In the opening round, held in Windsor: …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Windsor Catholic Central Comets edged the 11th-seeded Toronto Upper Canada College Blues 60-55 after leading 18-9, 40-20 and 45-34 at the quarters. Reakwon Fazekas-Elliot paced the Comets with 13. Eriq Jenkins added 11, Donald Mensiak 11 and Najee Brown-Henderson 10. Jalen Butler paced the Blues with 18. Mattia Colangelo added 14. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Windsor W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Clippers stomped the 16th-seeded Peterborough Adam Scott Lions 69-37 after leading 19-7, 44-26 and 66-29 at the quarters. Isiah Osborne paced the Clippers with 31. Adrian Hogan led the Lions with 18. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Toronto West Humber Collegiate Vikings clocked the 9th-seeded Maple Timberwolves 99-78 after leading 23-15, 47-31 and 68-52 at the quarters. Fathi Mohamoud paced the Vikings with 19. Jerrel Campbell led the Timberwolves with 38. …………………………………………………… The 14th-seeded Sault Ste. Marie Superior Heights Steel Hawks edged the 8th-seeded London Catholic Central Crusaders 51-47 after leading 18-12, 25-24 and 40-38 at the quarters. Lars Moffatt paced the Steel Hawks with 24. Chandler Simpson added 10. Sebastian Vanin-Moreno led the Crusaders with 12. Daniel Johnson added 10. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Stoney Creek Saltfleet District Storm whipped the 12th-seeded Kingston Frontenac Falcons 68-47 after leading 15-6, 31-27 and 53-40 at the quarters. Nicola Djogo paced the Storm with 28. Kingsley Campbell-Olsen added 19. Carter Matheson led the Falcons with 23. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Hamilton Cathedral Gaels crushed the 15th-seeded Orillia OD/Park Secondary Blues 72-43 after leading 13-8, 35-26 and 58-35 at the quarters. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Toronto Emery Collegiate Institute Eagles edged the 10th-seeded Guelph St. James Lions 46-44. The Lions led 15-6 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 19 at the half. The Eagles led 30-27 after three quarters. Moshe Wadley paced the Eagles with 16. Richie Tawiah added 11 and Dante Stoddart 10. Joey Hasson led the Lions with 18. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Ottawa St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish dusted the 13th-seeded Clarington Central Secondary Coyotes 76-47 after leading 20-12, 41-16 and 59-35 at the quarters. Lock Lam led the Fighting Irish with 22. Spencer Jacobs paced the Coyotes with 20.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Windsor W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Clippers smacked the 11th-seeded Toronto Upper Canada College Blues 80-58 after leading 18-6, 33-28 and 52-38 at the quarters. Isiah Osborne paced the Clippers with 25. Abbas Kiserwan added 20. Mattia Colangelo led the Blues with 11. The Blues (coached by Christian Heffernan, assisted by Al Northcott) also included Adam Sellan, Aidan Power, Isaac Benjamin, Jalen Butler, Devonte Case, Hunter Okubasu, Matthew Parsons, Olivier Mugabo and Duke Oxtoby. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded Windsor Catholic Central Comets annihilated the 16th-seeded Peterborough Adam Scott Lions 63-20 after leading 19-2, 50-8 and 53-14 at the quarters. Alex Fraser paced the Comets with 14. Kim Lol Ruot added 11. The Lions (coached by Steve Deline, Scott Scholey and Nick Sheppard) included Malcolm White, Kevan Sullivan, Jake Deller-Hadzi, Thomas Loubser-Munn, Aiden Scholey, Jack Knox, Will Redhead, Cameron Russell, Russell MacGillivray, James Matchett, Jordan Wilson, Kalvin Morton, Mohamed Yufusf, Daniel Challice and Adrian Hogan. …………………………………………………… The 3rd-seeded Toronto West Humber Collegiate Vikings crushed the 8th-seeded London Catholic Central Crusaders 68-46 after leading 14-9, 33-20 and 46-35 at the quarters. Fenanov Definise paced the Vikings with 17. Balwinder Jagpal added 13. Hayze Spring led