In the opening round, held in Windsor: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Toronto St. Michael Blue Raiders clipped the 11th-seeded Ottawa Glebe Gryphons 65-41 after leading 22-11, 42-26 and 50-35 at the quarters. Malcolm Duvivier paced the Blue Raiders with 16. Aaron Case added 14. Yasiin Joseph led the Gryphons with 14. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Brampton St. Edmund Campion Bears dumped the 16th-seeded Collingwood Fighting Owls 55-42 after leading 23-9, 37-19 and 46-30 at the quarters. Curwin Elvis paced the Bears with 16. Kedar Wright added 11. Brad Niermann led the Fighting Owls with 17. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Oakville Holy Trinity Titans crushed the 9th-seeded Windsor Holy Names Knights 50-29 after leading 14-2, 27-10 and 43-21 at the quarters. Regis Ivaniukas and Trevon McNeil each scored 12 to pace the Titans. Nick Malic led the Knights with 10. …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Kitchener St. Mary’s Eagles dusted the 14th-seeded Maple St. Joan of Arc Thunder 74-53 after leading 14-11, 36-25 and 59-30 at the quarters. Nathan Riley led the Eagles with 16. Daniel Tari paced the Thunder with 15. Jordon Dixon-Keating added 14 and Zik Esealuka 10. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Rexdale Father Henry Carr Crusaders clocked the 12th-seeded Markham St. Brother Andre Cardinals 81-53 after leading 15-12, 35-27 and 62-40 at the quarters. Dillon Brooks paced the Crusaders with 16. Christian Hewitt added 14. Abraham Omorogbe led the Cardinals with 18. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Stoney Creek Cardinal Newman Cardinals stomped the 15th-seeded Chatham Ursuline College Lancers 57-20 after leading 15-6, 31-14 and 44-18 at the quarters. A.J. Manguerra paced the Cardinals with 12. David McCulloch added 11. Mitch Hakkar led the Lancers with 6. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Brampton St. Marguerite d’Youville Panthers dispatched the 10th-seeded Welland Notre Dame Fighting Irish 57-28 after leading 19-5, 27-15 and 42-19 at the quarters. Rayon Miller paced the Panthers with 12. Kenny Ejim added 6. Ryan Cooper led the Fighting Irish with 11. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Ajax Notre Dame Cougars nipped the 13th-seeded Waterloo Collegiate Vikings 56-55 after leading 14-11, 30-26 and 47-39 at the quarters. Davion Parnsalu paced the Cougars with 18. Dani Elgadi led the Vikings with 17.
In the second, elimination round: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Toronto St. Michael Blue Raiders stomped the 16th-seeded Collingwood Fighting Owls 62-41 after leading 18-8, 29-19 and 49-35 at the quarters. Malcolm Duvivier led the Blue Raiders with 8. Jeff Thompson paced the Fighting Owls with 7. The Fighting Owls (coached by Joe Halos, assisted by Bob Hirst) also included Morey Doner, Emerson Giles, Dan Halos, Brad Niermann, Thomas Rocks, Ian Voelker and Drew Werbitsky. …………………………………………………… The 9th-seeded Windsor Holy Names Knights defeated the 8th-seeded Kitchener St. Mary’s Eagles 58-50. The Eagles led 20-12 after one quarter and 33-29 at the half. The Knights led 43-41 after three quarters. Jimmy Lenhart paced the Knights with 13. Nick Malic added 10. Tesloth Simon led the Eagles with 12. Nathan Riley added 11. The Eagles (coached by Jason Hergott) also included Efosa Agbonze, Bronson Botelho, Jeremy Cresswell, Jermain Crosdale-Lyle, Eric Duong, Tyler Hergott, Feden Kidane, Jamari Stephenson, Avery Sutton, Tyrick Thompson and Mikias Zewdie. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Stoney Creek Cardinal Newman Cardinals clipped the 12th-seeded Markham St. Brother Andre Cardinals 73-52 after leading 18-9, 51-22 and 59-39 at the quarters. Daniel Petermann paced Newman with 15. A.J. Manguerra added 13, Phillip Cunningham-Gillen 11 and David McCulloch 10. Blake Cunningham paced Brother Andre with 17. Abraham Omorogbe added 14. The Brother Andre Cardinals (coached by Rick Maloney, assisted by Kevin Moore, Charles Scott and Bert Wolk) also included Ryan Chan, Joshua Cunningham, Carlo Dizon, Robert Flynn, Quinton Galloway, Krishan Gandhi, Shawn Gordon, Arizona Ilodigwe, P.J. Tomines-Rivera, Noel Vilella and Ben Wong. