In the Nothwest Division, Campion is once again undefeated and through to the tier one playoffs. Their only question mark is the size of the roster. Rumours abound over injuries and players quitting. With a full roster, they are one of the two or three best teams in the GTA; without, they might be rip for an early upset. Ste. Famille controls their destiny for the 2nd spot though their are scenarios where Fletchers or St. Marcellinus make it through.
The two tier 1 bound teams in the Northeast Division are already set and it came down to today's game between D'Youville and Aquinas to decide first and second.
Notre Dame has already clinched first in the Northcentral Division, while Ascension will finish second.
Perennial contender Father Goetz has the inside track on first in the Southwest Division. However, if Lorne Park upsets them in their game on Friday, there will be a three way tie with the two of them and Iona. Otherwise, Iona is second.
The Southest Division was very competitive between the top four. In the end, St. Paul takes the first place tie-breaker over Applewood.
The general consensus was that the Southcentral was the weakest division. However, division winner Mount Carmel is a solid team. None of their games were close and an underwhelming Rick Hansen team takes the second spot.
The 12 tier one qualifiers will be seeded by Monday and the top four teams will get a first round bye. My guess is those four teams will be Campion, the D'Youville-Aquinas winner, Notre Dame and Goetz. A lot depends on the final seedings since teams are not reseeded between rounds but my guess is a final repeat final between Campion and Notre Dame, with D'Youville missing out on OFSAA for the first time in ages. once again missing out on OFSAA.
Meanwhile, in the other playdowns, it will likely be one of Iona and Applewood that earns the right to be cannon fodder for the GHAC champion. However, I do like the chances of AA favourite Ascension making it to OFSAA. Brampton Christian continues to enjoy the benefits of being the only A school in Peel in most sports but will not get any further in yet another winless season.
Second Edit: St. Marcellinus defeated Ste. Famille which, thanks to the tie-breaker, allowed Fletcher's to come up the middle and take the second tier 1 playoff spot in the Northwest...and still no score for D'Youville-Aquinas.
Edit: Thank you to "Anonymous" for correcting my error about last year's ROPSSAA reps at OFSAA.
24 hours later and still no D'Youville-Campion score. Coaches, please try to use the online update for scores. Calling the score in only delays things. Besides, the deadline to report is later when you enter on-line.
3 comments:
Notre Dame and Campion both represented ROPSAA last year at OFSAA and not d'Youville, so in fact this might be the second year in a row that d'Youville will not get to OFSAA.
It will most likely be Campion and Notre Dame for the next couple of years or maybe Campion and St. Roch.
D'Youville 58- Aquinas 44
Don't count out D'Youville over the next couple of years, as this years team has a grade 11 and two grade 10 starters. This will be a team to watch not only for this years playoffs but for the next couple of years.
Notre Dame will be strong also, as they have a couple of very good jr players that will be moving up.
St. Roch will be ok but very inexperienced as their core players are all grade 10s and are playing jr this year.
Campion will be strong with their star guard, but they will dominate if the twins return to the team next year.
There will be no threat whatsoever from any team in the south.
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