In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The Prince George D.P. Todd Trojanettes pounded the Vancouver Magee Lions 78-53. The Lions included Tessa Valg. …………………………………………………… The Revelstoke Avalanche whipped the Invermere David Thompson Lakers 55-38. …………………………………………………… The Vanderhoof Nechako Valley Viqueens pasted the Langley D.W. Poppy Red Hawks 76-40. The Red Hawks included Lana Kalutycz, Tracy Kristopherson. …………………………………………………… The Esquimalt Dockers spanked the Castlegar Stanley Humphries Rockets 42-29. …………………………………………………… The Langley R.E. Mountain Eagles dusted the Victoria St. Michael’s Blue Jaguars 55-22. The Blue Jaguars (coach Bill Greenwell, manager Brenda Lyshaug) included Meris Williams, Jane Rees, Christine Duke, Maia Shrout, Lisa Druenock, Margarette Burnett, Tracey Laidley, Catherine Case, Pam McCune, Christa Williams, Nicole Trepanier. …………………………………………………… The Aldergrove Totems crushed the Summerland Rockets 50-26. …………………………………………………… The Victoria Reynolds Roadrunners clipped the North Vancouver Windsor Dukes 58-51. …………………………………………………… The Kamloops Brocklehurst Broncs dusted the Hazelton Spartans 57-13.
In the quarterfinals, the Vanderhoof Nechako Valley Viqueens annihilated the Victoria Reynolds Roadrunners 92-45 as Susan Ewanick scored 27, Dianne Nefat 17, Michelle Fitzpatrick 16 and Denise Dickson 16. The Viqueens led 56-18 at the half.
The Prince George D.P. Todd Trojanettes dumped the Revelstoke Avalanche 47-33 as Roj Johal scored 13, Sherrie Thiessen 10 and Dolores Buljevic 9. The Trojanettes led 33-12 at the half. The Avalanche included Molly Harrison.
The Langley R.E. Mountain Eagles dumped the Kamloops Brocklehurst Broncs 50-34.
In the last quarterfinal, the Aldergrove Totems stomped the Esquimalt Dockers 48-28.
In the semis, Susan Ewanick scored 17 and Diane Nefat 16 as Vanderhoof defeated the Langley R.E. Mountain Eagles 55-49. Mountain was led by Loretta Issak’s 14 points. Caralyne Goose added 12.
In the other semi, the Prince George D.P. Todd Trojanettes defeated the Aldergrove Totems 52-43 as Roj Johal scored 26 and Sherrie Thiessen 14. Aldergrove was paced by Carolyne Lucy 14 and Jane Huff 8.
In the bronze medal match, the Aldergrove Totems defeated the Langley R.E. Mountain Eagles 49-34. The Eagles included Carolyn Goose, Anette Chartrand, Loretta Isaac.
In the final, the Vanderhoof Nechako Valley Viqueens rebounded in their 1983 loss in the title game to capture their third provincial title and second in three years as Oregon University-bound Susan Ewanick closed her career with an all-tourney MVP performance. The Viqueens were facing North Central zone archrival Prince George D.P. Todd Trojanettes for the fifth time on the season and the Viqueens again prevailed, by a 63-59 count on the strength of Michelle Fitzpatrick’s ball handling savvy, Susan Clark’s rebounding and the scoring of Susan Ewanick. She finished with 31 points, including 21 in the second half. Roj Johal scored 18 for D.P. Todd before fouling out with 5:12 to play. The victory was Vanderhoof’s 47th of the season, against only one loss, to AA Abbotsford. Point guard Fitzpatrick noted that the Viqueens were motivated by their 1983 title loss. “Losing in the championship game last year gave us more incentive. We didn’t want to go through it again. We were overconfident last year. But it was a great experience – experience that resulted in us winning this time.” Viqueens coach Doug Harshbarger told the Prince George Citizen that “it’s like I said to (Trojan coach John) Triplett, any other year his team would have won. Just taking personnel and attitude, his team this year would have won last year against Aldergrove, they would have beaten us two years ago, they would have won almost any other year, I firmly believe that. It’s just that this year, they had to beat us and we’re that much better as well. It’s a shame for his kids that was the way things worked out.” Triplett said the foul trouble forced his team into a zone “and that allowed Susan to get rolling. As soon as we put on the zone, she just went crazy shooting from the outside.” Harshbarger said the zone allowed Ewanick to set up on the opposite side of the court from principal Trojanette defender Dolores Buljevic, repeatedly switching sides of Buljevic switched over. “It was a bit of cat-and-mouse game for a while.” After Johal fouled out, “we didn’t have the punch,” said Triplett.
The bronze medalist Aldergrove Totems: Carolyn Lucy;
The silver medalist Prince George D.P. Todd Trojanettes: Roj Johal; Dolores Buljevic; Sherrie Thiesen; Sandra Paul; coach John Triplett
The gold medalist Vanderhoof Nechako Valley Viqueens: Susan Ewanick; Dianne Nefat; Michelle Fitzpatrick; Susan Clark; Tanya Hooper; Denise Dickson; coach Doug Harshbarger