Senior Boys: Heinbuch Field Announced

It's about a month until the Heinbuch Classic Tournament in Kitchener, which (I'm told) will be hosted by the new Conestoga College athletic facility.

The teams have been announced, and, as usual, there's strong representation from the CWOSSA area.

One thing that I'm pleased to see is that the tournament remains as a high-school event, with no Prep Schools in the mix (unlike, say, the announced field for the Pinky Lewis tournament).

The local contingent will be led by, arguably, the CWOSSA favourite St. Benedict (Cambridge), who return almost their entire roster from a season ago.  The veteran Saints have a ton of 5th year talent (including reigning D8 MVP Zubair Seyed), and should be expected to make some noise.

Waterloo Collegiate, who are arguably the WCSSAA favourites entering this year, are also a club with veteran leadership (Aaron Grubb, Adam Piazza) and I would expect them to string together a couple of wins.

Resurrection CSS of Kitchener will be back at the Heinbuch after a several-year absence, led by Muyang Iluya and a dynamic backcourt featuring Ali Rashid and transfer Eddie Omari.  Omari previously played at St. Mary's in Kitchener, before moving to Thunder Bay and being a key contributor on a St. Ignatius CSS team that made OFSAA AA last year.  He's now back in Kitchener with the Phoenix.

Eastwood Collegiate, despite losing big man Cham Ujullu to graduation, has landed several key transfers (I'm told) from rival St. Mary's HS in Kitchener, which should put them in position to again compete for a WCSSAA title and a CWOSSA berth. 

A revamped SJAM team, who will rely heavily on an influx of grade eleven talent, and Brantford North Park round out the CWOSSA contingent.

The out-of-town entrants will be led by last year's champions and finalists, Toronto Oakwood and Hamilton MacNab.  The list of teams is as follows (no partiuclar order):

St. Benedict
WCI
SJAM
Resurrection
North Park
Eastwood
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Oakwood (Toronto)
J. Clarke Richardson (Ajax)
St. Roch (Brampton)
Holy Cross (Kingston)
Collingwood CI
Adam Scott CVS (Peterborough)
St. Thomas More (Hamilton)
MacNab (Hamilton)
Cardinal Newman (Stoney Creek)
Northern CVI (Sarnia)