In the opening round, held in Hamilton: …………………………………………………… The North York Bathurst Heights Bears dumped Thunder Bay Sir Winston Churchill Trojans 63-34 as Mike Proto scored 21 and Jeff Silverstein 15. Rashi Asimi led Thunder Bay with 11. …………………………………………………… Oshawa Eastdale edged the Orillia Park Street Trojans 40-38 as Steve Nagy scored 18 and Les Nagy 15. Dave Munro led Orillia Park Street (coach Ken Burns) with 20.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Burlington Nelson Lords torched the Kingston LaSalle Black Knights 100-40 as Indrek Kongats scored 26, Doug Munro 22, Mike Bruno 21 and Jamie Russell 17, along with 15 boards, and Tim Tufford 10. Dave Noble and Doug Falconer each scored 9 to pace LaSalle. The Black Knights (coached by Doug Fraser) also included Doug Armer, Dave Campbell, Jim Draper, Mike Rushton, Bob MacLean, G Campbell, Murray, Doyle and Bayley. Fraser told the Kingston Whig-Standard that “we could work a perfect team and have one of their guys in trouble and he would just throw it over our heads. Sure we can press a team but not a club like that. We gave away too much in height.” …………………………………………………… The Welland Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Toronto Oakwood Barons 55-54. The Barons (coached by Al Quance) included John Hunter, Everod Spence, Dan Russell, Paul Chiddenton, Bill Francis, Tony Graci, Mina Miscevicius, Grespan, Flavio Turchet, Joe Pitelli and Erwin Schmidt. …………………………………………………… The Kitchener Forest Heights Trojans thrashed the Toronto George Harvey Hawks 83-67 as Mike Moser scored 26, Bill Ferguson 18, Jeff Scott 15, Phil Schlote 11, Seig Leidig 9 and Dave Shelton 4. Trojans coach Don MacCrae told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “we didn’t play very well at all. These was a lot of individual effort and very little team effort. Of course, they scrambled and made us look back. … And we accommodated them.” The Trojans led 25-11 after one quarter an d39-29 at the half. Joe Macrito led the Hawks with 18 (also reported as 14). Americo Coletta scored 16, (also reported as 15). The Hawks (coached by John Petruschak) also included Barry Mosley, Paul Lattanzio, Tony Bianchi, Rick Wasson. …………………………………………………… The Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins dumped the North York Bathurst Heights Bears 79-31 as Bruce Coulthard scored 29. The Bears (coached by Peter McAleenan) included Mike Proto, Jeff Simbrow, Jeff Silverstein, George Silverstein, Brian Silverstein. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Hamilton Cathedral Gaels dumped 5th-seeded Windsor Centennial 59-54 after hitting six free throws in the final minute. John Mallon tied the game at 53 with two minutes to play. The Gaels stalled the last 1:20. Noel Hickey hit two free throws for Cathedral with 48 seconds to play. Al Zylvitis added two free throws with 28 seconds on the clock and Vito Bommarito a pair with 17 on the clock. Mel Wachna closed out the scoring. The Gaels led 32-22 at the half. Cathedral coach Jim Daley told the Windsor Star that “near the end, we received some clutch foul shooting. We had four one-and-one situations and hit on three for six points and at the finish, we certainly had the edge on them. We had some key rebounding in the fourth quarter and they had to easy off when they got in foul trouble.” Centennial coach Paul Valentine said “foul trouble got to us. Chase got in foul trouble and Jeff (Ramin) hurt his ankle. And we got rattled near the end. We took two bad fouls when we could have stepped back but went out to get them. And we threw the ball away twice in the last minute.” Daly told the Hamilton Spectator that “at last, we won a big one … (In the first half), the shots just weren’t there. We knew that if we could take this one, we would go on. It wasn’t tough getting the boys up for the game.” Noel Hickey paced the Gaels with 17. Al Zilvytis added 13, Hlanbag 12, John Mallon 8, Buist 6, Vito Bommarito 2 and Stukas 1. The Gaels hit 