The gym is a lot livelier than we thought here at day one of the provincial championships (for senior boy’s basketball of course). So far we’ve been keeping a close eye on the Eastern Commerce Saint’s opening match against the Pope John Paul II Panthers. It was a battle, to say the least, throughout the first half [...] Continue Reading

Last season’s OFSAA boy’s champions Eastern Commerce Saints opened the 2010 AAAA basketball tournament with a convincing victory over Pope John Paul II Panthers 73-58 at Durham College. Pope John Paul (25-10) put up a great first half with a 33-30 lead at half-time. The Saints (23-7) stormed back in the second half after the Panther’s [...] Continue Reading

First of all, Andrew Robichaud, Vick Polatian and I would like to thank Centennial College, the Centennial College Student Association and the journalism faculty for giving us the opportunity to come to Oshawa to cover this exciting tournament. Day two of the 2010 AAAA OFSAA Boys Basketball Championship, being held in Oshawa, started with an [...] Continue Reading

Following heartbreaking losses in the regional and city championships, to the same team, the Oakwood Collegiate Institute Barons rebounded with a huge 79-58 win over the St. Matthew Tigers in the opening round of the 2010 OFSAA basketball championships. Putting grades first translated into a brilliant 34-4 record in the regular season. The Barons secured the [...] Continue Reading

Sam Hill walked onto the court of the 1982 OFSAA provincial championships for Jarvis Collegiate Institute and walked away empty handed as the Eastern Commerce Saints captured the gold. Now 28 years later, Sam continues to watch the Saints, cheering for his son Jake, a 17-year-old shooting guard at Eastern. Sam Hill’s father was born in [...] Continue Reading

Nearly invisible throughout the first three quarters, Julian Clarke put his team on his back in the fourth as he led Toronto’s Oakwood Barons to a gold medal and an OFSAA championship with a 47-34 victory over the St. Thomas More Knights. To the delight of nearly 1,000 spectators at Durham College in Oshawa, the twelfth-seeded [...] Continue Reading

Amidst three days of war between Ontario’s 18-best high school basketball teams, it becomes easy to forget what it takes to put on an event of this magnitude. Convener of the 2010 OFSAA basketball tournament Michael Kennelley, with help from volunteer coordinator Teena McNee, assembled a team of 40 high schools students from the Durham region [...] Continue Reading

Eastern Commerce High School’s boys basketball team has been crowned champion of Toronto for the fourth year running after edging cross-town rivals Oakwood Barons 64-61 Thursday. Supporters of both schools packed the stands at Ryerson University to take in the 2010 Toronto Boys’ Basketball City Championship. With the win, Eastern’s Saints move on to the Ontario Federation [...] Continue Reading

The East Region Senior Boys Tier One basketball championships are underway, with the Stephen Leacock Lions hosting the Sir Robert L. Borden Falcons in their quarter-final match today. Continue Reading

Pope’s senior girls basketball team won the annual Centennial Colts Classic this past weekend after a 60-41 victory over Thomson C.I. They beat St. Edmund Campion 48-41, and Father Goetz in 47-29 in the playoffs. Continue Reading