OFSAA Announces Classifications; AAA to be 951+

The other major announcement from last week's OFSAA AGM was the determination of the classifications for next season.

As you (likely) know, AAAA is being eliminated and CWOSSA/OFSAA are going back to a three-tier (A, AA, AAA) model.

The divisions are as follows:
A:  1-500
AA:  501-950
AAA:  951+

Without question, the AAA division is going to be extremely competitive.  Based upon this year's numbers, 29 schools (yes, 29!) would be in the AAA division next year.

In fact, the only schools that would drop from AAA to AA (again, based on this year's numbers) would be Guelph St. James and Orangeville Westside.  The other 14 schools would merge with the 15 AAAA schools to form the division.

As I mentioned in a previous post, it would be great to see an "NCAA-style conference tournament" for the CWOSSA championship; with the talent level in the region, it would be great to see a showcase event to celebrate it.

Shot Clocks, (Most) FIBA Rules Coming to Ontario HS Hoops

It won't be until the 2016-17, but OFSAA officials confirmed yesterday that FIBA rules and shot clocks will be coming to Ontario High School basketball --- with a couple of tweaks.

(You can see the full news release from OFSAA here).

Most notably, a 35-second shot clock will be implemented; there will be full resets of the shot clock on fouls and shots off the rim.

A couple of "federation" (current) rules will be retained --- federation lines will be used even when FIBA lines are available; also, the current timeout procedure will be retained.

We'll have more on this development later.

D8: MVP Historical Listing

Thanks to Record HS Sports Reporter Mark Bryson for doing some digging through their archives and helping me complete the list.

2015 - Zubair Seyed, SBCSS
2014 - Tesloth Simon, SMHS
2013 - Tesloth Simon, SMHS
2012 - Adam Voll, SMHS
2011 - Alex Thompson, SMHS
2010 - Andrew Mwangi, RCSS
2009 - Bryson Johnson, SDCSS
2008 - Jordan Dixon, RCSS
2007 - Jon Minkarious, RMC
2006 - Jordan Hannah, SMHS
2005 - David Burnett, RMC
2004 - Matt Walker, RCSS
2003 - Matt Walker, RCSS & Ian Harriette, SBCSS
2002 - Adam Falsetto, RCSS & Chris Richards, SBCSS
2001 - Gerard Magennis, SBCSS
2000 - Mike Faryniarz, Rez & Jamie Quamina, SB
1999 - Onnie Mayshak, SBCSS
1998 - Onnie Mayshak, SBCSS
1997 - Andy Kwiatkowski, RCSS
1996 - Andy Kwiatkowski, RCSS
1995 - Andy Kwiatkowski, RCSS
1994 - Ron Townes, MDCSS
1993 - Nelson Aquiar, MDCSS
1992 - BJ York, SDCSS
1991 - Matthew Roorda, Woodland

Past MVP Award Winners: Mike Moser Award (WCSSAA MVP)

Thought it would be neat to track down listings of past MVP winners, starting with the WCSSAA league and the Mike Moser MVP Award.

(Please feel free to Tweet or E-mail me if you can help fill out anything pre-1991; I'm also missing the 1997 winner).

Here's a look at what I've put together:

2015 - Nedim Hodzic, SJAM
2014 - Chuder Teny, Grand River
2013 - (No Award)
2012 - Javon Masters, Forest Heights
2011 - Amjed Osman, Cameron Heights
2010 - Stefan Cvrkalj, Bluevale
2009 - Justin Tomas, SJAM
2008 - Nik Saric, Forest Heights
2007 - Zach Nagtzaam, Southwood
2006 - Cam McIntyre, KCI
2005 - Gavin Horne, WCI
2004 - Craig Bauslaugh, KCI
2003 - Borko Popic, KCI
2002 - Matt McIntyre, KCI
2001 - Graham Jarman, Glenview Park
2000 - Jon Olsen, Grand River
1999 - Rhoan Sterling, Galt
1998 - Brian Ferreira, Galt
1997 - Cory Bondy, Preston
1996 - Trifon Pappas, Glenview Park
1995 - Dave Wahl, WCI
1994 - Chad Saynor, Glenview Park
1993 - Newton, Waterloo-Oxford
1992 - Jason Meskis, Forest Heights
1991 - Tony Weis, WCI

The Record: SJAM's Hodzic Wins Moser MVP Award

Via @DarrenStevenson / Twitter

Article By:  Mark Bryson

WATERLOO — Sir John A. Macdonald Highlanders head coach Steve Maloney calls his star player Mr. Double-Double and it has nothing to do with coffee. 

What we're talking here is consistency, as in Nedim Hodzic's ability to consistently record double-digit points and rebounds during the recent high school basketball season. 

"The beauty of Nedim is he performs the same game-in, game-out, he's just so consistent. That's why I call him Mr. Double-Double," said Maloney. 

"He did that (double-digit points and rebounds) in 25 (of 38) games this season and he could have had more had I not pulled him (out of lopsided games)." 

The six-foot-six Hodzic was rewarded for his consistently outstanding play on Wednesday night when he was named this year's winner of the Mike Moser Memorial Award as the most valuable player in the Waterloo County senior boys basketball league. 

Hodzic said he was flattered to receive the award that was presented during the halftime break of the annual WCSSAA all-star game at Waterloo Collegiate Institute. 

"I feel like it's a testament to my hard work. I'm always practising and always in the gym trying to get better," he said. 

"And I compete as hard as I can every game, so to get the MVP award at the end of the season, it means a lot." 

The Moser award caps a memorable season for Hodzic, a Grade 12 player who led the Highlanders to WCSSAA and CWOSSA championships and a strong showing at the OFSAA quad-A championship in Windsor. In those 38 games that included tournament play, Hodzic averaged 23.2 points and 13.3 rebounds game. 

"He leads by example with his effort. He's got an incredibly high motor – he never stops – and you see that when he's on the glass," said Maloney. 

Hodzic has yet to decide on what he'll do next. He has offers to play university ball in Canada and is also considering returning for a fifth year at SJAM. 

The Moser award is named after the Forest Heights grad that died suddenly while travelling in Florida with the UW Warriors in 1975. 

Hodzic was joined on WCSSAA's first-team all-star unit by SJAM teammate Simon Petrov, TJ Lall of Galt, Nikola Farkic of Cameron Heights, and Stefan Simic of KCI. 

Earlier in the evening, WCI Vikings guard Kaylee Anagnostopoulos became the first recipient of the Julie Devenny MVP Award as the top player in the WCSSAA senior girls basketball league. 

Anagnostopoulos has committed to attend the University of Windsor next year and will suit up for the five-time defending national champion Lancers. 

The girls award was named after former WCI standout Julie Devenny, who went on to an outstanding basketball career at the University of Waterloo that included being named Canada's top rookie in 2002. 

Diagnosed with lung cancer before her 25th birthday, Devenny battled the disease into remission once but was unable to beat a second attack. She died in 2012 at the age of 29. 

Anagnostopoulos was joined on the first all-star team by Nyamuoch Teny and Maya Day of Grand River, Taylor White of Southwood, Candice Wright of Jacob Hespeler, and Julia Curran of Bluevale. 

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