In the WOSSA playoffs: …………………………………………………… In the quarterfinals, the Windsor W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Clippers dispatched the Sarnia Blue Bombers 64-52. Dave Pennington scored 25 to lead the Clippers (coached by George Arnott). Don Cole added 18, Ron Brown 12, Roy Bielich 6 and Orest Maksimovitch 3, while P Pennington, Krause, Suznevich, Raiford, Zeleny, Mandzak and Burrato were scoreless. Bill Horley led the Blue Bombers with 20. Wayne Colburn added 14, John Bridges 12, Hipple 4 and Westover 2, while Eyre, Walenius, Wright, Walker and McPhedran were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Windsor Patterson Panthers whipped the Kitchener-Waterloo Scarlet Raiders 66-38 as Newton scored 19, Weir 12, Day 11, August 11, Ott 8, Valentine 5, Murray 5 and Clark 4, while Gillespie, Baytaluk, Salem and Polsky were scoreless. Roger Stewart led the Scarlett Raiders (coach Bob Hanna) with 12. Ray Bugry 9, Jack Peterson 8, Bob Breithaupt 3, Jimmy Hiller 2, Shane 2 and Ernie Meissner 2, while Simon, Arbuck, Chambers, Shock and Archer were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The London Arva Medway Cowboys clipped the Woodstock Red Devils 39-27. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the London Sir Adam Beck Spartans crushed the Guelph Collegiate Rams 76-58. The Spartans were coached by Roger Macauley. The Rams included Bill Dimson, Burns, Jim Norton, Reid, Hamilton, Hughes, Vandermolen, Kendrick, Kohlman, Forth, Davis, Braun and Galbraith. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Windsor Patterson Panthers torched the Windsor regular season champ Windsor W.D. Kennedy Collegiate Clippers 70-34 as Ott scored 21, August 13, Weird 12, Day 10, Murray 6, Newton 4, Gillespie 2 and Valentine 2, while Clark, Polsky, Salem and Baytaluk were scoreless. Brown led the Cippers with 11. Cole added 7, Bielich 4, Dave Pennington 4, Zeleney 2, P Pennington 2, Buratto 2 and Krause 2, while Orest Maksimovitch, Suznevich, Raiford and Mandzak were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the London Sir Adam Beck Spartans edged the London Arva Medway Cowboys 47-45. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Windsor Patterson Panthers dispatched the London Sir Adam Beck Spartans 46-39 as Ott scored 17, Weir 15, Newton 9, Day 3 and August 2, while Valentine was scoreless. Buckle led the Spartans with 13. Witherden added 12, Orr 5, Boug 5 and Smith 4, while Laird was scoreless.
In the East playoffs and Ottawa city finals, the Lisgar Lords defeated the Glebe Gryphons 63-71; 68-54 (Total: 131-125). …………………………………………………… In game one, Glebe defeated Lisgar as Wayne Thomas scored 17, Doug Rourke 17, George House 16, Kirkconnell 14 and Graff 7, while Smyth, Lajeunesse, Alcott, Hunter and Glandsdorp were scoreless. John Justinich led the Lords with 16. John Roll added 15, Dick Charron 13, Zoppa 11, McAskiw 6 and Mosion 2, while Logie, Jones, Charron and Smith were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, Lisgar prevailed 68-54 to take the total-point series by six. John Justinich paced the Lords with 25. McAskin added 16, Ernie Zoppa 12, Dick Charron 10, Roll 3 and Mosion 2, while Logie, Jones and Smith were scoreless. Wayne Thomas led the Gryphons with 15. Kirkconnell added 14, Rourke 11, House 10 and Graff 4, while Smyth, Lajeunesse, Alcock, Hunter and Glansdorp were scoreless.
