Vaughan S.S. @ SUN YOUTH CLASSIC - Montreal, Quebec- UPDATES

Thursday December 16TH
Ex Games TBA

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17TH Tournament Begins
> 3:00 p.m. Dawson College CEGEP AAA (CCAA) 88 Vs. QEDA (Queens Elite Development Academy) 67
> 5:00 p.m. Montreal United 38 Vs. Parc Ex. 69
> 7:00 p.m. Lee Academy (USA Maine Prep School) 93 Vs. Outaouais CEGEP AA 58
> 9:00 p.m. Vaughan S.S. 79 vs Dawson College AAA (CCAA) 76
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> SATURDAY DECEMBER 18TH
> 9:00 a.m. Sun Youth 69 Vs. Outaouais 48
> 11:00 a.m. Algonquin College 72 Vs. Parc Ex. 58
> 1:00 p.m. QEDA 55 Vs. Vaughan S.S. 67
> 3:00 p.m. Lee Academy Prep USA MAINE 97 Vs. Sun Youth 51
> 5:00 p.m. Algonquin College 88 Vs. Montreal United 65
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Championship SEMI-FINALS
7:00 p.m. Vaughan S.S. 115 Lee Academy PREP USA MAINE 109 Double OT
9:00 p.m. Algonquin College 88 Dawson College 76
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> SUNDAY DECEMBER 19th
Championship Final
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> 1:00 p.m Vaughan S.S. 83 vs Algonquin College 97
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> Top team in each division moves on to the Semis the 4th team will
> be the best out of the remaining 5 teams (excluding S.Y.O) decided by
> plus minus. In case of a tie the team with the lest points against will
> advance.
> The remaining 4 teams will play in the crossover consolation game

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Nice job Vaughan, good luck in championship game!

BTW - Algonquin College, don't they carry 19-22 year olds?

Algonquin plays in the OCAA, the same league as teams like Sheridan and Humber. Algonquin is also the #1 ranked team in Canada right now though a lot of the college teams don't play with full rosters at these pre-Christmas tournaments since many of the out-of-town players go home for the holidays.

Good luck Vaughan!

This is Dawson’s Posted On-Line Roster

9 Andrew Girardot Arts Forward 6'6"
15 Jonathan Smith Health Science Forward 6"3"
6 Inti Salinas General Social Science Guard 5'10"
8 Gilda Mulenda General Social Science Guard 6'3"
22 Alex Rufagari General Social Science Forward 6'3"
7 Ridolphe Aristil General Social Science Forward 6'5"
10 Chris Carrie General Social Science Forward 6'3"
11 Chris Joseph General Social Science Guard 6'1"
23 Junior Fequiere General Social Science Guard 5'11"
12 Kurt Caro Pure and Applied Science Guard 5'11"
20 Brian Ofori General Social Science Forward 6'5"
5 Max Segal Health Science Forward 6'2"


Team Personnel
Head Coach Wayne Yearwood (514) 969-9284

Assistant Coach Peter Walcott, Michael Moodie Jr
Manager Kadina McKenzie


These are the players who played against us: Recorded on the game sheet and played:

M. Segal
I Salnas
R. Artisil
G. Mulenda
A. Girardot
C. Carrie
C. Joseph
K. Caro
J. Smith
B. Otori
A. Rutagari
J. Fequere
F. Molu

Seems to me everyone played. I know Algonquin is missing a couple of guys. But we have 2 guys injured as well.
Lee Academy had 3 guys 6'9, 6'10, 7'0 as well as a shooting guard 6'6' wing 6'6. Very big and physical team.
Great game.

It's makes sense that Dawson College had a full lineup. CGEP schools tend to draw a much higher percentage of local students than Ontario colleges as they are more integrated into the smaller towns and cities, negating the need to go out of town for those taking the university track programs or the more popular college programs.

Hopefully no one thinks I am diminishing Vaughan's accomplishments. They are playing prep schools, Ontario colleges with players many years older, and Quebec CGEPs that are the equivalent of grade 12 & 13 regional all-star teams. Simply making it to the final is a great accomplishment.

Algonquin beat Vaughan in the final this afternoon, 97-83. Algonquin's point guard Njuguna Waiganjo was named Tournament MVP.

wow vaughan has represented so well! dont really watch this team too much but i know they are the best down here right now! great job!

Championship Final Summary

1st Quarter Algonquin College 30 Vaughan S.S. 13
Half Time Algonquin College 47 Vaughan S.S. 40
5 minute mark of the 3rd quarter 62-62
End of 3rd 77-70

Final Score Algonquin College 97 Vaughan S.S. 83

These games were 40 minutes long with a 24 second shot clock. The shot clock keeps the games fun and more entertaining for the spectators.

Vaughn should be extremely proud of their showing at the Sun Youth tournament. Their semi-final double ot win vs. Lee Academy was one of the most exciting high school games I've ever seen, 115-109 final that had just about everything. Vaughn was up over 20 early, Lee came back and tied it up and took the lead, Vaughn came back was up 3 late, when a 6'9 centre hit a 3 at the buzzer to force OT. Lee was up 10 in the OT when Troy Reid-Knight hit 2 NBA 3's in the last 15 seconds to force 2nd OT, where Vaughn took the lead, and Lee fouled out 3 starters and ended the game playing with 4 guys, and still had a chance to make it a one possession game late in the 2nd ot on a 3 on 1 when the ref was way out of position in the middle of the floor and knocked over the Lee fast breaker causing a turnover that sealed it!! What a finish. Wiggins was ridiculous. Dunking on everyone. Roberts hitting 3's all over the place, Walters blocking Lee's D1 front line. Tan penetrating into the lane at will. Vaughn is not a one man team. Keep thinking that and watch them win ofsaa.

They were down over 20 early in the final v. Algonquin and coulda packed it in, tired, bruised up but they sucked it up and came back to tie the game early in the 3rd quarter, (Fiba). Ran out of gas, but gave a top college team everything they could handle. Funniest moments of the final: 1. Algonquin coach jokingly trying to recruit the Vaughn starters during the pregame introductions; 2. Algonquin starting guard taking off his shorts and putting them back on, (had them on backwards), during the first whistle of the game in the middle of the floor in front of everyone!

Congrats to Coach G and his staff for the discipline, composure and unselfish play his team played with all weekend. Playing older more physical teams and holding there own will only make them better down the stretch as playoffs approach. ....And they're all young and can be back next year!!!

interesting note: Alqonquin had a 34 year old starter and Vaughan had a 15-year old starter.

Was BJ Charles playing in the tournament? He was a star with St. Pat's back when they won medals at AAA OFSAA in the late 90's (when AAA was the largest category) and then played for Carleton. He still had a couple of years of eligibility left and went to Algonquin though he was not going to play until second semester.

No BJ Charles was not on the roster. Not sure about second semester.