It's an 8-team event this year for "AA" CWOSSA, which tips off today in Walkerton and Owen Sound.Here are the participating teams --- I've grouped them by their corresponding first-round matchup:
Junior
Owen Sound CVI
Erin DHS
Simcoe CS
Glenview Park
John Diefenbaker
Bishop Macdonell
Norwell
Paris DSS
Senior
Owen Sound CVI
Centre Dufferin
Delhi DSS
Southwood SS
St. Mary's (Owen Sound)
Bishop Macdonell
Norwell
Pauline Johnson CVS
....the format is slightly interesting, in that it's an 8-team draw, "OFSAA-type format". That means that first-round winners play first-round losers in the second round, with the winners of those games advancing to tomorrow's semifinals.
Bishop Macdonell enters the tournament as favourites on both the Junior & Senior sides of the tournament. The Celtics, in fact, have won the last ten CWOSSA titles on the senior side, while the D10 representative (either Lourdes or Bishop Mac) has won the last eleven times on the Junior side of the draw.
In Senior, Southwood, Delhi and St. Mary's (OS) appear to be the teams with the best chances of contending for a medal, while the junior field is fairly wide-open after the Celtics, who I expect should be able to win handily.
Stay tuned for results and information.