the Crusaders with 18. The Crusaders (coached by Sherman Brown, assisted by Christian Finkenzeller, Neil Garrity and George McAuley) also included Yaw Antwi-Boasiako, Yohanes Girmay-Habtegabir, Martin Ortega, Andrew Theriault, Ron Turqueza, Amara Abraha, Scott Jurjevich, Sebastian Vanin-Moreno, David Alvarez, Pearson Brown, Steven Theriault, Luis Alvarez-Saavedra, Fernando De La Rosa Gonzalez and Daniel Johnson. …………………………………………………… The 9th-seeded Maple Timberwolves dispatched the 14th-seeded Sault Ste. Marie Superior Heights Steelhawks 60-51. Steelhawks forward Jake Cruise told the Sault Star that a slow start undid the squad. “That’s really what killed us because we played a better second half, but we just weren’t able to recuperate from the hole we dug ourselves in the first half. We did alright in the third quarter. We didn’t come out too flat, but it just wasn’t enough.” Guard Lars Moffatt said the Steelhawks played “well enough” defensively but unforced errors “ended up biting us in the rear in the end … Our defence wasn’t really the problem. It was good enough to win, it was just our offence. It just wasn’t there. We are pretty disappointed because we know we could have done a lot better.” Steelhawks coach Jordan Fresque said “I don’t think we got a fair shake from the referees … It’s disappointing to come all this way and have a game decided by calls. I didn’t think that we were given a fair chance to compete.” Both Cruise and Moffat got into early foul trouble. “That hurt us,” Fresque said, adding that the Steelhawks also lacked intensity. “It seemed as though we were a little too complacent in the first half.” Daniel Craig led the Hawks with 15. Moffatt added 12, Chandler Simpson 11 and Jackson Zack-Coneybeare 7. The Steel Hawks also included Craig Daniels, Peter Hryniuk, Noah Kember, Nick Servant, Daniel Bruni, Jake Glibota, Andrew O’Brien, Justin Sharp and Gavyn McCabe. …………………………………………………… The 2nd-seeded Stoney Creek Saltfleet District Storm clocked the 15th-seeded Orillia OD/Park Secondary Blues 64-45 after leading 24-8, 37-21 and 59-33 at the quarters. Nicola Djogo paced the Storm with 11. Woods Brown added 11 and Nick Pett 10. Alexander Timpano paced the Blues with 15. The Blues (coached by Terry Bullen, assisted by Dan Fournier) also included Elias Leatherdale, Jackson Fournier, Andrew Seki, Devon Locke, Dexter Hoch-Bullen, Jacob Borelli, Jack Showers, Pierson French, Jack Hache and Samuel Lloyd. …………………………………………………… The 5th-seeded Hamilton Cathedral Gaels whipped the 12th-seeded Kingston Frontenac Falcons 77-51 after leading 19-13, 36-32 and 56-41 at the quarters. Jorge Leito paced the Gaels with 23. Mohamed Gaafer added 14, Paulo Linguenhe 10 and Kareem Collins-Samuels 10. Carter Matheson led the Falcons with 21. Quincy Saunders-Scholes added 15 and Hoadley Raymound 12. The Falcons (coached by Matt Baker, Suche James, Bruce Patry and Dylan Patterson) also included Tristan Halladay, Kyle Casford, Brendan Steele, Mitchell Kirby, Kevin Toussaint, Aidan Foley, Daray Thomas and Ty Sands. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Ottawa St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish defeated the 10th-seeded Guelph St. James Lions 59-52. The Lions (coached by John Case, assisted by Mike Rafter and Bob Sharp) included Mitchell Marquis, Jack Tersigni, Quinn Feeney, Alex Durigon, Nick Marquis, Alexander MacKeigan, Keegan Feeney, Joey Hasson, Andrew Sherriff, Brennan O’Connor, Brandon Evans, Erwin Tapnio and Jacob Mencfeld. …………………………………………………… The 4th-seeded Toronto Emery Collegiate Institute Eagles flattened the 13th-seeded Clarington Central Secondary Coyotes 73-28. Lucky Oswigwe paced the Eagles with 16. Spencer Jacobs led the Coyotes with 13. The Coyotes (coached by Todd Garrison and Paul Roughley) also included Gregory McMaster, Adrian Jacobs, Brandon Melaragno, Sulaimon Afghanzada, Eris Sistermans, Ajeen Elanganathan, Griffen Coleman, Dylan Porter, Behn Ware, Leighton Robinson-Ceres, Michael Als and Jacob Vanloosen.
