In the opening seeding round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans clocked the 11th-seeded Espanola Spartans 81-52 after leading 23-10, 38-24 and 64-35 at the quarters. Will Laracston paced the Spartans with 19. Kyle Osborne added 15, David McDuffie 14 and Ayman Alwan 11. Darcy Lelievre led the Spartans with 13. Darren Nicholson added 11 and Dennis Larson 8. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Cornwall Holy Trinity Falcons dumped the 16th-seeded Toronto Crawford Adventist Omega 45-35. The Omega led 14-10 after one quarter and 23-21 at the half. The Falcons led 36-33 after three quarters. Mathieu Rochon paced the Falcons with 26. Kevin Aleinik added 7, Ben McAllister 7 and Nicholas Sutherland 3. Nataniel Cooke led the Omega with 12. Kwadwo Safo added 8 and Jordan Manswell 5. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Ecole Secondaire Deslauriers Phenix clipped the 9th-seeded Carleton Place Notre Dame Celts 49-35 after leading 14-6, 26-116 and 39-25 at the quarters. Sherif Bah paced the Phenix with 20. Johnathan Proulx added 7, John Annilysse 7 and Aboubaker Bogoreh 6. Kyle Skerkowski led the Celts with 9. Nathan Rosevear added 6, Dennis Brianski 4 and Cody Lamont 4. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Timmins O’Gorman Knights stunned the 8th-seeded Delhi District Raiders 42-36 after leading 13-6, 25-14 and 33-25 at the quarters. Brayden Ritchie led the Knights with 18. Steven Towsley added 12, Patrick McInnis 8 and Jake Ferrigan 3. Donte Richardson led the Raiders with 9. Johan Jenkins added 8, Justin Lichach 6 and Carter Small 6. “I think they were expecting us to be a normal No. 14 seed,” Knights coach Don Davis said. “And when I first saw our rankings, I knew that we were ranked pretty low. So I knew that teams, when they came up against us, were maybe going to be a little bit shocked with the calibre of our play. We played well in the first half for sure. We came out and shot the ball well and we rebounded it really well. I think we were a little bit winded in the second half. We didn’t play too much man-to-man because they were double our size. We played a pretty tight zone and they really had a hard time with it. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded St. Catharines Ridley College Tigers dumped the 12th-seeded Collingwood Pretty River Academy Predators 63-50. Pretty River led 21-11 after one quarter. Ridley led 37-27 at the half and 44-40 after three quarters. Cooper Rigg paced the Tigers with 28. Weston Saunders added 15, Nick Green 12 and Kristers Moisejs 4. Sam Hirst led the Predators with 26. Cole Thomson added 12, Robin Matchett 7 and Devon Thomson 3. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded North Bay Ecole Secondaire Algonquin Barons clipped the Toronto Runnymede Ravens 69-54 after leading 24-15, 46-26 and 61-40 at the quarters. Ricky Dussault led the Barons with 18. Eric Huard added 13, Chris Bedard 10 and Matt Blanchfield 7. Tevon Noble led the Ravens with 22. Javone Rowe added 16, Ebun Tomiwa 9 and Shamir Bell 4. Dussault, who drilled six treys, said he was fired up for having failed to win the three-point shooting contest before the start of the tourney. “I was kind of mad at myself for losing that. I didn’t look too good and people (his teammates and coaches) made fun of me that I lost it, so I like to prove them wrong.” The Barons surged to a 22-8 lead five minutes into the game and were able to spread the ball around on offence as 10 players scored at least a basket or a pair of free throws in the win. Barons coach Tim Lowe was able to give his starters — Dussault, Huard, Bedard, Gabriel Rancourt and Tanner Owca — plenty of rest. “In the big picture, the grand scope of things, I think we accomplished everything we needed to do today,” Lowe said. “We wanted to score, we played some solid defence, we pushed the ball, we scored off the fast break, we hit some outside shots which set up things inside and I think we created a little bit of havoc with our trapping. We didn’t rebound offensively as well as I thought we could, but we were hitting shots . . . so it wasn’t a big deal.” …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers stomped the 10th-seeded Red Lake District Rams 75-29 after leading 25-7, 43-13 and 60-22 at the quarters. Erin Gulerson paced the Cavaliers with 28. Martin Cho added 16, Ray Kim 11 and Anthony Sossa 7. Andy Husack led the Rams with 7. Kyle Campbell added 7 and Joshua Borton 4. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Mitchell District Blue Devils nipped the 13th-seeded St. Catharines West Park Warriors 61-57 after leading 10-7, 28-24 and 46-43 at the quarters. Nathan Smitjes led the Blue Devils with 17. Matt Klassen added 13, Wayne Otten 11 and Tyler Tolton 9. Ben Limary paced the Warriors with 18. Asmir Basic added 14, Zach Height 12 and Ismail Basic 7.