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Thursday, March 07, 2013

OFSAA: Celtics End CWOSSA Drought; Flames Drop Consolation Championship

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The Bishop Macdonell Celtics ended CWOSSA's medal drought at boys' OFSAA basketball championships by securing a bronze medal at the "AA" tournament last night in a 60-48 win over St. Basil SS (Sault Ste. Marie).

The last year that a medal was won by a CWOSSA team was 2007, when both Southwood (AAA Gold) and SJAM (AAAA Antique Bronze) came home with hardware.

The Celts controlled the game from the outset, building a 15-5 lead after one and extending that lead after the 2nd (14 points) and 3rd (16 points) quarters.

Jesse Kendall had a game-high 21 points for Bishop Macdonell while Michael Ganson added 10.

Earlier in the day, the Celtics dropped a heart-breaking 64-61 semifinal game to the #1 seed, ACMT of Hamilton.  Jean Victor Mukama hit seven first half three-pointers for the Jaguars as they led 26-12 after one and 41-30 at halftime.

However, Bishop Mac was able to battle back and forced a turnover with under :20 on the clock that allowed them a shot to tie it up.  Unfortunately, it didn't go down.

The Celtics end their season as D10 and CWOSSA champions, and OFSAA bronze medalists.

Congratulations!

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In North Bay, the Rockway Flames (#12 seed) won a 43-39 morning consolation semifinal game against Rideau DHS, but dropped the consolation final to #11 North Dundas DHS in a free-wheeling 70-63 game.

Connor Huxman led the Flames in both games, with 15 points against Rideau and 22 points against North Dundas.  Michael Born had 7 against Rideau, while Tyler Schwartzentruber netted 12 against NDDHS.