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Tournament and Exhibition News
The 2012-2103 St. Patrick Varsity Boys basketball team has completed their tournament and exhibition schedule for the year. The team played int he first games in the Pinky Lewis Invitational put on by McMaster University in Hamilton, November 9-11, 2012. The team began pool play starting off against Newmarket. Adjusting to new players, systems and rotations, the Irish stuggled to execute at both ends and compounding the problem the Irish struggled in theoir basic fundamentals. In the end the team let a winnable game go by 20 points, losing to newmarket 76-56. In their next game St. Pat’s was able to regroup in a home floor invasion of Westdale from Hamilton. the team was behind early but stuck to the game plan and improved in needed areas to overcome the home team 79-63 in a game marked by 60 combined fouls between the two teams! In a rematch against J.C. Richardson whom they played in their first game of the season last year, the irish looked to build on their improvements in the second game and got off to a great start, doubling J.C. Richardson in the first quarter 22-11, however the team struggled to maintain their focus and let the game slowly slip away as they eventually were defeated 68-62. The team will play their next game, an exhibition game versus Holy Cross from Kingston at home on November 17th at 4:00pm. The following weekend, November 24-25, the team is pleased to host their first ever senior boys tournament in an 8 team tournament. The team has also committed to play in the Holy Cross Crusader Christmas Classic in Kingston November 30-Decemeber 1st. In their last tournament before the Christmas Break the team will travel back to the Annual Eastern Commerce Nike Holiday Classic in Toronto. To start the second semester, the team will travel to St. Catharine’s for the All-Ontario Catholic Classic, February 8-9th.
Regular Schedule
The Senior Boys Basketball ‘AAA-AAAA’ Season will commence November 28th when they head to Mother Teresa to face the Titans and former St. Patrick’s coach, Coach Rowley. The team will next play Louis Riel in their first home game in what is a rematch of last year’s finals. Come out and support your St. Patrick’s Irish!
For further information on league standings check Fatdog under NCSSAA at www.fatdog.ca
PLAYOFFS
‘AAA-AAAA’ playoffs begin in mid-February.
Come out and support your St. Patrick’s Irish!!!
‘AAA-AAAA’ OFSAA will be hosted by Windsor in 2013
The team will have to repeat as NCSSAA champions to return to OFSAA in Windsor from March 3-6, 2013.
Did You Know???
-That in the summer of 2012 Marial Shayok played for team Canada’s Cadet team and started at the World Cadet Championships (U17) in Lithuania where Canada had their best international showing finishing 5th in the world. He also played for Team canada’s U19 team that participated in the Nike Global Challenge in Washington, D.C. that summer that saw team Canada finish silver to one of the USA teams.
-That in the summer of 2012 Chris Anderson participated inthe prestigious Five-Star basketball camp inthe U.S., a camp that Coach Koeslag, and former players Greg Carter, and Brandon Jean also participated in.
-That in the summer of 2012 Sheldon Jean participated in the Jim Boeheim’s Big Orange Syracuse Orangemen basketball camp.
-That in 2011-2012 St. Patrick’s made its first trip back to OFSAA since winning AAA OFSAA back in 2008. The team finished 2-1 after bowing out in the quarter-finals to eventual runaway champions, Vaughan (who St. Patrick’s beat for the 2008 OFSAA Championship in the finals)
-That in 2012 Marial Shayok, Ernest Tolete and Jany Ondongo all played for the east Senior Boys Basketball All-Star team, while juniors, Stefan Vijackic, Jephte Francois and Mike Miller all represented the east in the Junior Boys Basketball All-Star game
-That Marial Shayok was named to two tournament all-star teams, the latest being in the All Ontario Catholic Classic in St. Catharines after the team won the tournament consolation championship.-That in 2012 St.Pat’s won the National Capital Classic for the first time since 2001. Jany Ondongo was named a tournament All-Star while Marial Shayok was named tournament MVP.
-That after 45 games, grade 11, Marial Shayok totalled 1046 points, surpassing Henock Araia’s single season total points record of 711 which he accomplished in his grade 12 year in 2006-2007 (over 44 games). Marial now holds the single season point total record as well as the single game point total record and the most games in a season with 20 or more points (34 times)!
-That Marial Shayok has continued to break his own record of 15 games with twenty or more points in 2011-2012 as he reached 28 games on February 4th in the championship game of the National Capital Classic in a win over St. Peter’s with a 28 point performance.
-That Marial Shayok was named a tournament all-star at the SOSI tournament in Hamilton after the team won the Consolation Championship and Marial averaged 26 points per game
-That Marial Shayok was a member of the 2011 Canadian Cadet (Under 16) National Team that traveled to Cancun to compete in the FIBA Americas tournament. Marial started every game for the team and led the team in rebounding with 7.8/game as well as was the second leading scorer on the team. The team finished 3rd and qualified for the U17 World Championships in Lithuania in 2012.