In the quarterfinals, the 3rd-seeded Toronto West Humber Collegiate Vikings edged the 6th-seeded Windsor W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Clippers 61-55. The Clippers led 14-10 after one quarter. The Vikings led 26-23 at the half and 41-40 after three quarters. Keith Laryea paced the Vikings with 12. Abbas Kiserwan led the Clippers with 27. The Clippers (coached by Mike Harrington, Jeff Nekkers and Patrick Osborne) also included Billy Persaud-Hearns, Juwan Lynch, Matthew James-Schleifer, Omar Sulliman, Avni Dede, Hashem Daher, Ali Mansour, Marquis Lara-Caston, Isiah Osborne, Jaabar Ali, Damian De Los Santos and Nathan Kett.
The top-seeded Windsor Catholic Central Comets nipped the 9th-seeded Maple Timberwolves 62-57 after leading 16-6, 26-20 and 41-36 at the quarters. Najee Brown-Henderson paced the Comets with 22. Jerrel Campbell led the Timberwolves with 19. The Timberwolves (coached by Azam Khan) also included Reggie Stephenson, Auzair Ahmed, Sohaib Ahmad, Usama Ahmad, Qasim Ghumman, Awil Weheliye, Saffir Goraya, Saad Ahmed, Sahin Kizarmis, Mehmet Dogan, Aasin Din, Tanzeel Ahmed and Usama Shakeel.
The 2nd-seeded Stoney Creek Saltfleet Storm edged the 7th-seeded Ottawa St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish 48-44 after leading 11-7, 31-21 and 39-32 at the quarters. Darnell Curtin and Nicola Djogo each scored 10 to pace the Storm. Ryan Kabuya paced the Fighting Irish with 20. The Fighting Irish (coached by Matt Koeslag and Tina St. Amour, assisted by Jesse Duodu, Philbert Louis, Alex Nesrallah and Vikta Paulo) also included Michael Soy, Adhal Bwolo, Tayo Onabajo, Muhammad Kabeya, Donte Strachan, Tyler Reid, Matthew Desrosiers, Nathan Garcia, Deniro Gibson, Trevor Ndopu, Runo Aya, Ntwali Amine-Bashizi, Elijah Davidson and Lock Lam.
In the last quarterfinal, the 5th-seeded Hamilton Cathedral Gaels defeated the 4th-seeded Toronto Emery Collegiate Institute Eagles 62-55. The Gaels led 13-9 after one quarter. The Eagles led 34-31 at the half. The score was knotted at 48 after three quarters. “It was a grind … a great team win,” Gaels coach Mark Maga told the Hamilton Spectator. “It wasn’t pretty. That’s kind of the way we pride ourselves. It’s to play tough defence and never quit. We were down by as much as 13 in the first half. We battled back and tied it. Then we went down by 10 in the second half before battling back again. We hit a couple of key shots in the fourth quarter (including a three-pointer by Oneil Stubbs), played great defence and knocked down our foul shots at the end. … KK (Collins-Samuels) took three charges in the fourth quarter. He got offensive rebounds and knocked down big foul shots. Paulo crashed the boards for rebounds, tips and putbacks. No one could stop him. No one can match his energy level.” Kareem Collins-Samuels paced the Gaels with 19. Paulo Linguenhe added 10. Richie Tawiah led the Eagles with 18. The Eagles (coached by Junior Alexander, Justin Antonio and Bob Maydo) also included Lequayne Ridway-Ellis, Dante Stoddart, Akil Jones, Brion Clarke, Hassan Adenola, Devonte Burton, Lucky Osuigwe, D.J. Atkinson, Nicholas Kelly, Moshe Wadley and Richard Hylton.
