon John Maland Wildcats defeated the Vulcan Hawks x-x.
In the semis, the Picture Butte Sugar Kings dusted the Hanna J.C. Charyk Hawks 66-53 as Bernie Loman scored 20 and Arnie Bergen-Henengouwen 12.
In the other semi, the Rimbey Spartans edged Devon 55-52 as Rod Palm scored 16, Derek Tona 12 and Ken Buist 8.
In the bronze medal match, Devon nipped the Hanna J.C. Charyk Hawks 61-60.
In the final, the Picture Butte Sugar Kings defeated the Rimbey Spartans 78-54 as Murray Hanna scored 29 and Cal Sucher 14 to earn their fourth title in six years. Picture Butte completed a boys and girls double. “We had a super third quarter,” Sugar Kings coach George Hanna told the Lethbridge Herald. “We led 34-25 at half-time, but in the third quarter, we went ahead 58-38. We controlled the boards, too, Arnie dominated their big man. Cal Sucher probably had the best three games I’ve ever seen him play, and Murray had two excellent games — I don’t know how many assists he had with those 29 points. But the fact was that all the boys played well in that final game. It’s funny, but we seem to play better against a man-to-man defence instead of a zone, and Rimbey played us man-to-man. The kids really played well. We had total control of the game.” Picture Butte opened the second half with a 13-0 run to take command. Rod Palm paced the Spartans with 18. Gordon Melis added 8 and Ken Buist 8. Spartans coach Duncan Prescott told the Red Deer Advocate that the Sugar Kings “played like they’d been waiting since last March for this game. You can’t take a thing away from them. … They did a good job on Rod (Palm). They rushed him all might, made him put up his shots before he was ready.”
The bronze medalist Devon John Maland Wildcats: Bryan MacDonell; Scott Hiebert; Brad Dupuis; Pat Ellis; Bruce Jones; Lloyd Penner; Danny Yaro; Bill Lasuik; Warren Faulder; Doug McIsaac; Lanny Wilson; coach Gary Frost; manager Doug Gessell
The silver medalist Rimbey Spartans: Rod Palm; Ken Buist; Daryl Kramer; Derek Tona; Gary Grab; Gord Mellis; Darryl Meaver; Dan Buist; Mark Wyllie; Darrel Craig; Dan Budd; George Hunter; Roland Gutterink; Arnold Van Ankum; Roger Wood; coach Duncan Prescott; assistant Gary Grab; assistant Myron Pearman; manager Kevin Murphy
The gold medalist Picture Butte Sugar Kings: Arnie Bergen-Henengouwen; Murray Hanna; Kevin Reiter; Scott Reiter; Bernie Loman; Cal Sucher; Chris Varva; Ed Loman; Mark Heninger; Mark Sauer; Mark Varva; Louie Fazekas; Keith Boras; Randy Boras; Terry Osko; coach George Hanna