In the wildcard games: …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg St. John’s Tigers clipped the Winnipeg Tec Voc Hornets 65-52. The Hornets (coached by Vic Kerdei, assisted by Grant Shaw, managers Ken Elliott, Bonnie Wisniewski and Denis Murphy) included Keith Eyolfson, Lucien Coutu, Oscar Hew, Jason Chopp, Wayne Haley, Mike Merola, Hugh Gordon, Dana Shelby, Richard Stockl, Guy Despins, Jon Djekic, Mark Kowalchuk, Terry Lamoureaux and Jessie Capistrano. …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg Sisler Spartans edged the Winnipeg Kildonan East Reivers 71-68. The Reivers included Godfrey Brown, Rob Brown, Gerry Chaloupko, Rob Russell.
In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons defeated the 16th-seeded Winnipeg Windsor Park Royals 79-28. The Royals included Darcy Poole, Brock Balog, Paul Schaubrock, Jamie Bent, Bob Dyer. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders clubbed the 11th-seeded Brandon Crocus Plains Plainsmen 70-50 as Shawn Patzer scored 17. Dale Coulter and Darrell Ewasiuk each scored 10 to lead the Plainsmen. The Plainsmen (coached by Dwight Kearns) also included Larry Fleury, Marty McFarlane, Daryl Martens, Glenn Thiesen, Warren Watt. …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg St. John’s Tigers clipped the Winnipeg Transcona Titans 93-85. The Titans included Colin Isaak, Grant Richter, Rick Backlund, Brad Scott, Rick Backlund, Bob Quinn. …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg Fort Richmond Centurions outlasted the Winnipeg River East Kodiaks 86-71. The Kodiaks included John Klassen, Mike Schween, Hans Hildebrandt, Kelly Brown, Waneil Maharaj. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Winnipeg Elmwood Eskimos crushed the 13th-seeded Brandon Vincent Massey Vikings 76-47 as Elaine Acton scored 32. Mike Stone paced the Vikings with 15. Cam Stewart added 11. The Vikings (coached by Dan Rajnovich) also included Keith Braaksma, Stefan Truskowski, Darren Penny, Darren Colquhoun, Lorne Letkeman, Sean Farnell, Butch Toews, Gord Rust and Ken McEwen. …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg Westwood Warriors crushed the Winnipeg Grant Park Pirates 94-54. The Pirates included Clift Umas, Darren Needham, Brian Ferris, Kevin Pommer. …………………………………………………… The Winnipeg Sisler Spartans defeated the Winnipeg Glenlawn Lions 69-63. The Lions included Mike Ayotte, Brent McCallum. …………………………………………………… The Selkirk Lord Selkirk Regional Royals whipped the Winnipeg Kelvin Clippers 88-41. The Clippers included Doug Finlayson, Matt Bilash.
In the quarterfinals, the Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons shot 15-32 from the line to defeat the Winnipeg Fort Richmond Centurions 76-70. Joe Ogoms led the Maroons with 35. Chris Adam paced the Centurions with 17. The Centurions also included Myron Klysh, Dan Becker, John Bigelow, Chris Henry, Shazad Shab.
The Winnipeg St. John’s Tigers nipped the Winnipeg Oak Park Raiders 51-49 as Ray Cohn scored 17. Gary Priam paced the Raiders with 16. The Raiders (coached by Randy Kusano) also included Burt Cummings, Kelly Chesney, Dean Patzer, Joe Kostyniuk.
The Winnipeg Elmwood Eskimos thrashed the Winnipeg Westwood Warriors 60-40. The Warriors (coached by Dave Guss, assisted by George Rugg) included Brent Vickery, Ross Reed, Bruce Rannard, Murray Gehman, Rob Schmitt, Rob Downey
In the last quarterfinal, the Selkirk Lord Selkirk Regional Royals stomped the Winnipeg Sisler Spartans 79-55. The Spartans included Mark Tynes, Joey Funk, Doug Bell, Cliff Sparrow, Chris Molloy.
In the semis, the Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons rallied in the final minute to play to defeat the Winnipeg St. John’s Tigers 42-38. The Tigers went into a stall from the opening tip-off. “We had to,” coach Bill Wedlake told the Winnipeg Free Press. “If we had gotten into a quick game with them, they would have killed us. There would be too many rebounds.” Leony Ong led McIntyre with 12 points. Joe Ogoms added 11. Ron Balingat scored 11 for St. John’s. Devon Clunis added 8.
In the other semi, the Selkirk Lord Selkirk Regional Royals defeated the Winnipeg Elmwood Eskimos 50-48. Forward Trevor Hoilett picked up his fourth foul with 1:11 to play in the third quarter and Garry Dear had only scored two points, so 6-6 forward Rob Laycock stepped up his game and 5-11 guard Bill Burrows, almost succumbed to pressure defence. Laycock scored 22. Hoilett finished with 11 points and Burrows 10. Blaine Acton led Elmwood with 21. Andre Mazur added 14. “This is the first time this year that anyone’s held Dear to two points, Royals coach Peter Gerbrandt told the Winnipeg Free Press. “We definitely expected them to key on him. But we were just lucky to have Laycock and Burrows to fill the gap.”
In the final, the Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons defeated the Selkirk Lord Selkirk Regional Royals 52-47 as Joe Ogoms, held to five points in the first half, exploded for 20 in the second half. The Maroons finished (56-4) on the season and were celebrating the school’s 60th anniversary. “You couldn’t ask for a nicer way to end the season,” Maroons coach Laurie May told the Winnipeg Free Press. “We wanted to get the lead and then bring Joe (Ogoms) out. But (Selkirk) were playing really good defence. And it didn’t help that our big three –Ogoms, Scott Barlow, Neil Enns– shot 6-28 in the first half either. We were just lucky that Selkirk was also cold.” Ogoms was chosen the game MVP. Barlow scored 10 points and Ong 9. 6-2 f Trevor Hoilett scored 17 for Selkirk, including 9 in the first half. Ogoms noted “they double-teamed me in the first half and the guy at the top dragged me down. In the second half, we spread the offence out and made them come and get us. Then I was able to get free.”
The all-tournament team featured: MVP Joe Ogoms (Daniel McIntyre); Ron Balingit (St. John’s); Blaine Acton (Elmwood); Bill Burrows (Selkirk); Trevor Hoilett (Selkirk); and Leony Ong (Daniel McIntyre)
The co-bronze medalist Winnipeg St. John’s Tigers: Ron Balingat; Devon Clunis; Ray Cohn; Jerry George; Anthony Clements; Mike Ross; coach Bill Wedlake
The co-bronze medalist Winnipeg Elmwood Eskimos: Blaine Acton; Andre Mazur; Glen Young; coach Ken Kelsch
The silver medalist Selkirk Lord Selkirk Regional Royals: Bill Burrows; Trevor Hoilett; Garry Dear; Rob Laycock; Russ Carriere; Dean Goodbrandson; coach Peter Gerbrandt
The gold medalist Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Maroons: Joe Ogoms; Leony Ong; John Raposo; Scott Barlow; Neil Enns; Frank Cotroneo; coach Laurie May