There was no championship hardware for the four CWOSSA teams out of the 12 in contention at Bishop Mac's annual "Shoot For the Cure" event, although the Bishop Mac Celtics could certainly argue that they might be deserving of some.The Celtics lost a nail-biter to eventual tournament champions Welland Centennial by a 60-59 score in overtime in the tournament opener (Dianne Priamo, with 17 and Marcela Gadzinska's 12 led the way for BMAC). Welland Centennial would go on to run the table and take the tournament crown.
Bishop Mac's other pool game also fell into the nail-biting category as it was a 41-40 win over Etobicoke CI, with Rachael DiGravio leading the way with a 13-point effort.
The second place finish by Bishop Mac in their pool advanced them to a consolation semifinal, where they got some more "close game experience" but fell 53-49 to Waterdown. Cindy Seke was the top Celtic in that game with 11.
Waterloo Bluevale also advanced to the consolation semifinals --- they defeated Guelph Lourdes 46-28 in their opener, with Rachael Hamm and Julia Curran contributing 13 each in the win. Rainey Psenicka (10) was Lourdes' high scorer in that one.
The Knights would drop their second game to ES Theriault (Timmins) 55-38, with Curran again pacing the way (11 points). Theriault was all over Lourdes to the tune of 57-12 in the other pool game (Rainey Psenicka had 5 for the Crusaders).
The Knights would bow out of the consolation bracket after a 51-45 loss to Stratford Central, despite 21 points from Curran.
St. David went 0-2 in their pool games, 53-22 to Waterdown (Megan Goar, 9) and 49-27 to Lo-Ellen Park (Elizabeth Scanlon, 6).
In "friendly" games for teams that went winless in pool play on Saturday, St. David lost to Etobicoke CI 34-29 (Goar, 13), while Lourdes finished their tournament with a win over Burlington Assumption by a 38-26 score (Hannah McIntosh, 19).
Semifinal scores saw Ancaster take out ES Theriault 42-40 and Welland Centennial nip Lo-Ellen Park 39-35. Centennial then took the title by a 43-27 score.
