In the opening round, held in Belleville: …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Toronto Runnymede Redmen dumped 15th-seeded Port Arthur Hammarskjold 57-35 after leading 28-11 at the half. Tramar Sutherland led Runnymede with 21. Galen Enlow added 10, Tafarie Wilmot 9, Nella Stokic 5, Emmanuel Obuobi Jr. 5, Andre Bennett 3, Andrew Peynado 2, Ross Smith 2, Coy Peart 0, Zak Haddad 0, and Avanle Sivad 0. Ross Nyantakyi and Izzy Malik each scored 7 to lead Hammarskjold. Joel Pankewich added 5, Alex Lagadin 5, Frank Pankewich 5, Addil Isse 2, Paul Campbell 2, Ahmed Isse 2, Dan Veilleux 1, David Sidorski 0, Eric Brown 0 and Nick Cava 0. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Fort Erie Falcons clipped 16th-seeded Orillia Patrick Fogarty 43-23 after lead 27-9 at the half. Brandon Carriere led Fort Erie with 12. Ian MacKinnon added 11, Chris Betz 7, Ryan Bell 6, Kyle McKay 3, Michael Scott 2, Gerry Strickland 2, Ira Sowden 0, Jody Johnston 0, William Moore 0, Dylan Simpson 0 and Shaun David 0. Tyler Stead led Patrick Fogarty with 8. R.J. Bushey added 7, Connor Reid 5, Adam Carpino 2 and Ben McIsacc 1, while Cody Townson, Cole Derochie, Brandon Herron; Brendan McCullough, Jon Ayson, David Tripp and Cody Spichtig were scoreless. …………………………………………………… 3rd-seeded L.B. Pearson clobbered the 18th-seeded Guelph Bishop MacDonnell Celtics 71-40 after leading 28-19 at the half. Garrett Olexiuk paced Pearson with 28. James McArthur added 22, Austin Marshall 6, Brad Holmes 6, Jordan Kinsman 4, Vikas Sharma 3 and Aaron Huggins 2, while Dane Mullings, Calvin Reichling, G.B. Kaindaneh, Jordan Hoffman, Mark Stothart and Todd Fennell were scoreless. Vic Cicman led Bishop MacDonnell with 19. Sam Delange added 5, Adam Reynolds 5, Roland Vencel 4, Ronnie DeAvila 3, Sebastion Luzi 2 and Jack Borek 2, while Michael Tsoulis, Andrew Lefler, Patryk Sorek and David Tsoulis were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Sault Ste. Marie St. Mary’s Knights dumped the 17th-seeded Belleville Moira Trojans 49-36 after leading 29-21 at the half. Patrick Murray led St. Mary’s with 23. Jordan Forbes added 12, Tyler Binkley 8, Mark Devuono 2, Brian Denneney 2, John Mullin 1 and Matt Vollick 1, while Marc Hurtubise, Michael Babcock, Anthony Martella, Michael Esson and Tony Ritrovato were scoreless. Knights coach Loris Pecile told the Sault Star that “I thought we did okay. We played sound defence but we missed some shots early. We just had to get our legs back.” Jamie Searle led Moira with 16. Andrew Solomon added 12, Jon Dunlop 4, Chris Fleming 2 and Brennen Eberwein 2, while Marshall Thibeaudeau, Chris Callahan, Trevor Maracle, Luke Wilson, Jason Fargey and John Brown were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix crushed 11th-seeded Ottawa Garneau Gaulois 63-38 as Tshing Kasamba scored 22, Justin Golob 15, Korey Prescod 10, Alex Shah 9, Allen Pavela 2, Dannie Haynes 2 and Terry L11 1, while Jean-Marc Geronimo, Matt Skubel, Kieran Montalban, Jeremy De La Cruz and Nick Schudio were scoreless. Yannik Anzuluni led the Gaulois with 14. Louis-Philippe Gauthier added 6, Daniel Marchand 5, Benoit Dore 5, Steve Jean-Baptiste 2, Philippe Dore 2, Sean McNeely 2, Carlens Fautin 0 and Justin LaHaye 0. The Gaulois got off to a good start but seemed affected by the first-time OFSAA jitters as the score tightened, coach Daniel Legros told the Ottawa Citizen. “We missed a lot of open shots and layups, while they caused some turnovers in the third quarter when they intensified their defensive pressure. They capitalized