A match-up that many were intrigued to see played out on Saturday at the annual "Knights-Vikes" senior basketball invitational in Waterloo.
My current #1 (St. Mary's) and #2 (Forest Heights) CWOSSA teams met in the championship final of the tournament, and it did not disappoint --- the Trojans came away with a hard-fought 53-52 victory. The Eagles had a shot to win late but a Henry Bankazo jumper just rolled off the rim as time wound down in the 4th quarter.
The game featured 2 of the top backcourts in the CWOSSA region, and they actually neutralized each other on the defensive side of the ball. Javon Masters led the Trojans, but was held to 14 points on the evening. Alex Thompson, St. Mary's top scorer, had 12. Adam Voll led the Eagles with 19, while Paul Anderson had a solid outing with another 12 points for Forest Heights.
Earlier on Saturday, the Trojans defeated Waterloo Bluevale 37-23 in one semifinal with Masters (14) and Juwan Miller (9) leading the way. Perrin Smith had a game-high 16 for Bluevale.
The Eagles took the other semifinal 56-49 over Waterloo CI, although the Eagles did trail by 5 points in the second half. The Vikes, playing without forward Jacob Ranton (knee) had a coming-out party from forward Dani Elgadi who pumped home a senior career-high 33 points in the win. Zach Totzke added 8 for WCI, while SMHS received 13 from rookie Telloy Simon and 11 from Voll.
Guelph St. James took the consolation championship 41-36 over Sudbury Lockerby. Mitch Marquis (10) and Liam McCormack (9) led the way for the Lions.
Other Saturday results:
Consolation Side
Lockerby (Sudbury) 57, St. David 40 - QF
SDCSS: Jake Winter 9
SJAM (Waterloo) 83, Rockway 31 - QF
SJAM: Quinn Turner 27, Jared Pallin 12
RMC: Alex Sheedy 7
SJAM (Hamilton) 84, St. Michael (Bolt) 50 - QF
St. James 42, Stratford Central 26
STJ: Nick Pelizzari 14
Lockerby 52, SJAM 49 - SF
St. James 72, SJAM (Hamilton) 42
STJ: Zach McClenaghan 15, Nick Pelizzari 14
St. David 83, Rockway 68 - Friendly
SDCSS: Jake Winter 19
RMC: Steve Veltri 22
Stratford Central 77, St. Michael (B) 60 - Friendly
Championship Side
Orchard Park 72, Grand River 65 - Friendly
GRCI: Filip Cvrkalj 27, Brandon Busuttil 11
Stratford St. Mike's 52, Huron Heights 30 - Friendly
HHHS: Sean Samuel 11 
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