In the opening round, held in Ottawa: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix clipped the 19th-seeded Thunder Bay Westgate Tigers 62-50 after leading 23-11, 38-19 and 52-25 at the quarters. Jack Ciocca led the Phoenix with 17. Mitchell Papineau paced the Tigers with 11. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Scarborough St. Mother Teresa (formerly Blessed Mother Theresa) Titans torched the 14th-seeded Mississauga Ascension of Our Lord Eagles 89-59 after leading 16-12, 37-29 and 63-41 at the quarters. Royal Egbokhan paced the Titans with 21. Nicholas James led the Eagles with 38. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Rockcliffe Ashbury Colts defeated the 15th-seeded Windsor W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Clippers 73-67. The Clippers led 15-14 after one quarter. The Colts led 32-27 at the half and 53-42 after three quarters. Jalen Flindall led the Colts with 22. Sidih Kromah paced the Clippers with 21. …………………………………………………… The 11th-seeded Caledonia McKinnon Park Secondary Blue Devils clubbed the 9th-seeded Markham Thornlea Thunder 87-68 after leading 18-14, 46-36 and 66-49 at the quarters. Graham van Donkersgoed paced the Blue Devils with 28. Stephan Fearon led the Thunder with 27. …………………………………………………… The 20th-seeded Kanata All Saints Catholic Avalanche stunned the 2nd-seeded Simcoe Holy Trinity Catholic Titans 71-66. The Titans led 18-17 after one quarter. The Avalanche led 31-29 at the half. The Titans led 46-42 after three quarters. Jordan Magembe paced the Avalanche with 27. Jordan Browne led the Titans with 20. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Barrie St. Joseph’s Catholic Jaguars torched the 13th-seeded Timmins Ecole secondaire catholique Theriault Flames 68-28 after leading 23-4, 39-15 and 56-19 at the quarters. Will McCauley led the Jaguars with 14. Caleb Dumas and Peyton Daigle each scored 8 to lead the Flames. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Brockville Thousand Islands Secondary Pirates crushed the 17th-seeded Peterborough Crestwood Mustangs 76-37 after leading 17-13, 36-22 and 66-32 at the quarters. Andrew Plaschka and Wyatt Last each scored 15 to pace the Pirates. Oscar Wisman led the Mustangs with 8. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Etobicoke Silverthorn Spartans clipped the 18th-seeded Dundas Valley Secondary Gryphons 54-43 after leading 14-12, 30-19 and 46-30 at the quarters. Jovan Jovcevski paced the Spartans with 18. Josh Verschoor led the Gryphons with 18. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Collegiate Cavaliers dispatched the 16th-seeded Toronto Crescent School Wild Coyotes 73-62. The score was knotted at 19 after one quarter. The King’s Cavaliers led 40-32 at the half and 57-49 after three quarters. Cobby Kessie paced the Cavalier’s with 31. Jon Green scored 14 to pace the Wild Coyotes. Stuart Florescu added 13. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Knights crushed the 12th-seeded St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Catholic Rams 84-47 after leading 24-11, 42-20 and 62-41 at the quarters. Adam Scott led the Knights with 22. Quin Mazzuchin added 19. Elijah Yi paced the Rams with 15. Caleb Ndur added 12.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The 15th-seeded Windsor W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Clippers edged the 18th-seeded Dundas Valley Secondary Gryphons 43-41. The score was knotted at 13 after one quarter. The Gryphons led 23-18 at the half and 32-30 after three quarters. Sidiki Kormah paced the Clippers with 12. Josh Verschoor scored 12 to lead the Gryphons (coach Paul Maga, assistant Nick White), who also included Mason Said, Rowan Ortwein, Luke Maga, Eli Belmore, Brody Rolland, Tristan Pearson-Whear, Grant Fairley, Wes Harrison, Tyrus Maga and Zeyad Nasr. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Mississauga Ascension of Our Lord Eagles clipped the 19th-seeded Thunder Bay Westgate Tigers 64-49 after leading 21-8, 30-24 and 44-26 at the quarters. Nicholas Wilson led the Eagles with 24. Nathan Miller scored to 24 to pace the Tigers (coach Cory Keeler, assistant Tallon Morris), who also included Ben Keeler, Joshua Sullesta, Nathan Miller, Nathan Vibert, Brendan Moreau, Steven Stadey, Mitchell Papineau, Bradley Kaemingh, Jack Popowich and Lucas Cameron. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Simcoe Holy Trinity Catholic Titans edged the 13th-seeded Timmins Ecole secondaire catholique Theriault Flames 63-60. The Titans led 20-17 after one quarter. The Flames led 37-34 at the half. The Titans led 49-48 after three quarters. Andre Bell scored 16 to pace the Titans. Caleb Dumas scored 15 to lead the Flames (coach Guy Chenier, assistant Christelle Belac), who also included Nathan Lemire, Reise Lapointe, Jonah Villars, Sebastien Blanchette-Miller, Nicolas Gilbert, Joshua Bednarz, Peyton Daigle, Brennan Roy, Grayson Catton, Nolan Dagg-Labine and Cael James. …………………………………………………… The 16th-seeded Toronto Crescent School Wild Coyotes spanked the 17th-seeded Peterborough Crestwood Mustangs 70-50. The Mustangs led 20-16 after one quarter. The Wild Coyotes led 34-32 at the half and 52-36 after three quarters. Stuart Florescu paced the Wild Coyotes with 11. Tyler Lane scored 17 to pace the Mustangs (coach Shawn Hughes, assistant Ryan Dufrane, assistant Megan Lane, assistant Josh Williams), who also included Charlie Dobbin, Jacob Partridge, Dane Smith, Hamza Arar, Kooper Roche, Taye Hildebrand, Preston Williams, Nate Hughes, Oscar Wisman, Brayden Fitzgerald and Chase Callaghan.
In the third round: …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Collegiate Cavaliers clipped the 9th-seeded Markham Thornlea Thunder 72-65 after leading 22-15, 44-31 and 59-50 at the quarters. Beckham Wilson paced the Cavaliers with 17. Stephan Fearon scored 21 to lead the Thunder (coach Mohamed Saleh, assistant Ralph Moghaizel), who also included Ran Wang, Ario Nikfar, Arad Vahidian, Veer Randhawa, John Oladipo, Nickan Roghani, Jaylon Russelburn, Aaron Aikoroje, Marvellous Oladipo, Mour Montazemi Safari, Arvin gholipoor. Heyang Gao, Amir Montazemi Safari, Austin Saunders and Josiah Yue. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Rockcliffe Ashbury Colts spanked the 12th-seeded St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Catholic Rams 64-39 after leading 21-11, 39-21 and 59-29 at the quarters. Jalen Findall led the Colts with 19. Elijah Yi scored 10 to pace the Rams (coach Greg Reynaert, assistant Troy Rick, assistant Joe Lamon, assistant Kevin Paiva), who also included Willem Meldrum, Kurt Oberus, Ethan Smith, Tyler Clarke, Dawson Walcarius, Lucas Verbruggen, Caleb Ndur, Davis Streib, Gerald Gombakomba, Aiden Dagg, Damarei Maitland, Kenjesse Ude and Brock Brown. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Brockville Thousand Islands Secondary Pirates defeated the 14th-seeded Mississauga Ascension of Our Lord Eagles 68-55 after leading 23-16, 44-29 and 59-46 at the quarters. Andre Plaschka led the Pirates with 19. Nicholas Wilson scored 21 to lead the Eagles (coach Marco Magistrale, assistant Brandon Cook, assistant Terry Kalino, assistant Cooper Thomson), who also included Jhabari Hyde, Cai Cameron, Nahs James, Tayon Graham, Ethan Spizzico, Jeremy Hislop, Noah Small, Chris Osei, Gabriel Lasco, Joshua Robinson, Keenan Edwards and Xavier Davis. But after a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams at the conclusion of the match, both teams were ejected from the tournament. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Barrie St. Joseph’s Jaguars spanked the 10th-seeded Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Knights 68-44 after leading 23-11, 44-25 and 60-36 at the quarters. Will McCauley paced the Jaguars with 25. Quin Mazzuchin scored 13 to lead the Knights (coach Mac Bertrand, assistant Mike Scott), also included Adam Scott, Mateo Volpini, Kalev Timusk, Marco Cocchetto, Jacob Clarke, Hunter Laplante, Ansh Patel, Brayden Legendre, Joel Ankomah, Will Church and Shiloh Sauve. …………………………………………………… The 20th-seeded Kanata All Saints Catholic Avalanche defeated the 15th-seeded Windsor W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Clippers 78-73 in overtime. The Avalanche led 20-6 after one quarter. The Clippers led 31-29 at the half and 49-42 after three quarters. The score was knotted at 63 after regulation. Joey Arbour scored 21 to pace the Avalanche. Kabbashi Ibrahim scored 22 to lead the Clippers (coach Tom Dirkson, assistant Hashem Daher, assistant Mike Harrington), who also included Mangar Dakbai, Yousef Issa, Eldin Hassan, Taesean Tate, Dreyson White-Tong, Jesse Moffat, O.J. Forth, Yazn Khazaleh, Kenson Joseph, R.J. MacDonald, Yousef Al-Safadi, Sidiki Kromah, Omar Gatto and Taevien Elliott. …………………………………………………… The 11th-seeded Caledonia McKinnon Park Secondary Blue Devils whipped the 8th-seeded Scarborough St. Mother Teresa Titans after leading 18-13, 38-19 and 58-25 at the quarters. Jacob Donoheu scored 43 to pace the Blue Devils. Royal Egbokhan scored 13 to pace the Titans (coach Andy Cummings, assistant Duane Spencer, assistant Jada Ricketts, assistant Celine Romero-Gomez, manager Sam Adetula, manager Anthonie Pechovic), who also included Keon Reid, Emmanuel Ajibola, Diego Guerrero Vega, James Trinidad, Josh Hughes, Lincoln Oasan, Tajim Barnes, Jaheim John, Drelin D’Sousa, Sebastian Gavino Sanchez and Joel Green. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Etobicoke Silverthorn Spartans nipped the 2nd-seeded Simcoe Holy Trinity Catholic Titans 66-64. The Titans led 16-14 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 31 at the half. The Titans led 55-45 after three quarters. James Murphy scored 20 to pace the Spartans. Colton Crowdis scored 18 to lead the Titans (coach Damon Browne, assistant Shannon Hardy, manager Jaeden Ledgister), who also included Val Smalling, Tai Smith, Ryan Sukovski, Isaiah Erebor, Andrew Bell, Jordan Browne, Andre Bell, Adam Fortier, Jonathan Barta and Santiago Alferez. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix clocked the 16th-seeded Toronto Crescent School Wild Coyotes 50-32 after leading 17-10, 34-17 and 42-25 at the quarters. Andrew Ens paced the Phoenix with 13. Stuart Florescu scored 10 to lead the Wild Coyotes (coach Griffin Bush, assistant Adam Conn), who also included Sawyer Behar, Runo Ajise, Turner Reucassel, Karam Bhutani, Jon Green, Ben Sheng, Julian Jackson, Connor Neal, Andrew Jin, Henry Pankratz and Richard Li..
In the quarterfinals, the 7th-seeded Barrie St. Joseph’s Jaguars spanked the 20th-seeded Kanata All Saints Catholic Avalanche 73-57 after leading 28-8, 41-25 and 57-39 at the quarters. Ryan Harris paced the Jaguars with 24. Daniel Ntumba-Kazadi scored 19 to pace the Avalanche (coach Krista Wilson), who also included Eric Lyu, Liam Downey, Arthur Lyu, Jack Burnie, Connor Quartermain, Reech Ajuet, Jordan Magembe, Nolan Hobbins, Deavon James, Joshua Miles, Salah Qamhieh, Joey Arbour and Simba Dube.
The 5th-seeded Rockcliffe Ashbury Colts crushed the 4th-seeded Etobicoke Silverthorn Spartans 64-46. The Spartans led 17-15 after one quarter. The Colts led 33-17 at the half and 50-31 after three quarters. Emmet Pinder paced the Colts with 23. Ishmail Ashman scored 19 to lead the Spartans (coach Marcello Nigro, assistant David Aromolaran, assistant Khaleel Siddiqui), who also included Nikola Gavrilovic, Lian Catanus, Nathaniel Cox-Pierre, Samy Mouktar, George Andreid, Milos Grasilovic, Issa Siddiqui, James Murphy, Jovan Jovcevski, Jordan Sfyndilis, Xander Gatus, Wale Ojo and Mateo Bennett.