on those with a 9-0 run and we never recovered.” …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders whipped 12th-seeded Central 72-59 after leading 36-25 at the half. Ryan Barbeau led Nicholson with 22. Aaron Chapman added 16, Dustin Widger 9, Tim Boyle 9, Ryan Boers 5, Nick DiTomaso 5, Alex McKinnon 4 and Tim Helferty 2, while Aron Bortoli, Paul Van Winssen, Michael Smith, Daniel Collins, Alex Forbes and Taylor Marancos were scoreless. Ryan Sim led Central with 23. Kale Harrison added 17, Lukas Reble 5, Rory Blackler 3, Derek Hoiting 2 and Austin Johnston 2, while Jimmy Phimsavanh, Tyler Bailery; Jason Colquhoun, Aaron Gates, Ryan Agar, David Hoeg; Ian Sutcliffe; Giles Ochs-Hill and Kyle McCann were scoreless. ………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Scarborough Jean Vanier Mavericks clipped the 13th-seeded Timmins HVS Blues 41-29 after leading 24-17 at the half. Eric Smith led the Mavericks with 12. Vlad Pislaru added 9, Jesie Simmons 6, Bojan Celan 5, Kyle Ethier 2, Melvin Chung 2, Hirui Bereket 2 and Azam Samerasekera 2, while Germaine Lescesne, Nathan Pontino, Bobby Walters, Jesse Rivera, Alex Mladenvic and Dragan Celan were scoreless. Nathan Latourelle led Timmins with 12. Brandon Latourelle added 11, Josh Budd 3, Ryan Salminen 2 and Scott Foster 1, while Steve Castonguay, Derek Bos, Peter Goetz, Adam Jones, Matt Foy, Sahen Power, Chad Moir, Kenny Raymond and Justin Strachan were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Kemptville North Grenville Knights stunned the 8th-seeded Woodbridge Wyverns 53-49 after leading 44-31 at the half. Marcus Krock led North Grenville with 16. Rob Krock added 13, Mark Vokey 11, Chad Westendorp 9, Colin Pitchers 2 and Marlon Campbell 2, while Kyle Kaye, Andrew Hamilton, Matt Lee, Patrick Foster, Derek Plumpton, Robin Kay, Bergil Shadwell and Justin Roberts were scoreless. Jeremy Alleyne paced the Wyverns with 16. Keron Alleyne added 12, Tristan Walsh 10, Ben Haile 5 and Ebe Haile 4, while Jon Ellis, Mark Salerno, John Murray, Stephen Bennett, Adnan Alam, Steve Bozzer and Nick Cuda were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Chatham John McGregor Panthers edged the 9th-seeded Cornwall St. Joseph’s Panthers as James Browning scored 13, Aaron Handsor 12, Julian Shadd 10, John Roberts 6, Mark Meko 5 and Matt Welch 3, while Jon Cattrysse, Sam Youlton, Dan Eitutis and Griffin Handsor were scoreless. Joel Lariviere led St. Joseph with 19. Patrick Coristine added 10, Nick St. John 20, Jordan Amelotte 5, Cory Piche 3 and Andrew McAllister 1, while Corey Hamilton, Garrett Dexter, Jerry Chen, Michael Fawthrop, Shaun McDonald, Grant Winchester, Josh McAllister, Jordan McAllister and Matthew Brownell were scoreless.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The 18th-seeded Guelph Bishop Macdonnell Celtics edged 16th-seeded Orillia Patrick Fogarty as Vic Cicman scored 24, Roland Vencel 11, Adam Reynolds 8, Michael Tsoulis 2, Sebastion Luzi 2, Andrew Lefler 1, Sam Delange 1 and Jack Borek 1. Ben McIsacc led Patrick Fogarty with 14. Cody Spichtig added 12, Cody Townson 8, Tyler Stead 7 and Connor Reid 6. …………………………………………………… 15th-seeded Port Arthur Hammarskjold whipped the 17th-seeded Belleville Moira Trojans 68-41 after lead 38-21 at the half. Frank Pankewich and Ross Nyantakyi each scored 23 to lead Hammarskjold. Izzy Malik added 7, Ahmed Isse, 4, Joel Pankewich 5, Nick Cava 2, Alex Lagadin 2 and Eric Brown 1. Andrew Solomon led Moira with 14. Jamie Searle added 12, Jon Dunlop 8, Trevor Maracle 3 and Brennen Eberwein 2.
