Senior Boys: Heinbuch Field Set, 5 CWOSSA Teams Entered

The field for the annual Heinbuch Basketball tournament in Kitchener-Waterloo (well, Kitchener anyways) has been sorted out.  The tournament is set to go for November 25th and 26th.

Among the 16 entrants are a total of 5 CWOSSA-based teams:

Grand River CI

Forest Heights CI

Resurrection CSS

St. Mary's CHS

JF Ross CVI

They'll be joined by 11 more teams from out of town:

Governor Simcoe (St. Catharines)

Northern (Toronto)

Northern (Sarnia)
Pope John Paul II (Scarborough)

Oakwood (Toronto)

Mother Teresa (Scarborough)

J. Clarke Richardson (Ajax)

Loyola (Oakville)

St. Thomas More (Hamilton)

MacNab (Hamilton)

Cardinal Newman (Stoney Creek)

Of course, all teams are subject to change until we receive the "official confirmation" from Heinbuch officials.

With many prep defections having hit some of the GTA teams hard, this year might be as good as any for a local team to put together a run and possibly walk away with the title.  Of course, an extended football season or a trip to OFSAA volleyball (that same weekend --- looking at you FHCI or GRCI) might play a role in preventing that.

No local (K-W) team has ever won the tournament.  KCI came close in 2004, losing to Mother Teresa in the finals.  They are the lone local team to even make it to the finals in its current format.

As for CWOSSA teams, there have been a couple winners from the area.  Brantford Assumption (1999) and St. James (1998) both raised the tournament title banner.