In the semis, the 3rd-seded Toronto West Humber Collegiate Vikings edged the 2nd-seeded Stoney Creek Saltfleet Storm 59-57 in overtime. The Vikings led 14-8 after one quarter and 26-20 at the half. The Storm led 35-32 after three quarters. The score was tied at 47 after regulation. Balwinder Jagpal paced the Vikings with 12. Kingsley Campbell-Olsen led the Storm with 18.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Windsor Catholic Central Comets defeated the 5th-seeded Hamilton Cathedral Gaels 74-63 after leading 22-16, 36-28 and 56-46 at the quarters. Najee Brown-Henderson paced the Comets with 21. Malique Caloo added 19. Kareen Collins-Samuels led the Gaels with 25. Jorge Leitao added 14.
In the bronze medal match, the 5th-seeded Hamilton Cathedral Gaels edged the 2nd-seeded Stoney Creek Saltfleet Storm 85-81 in overtime. The Gaels led 22-19 after one quarter. The Storm led 43-41 at the half. The Gaels led 58-57 after three quarters. The score was knotted at 76 after regulation. Jorge Leitao paced the Gaels with 32. Nicola Djogo and Darnell Curtin each scored 24 to pace the Storm. The Storm (coached by Flavio Bottosso, Dave Omerod, Terry Petrie, Brett Sanders and Jim Weatherbee) also included Terry Hill, Jamahl Burke, Kingsley Campbell-Olsen, Kelvin Van, Niguel McCue, Samad Khan, Brett Putzig, Woods Brown, Foster Brown, Dardan Berisha, Nick Pett and Cameron McVeety.
In the final, the top-seeded Windsor Catholic Central Comets dispatched the 3rd-seeded Toronto West Humber Vikings 66-58. Najee Brown-Henderson paced the Comets with 22. Fenavov Definise led the Vikings with 13.
The bronze medalist Hamilton Cathedral Gaels: Paulo Linguenhe; Kareem Collins-Samuels; Jorge Leitao; Jess Baluyot; Nathan Morris; Mario Mclennon; Raiyan Mohamed; Andrew Smoke; Brandon Seeram; Oneil Stubbs; Bardji Popaj; Josh Nzita; Stephan Smith; Michael Dzaringa; Mohamed Gaafer; Isaiah Parkinson; Isiah Gordon; coach Mark Maga; assistant Brian Donaldson; assistant Don Romeo
The silver medalist Toronto West Humber Collegiate Institute Vikings: Tyshane McLawrence-Gayle; Tyvell Peters; Abdirashid Dahit; Balwinder Jagpal; Gurshan Lidder; Fenanov Definise; Michael Adjel; Kamaldip Gill; Dwayne Lambert-Cadore; Erinjeet Uppal; Isaac Galiwango; Johneil Richardson; Fathi Mohamoud; Keith Laryea; coach Andre Bobb; coach Errol Pattersen
The gold medalist Windsor Catholic Central Comets: Donald Mensah; Eriq Jenkins; Dantee Nadeau; Raekwon Fazekas-Elliot; Richie Akinsanya; Najee Brown-Henderson; Dominic Johnson; Kim Lol Ruot; Alex Fraser; Malique Calloo; Paco Boutros; coach Peter Cusumano; assistant Ahmad El Osta; assistant Reg Hart; assistant Mike McKittrick; assistant Garrie Nolan; assistant Chris Tate