In the North regional finals, held in conjunction with the provincials in Windsor, the Sudbury Lockerby Vikings defeated the Thunder Bay Lakeview Lions 52-39 as Fraser scored 8, Brian Fleury 8, Bob Tosone 7, Sheridan 7, Church 6, Picco 4, Eli Pasquale 2, Falcion 2 and Avero 1. Greg Racic led Lakeview with 14. Stipcavich added 9, McCleod 9 and Robourse 7, while Toschi was scoreless.
In the Toronto Metro regional quarterfinals, the Scarborough W.A. Porter Blue Eagles edged the Etobicoke North Albion Blue Eagles 55-54 as Jim Allen hit two free throws with 10 seconds to play. The Blue Eagles (coached by Bill Thachuk) included Ugo Baldasarre, Paul Leone, Pat Greenwood, Ralph Corrente, Chris Coulter, Russ Pederson, John DiCarlo, Claudio Morelli. …………………………………………………… The Oakwood Barons clubbed the St. Basil’s Barons 62-59 as Norman Clarke scored 25. St. Basil’s (coached by Des Hennessy) included Jerry Dalla Corte, Bert Tastaguzeo, Paddy O’Neal, Joe Radici, Ed Piagno, Terry Della Corte, Anthony De Monte. …………………………………………………… The North York George S. Henry Lions smacked the George Harvey Hawks 79-58. The Hawks (coached by Mike Katz) included Dan Secli, Wayne Tapper, Maurice Armstrong. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the Humberside Huskies dusted the Victoria Park Panthers 66-41. The Panthers included Paul Hunt, Grant O’Donnell. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Oakwood Barons defeated the Scarborough W.A. Porter Blue Eagles 67-62 after leading 37-29 at the half. Norman Clarke paced the Barons with 26. Mark Jones added 18. Jim Allen led the Blue Eagles with 18. Peter Raponi added 14. Blue Eagles coach Bob Selkirk told the Globe & Mail that Oakwood’s press proved the undoing of his troops. The Blue Eagles also included point guard Allan Roitner, Andy Kyriazis. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Humberside Hawks dispatched the North York George S. Henry Lions 50-45 as Earl Roberts scored 16. Tony Sterling led the Lions with 13. The Lions (coached by Andre Fischback and Cliff Taylor) also included Ken Rose, Rob Ramsay, David Antoine, Doug Martin. …………………………………………………… In the regional final, the Oakwood Barons edged the Humberside Hawks 56-53 after leading 31-16 at the half and 41-39 after three quarters. The Huskies twice rallied to within one, at 50-49 and 54-53 with 12 seconds to play but Adrian Hough iced the win with a bucket with 4 seconds to play. John Kordich paced the Barons with 14. Mark Jones added 12 and Norman Clarke 11. Vytas Gataveckas led the Hawks with 15. Earl Roberts added 14. Hawks coach Murray Hersh told the Globe & Mail that it was an “insult to a team’s capabilities” for the Barons to have played a stall for the better part of the game. “I was insulted personally. It just reaches a point where you’re not playing basketball.”
In the East regional semis, the Ottawa Brookfield Blues defeated the Port Perry Redmen 71-69 in overtime as Bruce Pringle scored 31, Errol Nelson 16 and Pat Archibald 11. The Redmen included George Bunelt. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Nepean Bell Bruins defeated the Kingston Collegiate Blues 83-73 as Chris Jonsson scored 27. Bob Wright led the Blues with 21. The Blues (coached by Hans Garsch) also included Rick Wierzbowski, John Corrigan, Mark Hazlett, Ed Paulsen, Ken Wilson, Dave From, Peter Ellis. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Ottawa Brookfield Blues edged the Nepean Bell Bruins 61-55 as Bruce Pringle scored 33 and Errol Nelson 14. Chris Jonsson led the Bruins with 18. Andy Mullins added 16. The Bruins (coached by Dan Greenham) also included Steve Jackson, Ian Johnson.