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Brampton St. Marguerite d’Youville Panthers clocked the 13th-seeded Waterloo Collegiate Vikings 58-36 after leading 18-9, 37-14 and 48-26 at the quarters. Abed Emran paced the Panthers with 11. Ryan Miller added 9. Adam Anagnostopoulos led the Vikings with 21. Dani Elgadi added 12. The Vikings (coached by Craig Nickel, assisted by Ryan Potts, Doug Ranton and Aaron Tomlin) also included Adam Carter, Nicholas Johnny, John McGowan, Jonathon Milks, Etai Mizrahi, Shafi Mutware, Malcolm Piazza, Jacob Ranton, Jeyan Thangaraj, Zach Totzke and Bojan Vincic. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Brampton St. Edmund Campion Bears stuffed the 11th-seeded Ottawa Glebe Gryphons 73-37 after leading 10-9, 25-16 and 53-26 at the quarters. Andrew Anderson led the Bears with 8. Jacob Orellana paced the Gryphons with 5. The Gryphons (coached by Danny Naoufal, assisted by Alex Overwijk, Joe Mader and Tom Macartney) also included Josh Millar; Hamza Saleh; Zak Meguader; Yasiin Joseph; Troy Webster, Jameson Fraser, Joseph Walters-Davis, Adil Abdi, Joe Mader, Jamal Gill, Anthony Flores, Will Shantz and Ahmed Ellafeh. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Oakville Holy Trinity Titans whipped the 14th-seeded Maple St. Joan of Arc Thunder 67-53 after leading 23-14, 41-27 and 60-39 at the quarters. “We got out ahead early so our guys that log a lot of minutes, we were able to rest,” Trinity coach Andrew Saulez said. Regis Ivaniukas paced the Titans with 12. Nolan Mackenzie added 11 and Lucas Orlita 10. Daniel Tari paced the Thunder with 12. Huziafa Khan added 11 and Jordon Dixon-Keating 10. The Thunder (coached by Bobby Kurien, assisted by Peter Agati, also included Michael Assiffo, Quwane Downey-Fairclough, Zik Esealkuka, Ahron Gordon, Michael Hryn and Mark Moton. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Ajax Notre Dame Cougars dumped the 10th-seeded Welland Notre Dame Fighting Irish 64-56. The Cougars led 13-11 after one quarter and 25-24 at the half. The Fighting Irish led 46-36 after three quarters. Kendell Wilson paced the Cougars with 17. Demoy Green added 14. Ethan Degazio led the Fighting Irish with 16. The Fighting Irish (coached by Michael Rao, assisted by David Fucile, Dan Marshall and Tyler Warren) also included Matthew Conte, Michael Conte, Ryan Cooper, Nicolas DeCicco, William Fitzgerald, Desmond Gentles, Jacob Kannenberg, Danny Lokole, Christopher Rao, Michael Ross, Michael Santoro, Briceton Welsh and Jason Wu. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Rexdale Father Henry Carr Crusaders smacked the 15th-seeded Chatham Ursuline College Lancers 64-56 after leading 18-13, 32-26 and 53-34 at the quarters. Josh Bell paced the Crusaders with 18. Dillon Brooks added 15 and Brendon Chevannes 15. Jazz Miguel-White led the Lancers with 15. The Lancers (coached by Jim Dunlop, assisted by Rich Allin) also included Luke Allin, Mitch Anderson, Ian Comiskey, Jason Dorssers, Mitch Hakker, Logan Howard, Zach Kaniecki, Drue Kelly, Devon Pinsonneault, Aaron Ruper, Mark VanRycheghem and Stephon Willson.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Toronto St. Michael Blue Raiders stomped the 9th-seeded Windsor Holy Names Knights 60-21 after leading 20-4, 34-9 and 51-16 at the quarters. Nelson Kaputo led the Blue Raiders with 11. Godwin Boahen added 10. Nick Malic paced the Knights with 5. Anthony Pollock added 3. The Knights (coached by Len Kane, assisted by Dan Devin) also included Ibrahim Ashkir, Fiyin Folami, Manik Jandoria, Jimmy Lenhart, Brandon Mihalo, Ian Montero, Marvin Okoko, Ahad Shah, Malcolm Thompson, Stefan Tosic, Connor Whitfield, Walter Wilson and Jonathan Younan.
