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Sports Recreation Wednesday March 22 1978 YearNo 38 Central Elgin OFSAA champs Nearly 300 people were on hand to watch as Central Elgin of St Thomas topped a surprising Kingston Bayrldge squad A division Ontario high school basketball championships at the conclusion of the three day OFSAA tourney hosted by Acton in their new high school Acton bowed to In the consolation game to take fourth spot In the competition The Blazers have only existed for four years and this is the first senior team in the school history It went defeated against and AAA teams In the Kingston area during the season Despite their league record they were rated decided underdogs against tho tall Central Elgin Titans who tad breezed to wins over Harrow Central Algoma and In the double elimination tour Nevertheless the Titans had trouble with the Blazers and were leading by Just two at the half They out cored in the third period to take control but the fought back to within three In the last few minutes of play Blazers missed in the early going and free throws in the final minutes or the score could have gone the other way Titans were led by 4 Gerald who rotted points John Bukicn contrl 12 points In the last half of the game to help with the win Lee Knox led the Blazers with points 12 of them in the last half of the game Acton topped a cocky Central squad In their first match The led from start to finish and their opponents In the last half of the game Martin Osso was the big shooter in the game as he tallied points Mike McGregor followed with 14 and Dan Webster had to round out the top scorers Every player on the team scored In the game A balanced attack led by Dan Webster 20 points helped Acton to their win over Harrow Martin with 13 Don Coats with 11 Brad Buchanan with 10 points all landed in double figures The played solidly for he first two games of the tourney before the Incon sistency which has plagued them all year hit After their wins over Central Algoma and Harrow Acton big guns seemed to lose their touch They were still leading late in the first half of their game with Bayridge when Don Coats suffered an injury his wrist In a rebound scramble He had to come out and the ended the half down 2524 They were stealing the boll consistently but because they were pressing they gave the ball up often on bad passes Webster led the scoring with points while Buchanan and Coats pumped In each The loss sent Acton into the consolation match with to determine fourth place finisher Acton started the game as if they were unbeatable taking an 2 lead early In the first period but were unable to keep their momentum Shooters could not find the range as Martin Osso and Don Coats both usually for double figure scoring totalled points between them Buchanan potted pointa and Webster added 10 The Blue Devils pulled even Just at the half and maintained their parity for the third quarter The final frame was the s undoing as they were 1810 to account for the margin of defeat Blue Devil Albino scored nine of STEWARTTOWN CHEERLEADERS had plenty to cheer about in this game The team they were cheering for O Gorman won in the most lopsided win of the tourney Cheering them on are Tracey Farmer Tammy Mackey Jackie Gagne Schubert and Joanne Primerano MARTIN OSSO OUTREACHES Harrow Hawks Peter Khe with hook shot in evenings 52 win Standing room only crowd cheered every move the made helping keep spirits up on the floor whenever things got tight Osso finished the game with 11 points DAN WEBSTER PUTS the pressure on his Harrow opponent during their Friday evening win Brookville cheerleaders watch the action from the sidelines hut team high points In the quarter About the last two games of the tourney cocaptain Dan Webster commented We could have won it If we had played a little better We figured we all played pretty poor The biggest problem they faced was their shooting where it seemed like fate had nailed a lid on the basket at times In addition to the basketball games fans were treated to the finals of the local mini shooters contest a local cheerleadlng contest by Acton High School girls In a modern rhythmic gymnastic routine and a show by the a group of public school boys from OrangeviUe who amazed the audience with their feats of ball control Many of the visiting players com the organization of the tourney giving credit to the many months of preparation which tourney director Rick McArthur and assistant director Rick have put into staging the event Players and guests also had the op portunity to see films and go to a dance and banquet over the weekend Results Game 1 over St Andrews 30 John Pitts pumped in points for St Andrews but It was not enough as Tim Hulcatt netted 14 and Lee Knox 12 for the winners Game 2 A tough and quick O Gorman team edged the Nicholson Nicks In overtime behind an point performance by Dan Tim fed the losers with 17 points Game 3 to lead them to a win over Geraldton High scorers for Geraldton were Ken and John with eight markers each Game A capacity crowd watched Acton take apart Central Game Central Elgin started on the road to the championships with a Harrow John popped In points to lead the losers Games Albino notched points for to lead them to a win over St Andrews Gord Harris with seven points led the St Andrews squad Game Bayridge got a tournament high points from 4 Lee Knox to topple a determined Nicholson Nicks squad In the first game Friday He was the only player on the winning team to go into double figures Brian Kehoenettedllpofntsfor the Game Dan Mallrold led with 17 points in a game which saw Gorman trounce The high paint of the game came In the last few minutes then the losers rallied to keep Gorman over the 100 point plateau Game 9 Harrow got 27 points In the last half of the game from Tom to take a upset win from Chesley Paul Van dervoort led the losers with 16 points while finished with 29 Game 10 Wade Walker tossed In points to give Central Elgin an easy win over Central who were led by Jamie Lee with 10 points Game 11 led from start to finish as they eliminated the Gorman Knights 7768 Julius Antral stole the scoring show from his teammate Albino by pouring in 33 points for a tourney high Gorman were led by Larry Ryan with points Game 12 Acton eliminated the high flying Harrow Hawks Tom led the losers with points although he was held to a single free throw in the final frame Game 13 Acton fell to the Blazers after taking an early lead Dave Tierney led with points or the winners Game Central Elgin swept Into the finals with a 5647 win over Ridgeway They were led by Wade Walker with points of them coming In the last quarter Julius Antral again led the losers with 16 Game IS Consolation final Ridgeway toppled Acton from the top three with a come from behind win Game 16 Final Central Elgin were pushed for the first time In the tourney but came up winners by a 5851 count ACTON CROWD WAS FIRMLY behind the home team and filled the stands for every game A FOREST OF ARMS greeted Bud Toth when he tried to shoot over Bud Buchanan and Martin Osso Don Coats bandaged wrist and all does his part in the defensive effort during the consolation final RICK VAN FLEET and Martin intimidate their opponent as he sets for tut BRAD BUCHANAN WAS a key figure in the good play throughout the weekend as he helped them control the boards ana dominated in scoring