- That Marial Shayok was named to and started for the NCSSAA East All-Star team as a grade 10 in 2010-2011.
-That Roydell Clarke lead all scorers in the NCSSAA Junior All-Star game in 2011 with 19 points.
-That Marial Shayok set a team and career record high as a grade 10 when he posted 43 points against Glebe Collegiate in conference play on February 8th, 2011.
-That in the 2010-2011 season the Irish had five different players score over twenty points in a game. They are Marial Shayok (14 Times), Braeden Wilkinson (1 Time), Kevin Ndahiro (1 Time), Ernest Tolete (2 Times) and Sheldon Jean (1 Time).
-That 8 different players had led the team in scoring at some point in the 2010-2011 season.
-That both Marial Shayok and Kevin Ndahiro got thier first career game dunks as grade 10’s. Kevin got his in the Notre Dame Welland tournament while Marial Shayok got his first in the Colonel By Cougar Classic.
-As a grade 9 playing Senior basketball Marial Shayok was St. Patrick’s all-time leading 20+ points in a game over a single season with his 15th of the year. He surpassed Henock Araia in the National Capital Tournament who previously held the record with 14 games with 20 or more points in a season.
-Daemar Thomas got his first game dunk as a grade 11 in the 2009-2010 season. His first dunk came in the second game of the preseason at the Father Henry Carr Adidas Early Bird Classic. This was the same tournament that saw Christian Kondo get his first game dunk in a St. Patrick’s uniform as a grade 11 a year prior.
-That Shayok Shayok was featured in Slam Magazine in an article called “North Pole Heating Up” that featured the top Canadian Basketball Players.
-That Shayok Shayok started for the East Senior Boys All-Star Team in 2009.
-That in the 2009 Jaguar Classic game against Arnprior, every single dressed players (12 players) scored at leat twice in the victory.
-That Farshad Chezani has the record for the most 3 pointers in a season (85) from his grade 12 year (2006-2007)
—En route to their OFSAA Gold medal, the Irish beat the #3 (London’s-Oakridge), #2 (Windsor’s-Catholic Central), and the #1 (Thornhill’s-Vaughan) seed to do so. As well they knocked off the team that knocked them out of OFSAA a year ago (#7-Governor Simcoe).
-That former assistant coach, Dion Williams was a member of the St. Patrick’s OFSAA team that won silver.
-That Coach Koeslag and Coach St. Amour both played at the University Level. Coach Koeslag played for the University of Ottawa and Lakehead University, where he was a starter at both schools. Coach St. Amour played for St. Francis Xavier and was a starter during her time there as well as a conference all-star. Former Junior Head Coach, Dion Williams also played for St. Francis Xavier where he won back to back National Championships and was named a conference all-star during his time as an X-men. Current Junior Boys Coach Leah Hubbard played for the University of Ottawa Geegees while in university and she is assisted by former St. Pat’s player Daniel Lutfy who has also helped coach St.Pat’s intermediate as well as Hillcrest.
-The following ALUMNI have gone on to play at the college/university level and beyond:
Paul Joseph-Slippery Rock (Division II University in the U.S.A.)
Jafeth Maseruka-Carleton University (National Champion); Pro Basketball in Europe and Africa
Nelson Louro-Carleton University/Cambrian College/Durham College
Ebert Ephraim-Carleton University
Chabine Tucker-Carleton University
Dove Latuya-Algonquin College/Loyalist College
C.J. Anderson-Algonquin College
B.J. Charles-Algonquin College (all-star) and Carleton University (National Champion)
John Kulwartin-Carleton University
Dion Williams-St. Francis Xavier (National Champion)
Edilson Silva-Durham College
Titus Guihede-Windsor
Garry Pierre-SUNY-Canyon (U.S.A.)
Tosin Ajimati-Algonquin
Ali Mahmoud-University of Ottawa and Pro Basketball in Lebanon (also on the Lebanese National Basketball team)
Alex Sabino-Champlain College CEGEP/Northern Michigan (Div.2 U.S.A.)
Isinike Massunken-Lakehead University
Patrick Bush-Algonquin College; Acadia University
Henock Araia-Malcolm X College (JUCO); University of Windsor
Greg Kieran-Ryerson University
Stevy Biayi-Cambrian College
Philbert Louis-Cambrian College
Jesse Duodu-Carleton University (redshirt); Algonquin College
Afeworki Geberkerestos-Ryerson University
Jamael Babnieau-Ryerson University
Greg Carter-Lakehead University
Anthony MacIntosh-Lakehead University
Christian Kondo-Concordia University
Shayok Shayok-Bradley University (Division I University in the U.S.A.)
Brandon Jean – Holland College (PEI)
Clifford Roose Lerebours – Queens University (Redshirt)
…..More to come ! ! !
Follow the members of the Varsity Senior Boys Basketball Team all season long on this website as the team marches towards another National Capital Basketball City Championship.
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