Sunday, December 22, 2019

Edition 49

I believe that Edition 49 will be contested Fri Jan 10 to Sat Jan 11, 2020 at Glendale SS and Saltfleet DHS.  If you require anything further, please contact Tournament Director James Weatherbee at jbw238@gmail.com  All the best.   J M

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Who was naughty or nice, or, Awards time.......

In the spirit of the season, time to see who were good basketball players that earned honours for their efforts in Edition XLVIII of the Teachers Life Silver Fox Invitational.

Before we get to that, again, a big thank you to Ms. Tish Jeffrey and the folks at Glendale SS as well as Dave Ormerod and the folks at Saltfleet DHS who were our hosts once again.  Also, a special "get well soon" to Tournament Director Jim Weatherbee who missed Day 2 due to a nasty bug.  Hope you are better to enjoy Christmas and the holidays Jimmer!!

Without further adieu, the presents are:

Bob Croft Memorial MVP and 1st Team All Star

Cole Syllas - LaSalle SS

1st Team All Stars

Luka Syllas - Lasalle SS
Cal Hager - North Park CVS
Judah Stewart - North Park CVS
Nolan Ormerod - Saltfleet DHS

2nd Team All Stars

Oscar Pensa - H B Beal SS
Shaedan Sharpe - H B Beal SS
Logan Elliott - LaSalle SS
Ethan Andrew - North Park CVS
Marko Josipovic - Saltfleet DHS

Tournament Awards

Bob Knuckle/Teachers Life Academic Award - Jacob Meleka, North Park CVS
Kovljenic Family Fair Play Award - Graeme Wilson, North Park CVS
Tournament Director Defensive Player Award - Cole Syllas, LaSalle SS
Hamilton Spectator 3 Point Shooting Champ - Nathan Beber, Crescent School
Jim Lyle Team Leadership Award presented by HBABO - Dan DiSabatino, Saltfleet DHS

All the best to the teams in the New Year as plans for Edition XLIX are already underway.  The Tournament Committee wishes you and yours all the best however you celebrate at this time of the season and wish you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2019!!

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Draw for Edition 48 is here.......

Results and any other important tournament information will be posted here throughout the Tournament.

Glen = Glendale           Salt = Saltfleet

Wed Dec 19

G1  Glen 09:30  Blessed Trinity CSS   51   vs     Jean Vanier CSS  88
                           Josh Ens 12                                 Abdallah Sheik 18
G2  Glen 11:00  St. Mary's HS (Kit)  57     vs     Crescent School  67
                           James Wani 13                       Sebastien Campbell 18
G3  Glen 12:30  St. Martin's CSS  63       vs    St. Joseph's CHS  58
                           Aaron Rhooms 19                        Trey Wilson 19
G4  Glen 14:00  A B Lucas SS   49            vs    LaSalle SS  79
                           Graeme McDougall 8               Cole Syllas 21

G5  Salt  09:30  Ancaster HS  35                vs    North Park CVS  64
                          Adam Jahan 8                           Ethan Andrew 25
G6  Salt  11:00  Father Michael Goetz  52    vs    Saltfleet DHS  74
                          Aljen Biliran 23                          Dan DiSabatino 14
G7  Salt  12:30  Northern CI & VS 62       vs    St. Thomas Aquinas CSS  52
                          Jaden Ogorek 17                         Riley Curtis 18
G8  Salt  14:00  H B Beal SS  73                vs    Ashbury College  69
                          Sheldon Sharpe 31                   Isaiah Pemberton 23

G9    Glen 15:30   LGm 2  St Mary's (Kit)  70   vs      LGm 5  Ancaster 40
                              Paolo Malacao 15                           Yash Matharu 13
G10  Glen 17:00   WGm 2 Crescent School  50 vs     WGm 5  North Park CVS  67(QF)
                              Sebastien Campbell 18                                Graeme Wilson 27
G11  Glen 18:30   LGm 3 St Joseph's CHS  67   vs      LGm 4  A B Lucas SS  44
                                      Trey Wilson 23                                     Graeme McDougall 13
G12  Glen  20:00  W Gm 3 St Martin's CSS 62   vs     WGm 4 LaSalle SS  82 (QF)
                                           D J Jackson 16                                 Luka Syllas 28


