In the opening, seeding round, held in Brockville: …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Metcalfe Osgoode Township Panthers spanked the 15th-seeded Red Lake District Rams 56-24 after leading 17-4, 29-12 and 47-14 at the quarters. Emily Harvey paced the Panthers with 23. Haley Wesolowski led the Rams with 9. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Oakville Ste-Trinite Titans clubbed the 17th-seeded Port Hope Trinity College Bigside 58-20 after leading 20-4, 38-8 and 58-20 at the quarters. Lily Elbatanony led the Titans with 31. Savannah Iang led the Bigside with 8. …………………………………………………… The 9th-seeded Elgin Rideau District Lions clipped the 10th-seeded Toronto École Secondaire Catholique Père-Philippe-Lamarche Huskies 42-29 after leadin 14-3, 28-13 and 36-16 at the quarters. Ella Verkerk led the Lions with 16. Coco Assad paced the Huskies with 14. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Welland ecole secondaire Saint-Jean-de-Brebeuf Catholique Les Lynx nipped the 8th-seeded Val Caron École secondaire catholique l’Horizon Aigles 38-36. The Aigles led 12-6, 25-11 and 31-27 at the quarters. Malaury Aka paced Les Lynx with 22. Peyton Tessier led the Aigles with 21. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders dispatched the 16th-seeded Whitby Ecole Secondaire Catholique Saint-Charles-Garnier Lynx 53-39 after leading 14-11, 31-15 and 43-23 at the quarters. Whitney Milne paced the Crusaders with 34. Torie Jean-Jacques led the Lynx with 16. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Barrie E.S. Catholique Nouvelle Alliance Les Tornades mauled the 18th-seeded Toronto Ursula Franklin Academy Flames 50-18 after leading 14-5, 24-9 and 37-13 at the quarters. Estelle Skippen led Les Tornades with 25. Yanet Afeworki paced the Flames with 9. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Breslau Woodland Christian Cavaliers dusted the 11th-seeded Windsor Ecole Secondaire Catholique LaJeunesse Le Royal 83-23 after leading 28-5, 53-13 and 71-21 at the quarters. Bree Drost led the Cavaliers with 19. Brielle Poirier paced Le Royal with 9. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Brockville Académie catholique Ange-Gabriel Anguilles torched the 12th-seeded Sudbury Englehart Spartans 57-27 after leading 22-7, 34-7 and 46-15 at the quarters. Isabelle Guenette led the Anguilles with 18. Charlie Pollock paced the Spartans with 16. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Walkerton District Community Riverhawks clipped the 13th-seeded St. Marys District CVI Saluki 45-33. The score was knotted at 12 after one quarter and at 18 at the half. The Riverhawks led 32-23 after three quarters. Charlotte Richardson paced the Saluki with 14.
In the second, elimination round: …………………………………………………… The 15th-seeded Red Lake District Rams clipped the 17th-seeded 17th-seeded Port Hope Trinity College Bigside 43-30 after leading 17-8, 29-12 and 35-20 at the quarters. Haley Wesolowki paced the Rams with 15. Savannah Lang led the Bigside with 15. The Bigside (coach?) also included Ebo Oziegbe-Ighodalo, Rowan Christ, Giselle Valadao, Maeka Ida, Penelope Wigle, Fiona Hartleib, Izzy Smith, Quin Mendum, Elaine Lue, Heather Northey and Lademi Abiola. …………………………………………………… The 18th-seeded Toronto Ursula Franklin Academy Flames defeated the 16th-seeded Whitby Ecole Secondaire Catholique Saint-Charles-Garnier Lynx 38-29. The Flames led 12-4 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 20 at the half and at 27 after three quarters. Eva Lafontaine paced the Flames with 8. Torie Alexis Jean-Jacques led the Lynx with 20. The Lynx (coach Eric Veilleux, assistant Myléne Comeau) also include Mariama-Sadio Barry-Nsan, Brigitte Devonish, Sheila Kabanda, Danya Kabwika, Sara Emmanuelle Kacou, Sandra Nangmeni, Avery Naud, Cassandra Oliveira, Kiley Skagos and Sydnie Tawembe.
