OFSAA AGM

I apologise for the lack of posts the past week and a half, I was away for a large portion of the time.

OFSAA will host their Annual General Meeting and various competition meetings this Thursday and Friday. One of the most important items of business will be selecting hosts fo the various OFSAA championships. OFSAA runs under a 3-year championship calendar and so hosts as far away as the 2009-10 school year will be awarded.

On the other hand, there are still some hosting duties still unfilled for next year and that could be a problem if no one steps forward. As of this moment the following sports do not have a host (co-ed unless otherwise listed): Girls Field Hockey, Wrestling, Swimming, Badminton, Boys AAAA Soccer, Boys baseball East & West Semi-Finals, Boys Field Lacrosse (Festival Status), and Snowboard Racing (Festival Status).

After cruising the message boards for a while, I have discovered that there is at least one bidder coming forward to host wrestling next year from an area south of Hamilton (Hagersville/Caledonia). There are paarently bidders for field hockey, swimming, and lacrosse too but the names of the bidding groups don't seem to be out there.

OTOH, OFSAA states on its website that if no one comes forward by this Friday, Boys AAAA Soccer, Boys Baseball East & West Semi-Finals (which are necessary in order to hold the final four the following weekend at the Rogers Centre), and Snowboard Racingwill not be held next year.

I had previously heard rumours of ROPSSAA bidding for AAAA Soccer next year after doing so well in 2005 (winning gold, silver and bronze in Mississauga) but, if it hapens, I assume Father Goetz will not spearhead the bid due to recent controversies with the coach. I would also not be shocked to see a ROPSSAA bid to host swimming at the Etobicoke Olympium yet again.

Right now, the only championships that ROPSSAA will host next season are Boys AAAA Volleyball and the Boys Gold Festival.

Other business will include various rules proposals, the most controversial of which would be the annual push to apply international rules to Ontario High School basketball. With the CIS adopting it for the men's game next season (it was already adopted for the women's), there will be more pressure for Ontario to conform. Many of the changes would be fairly easy to implement: longer quarters, coaches calling time-outs with no carry over, rules on traveling, etc.; some would require more training of (usually student) timers such as stop time in last two minutes of game after every field goal; and, most difficult for the schools, lines would need to be repainted and a shot clock implemented and training provided to use it. It's the shot clock that has lead school to vote against it, even as the OBA implemented it this past season. However, the OBA isn't facing annual cost cutting by the Ministry and the school boards to pay for the new infrastucture.

You can download a list of rule differences here.

If I hear about any significant rule changes, I will let you know. If you here of any please e-mail me.

OFSAA Rugby, Track, and Baseball

OFSAA Boys Rugby

Boys AAAA/AA Rugby in Brantford
Congratulations to #13 Appelwood who defeated Leaside (East York) 38-10 in the consolation final. The top four teams were:

1st: Central (Barrie)
2nd: Uxbridge
3rd: Trafalgar (Oakville)
4th: St. John's (Brantford)

Boys AA/A Rugby in Guelph
#13 Mentor College had already been eliminated from further play. The top four teams were:

1st: Stouffville
2nd: Brock (Cannington)
3rd: Adam Scott (Peterborough)
4th: Kincardine

OFSAA Boys Baseball Regionals

The errors on the OFSAA web site have been worked out and I finally have Mount Carmel's full results from the East Semi-Final.

Mount Carmel lost to Pickering (Ajax) 3-2 in round 1.
Mount Carmel defeated St. Peters (Ottawa) 5-4 (10 innings) in round 2.
Mount Carmel defeated St. Michaels (Toronto) 8-4 in round 3.
Mount Carmel defeated Pickering (Ajax) 10-7 in round 4.
Mount Carmel lost to Birchmount Park (Scarborough) 11-1 in round 5 and were eliminated one game short of the OFSAA finals.

The four OFSAA championship qualifiers from the East and West Semi-Finals are:

Sir Winston Churchill (Hamilton)
Sinclair (Whitby)
Michael Power (Etobicoke)
Birchmount (Scarborough)

OFSAA Track & Field

OFSAA Track and Field wrapped up yesterday in Ottawa. Congratulations to the ROPSSAA athletes who won 18 medals: 4 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze. (Please note that since the regions aren't listed after the school names and some names are very common, especially the myriad of Saint [ ] schools, I might have missed an athlete. Please e-mail me or leave a comment if I have missed someone.)