17-62 (.270) from the floor. Jeff Ramin paced the Cougars with 19. Jim Chase added 14, Jack Rooney 11, Rick Luisotto 4, Nel Wachna 4 and Andwicz 2, while Trinca was scoreless. Centennial (coached by Paul Valentine) also included Charley Morgan. …………………………………………………… The Toronto St. Michael’s Blue Raiders defeated the Ottawa Lisgar Lords 69-46 as George Rautins scored 34, Roy Stewart 11. Jon Love led the Lords with 18. Lorne Bowles added 15. The Lords (coached by Pat O’Brien and managed by Bob McNeil) also included Ian Mackenzie, Terry Stoqua, Benjy Sadavoy, Barry Auger, Peter Metuzals, Ron Kelly, Richard Krnyzanowski, Dave Mackenzie, Earl Wilson and Mike Bridal. …………………………………………………… The Sault Ste. Marie Bawating Braves dumped Oshawa Eastdale 79-46 as Norm Hagerty scored 20, Rick DeLorenzi 17 and Al Tekoneimi 12. …………………………………………………… The Hamilton Collegiate Cougars clipped the Timmins E.S.C. Theriault Flammes 60-45 as Herwig Baldauf scored 19 and Mike Zaokipnyj 11. The Cougars led 22-21 at the half and 45-27 after three quarters. Roxan Page paced the Flammes with 18. Rene Leblond added 11.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Burlington Nelson Lords defeated the Welland Notre Dame Fighting Irish 58-40. “I’ve never seen them so bad,” Lords coach John MacLellan told the Globe & Mail. “Guess they were just overconfident.” Jim Russell scored 19, Doug Munro 12, Mike Bruno 6 and John Dow 6. Roger Adams led the Irish with 17. Greg Leon added 9. The Fight Irish also included Pete Saracino, Roger Adams, Frank Gaspar.
The 3rd-seeded Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins defeated Toronto St. Michael’s Blue Raiders 87-70. Glendale led 50-32 at the half. Bruce Coulthard paced Glendale with 35. Rick Jacob added 27 and Peter Dick 12. George Rautins led the Blue Raiders with 42. The Blue Raiders (coached by Father Dan Pendergrast) also included Joe Norkus, Phil Reynolds, Rob Stewart, Vince Santoro, John Quattrocciochi, Zytas Demontavicius, Al Nakrosius, Nick Del Principle.
The Sault Ste. Marie Bawating Braves dusted the Hamilton Cathedral Gaels 65-56 as Norm Hagarty and Warner Meier each scored 17. Ken Coulter added 13, Al Tekoniemi 10 and Ralph Kohrs 7. The Braves led 32-9, 43-22 and 47-42 at the quarters, while icing the contest at the line with free throws from Ralf Kohrs and Werner Meier. John Mallon paced Cathedral with 15. The Gaels also included Noel Hickey, Ralph Hackenberg, Larry Buist, Al Zilvitis, Vitus Stukas, Noel Hickey.
In the last quarterfinal, the defending champ Kitchener Forest Heights Trojans defeated the Hamilton Collegiate Cougars 75-57 as Seig Leidig scored 24, Jeff Scott 20, Mike Moser 17, Bill Ferguson 10 and Phil Schlote 6. The Trojans led 19-13, 39-30 and 58-48 at the quarters. Trojans coach Don MacCrae told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that Jeff Scott “was superb. He’s becoming much more skilled with the ball. He doesn’t turn it over as much. We had a sub-par game offensively from a couple of our big me and Jeff pulled up the slack.” Herwig Baldauf and Mike Porter each scored 12 for Hamilton Collegiate. Ed Mandula added 10. The Cougars (Ken Ormerod) also included Mike Zaokipnyj, Tim Harriott, Pete Goodwin, John Prock. Ormerod told the Hamilton Spetator that height proved the Cougars undoing. “They just had too much of it. They had us under the boards and that’s about it.”
In the semis, the top-seeded Burlington Nelson Lords defeated the Sault Ste. Marie Bawating Braves 68-56 as Jamie Russell scored 27. The Lords led 40-32 at the half and 52-40 after three quarters. Ken Coulter led the Braves with 21. Al Tekoniemi added 12 and Ralf Kohrs 6. Braves coach Dennis Collins told the Sault Star that “Ken (Coulter) played his heart out. Norm (Hagerty) was great and Al (Tekoniemi) was hurting with that nakle of his. But we lost to a great ball club. They’re got some real sweet players. That No. 34 (Russell) was fantastic. We simply had no one that could hold him.”
