The rich got richer on Thursday afternoon in the WCSSAA junior league.The league's top 5 teams all posted wins -- and most of them weren't close. The average margin of victory for those teams yesterday was a solid 31.8 PPG.
Here's the recap:
Galt 47, Forest Hts. 36
Hayden Merkir had 17 and Numaan Unia chipped in 11 as the Ghosts did their playoff hopes a favour with a road win at FHCI. Riley Anderson had 17 to lead the way, as usual, for Forest Heights.
Cameron Hts. 68, Southwood 37
Jake Dekker netted 18 in the win for Cameron Heights, while Isaiah (13) and Noah (7) Robinson were the top Southwood scorers.
Bluevale 53, KCI 29
Greg Smith had 13 and Will Scheffler was also in double-figures with 12 for the Knights, who moved to 7-3 with the win. Sam McLean had 13 to top the Raiders.
WCI 53, Preston 44
A balanced attack helped WCI get the win here, with four Vikes scoring 10 points each --- Shanif Hirani, Griffin Floto, Aaron Grubb, and Keegan Paleshi. Mitchell Devonish had a game-high 15 for the Panthers, while Jaskaran Attwal added 14.
SJAM 67, Glenview Park 41
The 'Landers easily remained unbeaten by taking out Glenview on Thursday. Justin Hardy notched 20 with Nik Milosevic adding 17; Peter Hastings-Clarke had 15 for the Panthers.
Eastwood 57, Elmira 35
With an easier finishing schedule, the Rebels (who entered play 2-6) should be able to finish 6-6. They got it started with a win over EDSS, thanks to Prabhjit Sangha's 14 points and 10 more by Raghav Sharma. Colin Wideman had 7 for the Lancers.
Jacob Hespeler 45, Huron Hts. 41
Big win for the Hawks on Thursday with Eric Purdy scoring 16 points and Jared Beeksma adding 10. Kuel Thomas and Ben Jenkins had 11 each for Huron.
Grand River 66, WODSS 38
Aleks Cvrkalj, one of WCSSAA's top scorers, had another solid outing on Thursday with 19 points, while Abdei Hamad had 14. Jason Holmes had 18 to lead the way for the Crusaders.
WCSSAA Junior Standings
1. SJAM 10-0**
2. WCI 9-1**
T3. Grand River 7-2**
T3. Cameron Heights 7-2**
5. Bluevale 7-3**
6. Jacob Hespeler 6-4
T7. KCI 5-4
T7. Preston 5-4
9. Galt 4-5
10. Southwood 4-6
T11. Huron Heights 3-6
T11. Glenview Park 3-6
T11. Eastwood 3-6
14. Forest Heights 1-8
15. Elmira 1-9
16. WODSS 0-9
** - clinched playoff berth
