4A OFSAA

4A OFSAA Participating teams:

St. John’s College - CWOSSA Champions
Waterloo CI - CWOSSA Representative
St. Jospeh HS - GBSSA
St. Mary's (Hamilton) - GHAC Champions
Bishop Tonnos (Ancaster) - GHAC Host Representative
Pickering High School - LOSSA Champions
Glebe CI - NCSSAA
Campion - ROPSSAA Champions
Notre Dame (Brampton) - ROPSSAA Representative
Wesdale - SOSSA
St. Anne's (Tecumseh) - SWOSSAA
Michael Power - TDCAA Champions
Eastern Commerce - TDSSAA Champions
Thomson - TDSSAA Representative
John Paul (London) - WOSSAA
Bill Crothers - YRAA Champions

Results: http://www.ofsaa.on.ca/girlsaaaabasketball/index.cfm?DSP=Chapter&ID=5457

This should be the most wide open OFSAA in some time. It's also a shame to see that some quality teams will not be there. (e.g. St. Thomas More who could have been #1 seed if they had won the city title instead of being upset by BT; the two Notre Dames from Ajax and Burlington, and Louis Riel which, despite winning AAA last year, decided to stay at AAA) Is there a case to be made for 18 teams like their male counterparts at the AAAA level?

After #1 seed, which will definitely be St. Mary's, things could be interesting. An argument could be made for any of St. John's, St. Anne, and Pope John Paul II at #2, though I suspect PJP will be 4th and the other two 2 and 3.

5th will probably be Bishop Tonnos, though they might flip with PJP at 4th, with the next group including Waterloo and the top GTA teams: Pickering, Campion, Eastern, Bill Crothers, and Thompson in approximately that order with Waterloo mixed in their somewhere. Westdale and Michael Power should be next and then Glebe and ND Brampton. I can't see St. Joseph being anything other than #16.

2010 Participants and Seeding

1. St. Mary CSS – Hamilton GHAC Champions
2. St. John’s College – Brantford CWOSSA Champions
3. Bishop Tonnos CSS – Ancaster Host - GHAC
4. St. Anne SS - Tecumseh SWOSSAA Champions
5. John Paul II HS – London WOSSAA Champions
6. Pickering HS – Ajax LOSSA Champions
7. Bill Crothers SS – Markham YRAA Champions
8. Eastern HS of Commerce – Toronto TDSSAA Champions
9. Waterloo CI – Waterloo CWOSSA Representative
10. Westdale SS – Hamilton SOSSA Champions
11. Michael Power/St. Joseph HS – Etobicoke TDCAA Champion
12. David & Mary Thomson CI – Toronto TDSSAA Representative
13. St. Edmond Campion SS – Brampton ROPSSAA Champion
14. Glebe CI - Ottawa NCSSAA Champion
15. Notre Dame SS – Brampton ROPSSAA Representative
16. St. Joseph’s HS – Barrie GBSSA Champion

Results: http://www.ofsaa.on.ca/girlsaaaabasketball/index.cfm?DSP=Chapter&ID=5457

Results: http://www.ofsaa.on.ca/girlsaaaabasketball/index.cfm?DSP=Chapter&ID=5457

First Round:
St. Mary (Hamilton) 65 (April Coyne 21) - Michael Power 42 (Emilija Davidociv 16)
Pickering 45 (Cienna Walker 14) - St. Joseph's (Barrie) 29 (Anrea Moreau 16)
Bishop Tonnos (Ancaster) 43 (Jamie Hutcheson 23) - Waterloo 21 (Lindsay Tayor & Bria Dietrich 6)
St. John's (Brantford) 64 (Kelly Van Leeuwen 26) - Thomson 41 (Melissa Llewellyn 19)
John Paul II (London) 61 (Katelyn Carriere 20) - Notre Dame (Brampton) 45 (Chenel Johnson 16)
Westdale (Hamilton) 51 (Nicole Morrison 14) - St. Anne (Tecumseh) 46 (Andrea Kiss & Anna Mullins 14)
Bill Crothers 51 (Lindsay Shotbolt 21) - Campion 35 (Teleshia Riley 9)
Glebe (Ottawa) 54 (Grace Foran 16) - Eastern Commerce 52 (Vaneil Simpson 12)

