Saints, Highlanders Compete at Silver Fox

My top two CWOSSA teams, the SJAM Highlanders and the St. Benedict Saints, were in action this past weekend at the prestigious Silver Fox tournament in Hamilton --- which, if you recall, was won by the St. Mary's Eagles last season.

Both the Saints and 'Landers were eliminated in the Quarterfinal round; St. Benedict fell 44-35 to eventual champion Toronto Oakwood, while SJAM dropped a 59-42 decision to Bishop Reding from Milton.

Losers of Quarterfinal games play in a "divisional championship game"; St. Benedict defeated Toronto's West Humber 50-48 in the MacLean/Newton Final, backed by 22 points from Zubair Seyed.  

That marked the second victory of the tournament for SBCSS against a HooptownGTA Top-10 ranked team, as they earlier defeated Oakville's Holy Trinity in the first round.  More impressively, the Saints were without big man Evan Rodenburg who was fighting off a flu bug.

SJAM fell 59-50 to Hamilton's Cardinal Newman in the "Joe Raso Final", with Nedim Hodzic scoring 18 points.

Both Seyed and Hodzic were named as second-team tournament all-stars.