In the opening round, held in Kamloops: …………………………………………………… The top-ranked Langley D.W. Poppy Red Hawks throttled the South Slocan Mt. Sentinel Wildcats 67-43 as Fred Stockfisch scored 31 and Al Church 21. Harry Sapriken paced the Wildcats with 12. Ely Chernenkov added 12. The Wildcats also included Mike Perra. …………………………………………………… The Quesnel Spartans clubbed the Fernie Falcons 73-67 as Dino Carreiro scored 21. The Spartans led 31-25 at the half. “We outscored them 25-6 in the fourth, we just totally dominated them,” Spartans coach Roger Pires told the Cariboo Observor. Brent Taylor led the Falcons with 16, while Graham Anhelner was chosen player of the game. The Falcons also included Keith Plummer. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver Lord Byng Grey Ghosts crushed the Vernon Clarence Fulton Maroons 63-39. The Maroons included Jim Gardner. …………………………………………………… The Clearwater Raiders whipped the Houston Wolverines 84-70. Paul Gagne led the Wolverines with 19. James Bain added 12. The Wolverines (coached by Rich Brise and Bill Barrie) also included Jerry Butler, Ken Amonson, Mark Schenk, Julian Bowes, Mike Deschamps, Robert Bradley, Ron ‘Radar’ Kopytko, Dennis Dach, Colin Johnson, Chris Shaw. Brise told Houston Today that “we were leading until the middle of the third quarter, when we had a series of mental letdowns. Unfortunately, we never recovered from those self-inflicted mistakes.” …………………………………………………… The Fraser Lake Cougars dispatched the Barriere Cougars 93-81. The Cougars included Don Currie, Danny Turner. …………………………………………………… The Victoria Claremont Spartans spanked the Squamish Howe Sound Sounders 73-54. The Sounders (coached by Reg Fogarty) included Cliff Roberts, Brad McNey, Peter Merchant, Ranjit Chahal, Jeff Elliott, Carl Ellerton. …………………………………………………… The Campbell River Robron Breaks clipped the Pitt Meadows Marauders 66-58. The Marauders included Steve Anderosn, Perry Tascona. …………………………………………………… The Victoria St. Michael’s Blue Devils dispatched the Oliver Southern Okanagan Hornets 71-61 as Nick Grant scored 19, Martin Brooks 18 and Ernest Hasselbach 14. Danny Houle led the Hornets with 19. Spencer McKay added 14, Don Brogan 14 and Jon Toncak 11. The Hornets also included Danny Houle.
In the quarterfinals, the Langley D.W. Poppy Red Hawks defeated the Victoria St. Michaels University Blue Devils 65-53 as Al Church scored 27, Andrew Lott 10 and Ron Lott 10. The Blue Devils (coached by Bill Greenwell, assisted by A Rees, manager Andrew Jones) included Gareth Rees, Ernst Hasselbach, Nicholas Grant, Martin Brooks, John Bauer, Greg Southgate, Andrew Heaman, Mike Van Lijf and Craig Forth.
The Clearwater Raiders defeated the Campbell River Robron Breakers 67-39 as Bahadur Rosode scored 24 and Sukhjinder Khaira 18. Bob Chambers led the Breakers with 10.
The Victoria Claremont Spartans dumped the Fraser Lake Cougars 91-81 in overtime. The score was knotted at 77 after regulation. The Cougars included Rick Menear, Gord Hunter, Walter Babicz.
In the last quarterfinal, the Quesnel Spartans stunned the 2nd-seeded Vancouver Lord Byng Grey Ghosts 65-61 as Steve Isaak scored 17. Mike Aldrich added 16, Steve Isaak 14, Dino Carriero 12, Graham Anhelner 10 and Sean Carson 10.
“That had to be our best game of the season,” Spartans coach Roger Pires told the Cariboo Observor. “Our defence was just super.” Graham Anhelner was chosen player of the game for the Spartans.
In the semis, the Langley D.W. Poppy Red Hawks defeated the Victoria Claremont Spartans 65-40 as Al Church scored 26 and Fred Stockfisch 22. Claremont was paced by Gary Gait 18 and Tim Weber 13.
In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Clearwater Secondary Raiders nipped the Quesnel Spartans 61-50 as Sukhinder Khaira scored 23 and Dahadur Rosode 14. Quesnel was led by Steve Isaak 14 points and Dino Carriero’s 12. “The first five minutes killed us,” Spartans coach Roger Pires told the Cariboo Observor. The Raiders built a 19-11 after one quarter and the Spartans never threatened. “I think we were a little overconfident,” Sean Carson said.
In the bronze medal match, the Quesnel Spartans dispatched the Victoria Claremont Spartans 73-67 as Sean Carson scored 23, Dino Carreiro 16 and Mike Aldrich 14. “It’s kind of hard to believe that it’s all over,” Quesnel coach Roger Pires told the Cariboo Observor. “I think the provincial championships have been a character builder for us. We were one game from the finals, you can’t beat that.” The 6-5 Carson said “we were the underdogs. If we would have lost to (Claremont), we would have come sixth and that wouldn’t have shown the team we have.” Claremont led 20-8 after the first quarter but Carson took command. The Spartans led 57-50 after three quarters. “Carson made the difference,” Pires said. “He scored 23 points in three quarters.”
In the final, the Langley D.W. Poppy Red Hawks crushed the Clearwater Secondary Raiders 62-41 as Al Church scored 29 and Fred Stockfisch 19. Red Hawks coach Mark Tamblyn told the Langley Advance that Al Church “rebounded, blocked shots, dribbled the ball and scored from the inside and outside. He completely dominated the tournament. Nobody could stay with him.” The Red Hawks led 22-20 at the half. In the third quarter, they switched from a man-to-man to a 2-3 zone and promptly built their lead to 12. Clearwater was led by Dahadur Rosode’s 18 points. Sukhinder Khaira added 10. The Red Hawks led 30-29 midway through the third quarter and exploded for the win.
The bronze medalist Quesnel Spartans: Steve Isaac; Sean Carson; Iain Little; Dino Carreiro; Kal Mann; Martin Dusoswa; Steve Isaak; Mike Aldrich; Larry Graham; Stuart McDonald; Todd Dunphy; Graham Anhelher; Brian Cullinane; coach Roger Pires
The silver medalist Clearwater Secondary Raiders: Sukhinder Khaira; Dahadur Rosode; coach Stewart Sonne
The gold medalist Langley D.W. Poppy Red Hawks: Fred Stockfisch; Al Church; Andrew Lott; Rob Lott; Rich Morneau; Brian Laing; Jeff Baker; Eldon Pfeiffer; coach Mark Tamblyn