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans dumped the 16th-seeded Toronto Crawford Adventist Omega 65-51 after leading 14-7 after one quarter and 34-18 at the half. The score was knotted at 53 after three quarters. Emerson Alvarez paced the Spartans with 14. David McDuffie added 13 and Ayman Alwan 8. Jordan Manswell led the Omega with 15. Kwedmo Sarfo added 12 and Jeremy Hall 12. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Timmins O’Gorman Knights edged the 9th-seeded Carleton Place Notre Dame Celts 47-43. The Celts led 11-6, 19-15 and 35-26 at the quarters. Brayden Ritchie paced the Knights with 16. Steve Towsley added 13 and Pat McInnis 12. Kyle Skerkowski led the Celts with 22. Dennis Brianski added 12 and Cody Lamont 3. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded North Bay Ecole secondaire Algonquin Barons dispatched the 12th-seeded Collingwood Pretty River Academy Predators 54-40. Chris Bedard paced the Barons with 12. Ricky Dussault added 11, Matt Blanchfield 8 and Eric Huard 8. Cole Thomason led the Predators (coached by Chris Fischer) with 19. Sam Hirst added 16 and Devon Thomson 4. Sam Hirst, the Predators leading scorer, injured his ankle with 5:56 left in the game with Algonquin leading 50-29. Algonquin was able to recover from a rusty shooting performance in the first half by working the fast break in the second. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers defeated the 13th-seeded St. Catharines West Park Warriors 79-65 after leading 25-9, 39-30 and 65-49 at the quarters. Martin Cho paced the Cavaliers with 24. Erin Gulerson added 22, Ray Kim 19 and Hayden Kim 8. James DiDonato led the Warriors with 19. Zach Height added 18, Ben Limary 12 and Willie Tzetos 5. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Cornwall Holy Trinity Falcons spanked the 11th-seeded Espanola Spartans 41-29. The score was tied at 12 after one quarter and at 19 at the half. The Falcons led 34-22 after three quarters. Matt Rochon paced the Falcons with 15. Nick Sutherland added 11 and Kevin Aleinik 7. Corey Bouwmeester led the Spartans with 10. Dennis Larson added 8 and Darcy Lelievre 7. The Spartans, coached by Tony Yachuk, also included Andrew Beange, Curtis Gallinger, Darren Nicholson, Brian Mailloux, Tristan Emiry, Travis Lelievre, Dustin Bouwmeester, Jordi Jacko, Jeremy Penner, Matt Brown and Rhys Powers. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Ottawa Ecole Secondaire Deslauriers Phenix crushed the 8th-seeded Delhi District Rams 62-19 after leading 14-2, 29-5 and 50-9 at the quarters. John Annilysse paced the Phenix with 14. Aboubaker Bogoreh added 11, Sherif Bah 10 and Jonathan Proulx 8. Donte Richardson led the Raiders with 6. Justin Lichach added 5. ……………………………………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded St. Catharines Ridley College Tigers edged the 15th-seeded Toronto Runnymede Ravens 60-54 after leading 21-8, 29-20 and 48-29 at the quarters. Cooper Rigg paced the Tigers with 28. Kirsters Moisejs added 15 and Geno Bullard 6. Tevon Noble led the Ravens with 17. Javone Rowe added 15, Travaun Brown-Henry 9 and Ebun Tomiwa 9. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Mitchell District Blue Devils clipped the 10th-seeded Red Lake District Rams 56-46 after leading 21-10, 31-20 and 43-29 at the quarters. Wayne Otten led the Blue Devils with 25. Nathan Smitjes added 9, Ian Klein 9 and Chris Wise 4. Jesse Krummenacher led the Rams with 21. Kyle Campbell added 9, Eric Atkinson 7 and Leigh Jeffries 4.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans whipped the 14th-seeded Timmins O’Gorman Knights 49-22. The Knights led 11-7 after one quarter. The Spartans led 26-13 at the half and 37-20 after three quarters. Jermaine Lynch paced the Spartans with 15. David McDuffie added 12, Ayman Alwan 5 and Kyle Osborne 5. Brayden Ritchie led the Knights with 7. Steve Towsley added 4 and Josh Morandin 4.
The 4th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers dusted the 4th-seeded North Bay Ecole secondaire Algonquin Barons 76-46 after leading 17-8, 41-20 and 65-30 at the quarters. Erin Gulerson led the Cavaliers with 26. Hayden Kim added 17, Martin Cho 14 and Bobby Taylor 6. Matt Blanchfield paced the Barons with 13. Eric Huard added 10 and Miguel Champagne 7. The Barons (coached by Tim Lowe) also included Connor Jones, Taylor Nantel, Maxime Robertson, Tanner Owca, Gabriel Rancourt, Chris Bedard, Ricky Dussault, Anthony Foreshew and Zac Moeltner.