G13  Salt  15:30   LGm 6    Fr M Goetz  69    vs      LGm 7  ST Aquinas CSS  86
                                            Aljen Biliran 19                             Riley Curtis 23
G14  Salt  17:00   WGm 7  Northern CI & VS 43  vs    WGm 6 Saltfleet DHS 62  (SF)
                                         Tristan Haagsma 17                             Marko Josipovic 21
G15  Salt  18:30   LGm 8   Ashbury College 72   vs      LGm 1  Blessed Trinity CSS  63
                                            Isaiah Pemberton 30                           Noah Monteforte 20
G16  Salt  20:00  WGm 1   Jean Vanier CSS  86  vs     WGm 8 H B Beal  88 in ot(QF)
                                            Adam Husic 17                                Shaedan Sharpe 30

Thu Dec 20

G17  Glen  09:00  LGm 15  Blessed Trinity CSS  58    vs    LGm 9   Ancaster HS  52
                                             Noah Monteforte 18                               Kyle Mandryk 12
G18  Salt    09:00  LGm 11 A B Lucas SS  51          vs   LGm 13  Fr Michael Goetz  67
                                             Graeme McDougall 19                       Jaeson Nugent 18
G19  Glen  10:30  WGm 9 St. Mary's HS (Kit) 59    vs   WGm 15  Ashbury College  53
                                           Paolo Malacao 15                                    Isiaah Pemberton 17
G20  Salt   10:30  WGm 13 S T Aquinas (Oak) 68    vs   WGm 11 St Joseph's CHS  71
                                            Riley Curtis 20                                     Trey Wilson 26
G21  Glen  12:00  LGm 16  Jean Vanier CSS  61    vs    LGm 10  Crescent School  51
                                             Abdallah Sheik 17                               Sebastien Campbell 22
G22  Salt    12:00  LGm 12  St Martin's CSS  58     vs   LGm 14  Northern CI & VS  55
                                              Aaron Rhooms 22                               Nate Smith 14
                                           

G23  Glen   13:30  WGm 16  H B Beal SS  36     vs    WGm 10  North Park CVS  65 (SF)
                                               Junior Kadima 8                             Judah Stewart 20
G24  Salt     13:30  WGm 12  LaSalle SS   59      vs     WGm 14 Saltfleet DHS  55 (SF)
                                                Cole Syllas 26                                Marko Josipovic 19

G25  Salt     15:00   Crescent School 52    vs      Northern CI & VS  51 (McLean/Newton Final)
                                Sebastien Campbell 19        Jaden Ogorek 14
G26  Salt     16:30   Jean Vanier CSS 66   vs      St Martin's CSS  73 (Joe Raso Final)
                                Adrian Husic 21                    D J Jackson 28
G27  Salt     18:00   H B Beal SS   76        vs       Saltfleet DHS  80  (Ken Ormerod Final-3rd)
                                Shaedon Sharpe 33              Thomas Matsell 27
G28  Salt     19:30   North Park CVS  55   vs      LaSalle SS  62 (Teachers Life Silver Fox Championship)
                                      Ethan Andrew  14                 Luka Syllas  30

Congratulations to the Black Knights on their first Silver Fox Championship!  In a moment, the presents to be unwrapped/revealed!!

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Edition XLVIII taking shape

The 48th Edition of the Teachers Life Silver Fox Invitational is almost set.  This year's event will move up to Wednesday December 19th and Thursday December 20th, 2018 due to the OFSAA "AAA" Boy's Basketball Championship being hosted by Saltfleet DHS in March 2019.  Teams confirmed thus far by Tournament Director Jim Weatherbee are:

A B Lucas SS - London (updated Dec 4)
Ancaster HS - Ancaster (updated Dec 10)
Ashbury College - Ottawa
Blessed Trinity CSS - Grimsby
Crescent School - Toronto
Father Michael Goetz CSS - Mississauga
H B Beal SS - London
Jean Vanier CSS - Milton
LaSalle SS - Kingston
Northern CI & VS - Sarnia
North Park CVS - Brantford
Saltfleet DHS - Stoney Creek
St. Joseph's CHS - Barrie
St. Martin CSS - Mississauga
St. Mary's HS - Kitchener
St. Thomas Aquinas CSS - Oakville


Watch this space for the draw and any updates that may arise before tournament time.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

The Envelope please.................

