The St. Mary's Eagles saved a little face for CWOSSA this past weekend at the Heinbuch tournament.
With the Resurrection Phoenix and JF Ross Royals (two teams that many thought might be able to make some noise) going winless, the Eagles picked up three wins themselves en route to a "silver bracket" championship.
After defeating Sarnia Northern 73-57 in their opener on Friday afternoon (Alex Thompson, 22), the Eagles dropped a close 57-51 affair to Cardinal Newman (Henry Bankazo, 14). This 1-1 start moved St. Mary's to the silver division with Pope John Paul II (Scarborough), Northern (Toronto) and St. Thomas More (Hamilton).
The silver semifinal saw the Eagles dispatch Pope John Paul II by a 67-60 final, backed by a tremendous 26-point effort from PG Isaac Lance.
Adam Voll was the fourth Eagle to lead the way in scoring for their four games, chipping in 15 in the final as they handled Toronto Northern 71-54.
The Silver championship marked the first time that a CWOSSA team had won a silver (or higher) championship since Cambridge Preston captured the 2002 silver title.
The Eagles also had two all-star selections --- Voll was named a second-team all-star, while Lance received first-team accolades.
Lance's first-team selection made him the first CWOSSA player to receive this distinction since KCI's Ronnie Sweeney back in 2004.
Javon Masters (Forest Heights) also received second-team honours after his FHCI Trojans defeated Sarnia Northern 50-44 in the consolation final (Juwan Miller, 17). The Trojans also defeated west Kitchener rival Resurrection 44-42 in the consolation semifinals (Miller, 27; Mike Pereira, RCSS, 13).
JF Ross dropped their consolation semifinal to Sarnia Northern 65-60 (Mike Friesen, 17), while Grand River made the bronze bracket but were dumped 73-38 by Ajax J. Clarke Richardson (Filip Cvrkalj, 18).
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