The 3rd-seeded Ottawa Ecole Secondaire Deslauriers Phenix clipped the 6th-seeded Cornwall Holy Trinity Falcons 65-58 after leading 16-11, 33-28 and 43-35 at the quarters. Sherif Bah paced the Phenix with 23. Jonathan Proulx added 16, Aboubaker Bogoreh 10 and John Annilysse 7. Matt Rochon paced the Falcons with 25. Richard Despatie added 9, Kevin Aleinik 9 and Nick Sutherland 7.
In the last quarterfinal, the 2nd-seeded St. Catharines Ridley College Tigers eliminated the 7th-seeded Mitchell District Blue Devils 72-57 after leading 23-16, 41-26 and 54-39 at the quarters. Cooper Rigg paced the Tigers with 25. Nick Green added 14, Kristers Moisejs 11 and Geno Bullard 10. Nathan Smitjes led the Blue Devils with 16. Chris Wise added 12, Wayne Otten 12 and Matt Klassen 8.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded St. Catharines Ridley College Tigers stomped the 3rd-seeded Ottawa Ecole secondaire Deslauriers Phenix 64-48. The Phenix led 21-16 after one quarter. The Tigers led 33-25 at the half and 50-39 after three quarters. Cooper Rigg paced the Tigers with 25. Kristers Moisejs added 13 and Geno Bullard 11. Aboubaker Bogoreh led the Phenix with 12. John Annilysse added 11, Sherif Bah 10 and Jonathan Proulx 10.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans smacked the 4th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers 81-52 after leading 33-16, 46-29 and 64-40 at the quarters. Jermaine Lynch led the Spartans with 26. David McDuffie added 17, Kyle Osborne 10 and D’Andre Brown 10. Erin Gulerson led the Cavaliers with 19. Ray Kim added 12, Martin Cho 9 and Hayden Kim 6.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Ottawa Ecole secondaire Deslauriers Phenix edged the 4th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers 69-64. The score was knotted at 17 after one quarter. The Cavaliers led 30-28 at the half and 45-42 after three quarters. John Annilysse led the Phenix with 20. Aboubaker Bogoreh added 17, Sherif Bah 14 and Hassan Maidal 10. Erin Gulerson led the Cavaliers with 22. Hayden Kim added 20, David Panza 12 and Ray Kim 8.
In the final, the top-seeded Windsor John L. Forster Spartans handled the 2nd-seeded St. Catharines Ridley College Tigers 61-47. Ridley led 9-7 after one quarter. Forster led 28-13 at the half and 43-28 after three quarters. Kyle Osborne, coach Pat Osborne’s son, paced the Spartans with 24. Jermaine Lynch added 12, D’Andre Brown 11 and Art Thompson 6. Cooper Rigg paced the Tigers with 18. Kristers Moisejs added 11, Geno Bullard 8 and Weston Saunders 6. Spartans coach Pat Osborne had previously won an OFSAA silver medal as both a player and coach at John L. Forster Secondary School and led the team to four straight OFSAA boys’ ‘AA’ basketball quarter-final losses before the team was downgraded to an ‘A’ school this season. “At the beginning of the year, I didn’t foresee any of this,” Osborne said. “The guys did a good job of gelling together . . . even though I didn’t know how good our team was going to be this year. They did a great job. They came together as a group. We’re tiny but we’re fast, so that makes a big difference and our speed make up for a lot of mistakes.” The Spartans limited Tigers star Cooper Rigg to under 25-points, the first time in the tournament anyone was able to do so. “We scouted him,” Osborne said. “We found that everything he did was all to the right, so we took that away and forced him left. It was our speed once again, and quick hands, and we took him out of his game and forced him to do other things that he wasn’t accustom to doing.”
The bronze medalist Ottawa Ecole secondaire Deslauriers Phenix: Sherif Bah; Jonathan Proulx; John Annilysse; Aboubaker Bogoreh; Hassan Maidal;
The silver medalist St. Catharines Ridley College Tigers: Cooper Rigg; Weston Saunders; Nick Green; Kristers Joisejs; Geno Bullard Jr.; x Cheung; A Pavlovs; K Senus; C Sweetnam; J Symonette; G Umeh; coach Walt Szpilewski; assistant David Whitty; strength and conditioning coach William Gittings; manager of basketball technology R Gerardo Martinez; manager C Ho
The gold medalist Windsor John L. Forster Spartans: Jermaine Lynch; David McDuffie; Ayman Alwan; Emerson Alvarez; Will Laracston; Kyle Osborne; DeAndre Brown; Arthur Thompson; D’Angelo Knox; Abdullah El-baba; Habib Haidar; Ty-Lee Jackson; coach Pat Osborne; assistant Mike Harrington; assistant Liam Murdock