Edition 47 of the Teachers Life Silver Fox Invitational is in the books.  Kudos to St. Francis Xavier CSS Tigers for capturing their first title and keeping their season record unblemished thus far.  Also congrats to Westview CI who were a late replacement and ended up in the title game.
 
Once again special thanks to all those at Glendale SS and Saltfleet DHS who hosted and the folks who worked to give all teams a worth while experience.  While the basketball landscape has changed, this event is still one that a lot of schools feel is an important one to have in their trophy case!!

And the awards go to.................

Bob Croft Memorial M.V.P. and 1st Team All Star

Nathaniel Brown - St. Francis Xavier CSS

1st Team All Stars

Kanayo Nnadi - Eastwood CI
Raheem Dennis - St. Francis Xavier CSS
Tyrell Vickers - St. Francis Xavier CSS
Marco Layne - Westview CI

2nd Team All Stars

Layee Jabateh - Eastwood CI
Emanuel Otong - Glenview Park SS
Judah Stewart - North Park CVS
Nathan Hare - Sir Allan MacNab SS
Jamal Fuller - Westview CI

Tournament Awards

Bob Knuckle Academic Award sponsored by Teachers Life - Jason Su, Longfields Davidson Heights SS
Kovljenic Family Fair Play Award - Husam Shallo, Westview CI
Tournament Director Defensive Player - Omeechi Williams, Sir Allan MacNab SS
Hamilton Spectator 3 point shooting proficiency - Andrew Bartlett, Saltfleet DHS with 34

Believe it or not, we are already working on Edition 48!!  Best of luck to all teams as they ready for their upcoming playoffs.  We hope to see you again.........

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Draw for Edition XLVII is here

The draw for the 47th Teachers Life Silver Fox Invitational has been determined.  Results will be updated here as the event progresses.

Glen = Glendale SS     Salt = Saltfleet DHS

Friday February 9th

Gm 1  Glen  0930      St. Jean de Brebeuf  58  vs  Notre Dame CSS  54
                                   Cale Calura 20                     Raheem Ali 16
Gm 2  Glen  1100     Iroquois Ridge HS 57  vs  St Francis Xavier SS  79
                                  Luca Mircetic 18               Tyrell Vickers 23
Gm 3  Glen  1230     Glenview Park SS  51  vs  Frontenac SS  49
                                  Emanuel Otong 21             Connor Vreeken 17
Gm 4  Glen  1400      Longfields Davidson SS 49  vs  Sir Allan MacNab SS  66
                                  Kollie Soriba 17                          Scott Jenkins 14

Gm 5  Salt   0930      Corpus Christi CSS  63  vs  Saltfleet DHS  65
                                 Matt Zhukas 20                    Andrew Bartlett 19
Gm 6  Salt   1100      Timmins H&VS  51 vs   Eastwood CI  73
                                  Chris Lachapelle 20      Nanayo Nnadi  25
Gm 7  Salt   1230      Bishop Tonnos CSS  71 vs  Westview CI  78
                                  Liam Craven 28                   Husam Shallo & Christian Tabiri 18
Gm 8  Salt   1400      St Paul HS  45  vs  North Park CVS  52
                                  Gabriel Andre 16    Graeme Wilson 22

Gm 9  Glen    1530    Notre Dame (Bram)  48  vs  Iroquois Ridge  47
                                   Raheem Ali 16                       Luca Miretic 16
Gm 10  Glen  1700    St Jean de Brebeuf  73 vs  St Francis Xavier  74  (QF)
                                   Terrence Lennox 28          Raheem Dennis 19
Gm 11  Glen  1830    Frontenac  53      vs            St Paul  54
                                   Stephen Andrews 19          R J Jacques 16
Gm 12  Glen  2000    Sir Allan MacNab  55  vs   North Park CVS  53 (QF)
                                   Scott Jenkins 22                   Ethan Andrew 18