In the COSSA playoffs: …………………………………………………… In the semis, Niagara Falls CVI whipped Parry Sound 87-52 as Demko scored 15, Nagy 14, MacDougall 14, Triano 12, R Graham 10, Marshall 8, Snyder 5, Strautnieks 4, Blew 3 and Johnson 2. Tom Maxwell paced Parry Sound with 17. Al Graham added 11, Bob Anderson 11, Chenette 6, Gilchrist 5 and Hurd 2, while Alexander and Jackson were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, Peterborough torched Belleville 49-27. …………………………………………………… In the final, Niagara Falls CVI captured its fifth consecutive COSSA title by dusting Peterborough 92-64 as Larry Triano scored 22, Bob MacDougall 20, Doug Marshall 17, Steve Demko 15, Ray Nagy 13 and Ron Graham 5 and Phil Johnson 2 while Guy Snyder, Andy Blew and John Strautnieks were scoreless. Doug Ash led Peterborugh with 33. McKinney added 21 (also reported as 18), Davis 6, Bell 4 and Hollingsworth 3, while Balleny, Brown and Eastwood were scoreless.
In the NOSSA playoffs: …………………………………………………… In the quarterfinals, the Sudbury Tech Blue Devils blasted Sudbury High ‘B’ 76-30. …………………………………………………… The Sault Tech Trojans nipped the Kirkland Lake Red Devils 52-48 as Ted Tomchak scored 20, David MacFarlane 8, Bill Kelly 7, Al Vetrie 5, George Maki 4, John Thompson 4, Jerry Osborne 2 and George Simon 2, while Sonny Seeler, Murray McLean, Bill Punkari and R O’Connor were scoreless. Jack Baxter led Kirkland Lake with 16. Zidar added 13, Cassel 8, Prokopchuk 4, Nohavicki 3, Zupancic 2 and Zima 2, while Merrel, McCain and Maguire were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Sault Collegiate Wildcats clubbed Sudbury St. Charles 51-33 (also reported as 51-34) as Alan Carscadden scored 16, Jim McColl 13, Jim Siltala 11, Keith Megginson 2, Al Crozier 2, Ron Irwin 2, Jim Hull 2, Frank Shunock 2 and Jim Penfold 2, while George Barich, Al Jones, Louis Oraziettie and Doug Lintula were scoreless. Phil Fabbro led St. Charles with 13. Terry Stewart added 12, Bill Marrota 6, Dick Stefanno 2 and Lafrance 1, while Talamelli, Marshall, Connor, Proulx, Quesnelle and Fox were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, Sudbury High ‘A’ dispatched Sudbury Tech ‘B’ 66-49. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Sault Collegiate Wildcats clipped Sudbury High ‘A’ 54-40 as Carscadden scored 18, Siltala 12, McColl 12, Irwin 7 and Barich 5, while Megginson, Crozier, Jones, Orazietti, Hull, Shunock, Penfold and Lintula were scoreless. Fabbro paced Sudbury High with 21. Tate added 6, Matte 5, McEachern 4, Dickson 3 and Martilla 2, while Narozanski, Dunn, Puro, Carmichael, Duckett, McDermid, Hunter and Colf were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, Sudbury Tech dispatched Sault Tech 58-52 as McKibbon scored 13, Koski 10, Tymchuk 9, Jones 6, Parker 3, Andler 2 and Pushkarenko 2, while Burson, Craig and Martin were scoreless. Tomchak paced Sault Tech with 17. MacFarlane added 14, Thompson 9, Maki 9 and Kelly 3, while Simon, Vetrie, Seeler, Osborne, MacLean, Punkari and O’Connor were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the final, Sudbury Tech clocked the Sault Collegiate Wildcats 61-46 as John Tymchuk scored 17, John McKibbon 16, Connie Colville 16 and Andler 2, while Parker, Craig, Burson, Koski, Pushkarenko and Martin were scoreless. McColl paced the Wildcats with 22. Carscadden added 18, Siltala 4 and Shunock 2, while Megginson, Barich, Crozier, Jones, Irwin, Orazietti, Hull, Lintula and Penfold were scoreless.
