In the Saskatoon playoffs: …………………………………………………… In the quarterfinals, the Holy Cross Crusaders spanked the Mount Royal Mustangs 58-45 as Rich Bourassa scored 18 and Ed Kalthoff 12. Dennis Balon led the Mustangs with 11. The Mustangs also included Doug Yalte, Leonard Peters, Mike Thiessen, Dave Ophiem. …………………………………………………… The City Park Cowboys clocked the Nutana Blues 44-26 as Daryl Start scored 18. Lorne Vinish and Murray Totland each scored 6 to lead the Blues, who also included Bill Jonsson, Gord Pepper. …………………………………………………… The Walter Murray Marauders edged the Evan Hardy Souls 64-61 as Paul Collister scored 20 and Mike Kyllo 13. Jay Jensen led the Souls with 15. Brian Anderson added 15. The Souls also included Miles Pavelich, Redle, Young, Freden, Dodds, Jones, Langeman, Jeffrey, Weder. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the Bedford Road Redmen edged the Aden Bowman Bears 69-65 as Scott Baillie scored 22 and Ron Morris 12. Daryl Collister led the Bears with 20. Mike Kyllo added 13. The Bears (coached by Malcolm Gilbert) also included Darrel Melnychuk, Brad Edwards. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Bedford Road Redmen defeated the City Park Cowboys 61-46 as Scot Baillie scored 26. Daryl Start led the Cowboys with 27. The Cowboys also included Allan Bellamy, Scott Florence. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Saskatoon Walter Murray Marauders nipped the Holy Cross Crusaders 50-48 as Dave Smith scored 14 and Brian McInnis 11. Rich Bourassa scored 13 to pace the Crusaders. Rick Tobin added 12. The Crusaders (coached by Dave Hardy) also included Kim Bihari, Ed Kalthoff. …………………………………………………… In the finals, the Bedford Road Redmen defeated the Walter Murray Marauders 59-50; 55-40 (2g-0). …………………………………………………… In game one, the Redmen prevailed 59-50. The teams were tied at 14 at the quarter. Bedford Road led 31-29 at the half. Bedford Road had finished in sixth place in the Saskatoon league. Axel Fischer led Bedford Road with 21 points. Hans DeKok added 7. Ken Fossey paced Walter Murray with 14. Dave Smith added 9. …………………………………………………… In game two of the northern finals, Bedford Road defeated Walter Murray 55-40. Bedford Road led 9-8 at the quarter. Walter Murray led 21-15 at the half. and 35-34 at the three-quarter mark. Bedford Road went on a 20-5 run in the final quarter. Hans DeKok scored 14, Axel Fischer added 12 and Scot Baillie 12. Dave Smith led Walter Murray with 12. Ken Fossey added 8. The Marauders (coached by Barry Mooney) also included Robert Laird, Brian Smith, Paul Laird.
