POOL A | BC | ALTA | NB | NFLD | YUK | Record | |||
British Columbia | —– | 86-67 | 96-74 | 129-62 | 150-37 | (4-0) | |||
Alberta | 67-86 | —– | 74-59 | 89-58 | 92-36 | (3-1) | |||
New Brunswick | 74-96 | 59-74 | —– | 84-59 | 102-53 | (2-2) | |||
Newfoundland | 62-129 | 58-89 | 59-84 | —– | 95-72 | (1-3) | |||
Yukon | 37-150 | 36-92 | 53-101 | 72-95 | —– | (0-4) | |||
POOL B | ONT | QUE | SASK | MAN | PEI | Record | |||
Ontario | —– | 67-49 | 86-64 | 70-77 | 82-40 | (4-0) | |||
Quebec | 49-67 | —– | 79-60 | 78-57 | 79-37 | (3-1) | |||
Saskatchewan | 64-86 | 60-79 | —– | 86-74 | 96-51 | (2-2) | |||
Manitoba | 77-70 | 57-78 | 74-86 | —– | 88-49 | (1-3) | |||
PEI | 40-82 | 37-79 | 51-96 | 49-88 | —– | (0-4) | |||
Semi | Alberta 69 Ontario 56 | ||
Semi | BC 102 Quebec 67 | ||
9th | PEI 52 Yukon 38 | ||
7th | Manitoba 86 Newfoundland 58 | ||
5th | New Brunswick 93 Saskatchewan 62 | ||
Bronze | Ontario 61 Quebec 56 | ||
Final | Alberta 88 BC 64 | ||
In pool A play at the inaugural juvenile championships held in Vancouver: …………………………………………………… British Columbia whipped Alberta 86-67. BC said they were determined to avenge a 79-75 loss to Alberta at the Western Canada Summer Games a month earlier. “Just the way they celebrated after they beat us,” said B.C. point guard Hamed Nazzari. “We took that loss to heart. We practised every day after that and we practised more intense. To get the good start helps. We get the fastbreak going, we get the bench into it, we get the crowd into it.” Both teams played run-and-gun, with little inclination for defence. B.C. came out on fire, led by the outside shooting of guard Adam Friesen and led 46-29 with three minutes to go in the opening half. Alberta then showed it could shoot the three, also getting a couple of long bombs from Steve Sir, and went on a 14-1 run to cut the margin to 47-43 two minutes into the second half. That’s as close as Alberta could get it, though, as B.C. turned its shooting stroke back on. The heat “got to us a little bit,” said Nazzari. “But we’ve been practicing in it. I think we’re used to it.” Forward Sean Thistle led BC with 23. Nazzari added 13.
In pool B play: …………………………………………………… Quebec dumped PEI 79-37 despite 14 points from Adam Hood. …………………………………………………… Manitoba dumped PEI 88-49 despite 20 points from Brian Finniss. …………………………………………………… Saskatchewan dumped PEI 94-51 despite 16 points from Trevor Postma. …………………………………………………… Ontario crushed PEI 78-49 despite 16 points from Adam Hood.
In the ninth-place match, P.E.I defeated Yukon 52-38 as Brian Finniss scored 27. PEI (coached by Butch Postma, assisted by Scott MacDonald and managed by Ricky Hood) also included Jeff Gallant, Trevor Postma, Hugh Mullally, Cliff MacFarlane, Trevor Dunphy, Donnie Killorn, Jeff Connolly, Mike Burger, Joel Owatta, Adam Hood and Pat Rossiter.
In the 7th place playoff, Manitoba clubbed Newfoundland 86-58. Newfoundland (coached by Nash Miller, assisted by Gary Sooley and Mike Sooley) included Peter Ingram, Scott Myrden, Tim Windsor, Mark Miller, Trevor MacDonald, Mike Morrissey, Roger Walsh, Sean Simmons, Andrew Cameron, Mark Tobin, Ian Sinclair and Robert Learmonth.
In the 5th place playoff, New Brunswick thrashed Saskatchewan 93-62.
In the bronze medal match, Ontario defeated Quebec 61-56. Kyle Kane scored 5 for Ontario.
In the final, Alberta defeated B.C. 88-64 as tournament MVP Steve Sir scored 47 points. “We choked,” admitted B.C. boys’ coach Paul Eberhardt. “Why? I’m going to ask myself that for a long time.” Eberhardt’s team never got their up-tempo offence in gear and had no answer for Alberta guard Steve Sir, as the Edmonton native canned seven three-pointers on his way to 47 points. The closest B.C. could get was 14 points, at 65-51 with 14 minutes to go in the fourth quarter.
The all-tourney team featured MVP Steve Sir (Alberta); Nick Baldwin (Alberta); Sean Thistle (B.C.); Denham Brown (Ontario); Bernard Cote (Quebec); Whit Hornsberger (Saskatchewan)
The bronze medalists from Ontario: Scott Gaffield; Denham Brown; Adam Dormer; B.J. Charles; Jordan Sabourin; David Hehn; Taylor Brown; Kevin Massiah; Marlowe Kelly; Justin Gunter; Nadan Kapetanovic; Nick Solomens; Adam Guiney; Shane Dennie; coach Chris O’Rourke; assistant Chris Oliver.
The silver medalists from BC: Brent Charleton; Adam Friesen; Logan Kitteringham; Raju Korotana; Jeremy McCulloch; Paul Marr; Sean Thistle; James Whyte; Fred Winters; Jordan Yu; alternate Dan Bustillo; alternate Chris Johal; coach Paul Eberhardt; assistant Jon Acob
The gold medalists from Alberta: Steve Sir; Nick Baldwin;