In the opening round, held in Brockville: …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans dusted the Cannington Brock Bulldogs 74-31. “We basically ran them to death,” Spartans’ coach Tom Halliwill told the Windsor Star. “I don’t think they’d ever played a team with as much speed as us. “We forced them into turnovers and got easy baskets off the break.” The Spartans led 36-17 at the half. “After that, we got some more people into the game without easing off the pace.” Melinda Pierce led the Spartans with 23. Rochelle Rogers added 14, Angela Sarros 10 and Holly Manchulenko 10. …………………………………………………… The Smith Falls Red Hawks dusted the Burlington Assumption Catholic Crusaders 55-38. …………………………………………………… The Fonthill E.L. Crossley Cyclones smacked the Ottawa St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish 65-24 as Katya Masun scored 14, Jennifer Youngblut 12 and Julie White 12. …………………………………………………… The Timmins HVS Blues dumped the Thunder Bay Fort William Blue Bears 49-37. …………………………………………………… The Arva Medway Cowboys blasted the Simcoe Composite Sabres 59-29. …………………………………………………… The Chatham John McGregor Panthers clubbed the North Bay Chippewa Secondary Raiders 66-37. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Barrie Innisdale Invaders defeated the Sydenham Golden Eagles 44-39. Sydenham led 25-20 at the half. Chrissy Dickson paced Sydenham with 14. Kate Tindal added 9. “Innisdale put a full-court press on us the entire game and it wore us down in the second half,” said Sydenham coach Doug McDonnell told the Kingston Whig-Standard. “The game was tied in the last minute but Innisdale got a basket on a foul and we had to start fouling to get the ball back.” …………………………………………………… The Belleville Nicholson Crusaders stomped Toronto Bishop Strachan 52-28.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans dumped the North Bay Chippewa Secondary Raiders 53-18 as Melinda Pierce scored 18, Shannon Walker 8 and Shelley O’Neil 6. …………………………………………………… The Smith Falls Red Hawks defeated Toronto Bishop Strachan 72-33. …………………………………………………… The Fonthill E.L. Crossley Cyclones crushed the Thunder Bay Fort William Blue Bears 59-21. …………………………………………………… The Chatham John McGregor Panthers stomped the Cannington Brock Bulldogs 65-44. …………………………………………………… The Timmins HVS Blues clipped the Ottawa St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish 39-27. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Arva-London Medway Cowboys defeated the Sydenham Golden Eagles 29-25. Medway led 18-12 at the half. Chrissy Dickson paced Sydenham with 12. “We opened some eyes here because were not seeded and yet we were in both our games all the way,” Sydenham coach Doug McConnell told the Kingston Whig-Standard. “This was a two-point game right down to the last 10 seconds.” The Golden Eagles also included Cindy Tindal, Sherry Villeneuve, Amy Dahn, Kate Tindal, S Selle, Ryan. …………………………………………………… The Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders edged the Burlington Assumption Catholic Crusaders 37-36. The Crusaders included Nadene Fleming, Sue Maher, Paul Shurga.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Arva-London Medway Cowboys crushed the Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders 52-28.
The Smith Falls Red Hawks dispatched the 6th-seeded Barrie Innisdale Invaders 60-27.
The 7th-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans dumped the 2nd-seeded Fonthill E.L. Crossley Cyclones 58-50 after rallying from a 40-35 deficit at the half. “Heidi Allen’s outstanding defensive play in the last quarter was the key to victory,” Forster coach Tom Halliwill told the Windsor Star. “That set the tone and Tara Elliott picked it up offensively, scoring her game-total mine points in that period. The kids just went nuts when we attacked on defence and forced them into a number of turnovers. It also helped immensely that we scored 8-10 from the line in the final quarter.” Crossley led 29-23 at the half. Melinda Pierce led Forster with 22. Shannon Walker added 9. Katya Masun paced the Cyclones with 24. Jennifer Youngblut added 10. Cyclones assistant Brian Walker told the St. Catharines Standard that “it’s never disappointing when the kids give 100% but it’s tough when you know the team was better than last year. We picked the wrong time to lose our fifth game of the year.” The Cyclones (coach Steve Holmand, assistant Brian Walker) also included Sheri Durst, Stephanie Repair, Julie White, Jackie White.
In the last quarterfinal, the Chatham John McGregor Panthers crushed the Timmins HVS Blues 57-37.
In the semis, the 7th-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans dumped the Smith Falls Red Hawks 55-46 as Melinda Pierce scored 22 and Shannon Walker 11.
In the other semi, the Chatham John McGregor Panthers defeated the London-Arva Medway Cowboys 49-42.
In the bronze medal match, the London-Arva Medway Cowboys dispatched the Smith Falls Red Hawks 39-33 as Katie Malone scored 12. Julie Goedhuis led the Red Hawks with 12.
In the final, the Chatham John McGregor Panthers defeated the 7th-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans 62-57. “They led most of the way, but it was close the whole time,” Forster coach Tom Halliwill told the Windsor Star. “At one point in the fourth quarter, we closed to within two, but they made a couple of free throws and away they went.” The Panther led 18-15, 35-29 and 51-38 at the quarters. “They were unconscious in the first half,” Halliwill said. “We outscored them by eight in the final quarter. We kept coming back at them, we just couldn’t come back all the way. We just ran out of time, actually.” Melinda Pierce led the Spartans with 19. Shannon Walker added 15 and Tara Elliot 8. “We had a shot,” Halliwill said. “We lost a chance at five points in the span of six seconds in the third quarter. We made a layup and got fouled, but they didn’t count the basket and we got the ball out of bounds. We put the ball inbounds and Pierce hit a basket, but they called a foul and ruled it was before her shot. Those five points would have tied the game at that point. Still, I think they deserved to win.” Michelle Dehann paced the Panthers with 21.
The bronze medalist London-Arva Medway Cowboys: Katie Malone;
The silver medalist Windsor John L. Forster Spartans: Melinda Pierce; Shannon Walker; Heidi Allen; Tara Elliott; Shelley O’Neil; Rochelle Rogers; coach Tom Halliwill
The gold medalist Chatham John McGregor Panthers: Michelle Dehann; coach Frank Henry; assistant Carne Dillon