In the third round: …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Brockville Académie catholique Ange-Gabriel Anguilles clubbed the 15th-seeded Red Lake District Rams 56-25 after leading 12-5, 26-9 and 42-16 at the quarters. Emily Carrier led the Anguilles with 19. Haley Wesolowski paced the Rams with 8. The Rams (coach Robert Grant, assistant Stephanie Lauzon) also included Sydney Campbell, Isabella Cianci, Hanna Clayfield, Marley Fetterly, Alix Harmer, Georgia Hladki, Leila Hladki, Rhian Nault and Sadie Wood. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Breslau Woodland Christian Cavaliers clubbed the 18th-seeded Toronto Ursula Franklin Academy Flames 76-23 after leading 23-10, 40-16 and 65-20 at the quarters. Nina Erak led the Cavaliers with 21. Eva LaFontaine and Angelina Matevski each scored 8 to pace the Flames. The Flames (coach Randy Smith, assistant Beth Garland) also included Yanet Afeworki, Elizabeth Cameron, Madeleine Crook, Lila Hodges, Olivia Karsli, Emma Loop, Roya Martyr, Laila Sanankong, Shyla Sharda, Alexandra Tehranian and Azaria Williams. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Welland ecole secondaire Saint-Jean-de-Brebeuf Catholique Les Lynx defeated the 9th-seeded Elgin Rideau District Lions 40-32. The score was knotted at 11 after one quarter. Les Lynx led 23-18 at the half and 35-25 after three quarters. Josee Ragala paced Les Lynx with 17. Mara Rice led the Lions with 15. The Lions (coach Ron Stenzl, coach Amanda Laming, assistant Scott Hallady, assistant Ron Stenzl) also included Ella Verkerk, Sam Read, Anna Whalen, Farrah Kendall, Chloe Larabie, Sydney Cameron, Carmella Lane, Emma Smallegange, Ella Rice and Annabelle Hartley. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Oakville Ste-Trinite Titans dispatched the 12th-seeded Sudbury Englehart Spartans 71-49. The Titans led 14-13 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 31 at the half. The Titnas led 42-40 after three quarters. Lily Elbatanony paced the Titans with 26. Charley Pollock led the Spartans with 21. The Spartans (coach Hannah Wylie, assistant Mikaela Gibson) also included Payton Baker, Anna Black, Lauren Black, Gloria Burey, Ania Costache, Avery Gibson, Addison LaCarte, Makayla MacPherson, Bryce Pollock and Hailey Schenk. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Metcalfe Osgoode Township Panthers spanked the 13th-seeded St. Marys District CVI Saluki 46-27 after leading 9-5, 22-16 and 34-20 at the quarters. Kiera Lusk and Anna McLaren each scored 14 to pace the Panthers. Charlotte Richardson led the Saluki with 15. The Saluki (coach Monican Ryan, assistant Brian Chalupka, assistant Tim O’Connor, manager Cammie Lobb) also include Holly Black, Marin Chateauvert, Emma Hodkinson, Reagan Jones, Libby McCurdy, Alanna Saville, Lena Thompson, Valentina Urbano-Martinez and Maeve Wheeler. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Walkerton District Community Riverhawks defeated the 10th-seeded Toronto École Secondaire Catholique Père-Philippe-Lamarche Huskies 36-24. The Huskies led 7-4 after one quarter. The Riverhawks led 16-9 at the half and 26-15 after three quarters. Lydia Mcintosh paced the Riverhawks with 11. Salem Kacou and Masia Thullah each scored 9 to lead the Huskies. The Huskies (coach Brendan Ritchie, assistant Christine Awadaliah) also include Tatianah Margaret Alexander, Coco Assad, Alia Jordan Durant-Pierre, Jazmine Mabimbi, Elizabeth Manga, Eman Medraj, Marceline Mutabazi, Ketsia Mutabazi, Marley Palmer, Liliah Sammi, Pamella Thelus Joassaint, Markiesha Toussaint, Leilani Tsang and Edith Tumba. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders clubbed the 11th-seeded Windsor Ecole Secondaire Catholique LaJeunesse Le Royal 48-26 after leading 15-6, 27-12 and 40-19 at the quarters. Whitney Milne paced the Crusaders with 21. Brielle Poirier led Le Royals with 10. Le Royals (coach Linda Carriére, assistant Melanie Sylvestre) also included Alivia Borre, Chloe Brownsett, Scotlyn Durham, Chloe Hallas, Kaiya Jodoin, Cayleigh Johnson, Alyssa Morin, Ariana Nabben, Shukuru Neema, Olivia Quenneville and Arianna Wilson. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Barrie E.S. Catholique Nouvelle Alliance Les Tornades whipped the 8th-seeded Val Caron École secondaire catholique l’Horizon Aigles 67-47 after leading 20-9, 35-20 and 48-37 at the quarters. Estelle Skippen led Les Tornades with 28. Peyton Tessier paced the Aigles with 23. The Aigles (coach Roy Ghislainpag, assistant Dan Young) also included Sophie Lachance, Sophie Montgomery, Mya Sauve, Scarlett Parri, Chloé Carrier, Sophie Roy, Asyah Dockery, Evie Drozdowsky, Reese Waltenbury, Erika Young and Brooke Waltenbury.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Breslau Woodland Christian Cavaliers clubbed the 14th-seeded Welland ecole secondaire Saint-Jean-de-Brebeuf Catholique Les Lynx 72-30 after leading 19-9, 40-13 and 58-21 at the quarters. Nina Erak led the Cavaliers with 26. Josée Regala paced Les Lynx with 16. Les Lynx (coach Justine Mete, assistant Jason Duthie) also included Malaury Aka, Bethel Bogale, Kylie Duthie, Emily Houle, Kaylee Lambert, Chloe MacKay, Emilie Misner, Oluwadadeola Oyebanji, Karley Perreault and Isabella Zenga.
The 2nd-seeded Brockville Académie catholique Ange-Gabriel Anguilles spanked the 7th-seeded Walkerton District Community Riverhawks 48-28 after leading 21-7, 30-14 and 41-20 at the quarters. Isabelle Guenette paced the Anguilles with 20. Talya Barfoot led the Riverhawks with 15. The Riverhawks (coach Dan Rourke, assistant Vincent Yenssen) also included Regan Barrett, Macy Coleman, Casey Dupuis, Addison Graul, Jillian Grooms, Claire Hampton, Tylie Louther, Lydia Mcintosh and Chloe Yenssen.
The 4th-seeded Metcalfe Osgoode Township Panthers dusted the 5th-seeded Oakville Ste-Trinite Titans 54-31 after leading 20-7, 30-11 and 48-22 at the quarters. Emily Harvey led the Panthers with 17. The Titans (coach Matthew Stewart, assistant Janis Glode, assistant Alessia Marzilli) included Aline Abouchala, Charlotte Banwell, Leila Bentchicou, Elva Djada, Maelynn Edoukou, Lilly Elbatanony, Hana Elhawary, Nwanyabuife George-Uzonwanne, Obiaku George-Uzonwanne, Regine Marais and Lyn Naamani.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Barrie E.S. Catholique Nouvelle Alliance Les Tornades dispatched the 6th-seeded Belleville Nicholson Catholic Crusaders 63-50 after leading 16-15, 35-24 and 51-34 at the quarters. Estelle Stippen paced Les Tornades with 24. Whitney Milner led the Crusaders with 24. The Crusaders (coach Justin Walsh, assistant Alexandra Gilmour) also included Regina Castillo Villanueva, Faith Duong, Anne Georgekutty, Ava Gravel, Kaelin Hearn, Quinlan Hurley, Nova Lichti, Megan St. Germain and Maisie Walsh.
