In the quarterfinals, held in Fredericton, 3rd-seeded St. George Eastern Charlotte clipped the 6th-seeded Hartland Huskies 80-66 as Harris scored 32, Vautour 30, Cook 10, Bradford 6 and Hooper 2. Stewart Shaw led the Huskies with 20. Steve Knowles added 14, Jim Barrett 12, Palmer 8, Nevers 6 and Lorne Shaw 6, while Peterson, Robbins and Tompkins were scoreless.
The 2nd-seeded Bath Fighting Bees spanked the 7th-seeded Centreville Cougars 57-40 as Crain scored 19, Hargrove 14, McDougall 8, McSheffrey 8, Tompkins 4 and DeMerchant 4. Mark Thomas led the Cougars with 18. Bennett added 8, Brent Bartley 6, Smith 4, Mitchell Hathaway 2 and Sipprell 2, while Trosser and Dow were scoreless.
The top-seeded Petitcodiac Regional Panthers dusted the 8th-seeded Grand Manan Breakers 94-52 as Bannister scored 23, Harvey 18, Keith 11, Kaye 9, Chowan 9, Steeves 8, MacPherson 7, Bronsfield 6, MacPherson 2 and Brown 1. Frank Russell led the Breakers with 21. Johnson added 14, Benson 10, Foster 4, Avery 2 and S Brown 1.
In the last quarterfinal, the 5th-seeded Campobello Island Consolidated Vikings whipped the 4th-seeded Boiestown Upper Miramichi Regional Boas 105-79 as Lahey (Lahay?) scored 24, Fletcher 20, Brown 15, Matthews 12, Mitchell 10, R Lahey 10, Newman 10, Calder 2 and C Lank 2. Marty Hunter led the Boas with 28. Wilson added 14, Carr 14, Fowler 8, Munn 6, Spencer 5 and Fairley 4.
In the semis, 3rd-seeded St. George Eastern Charlotte edged the 5th-seeded Campobello Island Consolidated Vikings 67-64 as Vautour scored 38, Harris 21, Bradford 6 and Cook 2. Lahay led the Vikings with 18. Fletcher added 15, Mitchell 12, Brown 6, lank 6, Matthews 4 and Calder 2.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Petitcodiac Regional Panthers clocked the Bath Fighting Bees 77-62 as Kaye scored 19, Chowan 15, Bannister 14, D MacPherson 9, Harvey 8, Lymburger 6, M MacPherson 2, Steeves 2 and Keith 2. Crain led the Fighting Bees with 29. Hargrove added 10, DeMerchant 4, Tompkins 4, Brennan 4, Ball 4, McDougall 3 and McSheffrey 2.
In the final, the top-seeded Petitcodiac Regional Panthers defeated 3rd-seeded St. George Eastern Charlotte Regional 56-52. Trailing by 15 with 11 minutes to play, the Panthers shifted to a full-court press and created havoc. “We waved our press and didn’t use it against them,” during three regular season games, all of which Petitcodiac won, said coach Ron Hooper. “We felt that they were the team we would meet in the final and we didn’t want them to be prepared for our press. When we put it on, it turned the game around.” Hooper told the Saint John Telegraph-Journal that the “zone press changed the tempo of the game. We’ve been a running team all season long. So Eastern Charlotte slowed the game down right from the start. I thought our bench strength was the deciding factor in the whole tournament. St. George played a strong defensive game and we just weren’t penetrating in the first half.” Bannister led the Panthers with 16, Kaye added 12, Keith 10, Harvey 8, Chowan 6 and MacPherson 4. Petitcodiac Regional finished (43-1, alternately reported as 42-1) on the campaign. Vautour paced Eastern Charlotte with 18. Harris added 18, Cook 8, Bradford 6 and Hooper 2.
The co-bronze medalist Bath Fighting Bees: George Crain; Hargrove; McDougall; McSheffrey; Thompkins; DeMerchant; McDougall; Brennan; Ball; Boyd;
The co-bronze medalist Campobello Island Consolidated Vikings: Rod Lahay; Don Fletcher; Brown; Matthews; Mitchell R Lahey; Newman; Calder; C Lank;
The silver medalist St. George Eastern Charlotte Regional: Terry Harris; Alan Vautour; Cook; Bradford; Hooper;
The champion Petitcodiac Regional Panthers: Terry Bannister; Matt Kaye; Paul Harvey; Roger Keith; Philip Chowan; David Steeves; David MacPherson; Bart Bronsfield; Michal MacPherson; Stephen Brown; Vern Lymburger; Roger Keith; Donald Rouse; coach Ron Hooper; manager Michael Saunders