WCSSAA Junior Championship
The Grand River Renegades were exactly where they wanted to be --- down 14 points in the second half.
In a remarkably similar game to their OT thriller against Cameron Heights on Saturday, the Renegades battled back from a 28-14 deficit in the third quarter but fell to the WCI Vikings 46-44 in overtime.
The Rens used a 16-2 run over the third and fourth quarter to tie the game at 30. Things got a little dicey at the end, and the OT was a low scoring 4-2 affair for WCI. Filip Cvrkalj missed a game-winning three pointer at the buzzer.
For WCI, their balanced attack was led by Malcolm Piazza (12), Jeremy Scott (11) and Adam Anagnostopoulos (11). Grand River's Cvrkalj had 19, while Chuder Teny added 10.
WCSSAA Senior Championship
The Bluevale Knights looked like they were going to run away with this one. The SJAM Highlanders had other ideas.
In the end, the Knights won their first ever WCSSAA championship in school history by holding off the Highlanders 51-45. The Knights took a 41-28 lead going into the final frame, but it seemed as though they got a little tight and started playing "not to lose". SJAM cranked up the defensive pressure and was able to turn a couple of turnovers into baskets and get back in the game. In fact, SJAM got all the way back to 47-45 before Drew Ballak canned 2 free throws with :15 left to give BCI the two possession lead for good. Stefan Cvrkalj tacked on two more in the waning seconds for the final margin of victory.
Andrew Beney was huge for Bluevale with 22 points and 9 rebounds. The 'Landers blanketed BCI star Stefan Cvrkalj all night, limiting him to just 10 shot attempts. However, Cvrkalj went 5-for-10 en route to an 18 point performance.
Jake Robinet (13) and Edem Ame (12) were SJAM's high scorers.
Interesting stat of the game? The Highlanders went nearly two full quarters (second and third) without making a two-point field goal. Matthias Hamm's "and one" with 24.6 left in the third frame ended that drought.
Speaking of droughts, that ends Bluevale's senior title drought at 38 years. By the way, I've been informed that Grand River's senior title drought is at 44 years. They've had a lot of junior success lately.....so we'll see what happens on that front.
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We'll have more on both games (including boxscores and analysis) tomorrow at some point. My aunt's funeral (she was 94 & had a good run!) is tomorrow morning, so please understand that this will probably be a little bit later in the day. Thanks!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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Is there any doubt that Cameron has the best gym? Besides the gym how about the central location, parking, heck even concessions. Don't understand why they don't hold the CWOSSA and Heinbuch finals there every year.
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