In the Regina city quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns whipped the Thom Trojans 59-38 as Eileen Benesh scored 32 and Margaret McGovern 12. The Golden Suns led 20-2 early and 35-10 at the half. Benesh told the Regina Leader-Post that “they scored four baskets right at the end. That was uncalled for. But we’re pretty tired. But with only two subs (Cathy Labelle and Dawn Holzer) on the bench, we were really drained. … We still didn’t work our plays that well. We rushed things too much and we’ll have to slow things down a bit the rest of the playoffs.” De-Anna Vance led the Trojans with 10. Trojans Tracy Wowchuk, Janine Welk and Jackie Moore did not play because of injury, Moore because she’d slipped a disc in her back. The Trojans also included Kelly Craig. …………………………………………………… The Campbell Tartans clocked the Sheldon-Williams Spartans 75-63 as Carolyn Juckes scored 23 and Tracy Shewchuk 10. Juckes told the Regina Leader-Post that “I think everybody went home thinking that Sherri (Lane, who did not play because of a torn ligament in her left knee) wouldn’t be in there. We all had to compensate and we knew we couldn’t just have one player in double figures.” Jacalyn Gamble led the Spartans with 16. The Spartans also included Jody Stewart. …………………………………………………… The Archbishop M.C. O’Neill Titans dusted the Balfour Redmen 88-61 as Janice Chabon scored 20, Rhonda Wszolek 18, Daphne Zimmer 15 and Marlene Bodei 11. The Titans led 52-23 at the half after unexpectedly playing a zone. Titans coach Jim Gallagher told the Regina Leader-Post that “it’s so similar to our man defence and it forces them to run a different offence. We played a man defence all year and that strengthened our zone defence.” Erica Stengler paced the Redmen with 18. Lisa Calibaba added 16. The Redmen also included Sharleen Hodel. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the Marian Saints stomped the Martin Monarchs 69-39 as Mary Lou Tourigny scored 16, Jennifer Boso 15 and Teresa Pontius 14. Tracy Gollage led the Monarchs with 4. Julie Foster added 10. The Monarchs also included Sandra Volden, Jennifer Kloss. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Marian Saints clipped the Archbishop M.C. O’Neill Titans 53-43 as Mary Lou Tourigny scored 26, Teresa Pontius 14 and Naomi Humbke 11. The Saints were able to effectively contain the Titans efforts to push the tempo, O’Neill coach Jim Gallagher told the Regina Leader-Post. “That’s what we wanted to do. That what caused them foul trouble in the first half. But they’re so experienced and so cool, they just decided to stay away from fouls in the second half. And Mary Lou Tourigny, I’ve seen her play some good games but that was one of the best games I’ve ever seen her play.” Tourigny said “I was really hyper early in the game. Our whole team was. We were getting too excited and started committing fouls. We started playing their game. By halftime, we knew we had to slow down our offence.” The Saints led 28-24 at the half. Janice Chabon led the Titans with 18. Barb Stefanowski added 15 and Daphne Zimmer 13. The Titans (coached by Jim Gallagher) also included Carla Heider, Rhonda Wszolek, Marlene Bodei. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns dumped the Campbell Tartans 47-35 as Eileen Benesh scored 13 and Lisa Paluck 12. The Golden Suns led 31-14 at the half after dominating the boards. The Tartans rallied behind a 1-2-1-1 press led by Karen Wood, Carolyn Juckes and Cheryl Kearns. Lisa Paluck told the Regina Leader-Post “that press was really scary. We got a bit rattled.” Campbell rallied to within 40-34 with three minutes to play.” Tartans coach Greg Johnson said “we just couldn’t put the ball in the basket. And there was just too much pressure on Caroline tonight.” Karen Wood led the Tartans with 12. Carolyn Juckes added 10. The Tartans (coached by Greg Johnson) also included Sherri Lane, Cheryl Kearns. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Marian Saints clipped the Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns 45-36 as Mary Lou Tourigny scored 19 and Teresa Pontius 12. Tourigny told the Regina Leader-Post that “we didn’t have a good first half. We didn’t score because we weren’t passing enough. But once we started playing our game and started to shoot better, I knew we could win it.” Eileen Benesh led the Golden Suns with 11.