Special mention must be made of ROPSSAA's multiple medal winners: Phillip Hayle (Campion) who won 2 golds and a silver; Nick Chiarot (Notre Dame) who won 2 gold medals; and Kayla McFarlane (Father Goetz) who won a silver and a gold.

I would also like to thank the OFSAA Track Organisers in Ottawa and the Ottawa Lions Track club for compiling the results so quickly and effectively. A lot of OFSAA organising committees could learn from you.

Midget Boys 100m
Gold: Nick Chiarot (Notre Dame)

Midget Girls 200m
Bronze: Kayla McFarlane (Father Goetz)

Midget Boys 200m
Gold: Nick Chiarot (Notre Dame)

Midget Girls 3000m
Silver: Chloe Conlon (Notre Dame)

Midget Girls Long Jump
Silver: Kayla McFarlane (Father Goetz)

Midget Boys Discus
Bronze: Joey Timpano (St. Marcellinus)

Junior Boys 100m
Gold: Phillip Hayle (Campion)

Junior Boys 200m
Silver: Phillip Hayle (Campion)

Junior Boys 4x100m Meter Relay
Gold: Campion (Phillip Hayle, Kojo Hayward, Godfred Adjei, Jermaine Simpson)
Silver: Mount Carmel (Jonathan Bagalasca, Christian Guirgis, Jonathan Buckley, Raul Thompson)

Senior Girls 100m
Bronze: Melissa Hewitt (St. Marcellinus)

Senior Boys 800m
Silver: Justin Duncan (Heart Lake)

Senior Boys 110m Hurdles
Silver: Leonae Nichol (Applewood)

Senior Girls High Jump
Bronze: Shaneista Haye (St. Augustine)

Senior Girls Triple Jump
Silver: Alicia Smith (St. Augustine)

Senior Boys Shot Put
Bronze: Daniel Novia (Philip Pocock)

Senior Boys Discus
Bronze: Jasonn Hannibal (Port Credit)

Senior Boys 4x100m Meter Relay
Silver: Ascension (Louis Mensah, Curtis Helmer Peschier, Emmanuel Kamara, Freddy Appiah-Appiah )

OFSAA Rugby, Baseball, Track, and Lacrosse; ROPSSAA Tier 2 Baseball

OFSAA Boys Rugby

One ROPSSAA squad is still alive in OFSAA rugby while the other was eliminated in a close game this afternoon after winning in the morning.

Boys AAAA/AA Rugby in Brantford
#13 Appelwood has advanced to the consolation final after defeating Lambton Central (Petrolia) 10-8 in the consolation quarter-finals and St. Theresa of Lisieux (Richmond Hill) 24-12 in the consolation semi-finals. They will play Leaside (East York) in tomorrow's consolation final.


Boys AA/A Rugby in Guelph
#13 Mentor College defeated Ashbury (Ottawa) 12-8 in the consolation quarter-finals but lost in the consolation semi-finals to Kincardine 15-10. They have been eliminated from further play.

OFSAA Boys Baseball Regionals

The East and West semi-finals began yesterday in Oshawa and Burlington. They are double elimination format with the top two in each region advancing to the OFSAA finals next week in St. Marys.

East Regional in Oshawa
Mount Carmel lost to Pickering 3-2 in round 1.
Mount Carmel defeated St. Peters (Ottawa) 5-4 in round 2.
They played St. Michaels (Toronto) this morning but the score has not yet been posted.

West Regional in Burlington
Cawthra lost to Bishop Tonnos (Ancaster) 5-3 in round 1.
Cawthra defeated Brennan (Windsor) 6-2 in round 2.
Cawthra lost to Paris 8-4 in round 3.
They are eliminated from further play.

OFSAA Track & Field

OFSAA Track and Field began today in Ottawa. It was mostly heats today with the exception of some field events. As far as I can tell, only one ROPSSAA athlete won a medal today though it is hard to tell since the regions aren't listed after the school names and some names are very common, especially the myriad of Saint [ ] schools.

Mens Shot Put Senior
Bronze: Daniel Novia (Philip Pocock)

OFSAA Boys Field Lacrosse

Boys AAAA/AAA in Aurora
Brampton Centennial finished 9th out of 12 teams. They lost to Notra Dame (Burlington) 8-5 before defeating Frontenac (Kingston) 11-7 and Thomas A. Stewart (Peterborough) 6-5.

