The traditional OFSAA draw was restricted to a two-pool tournament featuring 10 teams after the majority of OFSAA regional associations opted not to participate in the provincial tournament because of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic.
In pool A play, held in Niagara Falls: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers (GHAC) torched the 8th-seeded Thunder Bay St. Ignatius Falcons (NWOSSA) 60-32 after leading 17-11, 30-18 and 47-27 at the quarters. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Welland Centennial Cougars (SOSSA) nipped the 5th-seeded Kingston La Salle Knights (EOSSA) 47-45 after leading 12-7, 21-18 and 36-31 at the quarters. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Thunder Bay St. Ignatius Falcons stomped the 9th-seeded Timmins O’Gorman Knights (NEOAA) 65-36 after leading 18-9, 45-14 and 56-32 at the quarters. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers crushed the 5th-seeded Kingston La Salle Knights 50-31 after leading 18-4, 29-14 and 42-19 at the quarters. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Welland Centennial Cougars clocked the 9th-seeded Timmins O’Gorman Knights 59-31 after leading 17-2, 26-7 and 38-17 at the quarters. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Sudbury LaSalle Black Knights whipped the 9th-seeded Timmins O’Gorman Knights 48-28 after leading 17-6, 30-12 and 43-24 at the quarters. Scott led the Black Knights with 8. Ella Pratt-Vallier added 8 and Sadie Watkins Southward 6. Natalia Butterfly paced the Knights with 8. Alana Percival added 5 and Kennedy Regan 4. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers edged the 4th-seeded Welland Centennial Cougars 40-38. The Cavaliers led 15-7 after one quarter. The Cougars led 22-21 at the half. The Cavaliers led 33-26 after three quarters. They took a 40-35 lead on a bucket by Emilie Ougrinov with 37 seconds to play. Jenna Dobbie answered with a trey for the Cougars. Following a turnover and a foul, Alexis Wright Missed a pair of free-throws with 16 seconds to play, then missed a layup after another turnover with 10 seconds to play and the Cavaliers were able to run out the clock.
“It showed what we’re doing X and O’s-wise, defensively and hustle-wise, is good enough and if we play this game again, that we would give ourselves a good chance to win. It was just one of those days,” Centennial coach Craig Maltais told bpsportsniagara.com. “we got the looks we wanted to, we just weren’t able to finish. It seemed like a tiny rim. It was just one of those days but we got the opportunities. I’d rather have a game where we got the looks but just didn’t finish as opposed to getting really lucky and just hanging in the game. We (know) we can play at that level, which is good.” Vida Kojovic paced the Cavaliers with 10. Mikaela James added 8, Elia Metieh 8 and Julia Coupland 6. Jayda Rodrigue led the Cougars with 13. Alexis Wright added 9, Audrey Bevacqua 6, Alexis Smyth 6 and Emma Smith 6. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Thunder Bay St. Ignatius Falcons nipped the 5th-seeded Kingston La Salle Knights 51-50. The Knights led 14-13 after one quarter. The Falcons led 29-24 at the half and 43-35 after three quarters. Agot Makeer paced the Falcons with 25. Alyssa Kreiner added 9 and Kate Willmore 5. (Ella or Macey) Pratt Vallier led the Knights with 17. Hailey Twigg added 17 and Sadie Watkins Southward 7. The Knights (coach Lucas Allen, coach Romulo Severino) also included (Ella or Macey) Pratt Vallier, Rhys Baker, Marissa Cassell, Avery Garofolo, Jess Hynes, Sarah Morris, Tori Shaver, Maya Sousa, Emily Standen, Ella Ubdegrove, Teegan Whitney, and Scott? …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers crushed the 9th-seeded Timmins O’Gorman Knights 68-22 after leading 25-9, 43-15 and 55-17 at the quarters. Kiyla Fowler paced the Cavaliers with 15. Emma Hatcher added 13 and Kalli Georgoulias 12. Natalia Butterly led the Knights with 11. Kennedy Regan added 3 and Ella McCarty 3. The Knights (coach Marcy McCarty, assistant Cathay Beard, assistant Edward Weltz) also included Rayne Bale, Sidney Del Guidice, Aly Guillemette, Ava Guillemette, Calee Hunter, Elena Lionello, Alana Percival, Ella Robinson, Gianna Therrien and Kailin Yacula. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Welland Centennial Cougars edged the 8th-seeded Thunder Bay St. Ignatius Falcons 63-60. The Falcons led 12-9 after one quarter. The Cougars led 25-21 at the half and 42-40 after three quarters. Alexis Wright paced the Cougars with 17. Jayda Rodrigue added 17, Jessica Gibson 11, Emma Smith 9 and Jenna Dobbie 9. “We played a really good game tonight,” Centennial coach Craig Maltais told bpsportsniagara.com. “Four games in two days is no easy feat. I think the girls really stepped up tonight. We played tough defence and made it difficult for their shooters. … At the end of the game, Jayda (Rodrigue) made some clutch free throws to seal the victory. We are really happy to be going to the medal round.” Agot Makeer led the Falcons with 23. Alyssa Kreiner added 13, Mia Bosch 8 and Moira Menard 8. The Falcons (coach Lindsey Wachter, assistant Shane Comeau) also included Jaylan Abraham, Julia Henriksson, Lauren Henriksson, Reilley Johnstone, Kiden Modi, Anna Stickel, Kate Willmore and Orianne Wurtz. …………………………………………………… Final pool standings: King’s Christian (4-0); Centennial (3-1); St. Ignatius (2-2); La Salle (1-3); O’Gorman (0-4).
