In the opening round, held in Gravenhurst: …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Gananoque Trojans overcame a 10-point deficit to defeat the Harrow District Hawks 71-64. Matt Fleming paced the Trojans with 20. “In the third quarter we really broke down,” Hawks’ guard Mano Watsa told the Windsor Star. The Hawks were outscored 26-14 in the third quarter. “We didn’t come out for the second half with as much intensity and that hurt us.” The Hawks were within 2 with 41.7 seconds to play, but starting guards Watsa and Mike Grayer fouled out. “The guys fought all the way, but we got caught without a leadership group,” Hawks assistant coach Bill McAdam said. Watsa led the Hawks with 26. Grayer added 15, Andy Stratton 10 and Jim Lonsbury 10. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Gravenhurst Gryphons clubbed the Owen Sound St. Mary’s Mustangs as Joel Dart scored 25. Aaron McGregor led the Mustangs with 14. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Rams bombed the Manitouwadge Wolverines 73-38 as John Bottineau scored 16. Jeff Noftall led the Wolverines with 14. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Hamilton Hillfield/Strathallan Trojans clipped the Toronto St. Michael’s Choir School Spartans 62-52 as Kaine Baldassi scored 18, Miles Baldassi 14 and Dave DeFreitas 14. The Trojans led 28-21 at the half. Trojans co-coach Pete Annable told the Hamilton Spectator that “we weren’t sharp. We played just well enough to win. I think we were suffering from a lot of nervousness and we didn’t execute well. I think the kids were looking past this game.” …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Port Hope Trinity Bears stomped the Sturgeon Falls Northern Braves 97-43 as Courtney Christ and Scott Martin each scored 23. Mitch Gagne led the Braves with 16. …………………………………………………… The Mitchell District Blue Devils stunned the 6th-seeded Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara District Trojans 61-53 as Grahame Cummings scored 21. Andrew Harber led the Trojans with 15. Andy Crober added 13, Chris Hughes 9, Nico Siemens 5, Wesley Lowrey 3 and Mike White 2. Trojans coach Don MacDougall told the Niagara Falls Review that “Mitchell’s 6-11 tall centre Grahame Cummings gave our forwards a lot to handle and held Nico Siemens and Steve Dohan to only four field goals.” …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Ridgeway Crystal Beach Blue Devils nipped the Orillia Patrick Fogarty Flames 40-38 as Dan Scholtens scored 11. Brady Chandler led the Flames with 14. …………………………………………………… The Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames clubbed the 8th-seeded New Liskeard École Secondaire Catholique Saint-Marie Apollo 57-42.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Rams crushed the Harrow District Hawks 64-34. St. Joseph led 18-16 after one quarter and 35-20 at the half. Mano Watsa led Harrow with 18. The Hawks also included Jim Lonsbury, Andy Stratton. …………………………………………………… X defeated the Owen Sound St. Mary’s Mustangs x-x. The Mustangs included Dylan Perrott, Rick Ford, Aaron McGregor, Chris Donnelly, James Beyer. …………………………………………………… The Ridgeway Chrystal Beach Blue Devils defeated the Sturgeon Falls North Braves x-x. The Braves (coached by Dan Gagne) included Dave Lafleur, Chris Lachance, Mitch Gagne, Casey Stewart. …………………………………………………… The Hamilton Hillfield-Strathallen Trojans clocked the 8th-seeded New Liskeard École Secondaire Catholique Saint-Marie Apollo 63-37 as Kaine Baldassi scored 19, Davie De Freitas 18 and Miles Baldassi 13.
