North Park Collegiate Trojans got caught in the starting gate for the second consecutive day and it proved costly at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association's AAA boys basketball championships in Niagara Falls on Tuesday.
The Trojans were eliminated when they suffered a 60-49 loss to the seventh-seeded Governor Simcoe Redcoats of St. Catharines in a second-round game at St. Michael Catholic High School.
Fourth-seeded Hillcrest High School Hawks of Ottawa beat North Park 72-42 in a first-round game Monday.
The Redcoats came out flying against the Trojans and opened a 21-9 lead in the first quarter. Hillcrest also built a sizeable lead in the first quarter against North Park on Monday.
"They jumped on us early and we just weren't able to carve our way into that lead and pull one out," Trojans head coach Todd Andrew said.
"I thought we played a lot better basketball than (Monday). We had a lot of good looks but just couldn't get them to go down at the right time."
Governor Simcoe led 30-20 at the half and 40-25 after three-quarters.
Tyler Johnston scored 19 points for the Trojans. Cale McDonald netted 11 points.
Johnston, McDonald and starting centre Brandon Webster were playing their last games for the Trojans.
Although North Park was eliminated for the second consecutive year in the second round at OFSAA, the Trojans felt they had a successful season. They were undefeated in capturing the Brant County championship.
They went 10-0 in the regular-season schedule before winning a semifinal playoff game and then defeating St. John's College Green Eagles 2-0 in a best-of-three championship final.
North Park then went to the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association's AAA championship at Preston High School where they won that title for the second consecutive year.
"We needed kids to step up and our fifth-year kids, Tyler, Cale and Brandon, did that to get us to a second straight OFSAA appearance," Andrew said.
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