In the opening round, held in Sarnia: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Hamilton St. Mary’s Crusaders thrashed the Peterborough Crestwood Mustangs 54-36 as Tina Ellison scored 19 and Angela Nobes 14. Karen Jackson led the Mustangs with 21. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Brantford St. John’s Green Eagles defeated the North Toronto Huskies 72-27 as Jennifer Gallant scored 14. Andrea Thomson led the Huskies with 10. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Sudbury LaSalle Lancers pounded the Dundas Parkside Panthers 76-30 as Wendy Nutt scored 19. Camilla Vejvalka led the Panthers with 12. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Sarnia St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish stomped the Kingston Regiopolis-Notre Dame Redskins 65-32 as Margaret Corey scored 14. Carolyn Garnette led the Redskins with 12. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Scarborough Albert Campbell Celtics defeated the Ottawa St. Pius X X-Women 55-23 as Andrea Constand scored 21. Sarah Reid led the X-Women with 13. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Oshawa Paul Dwyer Saints clubbed the Etobicoke Collegiate Rams 68-47 as Nicole Barber scored 20. Katie Vrancart led the Rams with 15. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Toronto Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Windsor Vincent Massey Mustangs 35-14. Windsor sought to slow the game to absolute crawl in hopes they could lull the Eagles to sleep. They apparently lulled the refs to sleep, who nailed the Mustangs with a pair of delay of game technical fouls. “That first call really threw us,” Massey center Marion Diakowsky, who scored 10, told the Windsor Star. “It was pretty questionable. We were feeling comfortable with what we were doing to that point. We knew we couldn’t run with them, so we had to wait. It was working too. We had a couple of nice players over the top for easy baskets and we were only down 10-9 with the ball late in the half. Had we got to the half with a one-point lead or down only one, it wouldn’t be a different ball game.” Instead, Bosco’s Angela Pin nailed four free throws on the technicals and the Eagles moved ahead 16-9 at the break. Mustangs coach Richard Basinski said “I have to take responsibility for that last minute or so. The girls were so angry with the first technical foul that it rattled them. I should’ve made sure we didn’t commit another one. Being down seven at the half forced us out of our game plan.” Totally rattled, Massey scored only a free throw by Diakowsky in the third quarter, after which they trailed 25-10. Ayodele Bygrave led the Eagles with 12. Tina Ryan added 11. Marian Diakowsky led the Mustangs with 8. The Mustangs also included Janet Basinski, Shelley Holden. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Sarnia Collegiate Blue Bombers edged the Mississauga St. Martin’s Mustangs 45-41 as Marnie Buchanan scored 18. Izabella Bachmanek paced the Mustangs with 18.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Oshawa Paul Dwyer Saints defeated the Windsor Vincent Massey Mustangs 54-49 as Marcy Skribe scored 22. Marion Diakowsky paced the Mustangs with 23. Dana McCullough scored 11 before getting into foul trouble, forcing the Mustangs to look to Elena Fields and Tanya Natyshak off the bench. A late 9-2 run gave Dwyer a 32-23 lead at the half. “We didn’t play that well defensively in the second quarter,” coach Richard Basinski told the Windsor Star. “We didn’t contain Marcy Skribe well. We let her shoot from the outside and we let her drive and pass off too much in the first half. That was a big edge for them. Every time we got close to them, they would go on one of their little spurts and we’d be 10 down again.” Skribe finished with 22 points, including 16 in the first half. Nadia Gosgnach added 8. The Mustangs closed the margin to 40-36 after three quarters but Dwyer opened the final frame with a 6-0 run and iced it at the line. The Mustangs included Marion Diakowsky, Dana McCullough. ………………………………………………… The top-seeded Hamilton St. Mary’s Crusaders crushed the Ottawa St. Pius X X-Women 61-28 as Tina Ellison scored 30. The gym was so cold that players on the bench wore coats and gloves. Sarah Reid paced the X-Women with 13. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Toronto Don Bosco Eagles clubbed the Etobicoke Collegiate Rams 63-29 as Tina Blaskovic scored 13. Katie Vancourt led the Rams with 9. The Rams (coached by Paul Pearson) also included Chris Greenlaw. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Brantford St. John’s Green Eagles stomped the Mississauga St. Martin’s Mustangs 62-36 as Jennifer Gallant scored 14, Sharon Kruis 11, Jennifer Reid 10, Janet Reid 8 and Sharon Kruis 8. Isabella Bachmanek, Collette Martin and Lori O’Malley paced the Mustangs with 36. ………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Sudbury Lasalle Lancers whipped the Kingston Regiopolis-Notre Dame Redskins 76-34 as Stacey Hann scored 15. Tina Young led the Redskins with 11. ………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Sarnia Collegiate Blue Bombers crushed the North Toronto Norsewomen 60-29 as Marnie Buchanan scored 21. Allison Bain led the Norsewomen with 13. ………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Sarnia St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish clipped the Dundas Parkside Panthers 58-46 as Carla Daws scored 11. Camilla Vevjaika led the Panthers with 14. The Panthers also included Kely Hils, Kelly Stevens. ………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Scarborough Albert Campbell Celtics pounded the Peterborough Crestwood Mustangs 63-30 as Andrea Constand scored 33. Christine Porter led the Mustangs with 10.
In the quarterfinals, the 2nd-seeded Toronto Don Bosco Eagles ended the 7th-seeded Scarborough Albert Campbell Celtics hopes of winning a third consecutive OFSAA crown by a 44-37 count as Tina Blaskovic scored 15. Andrea Constand paced the Celtics with 15. The Celtics (coached by Bryan Pardo) included Jillian Jones.