ROPSSAA did not send a team to AA/A OFSAA.

ROPSSAA Tier 2 Boys Baseball Final

Congratulations Glenforest for winning the tier 2 baseball title with a 7-3 victory over Heart Lake. With the win, Glenforest completed an undefeated season.

OFSAA Boys Rugby, ROPSSAA Girls Fastpitch, and OFSAA Soccer/Girls Rugby

OFSAA Boys Rugby

Boys rugby began today with the AAAA/AAA event in brantford and the AA/A event in Guelph. For the firs time, it is the same pair of schools representing ROPSSAA in the both the boys and girls events: Appelwood and Mentor College. Applewood quailified by winning the ROPSSAA Tier 1 title over Erindale almost two weeks ago while Mentor qualified by virtue of the fact that they were the only AA/A school in tier 1.

Boys AAAA/AA Rugby in Brantford
#13 Appelwood lost 29-0 to #4 Trafalgar (Oakville). They will play #12 Lambton Central (Petrolia) in tomorrow's consolation quarter-finals.

Boys AA/A Rugby in Guelph
#13 Mentor College lost it's opening match 8-5 in overtime to #4 Adam Scott (Peterborough). The will play #12 Ashbury (Ottawa) in tomorrow's consolation quarter-finals.

Girls Fastpitch

Congratulations Mount Carmel who won the girls fastpitch championship with a 4-2 victory over Mayfield on Tuesday.

Other OFSAA Results

All ROPSSAA teams involved in boys/girls soccer and girls rugby were eliminated yesterday but here are the top 4 in each event.

Boys A Soccer in Barrie
Miracle of miracles! There is finally life in Barrie and it only took three days of action. ROPSSAA rep Joan of Arc finished first in their group after drawing against Holy Cross 1-1, and defeating both Le Relaias (Alexandria) 6-4 and Confederation(Welland) 3-1. They were defeated by L'Essor (Tecumseh) 2-1 in the quarter-finals.

1st: Holy Cross (London)
2nd: West Elgin (West Lorne)
3rd: Macdonald Cartier (Sudbury)
4th: L'Essor (Tecumseh

Boys AA Soccer in Timmins
1st: Governor Simcoe (St. Catharines)
2nd: Denis O'Connor (Ajax)
3rd: East Elgin (Alymer)
4th: Ridgemont (Ottawa)

Boys AAA Soccer in Windsor
1st: St. Josephs (Windsor)
2nd: Bishop Ryan (Hamilton)
3rd: Holy Cross (Woodbridge)
4th: John Paul II (London)

Boys AAAA Soccer in Toronto
1st: AB Lucas (London)
2nd: Birchmount Park (Scarborough)
3rd: St. Elizabeth (Thornhill)
4th: Cardinal Newman (Stoney Creek)

Girls A Soccer in Windsor
The final results are not yet posted.
Gold medal match: L'Essor (Windsor) vs. St. Thomas of Villanove (King City)
Bronze medal match: London Christian vs. Trinity College (Port Hope)

Girls AA Soccer in Wallaceburg
1st: St. Joseph's (St. Thomas)
2nd: St. Christopher's (Sarnia)
3rd: Chippewa (North Bay)
4th: Holy Cross (Peterborough)

Girls AAA Soccer in Chatham
1st: St. Paul (Niagara Falls)
2nd: Central (London)
3rd: Assumption (Burlington)
4th: Chatham Kent (Chatham)

Girls AAAA Soccer in Woodbridge
1st: AB Lucas (London)
2nd: St. Anne's (Windsor)
3rd: Notre Dame (Burlington)
4th: Cardinal Newman (Stoney Creek)

Girls AAAA/AAA Rugby in Toronto
1st: Ashbury (Ottawa)
2nd: Lakeshore Catholic (Port Colborne)
3rd: Glenview Park (Cambridge)
4th: Central (Barrie)

Girls AA/A Rugby hosted by Mentor College in Oakville
1st: Bayside (Belleville)
2nd: Sacred Heart (Walkerton)
3rd: Opeongo (Douglas)
4th: Brock (Cannington)

Day 2 OFSAA Soccer and Girls Rugby & ROPSSAA baseball and softball

OFSAA SOCCER

After day 2 of OFSAA, at least 8 of the 9 ROPSSAA soccer representatives have been eliminated. (The 9th is unknown since the organisers of Boys A OFSAA in Barrie seems to have forgotten that they have a web site.) Two were eliminated after round-robin play while the other six were all defeated in the quarter-finals, three by teams from nearby York Region.