The top-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix edged the 11th-seeded Caledonia McKinnon Park Secondary Blue Devils 75-70 after leading 16-15, 38-34 and 65-47 at the quarters. Andrew Ens paced the Phoenix with 25. Graham Van Donkersgoed scored 23 to lead the Blue Devils (coach Derek Rowntree, assistant Jason Bain, assistant Brad McPherson), who also included Mason Bomberry, Nolan D’Angela, Luke Archibald, Jeremy Wetselaar, Mason Donohue, Brock McPherson, Liam Parker, Harrison Pickering, Jacob Donohue, Peyton Monture-Hill, Ben Hurley, Hayden Burkholder and Jack Smith.
In the last quarterfinal, 6th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Collegiate Cavaliers received a direct pass to the semis as a result of the 3rd-seeded Brockville Thousand Islands Secondary Pirates having been ejected from the tournament after their third-round brawl with the Mississauga Ascension of Our Lord Eagles. The Pirates (coach Jason Crotty, assistant Brian Kloosterman, assistant Cody Hache, assistant Wade Zanchetta) included Isaiah Beckstead, Nathan Curson, Mattie Barkley, Nick Hoogenraad, Andrew Plaschka, Caleb Powers, Seb Madden, Kaiden Leakey, Wyatt Last, Ryan Crotty, Caleb Kloosterman, Gabriel Lane and Dominick Lane.
In the semis, the 7th-seeded Barrie St. Joseph’s Jaguars edged the 6th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Collegiate Cavaliers 58-56. The Cavaliers led 15-7, 29-26 and 43-42 at the quarters. Ryan Harris paced the Jaguars with 21. Beckham Wilson led the Cavaliers with 17.
In the other semi, the 5th-seeded Rockcliffe Ashbury Colts edged the top-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix 65-62. The Phoenix led 22-14 after one quarter and 30-28 at the half. The Colts led 49-43 after three quarters. Emmett Pindar paced the Colts with 22. Elijah Quissua paced the Phoenix with 25.
In the bronze medal match, the top-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis Phoenix defeated the 6th-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Collegiate Cavaliers 86-77. The Cavaliers led 25-21 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 41 at the half and 60 after three quarters. Awab Ali led the Phoenix with 25. Cobby Kessie scored 25 to pace the Cavaliers (coach Eric Bulthuis, assistant Erin Gulersen, assistant Taj Adams), who also included Graham Lantz, Kamel Kawar, Anthony Hirmina, Micah Witton, Tobias Kessie, Ramez Garras, Leo Di Cicco, Zaveh Antwi, Mosope Olapoju, Jack Nirula, Johnathan Atafo and Beckham Wilson.
In the final, the 7th-seeded Barrie St. Joseph’s Jaguars dispatched the 5th-seeded Rockcliffe Ashbury Colts 58-46 after leading 17-15, 36-23 and 49-36 at the quarters. Ryan Harris paced the Jaguars with 17. Jalen Findall led the Colts with 19.
The bronze medalist St. Catherines St. Francis Phoenix: Farouk Akasha; Awab Ali; Carter McNeil; Trent Dobson; Elijah Quissua; Andrew Ens; Jakub Labanowicz; Jack Ciocca; Nolan Freel; Austin Hinds; Tommy Goodwin; Nawaf Kigab; Ian Allas; coach Rich Alderson; assistant Jeremy Delacruz; assistant Josh Ens; assistant Mike Lucas
The silver medalist Rockcliffe Ashbury Colts: Emmett Pindar; Alex Farinha; Hatem Edali; Ryan Piche; William ‘Ben’ Grant; Jackson Lafrance; Preston Schwarz; Johnson Imaniraguha; Jalen Flindall; Armando Jalili-Ticona; Aiden O’Reilly; Frankie Pongou; Kiran Sahajpal; Laith Sorger; Zitian ‘Ti’ Zhou; coach Ian MacKinnon; assistant Mario Gaetano; assistant Peter Kratz; trainer Emily Hickson
The champion Barrie St. Joseph’s Catholic Jaguars: Riley Walsh; Sean Harrington; Jonathan Warden; Ryan Harris; Dest Omoruyi; Matias Lee; Logan Forsyth; Triston Cooper; Zikora Onwuka; Joseph Chuich; Will McCauley; Adetoro Oremule; Ebenezer Olusesi; coach Drew Taylor; assistant Patrick Dooley; assistant Paul Zyla
Thanks to: Tournament convenor Mike Rowley for provision of the tournament program.