In the Saskatoon city quarterfinals: …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Walter Murray Marauders defeated the 4th-seeded E.D. Feehan Trojans 43-36 as Wendy Hurd scored 19 and Shelly Cathcart 9. Lynne Lieffers led the Trojans with 12. Eileen Kramchynski added 10. The Trojans also included Colette Loehndorf, Laura McCrae, Lori Tkatchuk. …………………………………………………… In the other quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Evan Hardy Souls whipped the 6th-seeded Aden Bowman Bears 67-50 as Kathy Morrow scored 18 and Colleen Venne 12. Annette Constable paced the Bears with 25. Tammy Goddard added 6. The Bears also included Shannon Kekula, Tammy Goddard, Susan Evans. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the top-seeded Saskatoon Holy Cross Crusaders defeated the 5th-seeded Walter Murray Marauders 69-61 as Ramona Moldenhauer scored 17 and Laurie Leier 16. Wendy Hurd led the Marauders with 22. The Marauders led 30-29 at the half. The Marauders also included Tracy Hagsburg, Christine Klassen, Susan Morris. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Saskatoon Evan Hardy Souls dispatched the 2nd-seeded City Park Cowgirls 73-65 despite trailing 47-40 at the half. Colleen Venne led the Souls with 22. Kelly McPhee added 20. Lisa Zinkiewich paced the Cowgirls with 21. Barb Dmytryshyn added 20. The Cowgirls (coached by Barry Rusnell) also included Jodie Beatty, Lisa Salloum, Elan Ballantyne. …………………………………………………… In the final, the 3rd-seeded Evan Hardy Souls stunned the top-seeded Holy Cross Crusaders 65-60 as Colleen Venne scored 18 and Kathy Morrow 13. Ramona Moldenhauer led the Crusaders with 20. Erica Pasmeny added 12.
In the provincial semis, the Regina Marian Saints clipped the Saskatoon Holy Cross Crusaders 55-43 after leading 26-17 at the half. Mary Lou Tourigny aced the Saints with 17. Jennifer Boso added 16. Andrea Karwacki paced the Crusaders with 10. Jennifer Boso told the Regina Leader-Post that “we do have more of an inside game. But we worked it outside tonight. I’m glad we took control at the beginning. It got a little rough at the end.” Holy Cross coach Vic Karwacki said “we would dribble into their press rather than pass out of it. And because of injuries, this is the first time we’ve had our entire team together since January 10th. So, we were a little nervous.”
In the other semi, the Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns edged the Saskatoon Evan Hardy Souls 53-51 as Eileen Benesh scored 20, Lisa Paluck 13 and Raquel Tchorzewski 7. Kathy Morrow led the Souls with 18. Reni Hall added 17. Eileen Benesh told the Regina Leader-Post that “the baseline was working so I just kept going for it. If I couldn’t get in, I went to Lisa (Paluck) or Wendy (Kaufman) or Raquel (Tchorzewski) and has to be the best junior, wow.” The Golden Suns led 26-17 at the half but trailed 37-32 with nine minutes to play when the Souls called off their press. The Suns promptly rallied. Souls coach Pat Wegner said that “we thought by taking off our press, we might get our offensive routine going.” Tchorzewski gave the Suns a 44-43 lead on a putback. Benesh promptly added a pair of field goals. Wegner said “we were hoping to isolate her (Benesh) points from outside, almost inviting her to shoot from out there. Even with two people on her and with hands in her face, her outside shots were still going in.”
In the bronze medal match, the Saskatoon Holy Cross Crusaders dusted the Saskatoon Evan Hardy Souls 77-64 as Ramona Moldenhauer scored 18, Erica Pasmeny 13 and Tracey Chomyn 12. Kathy Morrow led the Souls with 21. Kelly McPhee added 14 and Rhonda Bashnik 12. The Souls (coached by Pat Wegner) also included Colleen Venne, Wendy Hall, Reni Hall, Kathy Morrow, Jodie Habicht.
In the final, the Regina Marian Saints defeated the Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns 48-36 after leading 22-21 at the half. Naomi Humbke led the Saints with 10. Mary-Lou Tourigny added 9 and Teresa Pontius 6. Eileen Benesh paced the Golden Suns with 42. Lisa Paluck added 6. The Suns tried a box-and-one on 6-0 Saints centre Mary-Lou Tourigny but Jennifer Boso responded by repeatedly attacking off the dribble. “We’ve practiced so many different areas in our offence that when (coach John MacDonald) says ‘switch’, we can switch,” Boso told the Regina Leader-Post. Teresa Pontius said “there’s always somebody open.” Mary-Lou Tourigny said that “they were like triple-teaming me. It gets a little frustrating.” Golden Suns coach Darlene Schmidt said “Lisa (Paluck) did quite a job on Tourigny. We concentrated completely on shutting down Tourigny. I don’t think any other team has done as well.”
The bronze medalist Saskatoon Holy Cross Crusaders: Andrea Karwacki; Ramona Moldenhauer; Erica Pasmeny; Tracy Chomyn; Lori Leier; Sandra Moroz; coach Vic Karwacki
The silver medalist Regina Dr. Martin LeBoldus Golden Suns: Eileen Benesh; Irene Benesh; Margaret McGovern; Cathy Labelle; Dawn Holzer; Susan Rizak; Nicole Beaudry; Lisa Pawluck; Raquel Tchorzewski; Wendy Kaufman; coach Darlene Schmidt
The gold medalist Regina Marian Saints: Mary Lou Tourigny; Jennifer Boso; Teresa Pontius; Shelley Harris; Naomi Humbke; Jennifer Boso; coach John MacDonald