Boys A Soccer in Barrie
Still no results posted after 2 days of action. However, you can download a listing of tournament revenue and fees earned by the referees each day. *rolls eyes*

Boys AA Soccer in Timmins
#2 St. Paul finished the round robin with a record of 1-2-1 after drawing against Sacred Heart (Walkerton) 1-1 and losing to St. Mary (Brockville) 1-0 today. They have been eliminated from the tournament after finishing fourth in their group.
Unranked St. Marcellinus finished the round robin with a record of 2-2 after after losing to Beaver Brae (Kenora) 1-0 and defeating Timmins 5-1. They advanced to the quarter-finals after finishing second in their group where they lost 5-1 to Archbishop Dennis O'Connor (Ajax). They are now eliminated from further play.

Boys AAA Soccer in Windsor
#1 Campion finished the round robin with a record of 3-0-1 after defeating Anderson (Whitby) 8-0 and Monsignor Doyle (Cambridge) 3-0. They advanced to the quarter-finals after finishing first in their group where they lost 1-0 to Holy Cross (Woodbridge). They are now eliminated from further play.

Boys AAAA Soccer in Toronto
#1 Notre Dame finished the round robin with a record of 2-1 after defeating Notre Dame College (Welland) 3-2. They advanced to the quarter-finals after finishing second in their group where they lost 1-0 to St. Elizabeth (Thornhill). They are now eliminated from further play.

Girls A Soccer in Windsor
#10 Joan of Arc finished the round robin with a record of 2-1 after losing to Glengarry (Alexandria) 5-0 and defeating Marathon 3-0. They advanced to the quarter-finals after finishing second in their group where they lost 8-0 to St. Thomas of Villanova (King City). They are now eliminated from further play.

Girls AA Soccer in Wallaceburg
#4 Ascension finished the round robin with a record of 0-4 after losing to Chippewa (North Bay) 5-0 and Wallaceburgh 5-0. They have been eliminated from the tournament after finishing fifth in their group.

Girls AAA Soccer in Chatham
#7 Iona finished the round robin with a record of 2-1 after losing to Assumption (Burlington) 3-0 and defeating St. Johns (Brantford) 3-0. They advanced to the quarter-finals after finishing second in their group where they lost 1-0 to St. Paul (Niagara Falls). They are now eliminated from further play.

Girls AAAA Soccer in Woodbridge
#8 Mount Carmel finished the round robin with a record of 1-0-2 after drawing against Notre Dame (Burlington) 0-0. They advanced to the quarter-finals after finishing second in their group where they lost 1-0 in penatly kicks to St. Anne (Tecumseh). They are now eliminated from further play.

OFSAA RUGBY

Both girls rugby qualifiers were also eliminated from championship contention in the quarter-finals today.

Girls AAAA/AAA Rugby in Toronto
#6 Applewood lost to Lakeshore Catholic (Port Colborne) 12-0 in the quarter-finals. They played IE Weldon (Linday) in a friendly match but no score was available. They are now eliminated from further play.

Girls AA/A Rugby hosted by Mentor College in Oakville
#7 Mentor College lost to Sacred Heart (Walkerton) 17-3 in the championship quarter-finals. They later lost to Westlane (Niagara Falls) 12-3 in the consolation semi-finals. They are now eliminated from futher play.

While there are no ROPSSAA scores to post tomorrow, unless the folks in Barrie rediscover the net, I will give a quick run down of the medallists.

ROPSSAA RESULTS

Girls Slowpitch: Congratulations to Gonzaga who easily defeated Loyola 13-1 in Monday's championship game. The girls fastpitch final was today and I will post the final result on Wednesday.

Boys Tier 2 Baseball: Heart lake defeated Bramalea 4-3 while Glenforest was all over St. Augustine 11-3 in Monday's semi-finals. They will meet Wednesday in the final ROPSSAA championship of the school year.

Day 1 OFSAA Soccer and Girls Rugby

Here are the scores of ROPSSAA teams from day one of OFSAA action in boys & girls soccer as well as girls rugby:

Boys A Soccer in Barrie
No scores provided hours after the last game was played today. Hopefully the organisers are quicker to post results tomorrow.