In the other semi, the Kitchener Forest Heights Trojans defeated the 3rd-seeded Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins 54-49 as Mike Moser scored 18, Seig Leidig 16, Phil Schlote 10, Jeff Scott 7 and Dave Shelton 6. Trojans coach Don MacCrae told the Kitchner-Waterloo Record that his troops stalled effectively down the stretch. “That’s hard for high school kids to do. They did it really well. That iced the cake. … We worked on it extensively in practice but this only the second time we’ve used it.” The Trojans led 28-24 after one quarter. Glendale led 39-36 after three quarters. Bruce Coulthard paced the Griffins with 25.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins dumped the Sault Ste. Marie Bawating Braves 56-39 as Bruce Coulthard scored 18 and Peter Dick 16. Ken Coulter paced Bawating with 15. Norm Hagarty added 8, Ralf Kohrs 8 and Werner Meir 4. The Braves (coached by Dennis Collins) also included Elmar Timusk, Al Tekoniemi, Rick DeZordo, Rick Beharnell, Dale Anderson, Jim Alton, Ted Yule and Rick DeLorenzi.
In the final, the top-seeded Burlington Nelson Lords nipped the Kitchener Forest Heights Trojans 58-56 before a crowd of 4,000 at McMaster. Nelson rallied from a late deficit in a game that was tied 12 times. Nelson led 19-13, 31-28 after quarters one and two. Forest Heights led 45-44 after three-quarters. Indrek Kongats paced Nelson with 22. Jim Russell added 19 and Mike Bruno, (son of Hamilton Tiger Cats coach Al Bruno) 12, John Dow 3 and Doug Munro 2, despite playing with his leg pumped full of painkillers, while Okaloski, Simmonds, Beraldo, Cassaday and Tufford were scoreless. Mike Moser led Kitchener with 23. Phil Scholte added 12, Jeff Scott 10, Dave Shelton 8, Seig Leidig 3, while Jeff Scott, Tippin, Roycroft, Tobi, Ross and Hobbs were scoreless. Forest Heights rallied to a six-point lead in the third quarter when star center Mike Moser fouled out, after having spent most of the second and third quarter on the bench in foul trouble. Kitchener was ahead by one at the three-quarter mark when the Lords stormed back. The Trojans played without starting guard Bill Ferguson, who sprained his right ankle in the semis. Schlote picked up his third foul early in the second quarter. A frustrated Kitchener coach Don McCrae told Canadian Press that “I wish they had clobbered us. We had the chances and missed them. The game was won by us when we were six points up. We turned the ball over and then the fouls did it.” And elated Lords coach John McLennan called it “a whale of a game. They were a lot tougher than we played them at Christmas. Phil Schlote was the key to their game and we were looking for him to foul out, which he did, but he also scored and we were not expecting that kind of game from him.” Nelson entered the draw with a (31-3) record. MacCrae told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that Shelton never played more than three or four minutes a game all year. “He was superb. … Our front court men didn’t play very well at the start of the game. We turned the ball over too many times. We worked as a team to get the ball and then we turned it over. We made that press work so long, it was almost ridiculous. Then we turned the ball over.” McLennan said Mike Bruno contained Leidig effectively. “When that guy was hurt this morning, we told Bruno he had a chance against Seig Leidig.” After the campaign, Moser enrolled at Brown University, saying “Brown has a free curriculum though. You can choose whatever subjects you want. Colgate has course requirements.”
The unofficial all-star team Chris Coulthard of Tillsonburg Glendale; Ken Coulter of Sault Ste. Marie; Jamie Russell of Burlington Nelson; George Rautins of Toronto St. Michael’s and Mike Moser of Kitchener Forest Heights.
The bronze medalist Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins: Bruce Coulthard; Rick Jacob; Peter Dick; Dan Caswell; Dan Lamb; Craig Carle; Dennis Fairall; Ed DeLoose; Jim Koteles; Ken McPherson; coach Brian O’Rourke; manager Greg Lambden
The silver medalist Kitchener Forest Heights Trojans: Seig Leidig; Jeff Scott; Mike Moser; Phil Schlote; Bill Ferguson; Dave Shelton; Tobi; Tippin; Ross; Hobbs; Roycroft; Vanerdt; coach Don MacCrae
The gold medalist Burlington Nelson Lords: Jamie Russell; Indrek Kongats; Mike Bruno; Doug Munro; Dan Okaloski; John Dow; Tim Tufford; Simmonds; Beraldo; Cassaday; coach John MacLennan