In the Southern Saskatchewan (entirely Regina schools) playoffs: …………………………………………………… The Campbell Tartans dispatched the Balfour Redmen 65-53 as Kim Knechtel scored 20. The score was knotted at 27 at the half. Don Gray led the Redmen with 20. The Redmen (coached by John Neiles) also included Jerry Saglie, Maurice Butler, Bill Giofu, Riddell, Churnoff, Walter, Rich Reitmeier, Bender, Teledevtski, Hanson, Boyd and Cherwojze. …………………………………………………… The Sheldon-Williams Spartans dusted the Luther Lions 64-23 as Glen Fekula scored 10, Paul Ferguson and Dave Traynor 10. The Spartans took a 40-11 lead and romped. The Lions (coached by Bob Hornsberger) included Kirk Adam, Rupert Tkocz, Gord Atchison, Raddatz, John McCullough, Ward, Anderson, Johnson. …………………………………………………… The Central Gophers pounded the Miller Marauders 78-40 as Bud Samuelson scored 16. The Gophers led 36-25 at the half. The Marauders included Mike Jestabt, John Salopeck, Ray Moser. …………………………………………………… In the last quarterfinal, the Thom Trojans spanked the Campion Maroons 68-34 as Lad Fogarty scored 18 and Ron Kelly 15. The Maroons included Mike Barker, Ken Bray, Pete Gorman. …………………………………………………… In the semis, the Central Gophers dispatched the Thom Trojans 55-46 as Ron Strilaeff scored 18, Bud Samuelson 12 and Dale Von Hagen 11. The score was knotted at 8 after one quarter. Central led 30-19 at the half. Stu Nicholson led the Trojans with 10. Rich Nesbitt added 10. The Trojans (coached by Al Ford) also included Lad Fogarty, Ron Kelly, Pat Fogarty, Doug Van Vliet, Jim Werschler, Bill Thomas. …………………………………………………… In the other semi, the Campbell Tartans nipped the Sheldon-Williams Spartans 48-47 as Ted Wood scored 15 and Kim Kneschtel 10. Tartans coach Wilf Foss told the Regina Leader-Post “sweet, sweet, sweet.” Spartan guard Ray Jacoby missed a layup at the buzzer that would have won it for Sheldon-Williams. Campbell led 24-17 at the half. Ray Jacoby led the Spartans with 19. Glen Fekula added 10. The Spartans (coached by Lorne Aston) also included Paul Ferguson, Dave Traynor, Lyle Rogne, Larry Rodney, Gene Wall. …………………………………………………… In the final, the Central Gophers clipped the Campbell Tartans 56-45 as Ron Strilaeff scored 15. Strilaeff, Dave Szabo and Tom Parker combined for 52. The Gophers led 31-19 at the half and maintained a double-digit margin for the remainder of the affair. Kim Knechtel led the Tartans with 16. The Tartans (coached by Wilf Foss) also included Ted Wood, Mike Lamborn, Murray Douglas, Ted Wood, Dave Werry.
In the provincial final, the Saskatoon Bedford Road Redmen became the first school to double as provincial boys and girls champ since the tournament was inaugurated in 1944. Bedford Road defeated Regina Central 67-56. The teams started slowly with Central scoring the first bucket of the game five minutes into the contest. Central led 15-11 at the quarter. Bedford Road was ahead 28-25 at the half. Scot Baillie fed Kirk Belinski for a field goal to open the second half and Central deflated after that. Bedford Road moved ahead 40-33 at the three-quarter mark and opened the final frame with an 8-0 run to build an insurmountable 53-39 lead. Central fouled to catch up but Bedford Road hit their free throws down the stretch. Bedford Road coach Merv Houghton, who retired after the season, said “what’s really remarkable about this team is that we really didn’t have a chance. After losing to Regina (Central during a midseason tournament) @ BRIT this year, I didn’t think we had a hope but the boys proved me wrong. They just decided they wanted it and they took it.” Central coach Jon Cox said his team got rattled. “We weren’t used to being down and the home-court fans got on their senses.” Baillie led Bedford Road with 24. Axel Fischer added 14 and Kirk Belinski 13. Ron Morris held Thom Parker to 15 points for Central. Ron Strilaeff added 11 and Brian Von Hagen 9. Bedford Road finished (19-3) on the season.
The silver medalist Regina Central Gophers: Thom Parker; Ron Strilaeff; Brian Von Hagen; Bud Samuelson; Dave Szabo; Dale (Don?) Von Hagen; Weir; Leung; Findlay; Perkins; Hawkes; coach Jon Cox
The gold medalist Saskatoon Bedford Road Redmen: Axel Fischer, Randy Watson, Ted Prebb, Ron Morris, Ron Wall, Renato Brudhell, Sheldon Friesen, Wayne Makowecky, Scott Baillie, Rod Friesen, Hans DeKok; Kirk Bilinski; Hal Souster; Ron Flach; Brad Houghton; Pat O’Connell; coach Merv Houghton; assistant Bob Thompson