Boys AA Soccer in Timmins
#2 St. Paul is 1-1 after losing to St. Christopher (Sarnia) 1-0 and defeating Timiskaming (New Liskeard) 8-0.
Unranked St. Marcellinus is also 1-1 after losing to East Elgin (Alymer) 2-1 and defeating Archbishop Romero (Toronto) 4-1.

Boys AAA Soccer in Windsor
#1 Campion is 1-0-1 after tying Regiopolis Notre Dame (Kingston) 1-1 and defeating Lockerby (Sudbury) 6-1.

Boys AAAA Soccer in Toronto
#1 Notre Dame is 1-1 after losing to Birchmount Park (Scarborough) 2-0 and defeating Qquinas (London) 7-2.

Girls A Soccer in Windsor
#10 Joan of Arc is 1-0 after defeating Kapuskasing 3-0.

Girls AA Soccer in Wallaceburg
#4 Ascension is 1-1 after defeating St. Joseph's (Cornwall) 8-0 and losing to Holy Cross (Peterborough) 6-0.

Girls AAA Soccer in Chatham
#8 Iona is 2-0 after defeating Newmarket 4-0 and McLaughlin (Oshawa) 3-0.

Girls AAAA Soccer in Woodbridge
#8 Mount Carmel is 1-0-1 after drawing with St. Mary (Pickering) 2-2 and defeating East York (Toronto) 5-0.

Girls AAAA/AAA Rugby in Toronto
#6 Applewood advanced to the quarter-finals after winning their first round match over Brother Andre (markham) 24-0. They will play #3 Lakeshore Catholic (Port Colborne) in the quarter-finals.

Girls AA/A Rugby hosted by Mentor College in Oakville
#7 Mentor College finished second in their pool after losing to #1 Bayside (Belleville) 26-0 and defeating unranked Immaculata (Ottawa) 12-7. The will play Sacred Heart (Walkerton) in the quarter-finals.

Junior Soccer Finals & OFSAA Seeding

All four junior soccer finals were played Friday at Iceland in Mississauga. In the junior boys tier 1 championship, St. Joes capped off an undefeated season with a convincing 3-1 victory over Campion. In junior boys tier 2, Meadowvale was all over Turner-Fenton, 3-0. On the girls side, Gonzaga defeated Aquinas 1-0 in tier 1 and St. Marcellinus completed an all-Mississauga sweep of junior soccer with a 3-2 victory over Robert Hall. Both girls champions were undefeated and untied.

Congratulations to all four teams.

Meanwhile, the senior soccer season continues for 9 Peel teams ot the various OFSAA championships starting Monday across the province.

Boys AAAA: Despite losing to AAA rep Campion in the championship game, d'Youville has been ranked #1 by the seeding committee in Toronto. As ROPSSAA is normally the deepest boys soccer league in the province, this is not surprising.

Boys AAA: In Windsor, it is no surprise that Campion is also the #1 seed, especially as they were the undefeated champions of Peel. This group of players has moved up through the system as Campion has added a new grade every year since they arrived. In 2005, they lost a close championship game in the junior final; two years later as grade 12s, they stand a very good chancine of taking it all.

Boys AA: St. Paul is also ranked high in Timmins at #2 while things are less certain for unranked ROPSSAA second team, St. Marcellinus.

Boys A: As one of only 3 A schools in ROPSSAA, St. Joan of Arc had a relatively easy time qualifying for OFSAA in Barrie. The fact that they are not seeded is a reflection of the fact that they missed the playoffs in tier 2.

ROPSSAA has not done as well on the girls side at OFSAA in recent years and the lower seeding of the respective qualifiers is a reflection of this.

Girls AAAA: Girls tier 1 playoff champs Mount Carmel are seeded #8 in Woodbridge which is a reflection of the number of AAAA schools in the league as much as it is an indication of their ability.

Girls AAA: In Chatham, tier 1 quarter-finalists (losing to Carmel 5-1) Iona is also seeded #8.

Girls AA: Ascension is ranked #4 in Wallaceburg. Considering the fact they finished only 8th in the northeast division of tier 2, the field down there is probably relatively weak this year.

Girls A: Joan of Arc was the only potential qualifier and is on their way to Windsor despite missing the playoffs in tier 2. They are ranked #10.

Good luck to all 9 teams. If anyone has any game reports, please e-mail them to ropssaa@gmail.com.