In the semis, the top-seeded Breslau Woodland Christian Cavaliers dusted the 4th-seeded Metcalfe Osgoode Township Panthers 60-26 after leading 22-2, 37-17 and 45-23 at the quarters. Emma Tonin and Nina Erak each scored 15 to pace the Cavaliers. Kiera Lusk led the Panthers with 10. Panthers coach Aaron Harvey told Ottawa Sports Pages that “our plan was to pick up the ball early in transition to engage the dribbler so that they would not see as many transition passes. We also needed to try to take away their pick-n-roll action between their top two players – Nina Erak and Bree Droust. We did okay with that. However, at the beginning of the game, nerves got to us and we missed easy shots and they made several contested three-pointers in the opening minutes. The game got away from us quickly. We found our footing and stuck to our game plan and played well for the next three quarters, but the damage was done. They were a formidable team.”
In the other semi, the 3rd-seeded Barrie E.S. Catholique Nouvelle Alliance Les Tornades defeated the 2nd-seeded Brockville Académie catholique Ange-Gabriel Anguilles 38-33. The Anguilles led 10-9 after one quarter. Les Tornades led 19-17 at the half and 27-25 after three quarters. Estelle Skippen led Les Tornades with 17. Isabelle Guenette paced the Anguilles with 12.
In the bronze medal match, the 4th-seeded Metcalfe Osgoode Township Panthers clipped the 2nd-seeded Brockville Académie catholique Ange-Gabriel Anguilles 59-46 after leading 11-7, 26-20 and 40-36 at the quarters. Anna McLaren led the Panthers with 24. Panthers coach Aaron Harvey told Ottawa Sports Pages that Brockville are a solid team with several JUEL (Junior Elite provincial basketball league) players. They are well coached. I knew we needed to defend at a high level (to) make them work for everything. They have good guard play, so we stayed in our half-court, man-to-man defence. We didn’t want to give them anything easy from breaking our press. On offence, we went to matchups we liked and encouraged those players to be aggressive. Our girls played very smart. … (The Panthers) were so excited. We have three senior girls (Brooke Swanson, Keira Lusk and Alexandra Linden) who were playing their final games for OTHS. We wanted them to finish with a win. We also were playing close to home so we had great crowd support. The gym was packed and loud – it was an amazing atmosphere.” Isabelle Guenette paced the Anguilles with 24. The Anguilles (coach coach Luc Guenette, assistant Randy Douglas, assistant Taryn Vickery) also included Marie-Eve Guenette, Devyn Kingsley, Samantha LeBlanc, Gabrielle Madden, Avery Raabe, Kallie Secours-Rylands and Camryn Stefura.
In the final, the top-seeded Breslau Woodland Christian Cavaliers torched the 3rd-seeded Barrie E.S. Catholique Nouvelle Alliance Les Tornades 73-29 after leading 31-3, 57-6 and 62-19 at the quarters. Nina Erak paced the Cavaliers with 21. Joelle Therrien led Les Tornades with 9.
The bronze medalist Metcalfe Osgoode Township Panthers: Maya Berridge; Charlie Dales; Sarah Dean; Emily Harvey; Alexandra Linden; Keira Lusk; Paytyn MacMillan; Everly Mallong; Maya McGuire; Anna McLaren; McKenzie Miller; Charlotte Mills; Brooke Swanson; coach Aaron Harvey; assistant Jenny Rodgers
The silver medalist Barrie E.S. Catholique Nouvelle Alliance Les Tornades: Chloe Brouillard; Chloe Buechin; Maya Clark; Audrey Deschatelets; Ashleigh Hester; Dafnee Lanoe; Taryn MacDonell; Estelle Skippen; Simone Skippen; Simone Spaeth; Joelle Therrien; Amy Wasylyk; coach Jérôme Garçau; assistant Audrey Milne
The gold medalist Breslau Woodland Christian Cavaliers: Sydney Taylor; Emma Tonin; Chloe Strauss; Sydney Rumph; Bree Drost; Helena Nicolaou; Leah Pyper; Isla Sloss; Nina Erak; Lila Van Zwol; Zorana Erak; coach Stu Julius; assistant Matt Hazenberg; assistant Mae Drost