The provincial tourney, held in Niagara Falls, featured seven regional champs and one runner-up Stamford Collegiate, which had finished second to the Niagara Falls CVI Red Raiders in the COSSA playoffs. Invited to fill the draw, the Stamford Hornets were coached by 25-year-old Johnny Lees, a former Windsor AKO Junior player.
In the quarterfinals, the Niagara Falls Stamford Hornets defeated the Ottawa Lisgar Lords 65-47 as Ron Ruttan scored 30, Gus Turnbull 10, Peter Den Ouden 9, Jasnich 8, Howard 6 and Deckman 2, while Johnson, Paterson, Peckham, Beach and Reid were scoreless. Ernie Zoppa scored 17 to pace Lisgar. Dick Charron added 11, John Justinich 8, John Roll 7, Morley Mosion 2 and Bob McAskin 2, while John Logie, Roland Jones and Avrun Smith were scoreless. The Lords (coached by Bernie Black, manager A Feinstein) also included Lachlan Ross.
Toronto North Vocational Schools upset the Niagara Falls CVI Red Raiders 47-46 on a left-handed hook shot by Freddy Lewis with 10 seconds to play. The Norvocs trailed 41-31 with four minutes but rallied behind Lewis and Billy Bell, who pumped in three field goals as North Vocational rallied to within 44-43 after Niagara Falls star center Doug Marshall fouled out. Bob MacDougall hit a pair of free throws for Niagara Falls before Lychewyd broke free for a layup to cut the margin to one. A jump ball under the Niagara Falls basket with 12 seconds to play was deflected into the hands of Freddy Lewis for the winning bucket. Jim Lawrence paced Toronto with 16. Billy Bell added 14, Lewis 8, E. Martin 3, Lychewyd 5, Barrett 8, Martin 0, Wilson 0 and Goldie 0. Bob MacDougall paced Niagara Falls with 15. Larry Triano added 12, Ray Nagy 2, Steve Demko 5, Doug Marshall 7, Ron Graham 2 and Guy Snyder 2. The Red Raiders (coach Jimmy Rose, manager John Homes) also included Phil Johnson, Andy Blew, John Strautnieks.
The Windsor Patterson Panthers defeated the Etobicoke Collegiate Rams 49-45. The Panthers trailed for most of the affair but rallied to a 39-38 lead midway through the final quarter and hung on for the win. Wilbert Ott paced Patterson with 19, including 8 in the final quarter. Gary Weir added 9, Warner Day 8, Clark 2, Newton 8, August 8, Baytaluk 0 and Valentine 0. Warren Reynolds led Etobicoke with 13 before fouling out. Ron Hodgins added 12, Bill Rankin 10, Dave Williams 8, Dune Edmonds 2, Grant Newlove 0, Bill Bissell 0 and Bernie Syron 0. The Rams also included Chuck Conn, Tony Young, Jack Boxstrom and Glen Lloyd.
The Sudbury Tech Blue Devils trimmed the Hamilton Westdale Warriors (then the Dawn Patrol) 52-44 as Connie Colville scored 14, John McKibbon 13, John Tymchuk 11, Johns 10 and Andler 4, while Koski, Burson, Craig and Parker were scoreless. Jim McCaw paced Westdale with 13. Bill Melody added 9, Jack Pearce 8, Art Shore 4, Morley Rosenburg 2 and Brian Blasdale 2, while Bob Ross, Manny Kremer, Walt Gasparik and Jerry Kuttas were scoreless. The Warriors (coach Doc Ferguson, trainer Walt Samek) also included Tweedle.