In pool B play: …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Kingston Frontenac Falcons (EOSSA) whipped the 7th-seeded Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Knights (NOSSA) 47-29 after leading 12-6, 31-18 and 40-24 at the quarters.
…………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Peterborough Holy Cross Catholic Hurricanes (COSSA) clipped the 3rd-seeded Brantford North Park C.V.S. Trojans (CWOSSA) 44-33 as Kate Maxwell scored 17, Logan Jolley 12 and Abigail Edge 6. Kennedy Little led the Trojans with 8. Stephanie Romany added 8 and Molly Adams 7. The Trojans led 13-8 after one quarter. The Hurricanes led 19-17 at the half and 33-24 after three quarters. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Knights dispatched the 10th-seeded Niagara Falls St. Paul Catholic Patriots (SOSSA) 55-42 after leading 19-11, 29-24 and 46-31 at the quarters. Sophie Alexander led the Knights with 13. Elliot Tissot Van Patot added 10 and Maike Purdon 10. Keira Federinko paced the Patriots with 9. Michaela Cabonara added 9 and Samantha Dino 8. “That was yo-yo game,” Saint Paul coach Kristen McDonald told bpsportsniagara.com “We were down three, down 20. It’s shows good character that our team is willing to fight and claw our way back. It’s unfortunate that some of our shots didn’t land. Maybe that would have helped us claw our way back and then pull ahead.” …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Kingston Frontenac Falcons stomped the 6th-seeded Peterborough Holy Cross Catholic Hurricanes 67-26 after leading 26-8, 47-10 and 60-13 at the quarters. Ella Mayer led the Falcons with 23. Hannah Kerr added 15 and Jessica Dean-Savage 9. Danielle Nelson paced the Crusaders with 5. Abigail Edge added 4 and Logan Jolley 4. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Brantford North Park C.V.S. Trojans whipped the 10th-seeded Niagara Falls St. Paul Catholic Patriots 50-18 after leading 11-5, 19-5 and 38-14 at the quarters. Molly Adams led the Trojans with 18. Kennedy Little added 15 and Jordan Kingsholt 7. Samantha Dino led the Patriots with 7. Hanna Dino added 6 and Keira Federinko 2. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Peterborough Holy Cross Crusaders defeated the 10th-seeded Niagara Falls St. Paul Catholic Patriots 60-52 after leading 14-5, 19-18 and 38-35 at the quarters. Kate Maxwell led the Crusaders with 16. Meghanne Hiltz added 15 and Logan Jolley 13. (Samantha or Hanna) led the Patriots with 24. Keira Federinko added 12 and Brooke Lennox 10. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Kingston Frontenac Falcons clipped the 3rd-seeded Brantford North Park C.V.S. Trojans 58-44 after leading 16-10, 36-18 and 46-30 at the quarters. Jessica Dean-Savage led the Falcons with 20. Hannah Kerr added 12 and Ella Mayer 8. Jordan Kingsholt led the Trojans with 17. Kennedy Little added 11 and Molly Adams 7. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Knights stomped the 6th-seeded Peterborough Holy Cross Crusaders 58-34 after leading 14-8, 28-14 and 40-25 at the quarters. Siobhan Noble-Poland led the Knights with 12. Olivia Tissot Van Patot added 7 and Sidney Skrobot 7. Meghanne Hiltz paced the Crusaders with 15. Logan Jolley added 5 and Kate Maxwell 4. The Crusaders (coach Brianna Ball, coach Bond Bjorgan, coach Geoff McKinley) also included Jorgan Bankes, Emma Beavis, Salome Casas Martinez, Abigail Edge, Ainsley Glasbergen, Johanna Logel, Danielle Nelson, Lily Pascoe, Justine Platt-De Witt, Mackenzie Scott and Josephine Shannon. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Kingston Frontenac Falcons rolled the 10th-seeded Niagara Falls St. Paul Catholic Patriots 74-28 after leading 25-7, 40-15 and 61-22 at the quarters. Hannah Kerr led the Falcons with 20. Jessie Dean-Savage added 16 and Megan Elms 14. Keira Federinko paced the Patriots with 14. Brooke Lennox added 6 and Cassandra Carnovale 6. The Patriots (coach Kristin McDonald, assistant Jennifer Benoit, assistant Frank Capretta, assistant Dina DiCarlo-MacLean) also included Serena Butera, Michaela Carbonara, Khalia Craig, Ashley D’Amico, Hanna Dino, Samantha Dino, Serena Gigliotti, Vanessa Gigliotti, Sophia Sacco, Natalie Sanchez, Kayla Scott and Ava Stranges. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Brantford North Park C.V.S. Trojans dispatched the 7th-seeded Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Knights 44-35. The Trojans (coach Andrea Hawkins, coach Jennifer Keresturi) included Molly Adams, Myah Ciommo, Jasdeep Gill, Jaya Grewal, Asha Grewal, Jordan Kingsholt, Kennedy Little, Avery Lombardi, Alisha MacDonald, Breanna Mitchell and Stephanie Romany. …………………………………………………… Final pool standings: Frontenac (4-0); Lo-Ellen (2-2); North Park (2-2); Holy Cross (2-2); St. Paul (0-4).
