1938
In the Maritime finals, Yarmouth Academy defeated Woodstock (NB) 43-36; 34-26 (Total: 77-60). …………………………………………………… In game one, Yarmouth clipped Woodstock 43-6 as McIvor scored 18, Titus 10, Warner 6, Trask 4, Mooers 3 and Homer 2, while Horton and Vickery were scoreless. Burtt led Woodstock with 16. B McLean added 12, Dunbar 4, Currie 3 and P McLean 1, while Feldman, Franklin, McDonald and Farmer were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, Yarmouth prevailed 34-26 as McIvor scored 12, Moores 12, Titus 6, Homer 2 and Warner 2, while Trask and Vickery were scoreless. Burtt led Woodstock with 12. Farmer added 6, Dunbar 5 and Butch Mclean 3, while Currie, McDonald, Fewer, Brooks and Watters were scoreless.
Yarmouth opted not to proceed further in the Dominion playoffs and defaulted to x.
1939
1940
In the Maritime finals, Yarmouth Academy (N.S.) defeated Woodstock High (N.B.) 26-25; 46-25 (Total: 72-50) to capture their third Maritime title in four years. …………………………………………………… In game one, Yarmouth edged Woodstock 26-25 as Walter McIvor scored 18, Corey 3, Allen 2 and Horton 1, while Langry, Jayne, Rogers, McKay, Bailey, Wetmore and Morton were scoreless. Brooks led Woodstock with 10. Fewer added 9 and Harison 6, while MacDonald, Hayden, Corbett, Nicholson, Vesey and McCloskey were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, Yarmouth pounded Woodstock 46-25 as McIvor scored 22, Horton 14, Allen 8 and Corey 2. Hayden led Woodstock with 10. Fewer added 6, Brooks 5, Hanson 2 and Nicholson 2.
1941
No Maritime playoff was held.
In the finals, Ottawa St. Patrick defeated Catholic 9-8; 8-6 (Total: 17-14). Ostensibly advance to face Vancouver for the Dominion title.
1944
In the Maritime final, Sydney Academy defeated New Brunswick champion Rothesay Collegiate 40-35; 39-41 (Total:79-76). “A remarkable fighting spirit brought Sydney Academy the first Maritime Interscholastic basketball championship since the torrid 20’s at the Y.M.C.A. last night,” reported the Sydney Post Record on April 22, 1944. “Behind on the round score most of the night, the city hoop troupe marched into the throne room with a late spurt that gave them a 79-76 edge in the two-game round with the smooth Rothesay Collegiate squad.” …………………………………………………… In game one, Sydney prevailed 40-35 as Bannerman scored 12, Fraser 9, MacNeil 9, Mifflin 8 and Henderson 2, while Rutherford, Macleod, Bone, Mercer and Stuewe were scoreless. Smith led Rothesay with 18. Alcorn added 8, Harrington 4, Tremayne 3 and Hannington 2. …………………………………………………… In game two, Rotheway prevailed 41-39 but lost the total-point series by three. Smith led Rothesay with 18. Alcorn added 6, Hannington 6, Tremayne 6 and Harrington 6. Bannerman led Sydney Academy with 15. MacNeil added 9, Fraser 6, Henderson 5, MacLeod 2 and Miffin 2.
1945
In Maritime interscholastic final, defending champ Sydney Academy defeated Newcastle Harkins of New Brunswick 20-24 and 15-10 (Total: 35-34) as Ross Bannerman hit the winning bucket with eight seconds on the clock. Harkins shot 2-15 from the line. “They were all low-scoring games then,” said Gordon Mercer. “I think there was very close checking and certainly the boys weren’t as tall as what they are today. There was no slam dunking at that time because most of them didn’t hit the height of any better than 6’1”. Sydney Academy was coached by Pat Patterson, an Indiana native who owned a Coca-Cola plant in Cape Breton. He handed all players a sheet of paper that read: “Know the rules, don’t try to beat the rules. Take the referee’s decision as final, remember that he usually knows better than anybody else. Be courteous to opponents and officials. Be unselfishly loyal to your team, your school and your coach. Stick together, it pays every time.” The Sydney Academy hoopsters went on to win the next three Maritime boys basketball crowns, for a total of five consecutive Maritime titles. …………………………………………………… In game one, Newcastle prevailed 24-20 as George McWilliams scored 12, Murphy 6, Daley 4 and Whalen 2, while Dalton, Ramsey, Richards, Houlston, McCallum, Anderson and Stablis? were scoreless. Frank Mifflin led Sydney Academy with 10. Gordon Fraser added 5, Ross Bannerman 3 and Gordon MacCoy 2. …………………………………………………… In game two, Sydney took the title with a 15-10 win as Gordon Fraser scored 8, Ross Bannerman 3, Frank Mifflin 2 and Harry Henderson 2. Sydney (coach Pat Patterson, manager Tommy Glover) also included Jack MacLean, Dougie Woodill, J.B. Rutherford, Mason MacDonald, Donnie Shaw, Gordon (Moose) Mercer, Donnie MacLeod and Al MacKinnon. MacWilliam led Newcastle with 5. Murphy added 3 and Dalton 2.
