This past weekend, St. Mary's HS in Hamilton hosted their annual "Tip-Off Classic", a tournament that always sees a high-calibre "OFSAA quality" field.
The WCI Vikings carried the CWOSSA banner in the tournament, but were in tough in their pool which featured Eastern Commerce (#1 or #2 team in the GTA); Michael Power (another top GTA club & OFSAA AAAA quarterfinalist in 2010) and St. Laurent from Quebec (who feature 3 provincial-calibre players and have won the last 9 Quebec provincial championships).
The Vikes got off to a great start on Friday (as mentioned below) by taking out Michael Power 56-43. Lindsay Taylor netted 23 points, including a hot 5-for-9 performance from three-point range. Lindsay Lessard had 12, Julia Pavlik 11, and Alex Klein provided a neat stat line including 8 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 blocked shots.
This win gave the Vikes some confidence going into two tough games on Saturday. In their Saturday opener, WCI gave a strong effort but came up on the short end of a 68-53 scoreline. Lessard (21), Taylor (18) and Pavlik (10) were again the top WCI scorers.
WCI battled Toronto Eastern Commerce in their final pool-play tilt; the Saints are generally regarded as the #1 GTA school after taking out Ajax Notre Dame recently, and have already had their way with CWOSSA foes (having defeated JF Ross 83-36 and St. James 77-19).
However, the Vikings were more than up for Eastern's up-tempo style of play, hanging around the whole way and taking the game to overtime. In the extra session, WCI gained a slim advantage an held on for an 82-77 win, a victory that will likely go a long way from a seeding perspective should the Vikes qualify for OFSAA this year.
In that high-scoring tilt, WCI received 28 points EACH from Taylor and Lessard, while Klein chipped in with 15 points and 14 rebounds.
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