The 35th anniversary edition of the Kennedy Ontario Invitational All-Catholic Junior Boys Basketball tournament took place this past weekend in Hamilton --- a strong field of 16 teams participated including two top-ten teams from the CWOSSA region (St. David/Waterloo and St. John's/Brantford).
The Celtics picked up the lone CWOSSA win on the weekend, going 1-2 overall. They dropped their first round game to Brampton's St. Edmund Campion (51-34) but rebounded against Bishop Reding of Milton to pull out a 43-36 win.
This advanced the Celtics through to a consolation semifinal on Sunday morning against Jean Vanier of Richmond Hill (a top-20 team in the province). Though St. David trailed by 10 entering the fourth, Vanier quickly stretched the lead in the waning minutes as the Celtics went ice-cold (56-26 was the final).
St. John's lost their first round game to D'Youville of Brampton, the eventual tournament champions, 52-28. The Eagles would also drop their second game to Corpus Christi (Burlington) 59-53 (which eliminated them from further participation). Despite the losses, the play of Adrian Mendoza was a bright spot; he averaged 14.0 PPG during those two games which ranked 7th overall among tournament participants.
The tournament actually featured 3 of the top 4 teams in the GTA (D'Youville, Father Goetz and Holy Trinity). Here's a recap of the consolation and championship semifinal and final results:
Consolation Semifinals
Jean Vanier (RH) 56, St. David 26
Cardinal Newman 41, Corpus Christi 33
Consolation Final
Jean Vanier 40, Cardinal Newman 39 (OT)
Championship Semifinals
St. Thomas More 51, Cathedral 43 (OT)
D'Youville 51, Father Goetz 47
Championship Final
D'Youville 58, St. Thomas More 36
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