1947
In the Maritime final, Sydney Academy defeated Saint John St. Vincent’s 61-14; 44-14 (Total: 105-28). …………………………………………………… In game one, Sydney Academy torched St. Vincent’s 61-14 as George Kehoe scored 20, Gordon MacCoy 19, Don Shaw 15, Rudy Pace 5 and Mercer 2, while Ross Stanway, Woodill, Burke, Frioult, Morrison and Cruickshanks were scoreless. Gaynes led St. Vincent’s with 10. Hazel added 2 and McMurray 2, while Peters, Langlois, Williams, Kelley, Kennedy, Hansen, Bowes and Chatterton were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, Sydney Academy took the title with a 44-14 win as Kehoe scored 18, Shaw 8, Pace 6, Mercer 5, MacCoy 3, Cruickshanks 3 and Morrison 1. Hazel led St. Vincent’s with 5. Gaynes added 4, Kelley 2, MacMurray 2 and Williams 1.
1949
In the Maritime interscholastic final, Saint John High defeated Glace Bay St. Anne’s x-x; x-x (Total: x-x).
Girls
1932
In the Maritime finals, Nova Scotia champ Glace Bay defeated New Brunswick champ St. Stephen 18-3; 16-12; (Total: 34-15).
1939
In the Maritime final, the St. Stephen (NB) Spartans whipped the Yarmouth Academy (NS) 41-22 as Enid Middlemass scored 17, Betty McAllister 11, Betty Laughlin 8, Berla McAllister 3 and Reta Buchanan 2. The Spartans (coach Gordon Coffey) also included Betty Hyslop, Ruth Sawyer, Jackie Clark, Margaret Sprout, Cappy McIntee. The game was played with one half utilizing girl’s rules, and one half boy’s rules. Cann led Yarmouth with 5, Martin added 5 and Allen 4, while Reid, Addis, Trask, Jeffrey and Sherman were scoreless.
1948
In the Maritime final, Glace Bay Ste. Anne’s defeated the Saint John Greyhounds 30-23; 23-27 (Total: 53-50). …………………………………………………… In game one, Ste. Anne’s (coach Father Nash, manager Pat McNeil) prevailed 30-23 as Marg Broderick scored 14, Huna Fraser 14. Irene MacAdam 2 and Lucy Pierand 2, while Rita York, Mary Lou MacDonald, Camella McDonald and Sally MIntosh were scoreless. R McLeese led the Greyhounds with 12. Lois Thomas added 7, while four points were unallocated. The Greyhounds also included N Pickle, M Holder, A Brooks, R Wetmore, J Dow, G Young and M.L. Sutherland. …………………………………………………… In game two, Saint John edged Glace Bay 27-23 but lost the total-point series by three. B Fawcett led the Greyhounds with 13. R McLeese added 8 and L Thomas 6. M Broderick paced Ste. Anne’s with 11. H Fraser added 10 and I McAdam 2.
1949
In the Maritime final, the Saint John Greyhounds defeated Glace Bay (NS) Ste. Anne’s 30-35; 29-20 (Total: 59-55). …………………………………………………… In game, Ste. Anne’s prevailed 35-30 as Fraser scored 23, S MacNeil 6 and S MacDonald 6, while Curry, J MacNeil, York, C MacDonald, L MacDonald, Sampson and Krewenski were scoreless. Turnbull led the Greyhounds with 12. Pickle added 8, McLeese 7 and Dow 3, while MacKenzie, Skinner, Godsoe, Young, Thompson, Goss, Thomas and Edgecombe wee scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, Saint John took the tile with a 29-20 win as Turnbull scored 13, Pickle 9 and McLeese 7. Fraser led Ste. Anne’s with 13. S MacNeil added 7.
1954
In the sudden-death Maritime final (being held for the first time since 1951), in a game being played as an exhibition match, because if a team plays for the title, it is ineligible for interscholastic competition in its province the following year, Saint John HS clipped Halifax Queen Elizabeth 28-18 as Carol Appleby scored 12, Betty MacMackin 9, Ann Ross 5 and Dede Smith 2, while Cathy Sullivan, Fran Cobban, Barb Barnes, Jean Trible, Jean Malcolm, Marry Lunnin and Lavee MacMelmon were scoreless. Barbara Wentzell led Queen Elizabeth with 6. Judy Clauston added 6, H Poole 3, Shelagh Doull 2 and Mary Ann King 1, while Marjorie Lane, Pat MacCallum, Sylvia Clark, Jane Macneil, Ethel Brown and Judy Coley were scoreless.