In Blue division round-robin play, held in St. Bride’s: …………………………………………………… The St. Bride’s Fatima Royals stomped Chanel-Port aux Basques St. James Regional Saints 84-65 as J Power scored 15. Alex Goodyear led St. James with 27. …………………………………………………… The Mobile Central Monarchs clubbed the Happy Valley-Goose Bay Mealy Mountain Hawks 69-41 as R Healey scored 13. J Thorton led the Hawks with 16. …………………………………………………… The Chanel-Port aux Basques St. James Regional Saints whipped the Happy Valley-Goose Bay Mealy Mountain Collegiate Hawks 85-41 as B King scored 23. P Chantaphakul led the Hawks with 12. …………………………………………………… The St. Brides Fatima Royals dusted the Happy Valley-Goose Bay Mealy Mountain Hawks 85-51. …………………………………………………… The St. Brides Fatima Royals clubbed the Mobile Central Monarchs 81-54. …………………………………………………… The Chanel-Port aux Basques St. James Regional Saints edged the Mobile Central Monarchs 63-60. …………………………………………………… Final standings: Fatima (3-0); St. James Regional (2-1); Mobile Central (1-2); Mealy Mountain (0-3)
In Black division round-robin play: …………………………………………………… The Pasadena Academy Falcons dumped the Gander Collegiate Concordes 72-63 as D. Hearn scored 20. Andrew Nolan led the Concordes with 19. “We were familiar with Pasadena since we beat them twice this year, and I think we may have taken them for granted,” Jerry Jesseau told the Gander Beacon. …………………………………………………… The St. Lawrence Academy Blues thrashed the Goulds St. Kevin’s Mavericks 70-53 as T Beck scored 19. M Ershler led the Mavericks with 18. …………………………………………………… The Pasadena Academy Falcons nipped the St. Lawrence Academy Blues 80-76 as S Mullins scored 21. P Slaney led the Blues with 22. …………………………………………………… The Pasadena Academy Falcons stomped the Goulds St. Kevin’s Mavericks 95-70. …………………………………………………… Gander Collegiate crushed the St. Lawrence Academy Blues 71-49. “We were solid on the boards, defensively we played better,” Andrew Nolan told the Gander Beacon. …………………………………………………… The Gander Collegiate Concordes defeated the Goulds St. Kevin’s Mavericks 85-74. …………………………………………………… Final standings: Pasadena Academy (3-0); Gander (2-1); St. Lawrence (1-2); St. Kevin’s (0-3)
In the semis, the St. Bride’s Fatima Royals whipped the Gander Collegiate Concordes 78-58. “We got down 12-1, but we fought hard to tie it at the half,” Concorde Jerry Jesseau told the Gander Beacon. “But we had some foul trouble and our defense began to suffer, we couldn’t stop them (Royals) from scoring in the paint, and we took some bad shots. David Collins was out with an injury, and he is great on the boards.” Collins, who’d suffered a hip injury in the third round-robin game, said “I came out in that game, and I was 50 per cent in the semifinal game. I gave 110 per cent of what I had, and I hurt myself again in the third period, and came out.” But Jesseau said he had to send Collins back in because the Royals were dominating the boards. Collins said “their smallest players were out-rebounding us, and I went in on adrenaline, we just weren’t boxing out. I did what I could but I went up and rolled on my ankle and hit my hip again. My body just wouldn’t go. We were in the game, and Jerry (Jesseau) was shooting out the lights, we played hard, we just had a bad fourth quarter.” Andrew Nolan said “we had way too many fouls, and our defense suffered because we were afraid to attack the ball. Fatima (Royals) knew this and they just chipped away at us.”
In the other semi, the Pasadena Academy Falcons edged the Chanel-Port aux Basques St. James Regional Saints 67-61.
In the final, the St. Bride’s Fatima Royals defeated the Pasadena Academy Falcons 87-77. “We do not have tryouts for any of our teams,” coach Jeff Ivany told the St. John’s Telegram. “We ask that the players commit to practicing and training. We have a fabulous commitment from our players and the players’ parents.” The school has 105 students and its motto, Ivany said, is “small but mighty.”
The co-bronze medalist Gander Collegiate Concordes: David Collins; Jerry Jesseau; Andrew Nolan; Ryan Eady; Stephen Burton; Travis Pelley; Shane Eveleigh; Justin Barrett; Greg Bailey; Tyler LeDrew; Brandon Saulnier; Dave Clarke; Jonny Freake;
The co-bronze medalist Chanel-Port aux Basques St. James Regional Saints: Joel Goodyear; Bernard King; Mark Bailey; Nick Tucker; Alex Goodyear; Thomas Skinner; Jay Street; coach Jonathon LeRiche; teacher sponsor Art Goodyear
The silver medalist Pasadena Academy Falcons: D Hearn; S Mullins;
The gold medalist St. Bride’s Fatima Royals: Johnny Power; Kyle Manning; Bradley Power; Jordan McGrath; Brandon Young; Eugene Conway; Stephen Nash; Jay McGrath; Tyler Young; Mark Manning; Jamie Mooney; Tommy Roche; Alex Young; coach Jeff Ivany; assistant Crista Ivany