In the semi, the Niagara Falls Stamford Hornets knocked off Toronto North Vocational 43-40. Stamford trailed 20-17 at the half but rallied in the final quarter to grab the lead and then ice it on a pair of free throws by Gus Turnbull with 15 seconds to play. Ron Ruttan paced Stamford 18. Center Pete Den Ouden added 11, Turnbull 8, Howard 4 and Johnston 2, while Jasnich was scoreless. Fred Lewis led the Norvocs with 13. Bill Bell added 11 (also reported as 12), Martin 9, Lawrence 4 and Lychowdy 2, while Goldie and Barrett were scorless.
In the other semi, the Windsor Patterson Panthers survived a 65-63 double-overtime scare from the John McKibbon-led Sudbury Mining Tech Blue Devils. Under OHSAA rules at the time, the first team to take a two-point lead in the second overtime was declared the winner. Two free throws by Warner Day, who scored 20 in the game, put ndsor into the finals. Windsor had rallied in the fourth quarter to force overtime when Day hit a layup at the buzzer to knot the score at 56. Wilbur Ott drained a jumper with 8 seconds to play in the first overtime to knot the score at 63. Day hit the winning throws after 50 seconds of play in the extra session. Werner Day led the Panthers with 20. Tommy Newton added 11, Wilbert Ott 11, Gary Weir 8, Morgan Clark 5 and Fred August 4, while Paul Valentine was scoreless. John McKibbon led Sudbury with 31. Connie Colville added 16 and John Tymchuk 16, while Andler, Johns, Parker, Craig, Pushkareko, Burson, Koski and Martin were scoreless.
In the final, Niagara Falls Stamford, the lone non-regional champion in the draw defeated Windsor Patterson 54-47. Windsor led 6-0 and 8-6 after the first quarter. The game was tied at 24 at the half, while Stamford led 40-39 at the three-quarter mark. Stamford was paced by center Peter Den Ouden’s 14 points. Gus Turnbull added 14, Mike Jasnich 13, Ron Ruttan 5, Murray Johnston 3 and Dave Howard 4, while Philip Deckman was scoreless. The score was knotted at 47 with two minutes to go. But Warner Day committed two fouls, allowing Dave Howard to score two free throws and Gus Turnbull to score one to put Stamford ahead. Den Ouden later added two field goals to seal the victory. Windsor Patterson was led by Day’s 21 points. Wilbert Ott added 15, Gary Weir 13, Clarke 2, Newton 4, August 2 and Valentine 0. “When we won, it was somewhat of a miracle because we were not favoured at all,” Hornets point guard Murray Johnston told the Niagara Falls Review decades later. “We were a longshot. To win the all-Ontario for Stamford Collegiate for the first time ever was quite a feat. … When you expect to win, it’s nice. When you’re not expected, it’s even nicer. It was quite a thrill. Stamford was always known to have a good football team, but (NFCVI) was a good basketball team.”
The co-bronze medalist Toronto North Vocational: Fred Lewis; Bill Bell; Ed Martin; John Lawrence; Larry Lychowdy; Herb Goldie; Grant Barret; Art Martin; Al Workman; Max Wilkinson; Blair Wilson; Bruce Barret;
The co-bronze medalist Sudbury Mining Tech Blue Devils: John McKibbon; Connie Colville; John Tymchuk; Andler; Johns; Parker; Craig; Burson; Koski; Martin; Pushkarenko; coach Alex McPherson
The silver medalist Windsor Patterson Panthers: Wilbert Ott; Gary Weir; Werner Day; Morgan Clark; Tommy Newton; Fred August; Paul Valentine; Hugh Murray; Hugh Gillespie; John Baytaluk; Bing Willaughan; Joe Salem; Jack Polsky; coach Joe Mencel
The champion Niagara Falls Stamford Hornets: Ron Ruttan; Gus Turnbull; Peter Den Ouden; Mike Jasnich; Dave Howard; Murray Johnston; Doug Frazer; John Peckham; Bud Beach; Walt Lessey; Barry Reid; Rich Patterson; Philip Deckman; coach Johnny Lees; manager Malcolm Davey; manager Steve Benyo