Gm 13  Salt   1530    Corpus Christi  63  vs  Timmins H&VS  40
                                  Tim Mununga 20            Tyler Roy 15
Gm 14  Salt   1700    Eastwood  91  vs   Saltfleet  69(QF)
                                  Kanryo Nnadi 25    Malcolm Douglas 19
Gm 15  Salt   1830    Longfields Davidson SS  68  vs  Bishop Tonnos  71
                                  Kollie Soriba 18                           Brandon Bernardo 21
Gm 16  Salt   2000    Glenview Park  43  vs  Westview CI  78 (QF)
                                  Emanuel Otong 12        Christian Tabiri 17

Saturday February 10th

Gm 17  Glen   0900   Iroquois Ridge 34  vs  Frontenac  59
                                   Dan Jurkovic 12         Connor Vreeken 24
Gm 18  Salt    0900   Timmins H&VS 60   vs  Longfields Davidson SS  64
                                   Chris Lachapelle 26       Kollie Soriba  22
Gm 19  Glen   1030   St Paul 61 vs  Notre Dame (Bram)  66
                                   Tesloch Luk 28      Raheem Ali  26
Gm 20  Salt    1030    Bishop Tonnos 77  vs  Corpus Christi  82
                                   Jack Kyprianou 21      Tim Mununga 29
Gm 21  Glen   1200   St Jean de Brebeuf  52  vs  North Park  54
                                   Daniel Graham 23              Ethan Andrew 16
Gm 22  Salt    1200    Glenview Park 63  vs  Saltfleet  60
                                  Emanuel Otong 33        Marko Josipovic 18

Gm 23  Glen   1330   Sir Allan MacNab 70  vs  St Francis Xavier  75 (SF)
                                   Scott Jenkins 26                Nathaniel Brown  28
Gm 24  Salt     1330   Westview CI 60  vs  Eastwood 56  (SF)
                                   Keshawn Fisher 21    Kanayo Nnadi 28

Gm 25  Glen   1500   Corpus Christi 63 vs  Notre Dame  69  Roach/Towler Final
                                   Tim Mununga 29       Raheem Ali 30
Gm 26  Salt    1530   St Jean de Brebeuf  63 vs  Saltfleet  49  MacLean/Newton Final
                                  Gianluca Pontillo 20            Rickey Morrison 14
Gm 27  Salt    1700   Glenview Park 40 vs  North Park  48 Joe Raso Final
                                  Emanuel Otong 14      Graeme Wilson 16
Gm 28  Salt    1830   Sir Allan MacNab 54  vs  Eastwood  66     Ken Omerod Final (3rd place)
                                  Quayvon Ferron 18           Adbei Hamad 32
Gm 29  Salt    2000   Westview  80  vs  St Francis Xavier  95   Silver Fox Championship
                                   Jamal Fuller 24    Nathaniel Brown 33
 
All Stars and Awards to follow

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Edition XLVII taking shape

Tournament Director Jim Weatherbee has finalized the list of participants for the 47th Edition of the Teachers Life Silver Fox Senior Boys High School Invitational.  They are:
Bishop Tonnos CSS (Ancaster)*
Corpus Christi CSS (Burlington)+
Eastwood CI (Kitchener)
Frontenac SS (Kingston)
Glenview Park SS (Cambridge)+
Iroquois Ridge HS (Oakville)
Longfields Davidson Heights SS (Ottawa)
North Park CVS (Brantford)
Notre Dame CSS (Brampton)+
Saltfleet DHS (Stoney Creek)
Sir Allan MacNab SS (Hamilton)
St Francis Xavier SS (Mississauga)
St Jean de Brebeuf CSS (Hamilton)*
St Paul HS (Ottawa)
Timmins High & Vocational School
Westview CI (Etobicoke) &

*Updated as of December 7, 2017
+Updated as of January 19, 2018
& Updated as of February 8, 2018

This season's edition will be contested February 9th and 10th, 2018 at Glendale SS and Saltfleet DHS.  Expect the draw to be determined the weekend of January 22nd.  If there are further changes or developments, they will be posted on this blog.