The 5th-seeded Stoney Creek Cardinal Newman Cardinals defeated the 4th-seeded Brampton St. Marguerite d’Youville Panthers 45-38 in overtime. The score was knotted at 5 after one quarter. The Panthers led 18-15 at the half and 25-22 after three quarters. The teams were tied at 32 after regulation. David McCulloch paced the Cardinals with 17. A.J. Manguerra added 11. Rayon Miller led the Panthers with 14. The Panthers (coached by Carlo Zoffranieri, assisted by Mike Mackenzie, Dexter McDonald and David Zeni) also included Harim Agbo, James Agyeman, Kenny Ejim, Abed Emran, Ovie Eyamaro, Brandon Goin-Bailey, Preston Johnson, Ayo Joseph, Desond Kwabiah, Ranique McFarlane, Addy Ogunye, Josiah Riley and Jerome Simpson.
The 3rd-seeded Oakville Holy Trinity Titans dusted the 6th-seeded Brampton St. Edmund Campion Bears 57-40 after leading 17-8, 28-13 and 39-24 at the quarters. Trevon McNeil paced the Titans with 13. Regis Ivaniukas added 12 and Nolan Mackenzie 12. David Aromolaran led the Bears with 15. Kedar Wright added 14. The Bears (coached by Omar Miles, assisted by Tyrone Bonas, Neil Nacita and Jeff Sowa) also included Andrew Anderson, Marcus Anderson, John Christian, Devonte Daniels, Curwin Elvis, Dylon Gregory, John-Michael Lemaire, Kean Lopez, Nathan Olindan, Jordan Santos and Martin Tinker.
In the last quarterfinal, the 2nd-seeded Rexdale Father Henry Carr Crusaders whipped the 7th-seeded Ajax Notre Dame Cougars 62-40 after leading 16-9, 31-21 and 39-30 at the quarters. Dillon Brooks paced the Crusaders with 22. Christian Hewitt added 11. Andre Chung led the Cougars with 14. Demoy Green added 13. The Cougars (coached by Andrew White, assisted by Rod Mcdonald and Teran Richards) also included William Babatunde, Aidan Bird, Jalen Dundas, Achidi Hall-Yamdjie, Tyrone Hamilton, Devante Nunes, Davion Parnsalu, Chael Stephenson, Keron M. Williamson-Mitchell and Kendell Wilson.