In the third round: …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Sault Ste. Marie St. Mary’s Knights edged the Ottawa Garneau Gaulois 43-38 despite trailing 29-22 at the half. Jordan Forbes and Brian Denneney each scored 10 to pace St. Mary’s. Patrick Murray added 9, John Mullin 7, Mark Devuono 4 and Tyler Binkley 3. Yannick Anzulini led Gaulois with 13. Sean McNeely added 11, Louis-Philippe Gauthier 8, Dan Marchand 4 and Steve Jean-Baptiste 4, while Benoit Dore and Justin Lahaye were scoreless. “We had an eight-point lead at halftime but the third quarter killed us. We put up a donut in the third, 8-0,” said Galois coach Dan Legros. “We’ve seen some very interesting defences, presses and traps we’ve never seen before.” …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Toronto Runnymede Redmen edged the 13th-seeded Timmins HVS Blues 40-33 despite trailing 23-22 at the half. Tramar Sutherland led Runnymede with 15. Ross Smith added 7, Andre Bennett 6, Emmanuel Obuobi Jr. 4, Galen Enlow 4 and Andrew Peynado 4. Brandon Latourelle led Timmins with 12. Josh Budd added 9, Nathan Latourelle 7, Shane Power 4 and Kenny Raymond 1. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Fort Erie Falcons edged 12th-seeded Central 44-43 after leading 27-18 at the half. Ian MacKinnon paced Fort Erie with 11. Gerry Strickland added 8, Kyle McKay 7, Ryan Bell 6, Brandon Carriere 6, Chris Betz 4 and Michael Scott 2. Kale Harrison led Central with 18. Lukas Reble added 10, Jason Colquoun 5, Derek Hoiting 6 and Ryan Sim 3. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Woodbridge Wyverns upset 3rd-seeded L.B. Pearson 58-45 after leading 27-17 at the half. Jeremy Alleyne led the Wyverns with 24. Ben Haile added 8, Ebe Haile 8, Tristan Walsh 6, Keron Alleyne 5 and Stephen Bennett 4. Austin Marshall led L.P. Pearson with 18. Garrett Olexuik added 13, James McArthur 11 and Brad Holmes 3. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders whipped the 18th-seeded Guelph Bishop MacDonnell Celtics 85-52 after leading 44-22 at the half. Ryan Barbeau paced Nicholson with 29. Aaron Chapman added 15, Alex McKinnon 10, Ryan Boers 8, Aron Bortolin 7, Tim Boyle 4, Tim Helferty 3, Paul Van Winssen 3, Dustin Widger 2, Michael Smith 2 and Nick DiTomaso 2. Andrew Lefler led MacDonnell with 28. Roland Vencel added 6, Ronnie DeAvila 6, Sam Delange 4, Jack Borek 4, Michael Tsoulis 2 and Adam Reynolds 2. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Chatham John McGregor Panthers dumped the 14th-seeded Kemptville North Grenville Knights 47-33 after leading 21-17 at the half. Julian Shadd led McGregor with 25. Aaron Handsor added 9, James Browning 8, John Roberts 4 and Mark Meko 1. Marcus Krock led North Grenville with 18. Mark Vokey added 8, Rob Krock 5 and Chad Westendorp 2. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix whipped 15th-seeded Port Arthur Hammarskjold 70-46 after leading 39-22 at the half. Tshing Kasamba led St. Francis with 28. Justin Golob added 25, Alex Shah 8, Korey Prescod 5, Jean-Marc Geronimo 4 and Kieran Montalban 3. Joel Pankewich paced Hammarskjold with 22. Ross Nyantakyi added 10, Izzy Malik 5, Frank Panewich 4, Ahmed Isse 2 and Paul Campbell 2. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Scarborough Jean Vanier Mavericks dumped the 9th-seeded Cornwall St. Joseph’s Panthers 68-48 after leading 30-23 at the half. Jesie Simmons led the Mavericks with 23. Vlad Pislaru added 15, Kyle Ethier 10, Eric Smith 9, Hirui Bereket 8, Bojan Celan 2 and Melvin Chung 1. Joel Lariviere paced St. Joseph with 13. Nick St. John added 11, Jordan Amelotte 8, Cory Piche 7, Patrick Coristine 5, Corey Hamilton 2, Shaun McDonald 1 and Andrew McAllister 1.
In the quarterfinals, the 4th-seeded Toronto Runnymede Redmen whipped the Sault Ste. Marie St. Mary’s Knights 57-40 after leading 29-23 at the half. Tramar Sutherland led Runnymede with 19. Galen Enlow added 14, Andre Bennett 6, Emmanuel Obuohi Jr. 6, Tafarie Wilmot 4, Ross Smith 5 and Nella Stokic 3. John Mullin and Patrick Murray each scored 10 to lead St. Mary’s. Jordan Forbes added 8, Brian Denneney 7 and Tyler Binkley 6.