Results: http://www.ofsaa.on.ca/girlsaaaabasketball/index.cfm?DSP=Chapter&ID=5457

Second Round:
Winners advance to the championship quarter-finals. Losers advance to the consolation quarter-finals:

#1 St. Mary's (Hamilton) vs. #16 St. Joseph's (Barrie)
#9 Waterloo vs. #14 Glebe (Ottawa)
#6 Pickering vs. #11 Michael Power
#3 Bishop Tonnas (Ancaster) vs. #8 Eastern Commerce
#5 John Paul (London) vs. #12 Thomson
#10 Westdale vs. #13 Campion
#2 St. John's (Brantford) vs. #15 Notre Dame (Brampton)
#4 St. Anne (Tecumseh) vs. #7 Bill Crothers

Results: http://www.ofsaa.on.ca/girlsaaaabasketball/index.cfm?DSP=Chapter&ID=5457

Second Round:

St. Mary's (Hamilton) 68 (Giannattasio 14) - St. Joseph's (Barrie) 32 (Moreau 11)
Michael Power 37 (Cheyanne Roger 8) - Pickering 24 (T. Millington-Rowe & Taijah Campbell 6)
John Paul II (London) 57 (Katelyn Carriere 26) - Thomson 36 (Melissa Llewellyn 14)
St. John's (Brantford) 68 (Kelly VanLeeuwen 19) - Notre Dame (Bramp) 32 (Chenel Johnson 13)

Second Round:

St. Mary's (Hamilton) 68 (Giannattasio 14) - St. Joseph's (Barrie) 32 (Moreau 11)
Michael Power 37 (Cheyanne Roger 8) - Pickering 24 (T. Millington-Rowe & Taijah Campbell 6)
John Paul II (London) 57 (Katelyn Carriere 26) - Thomson 36 (Melissa Llewellyn 14)
St. John's (Brantford) 68 (Kelly VanLeeuwen 19) - Notre Dame (Bramp) 32 (Chenel Johnson 13)
Westdale (Hamilton) 42 (Alexis Spadafora 11) - Campion 28 (Jose Ann Johnson 7)
St. Anne's (Tecumseh) 52 (Anna Mullins 21) - Bill Crothers 39 (Lindsay Shotbolt 11)
Bishop Tonnos (Ancaster) 49 (Carly Files 15) - Eastern Commerce 40 (Shaneeka Matthew 12)
Waterloo 43 - Glebe 41

Quarter-finals
St. Mary 66 Waterloo 29
John Paul II 69 Westdale 38
Bishop Tonnos 46 M.Power/St.Joseph 31
St. John's 49 St. Anne 29

Semi-Finals
St. Mary 55 John Paul II 40
Bishop Tonnos 41 St. John's 37

Bronze Final
John Paul II 55 St. John's 54

Gold Final
St. Mary 58 Bishop Tonnos 47

Campion defeated Pickering in the consolation final (for the 8 teams knocked out in the second round) 47-38.

No doubt where the strength was this year. Hamilton Catholic #1 and 2 in Ontario and many would argue that St. Thomas More was at least as good as the Bishop Tonnos team that upset them in the league semi-finals. That gives the league at least the three best teams in the province. Talk about dominance!

Top GTA performances at other levels:

AAA
Downsview lost in the quarter-finals to eventual bronze medallists General Amherst.
Havergal lost in the consolation final
Denison and Etobicoke both lost in the consolation semi-finals

Louis Riel from Ottawa won their second straight OFSAA AAA title with a 37-30 win over Regina Mundi from London

AA
Ascension and Vaughan Road both lost in the consolation semi-finals

Sault Ste. Marie's St. Basil won the AA title with a 44-33 win over host St. Clair from Sarnia.

A
Runnymede lost in the consolation final
King's Christian lost in the consolation quarter-finals.

Host Confédération from Welland defeated Elgin's Rideau DHS 35-33 in the final.