Local OFSAA summary

By Christian Bouchard

As three different OFSAA events were held today, the Vilanova Wildcats proved to be the only victorious local team.

BOYS AAA HOCKEY

Despite being the lowest seed (16) in boys AAA hockey, the Wildcats were led by Jake Rosa and his three goals as they cruised to a 5-2 victory over 10th seeded Welland Notre Dame at the Vollmer Complex. 

The other local team, the St. Anne Saints took a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to the 13th seeded Sault Ste. Marie St. Mary’s College.

BOYS AAA BASKETBALL

OFSAA made the executive decision to eliminate the AAAA division for this season which now means the elite schools are also in the tournament. The host team and defending champions Catholic Central Comets lost 69-45 to the 2nd seeded Vaughan. 

CCH will now face 5th seeded Pine Ridge Tuesday as they face elimination.

The 8th seeded St. Anne Saints fell 81-69 to 14th seeded Ottawa St. Patrick.  The Saints will need a win against 3rd seeded Oakwood Tuesday in order to stay alive.

BOYS A BASKETBALL

5th seeded Lajeunesse Royals took their opening game by a score of  58-47 over 15th seeded Toronto French School.

The 7th seeded Kennedy Clippers opened the boys’ AA basketball championship in Timmins with a 60-52 overtime win over 13th seeded St. Catharines Eden.

The 10th seeded General Amherst Bulldogs dropped their opening  game at the boys’ A/AA hockey championship in Ottawa with a 2-1 loss to third-seeded Niagara Falls Saint Michael.

GIRLS AAA HOCKEY

St. Anne, the 11 seed at the girls’ AAA hockey championship in Stratford, split a pair of games Tuesday. The Saints lost 1-0 to 6th seeded Ancaster Bishop Tonnos but rebounded for a 3-2 win over Ottawa Glebe.

GIRLS AAA VOLLEYBALL

The 5th seeded Holy Names Knights won two of their three matches at the girls’ AAA volleyball championship in North Bay. The Knights lost a close 2-1 match (25-21, 18-25 and 14-16) to the 2nd seeded Bill Crothers but rebounded to beat 12th seeded St. Francis Xavier 2-0 (27-25 and 25-23) as well as 15th seeded Lockerby 2-0 (25-18 and 25-23).

The 9th ranked Riverside Rebels won both their matches at the girls’ AA volleyball championship in Kenora. Riverside beat 8th seeded Whitby Henry Street 2-1 (21-25, 25-20 and 15-12) and also scored a 2-1 win over No. 19th seeded Mississauga Streetsville (20-25, 25-23 and 15-12).

GIRLS A VOLLEYBALL

The 14th seeded Maranatha Christian Academy hard a rough start at the girls’ A volleyball championships in Kitchener. The girls fell 2-0 (17-25 and 16-25) to 8th seeded Hamilton and also fell 2-0 (14-25 and 20-25) to 3rd seeded Breslau Woodland Christian.

NOTE: Boys AAA hockey, Boys AAA basketball and Swimming are all held in Windsor from March 7-10.