The 8th-seeded Woodbridge Wyverns whipped the 6th-seeded Fort Erie Falcons 51-32 after leading 29-18 at the half. Stephen Bennett paced the Wyverns with 31. Jeremy Alleyne added 21, Ben Haile 14, Mark Salerno 8, Keron Alleyne 5 and Jon Ellis 2. Ian MacKinnon led the Falcons (coach Ian Longmuir) with 9. Brandon Carriere added 8, Chris Betz 5, William Moore 3, Gerry Strickland 2, Jody Johnston 2, Michael Scott 2 and Kyle McKay 1.
The top-seeded Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders dumped the 10th-seeded Chatham John McGregor Panthers 57-39 after leading 34-23 at the half. Aaron Chapman paced Nicholson with 19. Ryan Barbeau added 17, Nick DiTomaso 12, Tim Boyle 6 and Aron Bortolin 2. James Browning, Aaron Handsor and Julian Shadd each scored 12 to lead McGregor. John Roberts added 2 and Sam Youlton 1.
The 2nd-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix edged the 7th-seeded Scarborough Jean Vanier Mavericks 44-39 after leading 19-14 at the half. Justin Golob and Tshing Kasamba each scored 16 to lead St. Francis. Korey Prescod added 6, Jean-Marc Geronimo 3 and Alex Shah 3. Azam Samerasekera led the Mavericks with 13. Jesie Simmons added 12, Vlad Pislaru 7, Hirui Bereket 5, Eric Smith 3, Kyle Ethier 2 and Bojan Celan 2.
In the semis, the top-seeded Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders clipped 4th-seeded Toronto Runnymede 61-40 after leading 36-27 at the half. Ryan Barbeau paced Nicholson with 23. Aaron Chapman added 12, Nick DiTomaso 11, Tim Boyle 9, Aron Bortolin 3 and Alex McKinnon 2. Tramar Sutherland led Runnymede with 13. Galen Enlow added 11, Ross Smith 8, Emmanuel Obuobi Jr. 4, Nella Stokic 2 and Andrew Peynado 2.
In the other semi, the St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix topped the 8th-seeded Woodbridge Wyverns 58-47 as Tshing Kasamba scored 27, Justin Golob 20, Korey Prescod 7, Terry Lee 2 and Alex Shah 2. Jeremy Alleyne led the Wyverns with 13. Ben Haile added 9, Keron Alleyne 8, Mark Salerno 6, Ebe Haile 6 and Tristan Walsh 5.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded Toronto Runnymede Redmen defeated the 8th-seeded Woodbridge Wyverns 65-57 as Tramar Sutherland scored 25, Galen Enlow 24, Andre Bennett 5, Andrew Peynado 4, Emmanuel Obuobi Jr 3, Ross Smith 2 and Nella Stokic 2. Jeremy Alleyne paced the Wyverns with 20. Ben Haile added 14, Ebe Haile 10, Keron Alleyne 5, Mark Salerno 4, Tristan Walsh 2 and Stephen Bennett 2.
In the final, the top-seeded Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders stomped the 2nd-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix 57-38 to capture their second consecutive crown. Ryan Barbeau led Nicholson with 19. Aaron Chapman added 14, Alex McKinnon 7, Nick DiTomaso 7, Ryan Boers 4, Dustin Widger 4 and Tim Boyle 2. Justin Golob paced St. Francis with 13. Tshing Kasamba added 9, Korey Prescod 6, Jean-Marc Geronimo 4, Alex Shah 4 and Dannie Haynes 2.
The bronze medalist Toronto Runnymede Redmen: Tramar Sutherland; Galen Enlow; Andrew Bennett; Nella Stokic; Ross Smith; Andrew Peynado; Emmanuel Obuobi Jr.; Coy Peart; Tarfarie Wilnot; Zak Haddad; Ayanle Siyad;
The silver medalist St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix: Justin Golob; Tshing Kasamba; Alex Shah; Jean-Marc Geronimo; Korey Prescod; Matt Skubal; Kieran Montalban; Jeremy De La Cruz; Allen Pavela; Nick Schudio; Dannie Haynes; Terry Lee; coach Pat Sullivan; assistant Patrick O’Leary, manager Jeremy Maclellan
The gold medalist Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders: Aaron Chapman; Ryan Barbeau; Nick DiTomaso; Alex McKinnon; Dustin Widger; Tim Helferty; Aron Bortolin; Paul Van Winssen; Ryan Boers; Michael Smith; Daniel Collins; Tim Boyle; Alex Forbes; Taylor Marancos; coach Jim Barbeau; assistant Paul Denison; manager Sean Barbeau