The Bishop Macdonell Celtics gave the JF Ross Royals their first loss of the D10 senior season last night, knocking off the Royals in a 70-64 thriller at home yesterday afternoon.Jesse Kendall had 19 points for BMAC, pacing 4 Celtics in double-figures --- Owen Brombal (13), Lukas Wood (10) and Chris Poloniato (10) were the others.
Kristian Vande Kemp had a game-high 27 points for JF Ross, with Ryan Stulp adding 12.
The win by Bishop Mac actually makes for an interesting three-way tie at the top of the league standings, with the Celtics, Royals, and Lourdes Crusaders all tied with a 6-1 mark.
Teams will play one more game (either today or Thursday) before the break.
In other games Tuesday:
Lourdes 73, Orangeville 56
My Pick: OLOL by 18
A couple of 20+ efforts in this one, as Craig Valeriote had 20 for the Crusaders while Deysean Thompson netted a game-high 21 for the Bears. As noted above, Lourdes' 6-1 record is now good to be tied for 1st place in the standings.
CWDHS 63, Guelph CVI 52
My Pick: CWDHS by 8
James Scott had a game-high 24 points to help the Falcons pick up their second win of the season. Ian Newman added 12 more for CW, while David Wesley-James (12) and Tyler Beaton (10) were the leading Gaels on Tuesday.
St. James 57, Centennial 41
My Pick: STJ by 9
Scoring details weren't made available, but the Lions won this battle of 3-3 teams to move into 4th place in the standings.
D10 Senior Standings
T1. Bishop Mac 6-1
T1. JF Ross 6-1
T1. Lourdes 6-1
4. St. James 4-3
5. Centennial 3-4
6. CWDHS 2-5
7. Orangeville 1-6
8. GCVI 0-7
Junior
Orangeville 75, Lourdes 66
The junior Bears might be one of the more intriguing teams to watch --- they're 4-3 but lead the league in both points scored and points allowed. Shan Lekhi had 19 to lead ODSS on Tuesday, while James Gerstenkorn had a game-high 24 for Lourdes.
JF Ross 65, Bishop Mac 49
Curtis Gordon had 14 points to pace the Royals to victory in this one, while Greg MacEachern had a game-high 15 for the Celtics in the loss.
CWDHS 71, Guelph CVI 49
Nate Scott netted 24 points while Mitch Rose-Jane added 13 for the Falcons in their win over GCVI. Kyle Kush had 17 for the Gaels, with Mano Mathivanan adding 11.
St. James 71, Centennial 52
Alexander Durigon hit for 30 points for the Lions on Tuesday, a D10 season-high on the year. Keegan Feeney added 15 more for STJ, while Harman Goyal (17) and Andy Ly (16) paced the Spartans.
D10 Junior Standings
1. St. James 6-1
T2. JF Ross 5-2
T2. Centennial 5-2
4. Orangeville 4-3
5. Bishop Mac 3-4
T6. Lourdes 2-5
T6. CWDHS 2-5
8. GCVI 1-6
