In the opening round, held in Belleville: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Hamilton Academic Catholique Mere-Teresa crushed 11th-seeded Chelmsford Valley 63-21. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Kapuskasing District Kolts crushed the 16th-seeded Marathon Falcons 72-43. …………………………………………………… 3rd-seeded Toronto People’s Christian Academy dumped the 9th-seeded Carleton Place Notre Dame Flames 78-44. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Fort Erie Niagara Christian Navigators stunned the 8th-seeded Tilbury District Titans 71-51. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames stomped the 12th-seeded Elgin Rideau District Lions 79-50. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Woodstock Collegiate Red Devils whipped the 15th-seeded Barrie E.S. Catholique Nouvelle Alliance Les Tornades 61-42. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded St. Catharines Ridley Tigers crushed the 10th-seeded Tecumseh L’Essor Les Aigles 73-45 as Steveland Brown-Derell scored 14, Mike McKenzie 13 and Joel Whitty 11. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Rockcliffe Ashbury Colts defeated 13th-seeded Quinte Christian 57-45 as David Leenen scored 17, Jake Ruddy 13 and Michael Aquino 11.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… Top-seeded Hamilton Academie Catholique Mere-Teresa thrashed the 16th-seeded Marathon Falcons 95-41. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Fort Erie Niagara Christian Navigators dumped the 9th-seeded Carleton Place Notre Dame Catholic Flames 58-42. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Kapuskasing District Kolts dumped 11th-seeded Chelmsford Valley 43-34. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Toronto People’s Christian Academy clipped the 8th-seeded Tilbury District Titans 51-20. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames stomped the 15th-seeded Barrie E.S. Catholique Nouvelle Alliance Les Tornades 61-46. …………………………………………………… The 10th-seeded Tecumseh E.S. L’Essor Les Aigles stunned the 7th-seeded Rockcliffe Ashbury Colts 49-46. The Colts struggled to handle full court pressure. “We got a great start and were up 10-0 but we struggled with their zone and they made some tough shots to take a small lead at the half,” said Ashbury coach Ian MacKinnon. “In the second half, we got in foul trouble. They ran a 1-2-2 press at us. We broke it most of the time but down the stretch, we turned it over against their press three key times.” The Colts (coached by MacKinnon, assisted by Josh Suteir and McCleary) included Alex Beck, David Wiener, David Leenen, Jake Ruddy, Michael Aquino, Sam Chiasson, Taylor Reid. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Woodstock Collegiate Red Devils crushed the 12th-seeded Elgin Rideau District Lions 57-40. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded St. Catharines Ridley Tigers defeated 13th-seeded Quinte Christian 58-26 as Joel Whitty scored 16, Dillon Pizale 11, Steveland Brown-Darrel 10 and Liam Wright 10.
In the quarterfinals, 4th-seeded St. Catharines Ridley whipped the Woodstock Collegiate Red Devils 55-35 as Joel Whitty scored 26, Brent Cardas 10, Evan Smith 6 and Liam Wright 6. The Tigers led 16-13, 33-20 and 47-26 at the quarters.
The 2nd-seeded Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames thrashed the 10th-seeded Tecumseh L’Essor Les Aigles 73-43. Les Aigles included Damian Damphouse, Robbie Abello.
The top-seeded Hamilton AC Mere-Teresa Jaguars whipped the 14th-seeded Fort Erie Niagara Christian Navigators 81-64. The Navigators (coach Seamus Bourdon) included Jesse Fraser, Jace (Joel?) Armstrong, Elisha de Waard, Adam Warkinton, P.J. Warkentin, Mylin Hill, Joel Gakwaya, Marco Kong, Graeme Hogg, Ian Riao, Michael Mo. Adam Bartol and Jason Zhang.
In the last quarterfinal, the 6th-seeded Kapuskasing District Kolts dumped 3rd-seeded Toronto People’s Christian Academy 57-46.
In the semis, top-seeded Hamilton Academie Catholique Mere-Teresa Jaguars defeated the St. Catharines Ridley College Tigers 78-44.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames defeated the 6th-seeded Kapuskasing District Kolts 69-37.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded St. Catharines Ridley Tigers defeated the 6th-seeded Kapuskasing District Kolts 51-41.
In the final, the top-seeded Hamilton Academie Catholique Mere-Teresa Jaguars defeated the 2nd-seeded Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames 69-39 after leading 43-23 at the half. Kenan Etale led Mere-Teresa with 20 points. Alain Grubac scored 17 points in the first half alone to help put the game out of reach early for the Jags. Christian Koso-Diese had his best game of the season against Ridley with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Nick Frenette shot over 66% from beyond the arc. “All the boys really brought it hard all tournament like they were playing (Hamilton 4A powerhouse) Cathedral,” Jaguars’ coach Martin Vaillancourt told the Hamilton Spectator. “Those poor schools didn’t stand a chance. Our defence, usually our weakness, was very impressive. … We had a history of getting up for Cathedral and More and then playing down. It’s very dangerous and cost us in the past. We had an unbelievable effort from everybody. The way they brought their A game made me very proud. … A great way to finish a good season.”
The bronze medalist St. Catharines Ridley Tigers: Liam Wright; Amos Kalindaga; Andrew Mahn; Ted Chen; Dillon Pizale; Joel Whitty; Michael McKenzie; Bret Cardas; Evan Smith; Nikolai Sarles; Steveland Brown-Darrel; coach Dave Whitty; assistant Walt Szpilewski; manager Shaun Padulo
The silver medalist Kitchener Rockway Mennonite Flames: Jon Minkarious; Tim Minkarious; Steve Woolner; Mark Willms; Daniel Johnson; Felipe Gonzalia; Kevin Graf; Matt Burkhart; Dan Wismer; Colton Hood; Lucas Friedmann; Joe Kipfer; Mike Hardy; Simon Martin
The gold medalist Hamilton Academie Catholique Mere-Teresa Jaguars: Alain Grubac; Brenden Springer; Marco Roccaro; Domingo Lamarre; Steve Mucowintore; Nathan Mukuna; Kevin Amisso; Pierrick Gacinva; Nic Frenette-Drake; Tinadio Moaku-Matia; Jacques Kaonii; Christian Koso-Diese; Henrilo Londole; Kenan Etale; Beni Kanga; Daniel Sakalas; coach Martin Vaillancourt; assistant Bob Croft; assistant Dwayne Washington