Two of my current "top three" CWOSSA teams are headed to Windsor this weekend for the University of Windsor's 59th Annual High School Boys' Basketball Christmas Tournament.The tournament usually attracts some provincially-ranked teams to Windsor, and this year's edition is no different.
Bishop Mac will start their tournament against last year's OFSAA darlings, Holy Names of Windsor, with the winner of that game likely getting Father Henry Carr in the second round.
St. Benedict will take on Bishop Reding (Milton), a team that narrowly defeated SJAM (56-53) in the finals of the Brampton Campion tournament a couple of weeks ago. That winner will take on St. Anne (Lakeshore) or Sarnia Northern.
Interestingly enough, the winner of this tournament has gone on to win the OFSAA championship fifteen times later that year.
A couple of CWOSSA teams accomplished that feat, including the 1998 Guelph St. James Lions, and the 1986 Kitchener St. Jerome's Lions.
The only other CWOSSA team to win the title down in Windsor was the 1970 Forest Heights Trojans, a team led by standout Mike Moser (who later passed away; the WCSSAA MVP award is named in his honour).
Here's a link to the program if you're interested in some more of the history:
http://www.golancers.ca/documents/2015/12/14//59thProgramWeb.pdf?id=707
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