…………………………………………………… The Gravenhurst Gryphons torched the Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara District Trojans 80-38. Trojans coach Don MacDougall told the Niagara Falls Review that after the first-round losos, “we were put in a different position and basically took a heavy loss.” The Trojans (coach Don MacDougall) included Andrew Harber, Nico Siemens, Chris Hughes, Andrew Crober, Trevor Morgan, Phil Lambert, Wesley Lowrey, Mike White, Jason Poortinga and Steve Dohan. …………………………………………………… The Kitchener-Rockway Mennonite Flames whipped Toronto St. Michael’s Choir 70-37 as Jeremy Dyck scored 22, Matt Snider 14, Lucas Snider 12, Stefan Degher 6, Jamie Cressman 4 and Matt Tiessen 4.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Gravenhurst Gryphons clipped the Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames 69-58 as Joel Dart scored 18, Mike Janke 24 and Shane Greavete 13. Stefan Degehr led the Flames with 17. Matt Snider added 12, Jamie Cressman 10, Lucas Snider 8, Jeremy Dyck 7. The Flames (coach Roger Stover) also included Matt Snider, Jeremy DeBoer, Ryan Neufeldt, Matt Tiessen. Flames coach Roger Stover told the Kitchener-Waterloo Recoed that “the boys gave all I could ask of them but the Gravenhurst size and some foul trouble made it an uphill struggle for us against the Gryphons and we just couldn’t overtake their lead.”
The 5th-seeded Gananocque Trojans dispatched the 4th-seeded Port Hope Trinity Bears 71-63. The Bears (coached by P Elsley, headmaster Wright, manager Peter Rowe) included Garth Nichols, Bill Kellett, Joe Maynard, Austin Brown, Courtney Christ, Scott Martin, Julian Whike, Scott Willis, Jason Liddell and Drew Spence.
The 2nd-seeded St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Rams crushed the 7th-seeded Ridgeway Crystal Beach Blue Devils 64-44. The Blue Devils (coach Jim Stephenson) included Pat Quackenbush, Dan Scholtens, Chris Bushell, Harry Althorpe, Cory Spada, Jason Pellow, Sean Hannaway and Scott Hannaway.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Hamilton Hillfield/Strathallan Trojans clubbed the Mitchell District Blue Devils 54-29 as Kaine Baldassi scored 22 and David DeFreitas 14.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Rams whipped the 3rd-seeded Hamilton Hillfield-Strathallan Trojans 63-44. The Trojans led 11-3 early before the wheels fell off. Chris Conant paced the Trojans with 12. Kaine Baldassi added 12 and Miles Baldassi 10. Trojans coach Rob Reiner told the Hamilton Spectator that “we started very, very well and we’re usually a slow starting team. They hit 7 three-pointers on us, six in the first half and that hurt. We also turned the ball over to them three or four times in a row.”
In the other semi, the top-seeded Gravenhurst Gryphons stomped the 5th-seeded Gananocque Trojans 73-45 as Mike Janke scored 24. Dave Campbell led the Trojans with 15.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Hamilton Hillfield/Strathallan Trojans clipped the 5th-seeded Gananocque Trojans 70-57 as David Defrietas scored 20 (also reported as 18). Chris Conant added 14 and Kaine Baldassi 14. Trojans coach Rob Reiner told the Hamilton Spectator that DeFrietas got the troops up for the game. “The game was at 5:15 and Dave had everybody ready to go by 4:30. He got everybody together and talked to them.” The Trojans led 19-10, 32-26 and 47-42 at the quarters. Don Campbell led the Trojans with 20.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Rams defeated the top-seeded Gravenhurst Gryphons 66-57 to cap a boys and girls double. Chris Carron led the Rams with 30. Mike Danielson paced the Gryphons with 20.
-The bronze medalist Hamilton Hillfield/Strathallan Trojans: David DeFrietas; Kaine Baldassi; Miles Baldassi; Chris Conant; Adrian Fawcett; coach Rob Reiner
The silver medalist Gravenhurst Gryphons: Joel Dart; Mike Jahnke; Mike Danielson; Shane Greavete;
The gold medalist St. Thomas St. Joseph’s Rams: Chris Carron; John Bottineau; coach Dick Mommersteeg; assistant John Lavereau