The 3rd-seeded Brantford Saint John Eagles clipped the 6th-seeded Sarnia St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish 58-46 as Jennifer Gallant scored 31 on five treys and 20-11 from the line. Sharon Kruis added 7, Jennifer Reid 7, Janet Reid 5 and Leona Fernandez 4. Eagles coach Bob Delaney was facing a Sarnia team that he had led to three OFSAA crowns. The Fighting Irish led 15-10 after one quarter. The Eagles led 30-25 at the half and 47-34 after three quarters. Casey Winegard and Tricia Musselman each notched 14 to pace the Fighting Irish.
The top-seeded Hamilton St. Mary’s Crusaders crushed the 8th-seeded Oshawa Paul Dwyer Saints 65-41 as Tina Allison scored 20 and Angela Nobes 18. The Crusaders led 36-17 at the half. Nadia Gosgnach paced the Saints with 17. The Saints (coached by Heather Lafontaine) also included Marcy Skribe.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Sudbury Lasalle Lancers defeated the 5th-seeded Sarnia Collegiate Blue Bombers 62-54 as Jaylene Morrison scored 17. Nancy Schuster added 17. Marnie Buchanan led the Blue Bombers with 26. The Blue Bombers (coached by McLellan) also included Kelly Ferguson, Tara Forbes, Amy McLellan, Krista Duncan, Becky Horner, Marcy Hutchinson, Stacey Adams, Shelley Vanderbeld, Natalie Russell, Sheila Popen and Marcy Mazgaj.
In the semis, the 3rd-seeded Brantford St. John’s Eagles dumped the 2nd-seeded Toronto Don Bosco Eagles 42-36 as Susan Kruis scored 15, Janet Reid 10, Jennifer Gallant 8, Sharon Kruis 5 and Jennifer Reid 4. The Green Eagles led 9-8 after one quarter. Don Bosco led 23-19 at the half and 33-27 after three quarters. St. John’s knotted the score with 3:19 to play and then took the lead two Janet Reid free throws. Sharon Kruis added a pair for the line and Gallant iced it with another pair from the line. Ayodele Bygrave led the Eagles with 15.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Hamilton St. Mary’s Crusaders nipped the 4th-seeded Sudbury Lasalle Lancers 50-48 as Tina Ellison scored 23. Jolene Morrison led the Lancers with 17.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded Sudbury LaSalle Lancers defeated the Toronto Don Bosco Eagles 47-35 as Wendy Nutt scored 23. Ayodele Bygrave led the Eagles with 12. “It was one of those days where we couldn’t run anything right, just went from bad to worse,” said Don Bosco coach Cathy Casey told the Toronto Star. The Eagles included Tina Blaskovic, Daisy Bygrove, Angela Pin, Tina Ryan.
In the final, the 3rd-seeded Brantford St. John’s Green Eagles defeated the top-seeded Hamilton St. Mary’s Crusaders 64-56 as Jennifer Gallant scored 21, Janet Reid 12, Susan Kruis 9, Jennifer Reid 9, Sharon Kruis 7 and Carol Rodrigues 6. Gallant told the Brantford Expositor that “we really want to win for the Kruises because they’re the only ones who won’t be back. … We beat them (St. Mary’s) once but that was early in the season. We lost to them a few times after that so we were a little shaky (heading into the final) but we knew we could beat them. We just played better than we had all year. … We were a little more disciplined at the end and we learned to play more like a team. He (coach Delaney) made us work as a team.” Delaney, who was simultaneously coaching Western’s university Mustangs, said “we have some kids who really understand what I’m trying to do with them and they really executed to a T. This was just an indication of what they could do. We also worked on their will to win and when we got here they kept telling Mary (Fogale, the assistant coach) and I that they were going to win. The confidence they had in themselves was a big key. Mary and I, we tried to take the edge of them by saying what they had accomplished so far was great and anything more was a bonus.” The Green Eagles led 22-15 after one quarter on three treys by Gallant. They led 33-23 at the half by effectively handling the Crusaders press. St. Mary’s twice cut the lead to three in the third quarter but each time, Gallant answered with a trey. The Green Eagles led 51-46 after three quarters. Delaney said “it came down to our discipline and their discipline. I thought we made them play out of sync. Ellison scored 14 points which isn’t very many for her. By taking away their inside game, we caused their perimeter game to speed up a little bit. I don’t think they had very good shot selection.” Tina Ellison led the Crusaders with 14. Rena Wesolowski added 12, Lori Ryan 11, Angela Nobes 10 and Tanya Tatti 9. Nobes told the Hamilton Spectator “our ability put us through the other games. I guess we need a little more experience.” Crusaders coach Karen Cutaia said “it was just a general lack of discipline. They were basically out of control. I think they let the refereeing get to them and you can’t do that in a championship game.”
The bronze medalist Sudbury LaSalle Lancers: Charis Andrews; Danielle Fraser; Stacey Hann; Cori Hyndman; Rosalind Kurlicki; Jolene Morrison; Leeanne Morrison; Wendie Nutt; B. J. Potvin; Joyce Roumanes; Nancy Schuster; Kim Stoddart; coach Bill Sherman; assistant Nipper Johnston
The silver medalist Hamilton St. Mary’s Crusaders: Tina Ellison; Angela Nobes; Rena Wesolowski; Tanya Tatti; Lori Ryan; Melissa Maninci; Wendy Hincks; Laura Beattie; Lori Ketchmark; Adrienne Cilles; coach Karen Cutaia
The gold medalist Brantford St. John’s Green Eagles: Jennifer Gallant; Jennifer D’Souza; Jiselle Muche; Carol Rodrigues; Sharon Kruis; Susan Kruis; Janet Reid; Erika Smith; Julie Bielik; Shivaun Wilson; Leona Fernadez; coach Bob Delaney; assistant Mary Fogale