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded Kingston Frontenac Falcons dispatched the 4th-seeded Welland Centennial Cougars 72-51 after leading 19-7, 40-30 and 53-45 at the quarters. Ella Mayer paced the Falcons with 20. Jessie Dean-Savage added 20 and Hannah Kerr 17. Alexis Wright led the Cougars with 30. Jenna Dobbie added 12 and Jayda Rodrigue 5. “It was tough,” Cougars coach Craig Maltais told bpsportsniagara.com. “We were in that game for a while but we were physically exhausted.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers spanked the 7th-seeded Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Knights 49-28 after leading 18-4, 31-10 and 39-19 at the quarters. Kalli Georgoulias led the Cavaliers with 12. Vanessa Ougrinov added 9 and Mikaela James 9. Olivia Tissot Van Patot led the Knights with 8. Sidney Skrobot added 6.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded Welland Centennial Cougars spanked the 7th-seeded Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Knights 53-34 after leading 12-6, 27-13 and 39-23 at the quarters. Alexis Wright paced the Cougars with 18. Jayda Rodrigue added 15, Emma Smith 10, Jenna Dobbie 5, Jessica Gibson 2 and Audrey Bevacqua 2. “(I’m) as proud as could be,” Cougars head coach Craig Maltais told bpsportsniagara.com. “Coach (Kelly) Spiers and I are just so thrilled for them. They worked super hard and legitimately left everything on the floor. Every girl is really beat up but they played through it. Timeouts were tough, they would get their ice packs out and then go back out. They were absolute Warriors.” Alexis Wright said the team was determined to medal. “Before every game, everyone was giving out energy for each other. This is our last run together because the majority of the team is seniors so we just left it all out there.” Jayda Rodrigue added that “I was really happy, especially because most of us are graduating and we got to win as a team. We were really tired but we all wanted to win a medal and end on a good note for our senior year. … (We’re) pretty beat up. Every single person has some sort of injury or something going on but we worked through it and that’s what a good team does.” Maike Purdon led the Knights with 10. Sidney Skrobot added 8, Sophie Alexander 4 and Elliot Tissot Van Patot 3. The Knights (coach Lisa Carruthers, coach Antoinette Purdon) also included Lilia Armstrong, Charlie Dulaney, Kayla Hamilton, Charlie Herold, Madison Huntington, Mia Jermyn, Carling Kuhlberg, Isabel McKague, Siobhan Noble-Poland and Olivia Tissot Van Patot.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Kingston Frontenac Falcons nipped the top-seeded Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers 40-38 despite trailing 8-6, 19-12 and 32-25 at the quarters. Ella Mayer led the Falcons with 13. Hannah Kerr added 9 and Jessie Dean-Savage 8. Mikaela James led the Cavaliers with 11. Vida Kojovic added 10 and Vanessa Ougrinov 9. Falcons coach Karlyn Pixley told the Kingston Whig Stanrd that “the semifinal was a little bit tighter, but the girls just stuck to their game plan and their defence was solid. … In a year when it was in question whether we would be able to do anything — we didn’t travel and we only played 11 games going into to OFSAA — we didn’t have any idea how they would handle a weekend of multiple games every day.” Pixley said Ella Mayer notched a critical bucket down the stretch. “She was having a hard time getting the ball in and she actually threw off the back of her defender and stepped inbounds and hit a layup.”
The bronze medalist Welland Centennial Cougars: Audrey Bevacqua; Jenna Dobbie; Jessica Gibson; Jordyn Parkes; Jayda Rodrigue; Lauren Sacuta; Emma Smith; Alexxis Smith; Alexis Wright; coach Craig Maltais; assistant Kelly Spiers; assistant Bruce Smith
The silver medalist Oakville King’s Christian Cavaliers: Julia Coupland; Kiyla Fowler; Kalli Georgoulias; Emma Hatcher; Mikaela James; Vida Kojovic; Ella Metieh; Emilie Ougrinov; Vanessa Ougrinov; Mia Sakota; Amaya Wijeyawickrema; coach Taj Adams; coach Eric Bulthius; assistant Dave Casey; assistant Eric Finn; assistant Mike Thompson
The gold medalist Kingston Frontenac Falcons: Rowan Casey; Chloe Charron; Haley Corbett; Jessie Dean-Savage; Megan Elms; Kyleigh Finn; Halley Hart; Hannah Kerr; Ella Mayer; Lucia Resano; coach Karlyn Pixley; assistant Dave Casey; assistant Eric Finn; assistant Mike Thompson