In the West regional: …………………………………………………… In the quarterfinals, the Windsor W.D. Lowe Trojans edged the London South Lions 67-62 as Richard Wells scored 33, Enzo Piazza 15 and Joe Morgan 10. Colin Hodgkinson led the Lions with 27. Jeff Jenner added 13 and Shaun Manuel 13. …………………………………………………… The Kitchener Collegiate Institute Scarlett Raiders dusted the Windsor F.J. Brennan Cardinals 74-52 as Scott Hannah scored 20, Urosevic 13, Jerome Kirby 13, Dave MacMillan 12, Everton McDougall 10, Dave Swartz 4 and Chad Ward 2. The Scarlett Raiders led 29-27 at the half and broke the game open by hitting their first nine shots of the second half. Kirby told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “Mr. Saddler had us prepared defensively for anything they did and when the outside shooting started to go in, everything seemed to click.” Isaac Backus led the Cardinals with 16. Mike Lund added 9 and Jim Kennedy 7. The Cardinals (coached by Leo Innocente) also included Dan Shannon, Jim Kennedy, Antogiovanni, Lund, Rodar, Dosant and Plamondon. Innocente said “college teams don’t shoot like that, pro teams don’t have those kind of games. … We’ll give anybody the 18-foot shots from outside but when they start killing us with 25-footers, you know you’re going to be in trouble.” …………………………………………………… The Sarnia Central Centaurs clocked the Guelph Collegiate Rams 69-36 as Jon Antonides scored 25 and Greg Armstrong 15. Dave Jones led the Rams with 10. Mark Enchin added 10. The Rams (coach Bob Lucas) also included, Craig Courtney, Dave Boorsma, Mike Robinson. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the Chatham John McGregor Panthers nipped the Preston Panthers 48-46 as Mark King scored 25 and Mark Meko 13. Peter Savich led Preston with 16. Les Robertson added 12, Frank San Filippo 8, Bob Markle 6 and Scott Norman 4. The Panthers (coach Bill Hadley) also included Scott Norwood, Jim Rettinger, Marco Clarke, Dave Scott. Hadley told the Kitchener-Waterloo Record that “you know I don’t complain about officiating but I don’t understand how could commit 17 fouls and McGregor could get called for only seven. The Chatham team picked up 18 points on free throws and we never went to the line once. I just don’t understand that.” …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Windsor W.D. Lowe Trojans clipped the Chatham John McGregor Panthers 53-34 as Richard Wells scored 20, Joe Morgan 9, Enzo Piazza 8, Peter Lambropoulos 8, Alex Marra 4 and Fabio Marras 4. Mark Kuni scored 22 to lead the Panthers. Rybansky added 6, Mistele 2, Myers 2 and Gord Grace 2, while Mark Meko was scoreless. The Panthers (coach Larry Lahey) also included Earley. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Sarnia Central Centaurs edged the Kitchener Collegiate Institute Scarlet Raiders 67-63 as Jon Antonides scored 34, Greg Armstrong 12, Wade Walker 7, Chuck Stevens 6, Stan Jablonski 5 and Randy Haddon 3. Urosevic scored 21 to pace the Scarlett Raiders. Scott Hannah added 19, Jerome Kirby 8, Dave MacMillan 7, Everton McDougall 5 and Dave Christopherson 3. The Raiders (coach Jim Saddler) also included Chad Ward, Doug Craig, Louis Ferfolza, Dave Swartz, Jeff Knight, Steve da Silva and Joe Plust. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Sarnia Central Centaurs edged the Windsor W.D. Lowe Trojans 59-57 as Jon Antonides scored 18, Chuck Stevens 11, Stan Jablonski 10, Wade Walker 11 and Greg Armstrong 9. Richard Wells paced the Trojans with 28. Enzo Piazza added 13, Joe Morgan 12, Peter Lambropoulos 4, while Alex Marra and Fabio Marras were scoreless.