In the semis, the top-seeded Toronto St. Michael Blue Raiders clipped the 5th-seeded Stoney Creek Cardinal Newman Cardinals 53-42. The score was tied at 9 after one quarter. The Blue Raiders led 24-19 at the half and 36-31 after three quarters. Malcolm Duvivier paced the Blue Raiders with 13. Jake Marquette led the Cardinals with 10.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Rexdale Father Henry Carr Crusaders crushed the 3rd-seeded Oakville Holy Trinity Titans 62-46 after leading 15-13, 33-26 and 46-32 at the quarters. Titan star Trevon McNeil hurt his ankle early in the opening quarter of the semifinal against Father Henry Carr. Leading the Titans 15-13 at the end of the opening quarter, Henry Carr extended its lead to 33-26 at the half. McNeil saw a little more than a minute on the court in the second half before having to shut it down. But McNeil’s absence wasn’t the only reason Henry Carr prevailed, said titans coach Andrew Saulez. “We turned the ball over a little too much. A good team like that, you can’t give them extra possessions.” Joshua Bell paced the Crusaders with 18. Dillon Brooks added 17. Nolan Mackenzie led the Titans with 14. Regis Ivaniukas added 12 and Lucas Orlita 10.
In the bronze medal match, the 5th-seeded Stoney Creek Cardinal Newman Cardinals clocked the 3rd-seeded Oakville Holy Trinity Titans 55-32 after leading 7-6, 22-15 and 38-26 at the quarters. A.J. Manguerra paced the Cardinals with 14. Nolan Mackenzie led the Titans with 15. The Cardinals avenged three losses to the Titans during the season, including a 54-47 loss in the GHAC final. “It was a great season,” said Trinity coach Andrew Saulez. “The team’s disappointed and immediately after a loss, it’s very tough. The team really wanted to be in that championship game. Give them a little time, though, and they’ll be proud of what they accomplished. Any time you lose a semi, you’re focused on the fact that you didn’t get to the final. Then you run into a very good team you’ve beaten three times, and they’re very hungry. They did their best, but physically and emotionally, they were a little beaten up.” The Titans (coached by Saulez, assisted by Domenic Ragonetti and Audrius Stonkus) also included Perry Billard, Nick Ernest, Matthew Geronimo, Regis Ivaniukas, Trevon McNeil, Evan O’Dell, Lucas Orlita, Kristjian Petrovic, Omade Qaderi, Nickolas Singh and Chris Smith.
In the final, the top-seeded Toronto St. Michael Blue Raiders defeated the 2nd-seeded Rexdale Father Henry Carr Crusaders 47-38 in overtime. The Crusaders led 11-6 after one quarter and 21-19 at the half. The Blue Raiders led 29-23 after three quarters. The score was knotted at 38 after regulation. Simon Polan-Couillard led the Blue Raiders with 12. Nelson Kaputo added 10. Christian Hewitt paced the Crusaders with 13. Dillon Brooks added 12.
The bronze medalist Stoney Creek Cardinal Newman Cardinals: Colin Bailey; Jeff Baradziej; Tyler Brown; Phillip Cunningham-Gillen; Juwon Goldson; A.J. Manguerra; Jake Marquette; David McCulloch; Luiggy Moquete; Munashe Muneka; Josh Nardini; Daniel Petermann; Markus Zeba; coach Andrew Sergi; assistant Marko Grahova; assistant Jeff Zwolak; assistant Jeff Joseph; assistant Dimitri Rakas; assistant John Nardini; assistant Victor Raso; assistant Jodi Pomerleau
The silver medalist Rexdale Father Henry Carr Crusaders: Nathan Asamoah-Darko; Joshua Bell; Tanveer Bhullar; Marcus Bonnick; Dillon Brooks; Brendon Chevannes; Lamar Copeland; Laureldo Dixon; Christian Hewitt; Marcello Hewitt; Kenrick Lewis; William Maylor; Ty Stewart-Nelson; coach Paul Melnik; assistant Charles Agyemang; assistant Rono Miller; assistant Travis Noel; assistant John Petrushchak; assistant Mark Poyser
The gold medalist Toronto St. Michael’s Blue Raiders: Godwin Boahen; Conrad Calabrese; Aaron Case; Joseph Cattana; James Chase; Malcolm Duvivier; Kaion Julien-Grant; Nelson Kaputo; Mathew McDonald; Adam Murphy; Simon Polan-Couillard; Rayshawn Smith; Sage Usher; coach Jeff Zownir; assistant Nunzio Corrente; assistant Daniel Lumsden