In the opening round, held in Belleville: …………………………………………………… The Timmins Blues defeated the South Carleton Redskins 44-39. B.J. Vickers led the Redskins with 12. …………………………………………………… The Tecumseh St. Anne’s Saints edged the Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders 49-46 on a runout steal by Dennis Byrne and two free throws by Jason Tadros in the final minute. Byrne led the Saints with 16. Chris Coughlin added 11 and Tadros 10. Jason Garris led the Crusaders with 14. Randy McDade added 12. …………………………………………………… The North Bay West Ferris Trojans edged the Timmins E.C.S. Theriault Flammes 48-45 as Walter Johnson scored 18 and Marc Laronde 14. …………………………………………………… The North York Bathurst Heights Bears clipped the 4th-seeded Dundas Parkside Panthers 67-54.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The South Carleton Redskins clipped Markham Thornlea 58-44 as B.J. Vickers and Scott Warren each scored 12. …………………………………………………… The Tecumseh St. Anne’s Saints edged the Smith Falls Red Hawks 58-53 as Chris Coughlin scored 19, Gary McLeod 10 and Dennis Byrne 10. Andrew Foster led the Red Hawks with 13. The score was knotted at 20 at the half. …………………………………………………… The Tilsonburg Gemini nipped the Dryden Eagles 38-35. …………………………………………………… The North York Bathurst Heights Bears pounded the Timmins Theriault Flammes 71-27. …………………………………………………… The Oakville Gordon E. Perdue (now St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic) Raiders edged the Timmins HVS Blues 43-41. …………………………………………………… The Paris District Panthers dispatched the Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders 68-64. …………………………………………………… The Orillia District Blues defeated the Peterborough Collegiate Raiders 66-61. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Dundas Parkside Panthers edged the North Bay West Ferris Trojans 57-54 (also reported as 60-57) in overtime. Paul Maga paced the Panthers with 27. Chris Popadiuk added 13. Walter Johnson paced the Trojans with 30. Marc Laronde added 22. The Trojans (coached by X, assistant Larry Tougas, assistant Al Tennyson) also included Jim Randle, Greg Tennyson, Shawn Plamondon, Tom Krajci, Jim Crozier, Dan Roberts.
In the quarterfinals, the South Carleton Redskins edged the Tecumseh St. Anne’s Saints 41-36 as Brad Rollo scored 12 and B.J. Vickers 10. Dennis Byrne led the Saints with 11. Gary McLeod added 11 and Chris Coughlin 10 The Saints (coached by Steve Chevalier) included Kevin Shanahan, Matt Gignac, Randy Burns, Jason Tadros.
The North York Bathurst Heights Bears edged the Tilsonburg Glendale Gemini 66-61 in overtime.
The Paris District Panthers outlasted the Oakville Gordon E. Perdue Raiders 70-61 in overtime.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Dundas Parkside Panthers dumped the Orillia District Blues 65-48.
In the semis, the North York Bathurst Heights Bears clocked the South Carleton Redskins 77-56.
In the other semi, the 4th-seeded Dundas Parkside Panthers dispatched the Paris District Panthers 65-54 as Paul Maga scored 33, Chris Popadiuk 9, Simon Frank 8 and Russ Horbal 8.
In the bronze medal match, the South Carleton Redskins whipped the Paris District Panthers 70-44.
In the final, the 4th-seeded Dundas Parkside Panthers defeated the North York Bathurst Heights Bears 67-65 in overtime as Chris Popadiuk hit a 10-foot jumper to win it. Popadiuk told the Hamilton Spectator that “I was looking for Paul (Maga) but he cleared out and gave me a lane, so I pulled up and shot. The ball hit the front of the rim, went up about three feet, hit the back of the rim and fell through. It seemed like it took a minute to go in.” Paul Maga led the Panthers with 27. Russ Horbal added 21, Simon Frank 10 and Chris Popadiuk 8. Maga missed two free throws with the score knotted at 62 in regulation. Maga said “I was feeling pretty sorry for myself but everyone came up, patted me on the back and we just knew we could do it in overtime. … We have never even thought about winning at OFSAA. We were always just hoping we could win the zone. Even when we got here, weren’t talking about winning it. We were confident in the last game but we didn’t want to watch Bathurst warm-up. When it was over, a lot of guys still couldn’t believe it for about 10 minutes.” Panthers’ assistant Peter Motolla said that “Bathurst pressed the whole game and we made them pay for it. I don’t think we turned the ball over more than once on their press. The guys took turns breaking the press. … They had doubled up on Maga for most of the game and we were looking to get the ball into him but Popadiuk made a very smart play with them overplaying Maga. He pulled up and made a nice shot to win it.”
The bronze medalist South Carleton Redskins: Brad Rollo, B.J. Vickers, Scott Warren, Kevin Perkins, Chris Clark;
The silver medalist North York Bathurst Heights Bears:
The gold medalist Dundas Parkside Panthers: Russ Horbal; Paul Maga; Simon Frank; Jason Henry; Chris Popadiuk; Carl Spitzer; Darren Hardenbrook; Roman Chorenyko; coach Paul Baker; assistant Peter Popadiuk; assistant Peter Motolla