In the south regionals: ……………………………………… The Hamilton Southmount Royals clipped the Oakville Queen Elizabeth Park Eagles 71-57 as Mike Knezevic scored 17, Steve Gill 11, Jeff Neunham 10, John Lamparski 10, Nick Mugosa 10 and Bob Urie 9. The Royals hit 8-12 from the line, while the Eagles were 11-24. Royals coach Bob Knuckle told the Hamilton Spectator that “we struggled early against their zone. I’ve seen us sharper. But we were very sharp defensively. I didn’t feel that we were in real trouble.” Gord Buch paced the Eagles with 21. Joe Kemp added 10 and Tony Turnbull 10. Eagles coach Wilf Phillips said “I came in thinking if we could shut off their inside shooting, we had a good chance. … We’re normally a reasonably good foul shooting team.” ……………………………………… The Hamilton Collegiate Institute Cougars edged the St. Catharines Governor Simcoe Redcoats 77-73 as Pete Stoyakovich scored 24 (also reported as 23), Perry Kazuliak 22 and Mark Eckenrath 11. The Cougars led 28-19 in the second quarter when Lichty fouled Pete Stoyakovich. Lichty disputed the call and was hit with a technical. Redcoats coach Ken Walsh was hit with two technicals for stepping in. Stoyakovich hit 6-7 FTs after the dust settled and the Cougars notched a field goal on the ensuing possession to make it 36-19. Redcoats coach Ken Walsh told the St. Catharines Standard that “the refereering was suspect but we overcame everything in the second half. We never played better … (The technical) did give them a bigger lead but it fanned our flames and we started playing. But we had to do it from the opening gun. We didn’t and time ran out. We played just half a game.” Kerry Lichty led the Redcoats with 40. Doug Johnson added 6. The Redcoats also included Dwayne Coon, Ken Block, Rick Vanderlle, Eric Hilton, Glenn Hauer, Sean O’Donnell, Ken Quait. ……………………………………… The Niagara Falls Stamford Hornets dispatched Brampton Central Peel Griffins 51-46 as Chris Bain scored 22, Dave Taylor 12 and Robin Morse 8. Dan Sucara led the Griffins with 16. Tony Bartko added 10. ……………………………………… The St. Catharines Denis Morris Redmen defeated the Mississauga Woodlands Rams 61-44 as Dan Meagher scored 26 and John Lorito 14. Rick Brown led the Rams with 14. Andy Lawrence added 12 and Richard Hasfal 10 ……………………………………… In the semis, the Niagara Falls Stamford Hornets defeated the Hamilton CI Cougars 58-50 as Dave Taylor scored 25, Chris Bain 18 and Tom Matthews 10. The Hornets led 29-28 at the half and 48-38 after three quarters. Pete Stoyakovich led the Cougars with 12. Perry Kazuliak added 12. Cougars coach Mike Flynn told the Hamilton Spectator that “Stamford really blocked us out well on the boards and our foul shooting was dreadful. A lot of those (misses) were on the front end of one-and-ones and that’s a sin.” The Cougars (coach Flynn) also included Roland Szato, Sam Vukelich, Bob Vidic, Mark Eckenrath. ……………………………………… In the other semi, the Hamilton Southmount Royals clipped the St. Catharines Denis Morris Redmen 75-64 as Steve Gill scored 18, John Lamparski 18, Mike Knezevic 13 (also reported as 12), Nick Mugosa 12 (also reported as 11), and Jeff Newnham 12. Southmount’s Nick Mugosa shut down Redmen post Danny Meagher in the second half, while Gill dominated the boards. Royals coach Bob Knuckle told the Hamilton Spectator that “Mugosa forced him higher and everything fell into place after that.” The Royals rallied from a 10-point third-quarter deficit. Redmen coach Maurice Prindiville told the St. Catharines Standards that “they had a hot third quarter and we just couldn’t seem to hang on to the ball at the end. It wasn’t that we weren’t handling the ball well but it just seemed to slip off our fingers.” Meagher paced the Redmen with 27. Parri Ceci added 12 and John Lorito 11. The Redmen (coach Maurice Prindiville) also included Colin Lyons, Ed Ulrich, Wayne Gaudet, Jim Syrotiuk, Al Fournier, Ed Condon. ……………………………………… In the final, the Hamilton Southmount Royals defeated the Niagara Falls Stamford Hornets 66-57 as Steve Gill scored 22, Jeff Newnham 21 and Nick Mugosa 11. The Royals led 22-9 after one quarter and 40-27 at the half. Chris Bain led the Hornets with 22. Alex Russell added 13 and Dave Taylor 10. Hornets coach Bob Coull told the Hamilton Spectator that “both teams may have been a bit tired and decided not to go with the pressure tactics.”
