In the opening round of a 10-team draw, held in Walkerton: …………………………………………………… The Ridgeway-Crystal Beach Blue Devils whipped the Tilbury District Titans 68-46 as Albion Periara scored 16, Julius Antal 15 and Mark Feiertag 14. Mike Burke led the Titans with 22. Joe Allen added 11. …………………………………………………… The CFB Base Borden Collegiate Institute clipped Capreol High 80-69.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames edged the Acton District Bearcats (Redmen?) 52-50. …………………………………………………… The Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders dispatched the Almonte District Orangemen 63-51. …………………………………………………… The Tilsonburg Annandale Marauders torched the Marathon Falcons 75-20. …………………………………………………… The Ridgeway Crystal Beach Blue Devils defeated the CFB Base Borden CI 68-52.
In the quarterfinals, the Tilsonburg Annandale Marauders whipped the Acton District Bearcats 81-47.
The Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flammes dusted the Marathon Falcons 82-56.
The Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders defeated Capreol High 56-45
In the last quarterfinal, the Ridgeway Crystal Beach Blue Devils mauled the Almonte District Orangemen 89-47.
In the semis, the Tillsonburg Annandale Marauders clipped the Belleville Nicholson Crusaders 58-40.
In the other semi, the Ridgeway-Crystal Beach Blue Devils defeated the Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames 70-62 as Albino Pereira scored 36 and Julius Antal 10. The Blue Devils led 19-15, 33-32 and 52-42 at the quarters. Blue Devils postseason coach Grant Eberhart told the Niagara Falls Review that Rockway “busted their hearts out to stay with us. It was a tough game.” Rob Weber led the Fames with 21. Gord Isaac added 10.
In the bronze medal match, the Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders dusted the Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames 71-48. The Flames included Ron Weber, Garth Hunking.
In the final, the Tillsonburg Annandale Marauders stomped the Ridgeway-Crystal Beach Blue Devils 63-30 as Paul Jarjapka scored 16, Orville Clarke 13, Brad Seargent 10 and Greg Pocius 8. The Marauders led 14-6, 29-17 and 40-30 at the quarters. Albino Pereira led the Blue Devils with 13. Julius Antal added 9, John Eden 6, Kingsley Scot 2, while Mark Feiertag nabbed 10 boards. Grant Ehrhardt, who along with Jim Clark, coached the Blue Devils in the absence of John White, told the Niagara Falls Review that “we played five games and they only played four. But they were big, had a good bench and deserved to win. … We ran out of steam in the fourth quarter. We had some good percentage shots, even layups, but couldn’t make anything. The final score sounds like they killed us but it was close than that til the end.”
Annandale won four tournaments during the campaign as Clark and Jarjapka dominated.
The co-bronze medalist Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames: Ron Weber; Gord Isaac;
The co-bronze medalist Belleville Nicholson Crusaders:
The silver medalist Ridgeway-Crystal Beach Blue Devils: Albino Sereira; Julius Antal; Mark Feiertag; Kingsley Scott; Steve Tritchew; Chuck Jagiello; John Eden; Tim Murphy; Geoff Tait; coach John White; postseason coach Jim Clark; postseason coach Grant Ehrhardt (Eberhart?)
The gold medalist Tillsonburg Annandale Marauders: John Gilvesy; Doug Hevenor; Steve Garnham; Bud Vallee; Paul Belcher; John Chipps; Steve Molnar; Rob Bes; Chris Irvine; Orville Clarke; Brad Sergeant; John Bes; Paul Jarjapka; Greg Pocius; Chris Ort; Steve Broad; coach Jim Donaldson; manager Mike Baxter