Senior Boys: SJAM Takes Crown At Home Tournament

The SJAM Highlanders continued their winning ways over the weekend, taking home the title at the "Highlander Classic" Senior Boys' Tournament that they hosted.

The 'Landers won all of their games by double-digits, taking out Waterloo St. David (59-40), London Banting (54-40) and Windsor Catholic Central in the championship final by a 59-48 score.

The big three for SJAM -- Nedim Hodzic, Justin Hardy and Simon Petrov -- were all named to the tournament all-star team and were instrumental to SJAM's success as you'd expect.

In the championship final, Hodzic had 22 points while Petrov added 21; Hodzic went for 27 & 14 rebounds in the semifinal against Banting while Hardy added 12; and in the opener against St. David, Hardy was the leader with 20 points while Hodzic had 19 points and another 14-rebound effort.

Resurrection took the 3rd place game, 50-45 over London Banting, with Korbil Gany leading the way with a 24-point effort.

Mason Cummings had 18 points for the St. David Celtics in the consolation final, a 57-36 win over Guelph Centennial.

Full results were as follows:

First Round
SJAM 59, St. David 40
London Banting 58, Cameron Hts. 47
Resurrection 53, Centennial 51
Catholic Central def. Assumption

Consolation Semifinals
St. David 50, Cameron Hts. 47
Centennial 49, Assumption 40

Consolation Final:  St. David 57, Centennial 36

Semifinals
SJAM 54, Banting 40
Catholic Central 78, Resurrection 52

3rd Place:  Resurrection 50, Banting 45

Championship:  SJAM 59, Catholic Central 48