In the provincial quarterfinals, held in Windsor, the Sudbury Lockerby Vikings nipped the Toronto Humberside Huskies 49-47 after rallying from a 47-38 deficit with five minutes to play and a 47-42 deficit with 1:43 to go, when Huskies star centre Tom McPhee fouled out. Shortly thereafter, teammate Joe Panek, who’d scored 10, also fouled out. Sudbury star Eli Pasquale had earlier been dispatched to the pines after scoring 18. But the Vikings depth proved the difference. Brian Fleury, who scored 12, tied the game at 47 with a pair of free throws with 1:29 to play and teammate Frank Natale put Lockerby ahead by one with a free throw with 15 seconds on the clock. Humberside’s Earl Roberts drove the paint but missed a layup with four seconds on the clock and Lockerby’s Bob Tosone added an insurance free throw to close out the scoring. Frank Natale finished with 6, Bob Tosone 6, Sheridan 4 and Church 2. Earl Roberts paced Humberside with 22. Tom McPhee notched 7, Vytas Gataveckas 4 and Wilfred Delas 4, while Joe Zinkavicius was scoreless. “I thought we had it won,” said McPhee. “Our fouls killed us. We don’t have the guys who can come on and play as good as the starters.” The Huskies (coached by Murray Hersh) also included Joe Patrick, Paul Janiuk, Mark Nycz and Steve Wawk.
The Sarnia Central Centaurs crushed the Niagara Falls Stamford CI Hornets 42-24. The Centaurs, led by 7-1 center Jon Antonides opened with a 14-2 run and breezed to a 42-24 victory. The Centaurs took a 20-7 lead at the quarter and were ahead 36-16 at the half. Antonides scored 13, Greg Armstrong 9, Stan Jablonski 8, Chuck Stevens 4, Wade Walker 2, Randy Haddon 2 and Stan Proszek 2. Robin Morse led the Hornets with 6. Dave Taylor added 6, Tom Matthews 2, Chris Bain 2, De Martino 2 and Condino 1. The Hornets (coach Bob Coull) also included Alex Russell, Randy Field, Enzo Albanese, Mark Furlong.
The Windsor D.W. Lowe Trojans defeated the Toronto Oakwood Barons 72-68 as 6-4 forward Richard Wells dominated the floor, scoring 28. Enzo Piazza added 20, Joe Morgan 12, Richard Wells 10, Peter Lambropoulos 8 and Marra 2, while Fabio Marras was scoreless. Oakwood led 13-11 after a quarter but trailed 29-26 at the half. Lowe led 47-44 after three quarters. “We knew they didn’t have any height,” Wells told Canadian Press. “We wanted to use that to our advantage as we knew they couldn’t stop us on the inside.” Trojans coach Gerry Grumpton told the Windsor Star that “it was a typical run and gun Lowe-Oakwood game. … I think our superior height worked to our advantage and Wells had a fantastic game. They all talk about how good Oakwood’s Clarke is but Wells is every bit as tough.” Barons coach Terry Thomson said “we’re a better shooting team than that and Lowe shot very well. They handled our press very good and played a little better than we did. We expected a big game from Wells but it was their secondary players who hurt us the most, Piazza, Alex Marra and Peter Lambropoulos. The turning point in the game came in the third quarter. We went up by five (44-39) but they came right back with four straight baskets (by Morgan, Lambropoulos, Wells and Piazza). If the quarter had ended right there, when we had the five-point lead, we would have gone to a four-corner stall offence to start the fourth quarter. That might have changed the game around.” Barons star Norman Clarke notched 19, including 14 in the second half. John Kordich added 12, Tony Ramondino 12, Mark Jones 8, Adrian Hough 4 and Courtney Betty 3. The Barons (coached by Terry Thomson) also featured Orest Sochaniwsky, Robert Fukakusa, Micky Gharakhanian, Mike Dimarco and Walter Bristol.
