The Cameron Heights Golden Gaels have done it.
The Gaels captured their first CWOSSA senior boys' basketball title on Saturday evening at Resurrection, winning a back-and-forth game 54-49 over the Guelph John F. Ross Royals. Both teams had entered the game having not won a CWOSSA senior title since (at least) 1995.
For making the championship final, the Gaels and Royals will serve as CWOSSA's "AAAA" representatives in London next week.
Despite the loss, the Royals could have easily been heading to London with CWOSSA gold around their necks.
The Royals held a 49-48 lead late in the contest (just over 1:00 left) when JF Ross sharpshooting grade eleven guard Mike Friesen found himself alone on the baseline for a three-point attempt that just went off the rim. The Gaels would control the rebound, and on their trip up the court, Nebojsa Djeric was fouled on a put-back attempt --- converting both free-throws to give the Gaels a lead they would not relinquish (50-49).
Djeric, Vedran Dmitrovic, and Amjed Osman combined to make four more free throws in the remaining seconds as the Gaels would clinch the victory.
The above trio were also Cameron's leading scorers in this one --- Djeric had 21, Dmitrovic netted 14 and Osman 9. Evan Karl led Ross with a double-double (17 points, 10 rebounds).
Cameron Heights' five starters played almost the entire game ---- Kyle Waterman was the only Cameron Heights sub who got into the game with seconds remaining in the first half (to protect Osman, who, at the time, had 2 fouls).
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