Things essentially went to form in both the Junior and Senior D10 girls' basketball playoffs yesterday afternoon, with the home team winning all but one game (#5 JF Ross defeating #4 Guelph CVI in the junior ranks).Starting on the senior side, three games were never in doubt as the top three teams all posted wins by 20+ points.
Lourdes, the #3 seed, had some difficulty with St. James during the regular season but had things clicking on Tuesday during a 55-32 victory. Rainey Psenicka led the way with 18 points, while Aida Raab added 11.
Von Davis was the top scorer for St. James with 8.
#2 Centennial doused #7 Centre Wellington 56-19, with Emma Cain scoring 16 and Megan Paddock adding 10. Nikki Sinkner did most of the damage for CWDHS, netting 13 points.
Bishop Mac, the top seeded squad in D10, had their way with #8 Orangeville, posting a 79-16 win. Tianna Sullivan led the Celtics with 17 points, while Emma Wells had 9 for the Bears.
The game of the day --- as many expected --- was at JF Ross where the #4 Royals held off the #5 Guelph CVI Gaels by a 51-48 score. GCVI missed a three-pointer at the buzzer that would have potentially sent the game to overtime.
Scoring details were not immediately available from that game.
Semifinals on Thursday will see #1 Bishop Macdonell host #4 JF Ross, and #3 Lourdes travel to play #2 Centennial. The D10 final is scheduled for the University of Guelph this Saturday at 8pm.
Junior
Like the senior side, the top three teams easily advanced through to the semifinals.
#1 Bishop Macdonell routed #8 Orangeville 56-14, with Leah Parisotto chipping in 14 and Grace Drewry adding 12. Lindsay Grant had 6 to lead the Bears.
Lourdes, the #2 seed in D10, posted a 52-10 victory over #7 CWDHS. Jada Codrington and Jessica Mathieu each had 11 points in the win there.
#3 Centennial received double-digit efforts from Ashlan Best (15) and Lauren Zonneveld (11) in their 45-25 win over St. James. Sophia Lago was the top St. James scorer, with 9.
Like the senior game, the junior JF Ross-GCVI affair was also a 3-point Ross win, 37-34. Catie Terrey was tremendous for the Royals in the victory, posting an 18-point effort, while Alessia Bolzon added 8. Cassie Reynolds and Emina Bektic each had 10 for GCVI.
Semifinals on Thursday will see the #1 Bishop Mac Celtics host #5 JF Ross, and #2 Centennial host #3 Lourdes.
CWOSSA Qualification
It was not all bad news for Guelph CVI fans on Tuesday, as both their junior and senior teams punched their ticket to "AAA" CWOSSA as a result of losses from the other "AAA" D10 teams, St. James and CWDHS. GCVI, therefore, gets the CWOSSA berths based upon a better finishing seed in the D10 standings.
The other CWOSSA spots are still up for grabs.
The two "AA" schools, Bishop Mac and Lourdes, are both still alive in both the Junior and Senior playoffs. A loss by either Lourdes school in the semifinals, and Bishop Mac would get the CWOSSA berth.
As for "AAAA", both JF Ross and Centennial remain active in both sets of playoffs as well. Centennial has the inside track in both instances to the CWOSSA berth as JF Ross will need to beat Bishop Mac (both junior & senior) on Thursday to have a shot at advancing.