The Ottawa Brookfield Blues defeated the Hamilton Southmount Royals 46-45 in overtime after leading 12-6, 26-15 and 34-33 at the quarters. The Royals finally tied the score at 39 on a Nick Mugosa bucket. Neil McFadden answered for Brookfield. Jeff Newnham responded with a bucket for Southmount. Errol Nelson made it 43-41 for the Blues with 18 seconds to play. But Mugosa forced overtime with a field goal. Steve Gill opened the scoring for Southmount in overtime. Errol Nelson answered for the Blues. Rob Urie fouled Bruce Pringle on a throw-in upcourt and Pringle hit the free throw to win it. With the score knotted at 45, Cougar Jeff Newnham missed the front end of a one-and-one with 5 seconds to play. Brookfield called time out. They inbounded the ball upcourt and Pringle gave Gill a shove from behind to take him out of the play and was then fouled on an attempted layup. Gill gold the Hamilton Spectator that “I would have had the ball. Their guy (Errol Nelson) jumped the ball. It was coming right to me when Bruce pushed me.” Errol Nelson paced the Blues with 18. Bruce Pringle added 9, Wilson 6, Walton 4, McFadyen 4, McManus 3 and D Nelson 2. Blues coach Craig Miln said “we didn’t react to the pressure in the second half … We’ve worked a long time on those last second plays.” Steve Gill led the Royals with 15. Jeff Newnham added 12, Rob Urie 8, Nick Mugosa 4, John Lamparski 4 and Mike Knezevic 2. Royals coach Bob Knuckle said “the first half was the worst half of basketball we’ve played all year. We caught them and went ahead. It was ours to have.” Newnham said “we just weren’t putting anything together in the first half.” The Royals (coached by Bob Knuckle, assisted by Paul Walychuk and Mike Leedale) also included Damien Cox, Kevin Mickleboro, Ken Capponi, Chedo Sobot, Carmen Bommarito and Gus Kandalis.
In the semis, the Sarnia Central Centaurs knocked off the top-ranked 33-0 Sudbury Lockerby Vikings, by a score of 72-56 as Jon Antonides scored 29, Greg Armstrong 12, Wade Walker 10, Stan Jablonski 8, Chuck Stevens 7 and Ted Roffey 2, while Randy Haddon was scoreless. Lockerby was led by point guard Eli Pasquale, who scored 19 and went on to star in the U. of Victoria amazing run of CIAU titles and was a member of the Canadian senior national team. Bob Tosone added 16, Brian Fleury 8, Falcioni 6, Frank Natale 3, Ticco 2 and Church 2, while Sheridan was scoreless.
In the other semi, the Windsor W.D. Lowe Trojans defeated the Ottawa Brookfield Blues 66-56. The game was tied at 15 at the quarter. The Trojans led 35-29 at the half. Ottawa rallied to tie it at 41 but Lowe pulled back ahead 48-47 at the three-quarter mark, after which three field goals by Richard Wells and two free throws by Enzo Piazza put the game out of reach as Lowe grabbed a 56-47 lead. Wells paced Lowe with 33. Enzo Piazza added 16, Peter Lambropoulos 10, Fabio Marras 5 and Joe Morgan 2, while Alex Marra was scoreless. Bruce Pringle scored 22 to pace the Blues. Wilson added 8, McFadyen 7, Errol Nelson 6, D Nelson 6 and McManus 4, while Walton was scoreless.
In the final, the Sarnia Central Centaurs edged the Windsor W.D. Lowe Trojans 74-49 as 7-1 centre Jon Antonides was all but unstoppable posting up for turnaround jumpers. The Centaurs, who’d stepped up from Double-A for the season, led 9-8, 24-23 and 42-40 at the quarters. The teams traded the lead until Antonides scored with 49 seconds to play to give Central 50-49 lead. Lowe came back up the floor but a bounce pass was picked off by Wade Walker. Trojan star Richard Wells committed his fifth foul. Greg Armstrong hit one free throw and missed the second but Antonides got a putback rebound and was fouled, sinking a free throw for the final point of the match. “I must have lost 20 pounds in energy,” said Sarnia Central coach John Thrasher. “We’ve been working so hard and for so long and now it’s hard to believe we’ve finally done it. … We have always been an AA team, but we moved up this year because we figured we had a good chance to be in the final eight teams in Ontario. That was our goal.” Thrasher said Antonides played in pain with a sore left ankle and knee. ‘I can’t tell you how much pain he was in. I didn’t think he could take it. He was hurt in this afternoon’s win against Lockerby.” Antonides said. “It hurt like anything. But it was the last game for the Ontario championships, so what the heck.” Antonides played with an injured left knee from a collision with Sudbury’s Eli Pasquale in the semi-final. Sarnia pounded the ball inside to Antonides as they took a 42-34 lead. But Windsor rallied with an 11-0 run to take a 44-42 lead. But Sarnia kept its cool. Stan Jablonski tied it for Sarnia but then Lowe went ahead again by three on free throw by Morgan and Peter Lambropoulos. Lowe tried to stall out the contest but Fabio Marras was called for travelling. Back to back field goals by Antonides and Greg Armstrong put Sarnia back in the leads. Richard Wells hit to give Lowe a 49-48 advantage with 65 seconds to go. But Antonides hitting the winning bucket on a hook shot with under a minute to play. Lowe turned the ball over on a bad pass and Armstrong stretched the margin to three with 11 seconds to go. Antonides finished the scoring with a three-point play with five seconds on the clock. Antonides finished with 30 points, including 14 field goals. Greg Armstrong added 13, Stan Jablonski 8 and Wade Walker 3, while Chuck Stevens was scoreless. Wells led Lowe with 25, while Enzo Piazza added 14, Peter Lambropoulos 6 and Joe Morgan 4, while Dean, Fabio Marras and Alex Marra were scoreless. Windsor coach Gerry Brumpton told the Windsor Star that “you’ve got to give Jon Antonides a lot of credit. He placed one heckuva ball game. How do you play the guy? We tried just about everything defensively to try to stop him but nothing worked.” John Thrasher, in his rookie season as a head coach, noted that his star was virtually indefensible. ‘I don’t know anybody in Ontario who can stop him playing man-to-man defence. And I can’t tell you how much pain he endured to play as well as he did in this game.” Antonides later signed a letter-of-intent to attend Michigan State.
The co-bronze medalist Ottawa Brookfield Blues: Errol Nelson; Bruce Pringle; D Nelson; Wilson; McFadyen; Walton; McManus; coach Craig Milne
The co-bronze medalist Sudbury Lockerby Vikings: Eli Pasquale; Brian Fleury; Frank Natale; Bob Tosone; Sheridan; Church; Ticco; Fraser; Avero; Falcioni;
The silver medalist Windsor W.D. Lowe Trojans: Richard Wells; Enzo Piazza; Fabio Marras; Peter Lambropoulos; Joe Morgan; Alex Marra; Monteleone; Dean; Morgan coach Gerry Brumpton
The gold medalist Sarnia Central Centaurs: Jon Antonides; Greg Armstrong; Stan Jablonski; Chuck Stevens; Wade Walker; Randy Haddon; Stan Proszek; Jim Statton; Dave Bisson; Tony DiMaria; Jeff Gark; Chris Dew; Gary Brennan; Wayne Duncan; Greg Armstrong; Ted Roffey; Rick Huges; coach John Thrasher