SSNS 2024 Senior Basketball Championships
SSNS 2024 Senior Basketball Championships
| GIRLS DIVISION 1 | BOYS DIVISION 1 | |
| GOLD | Halifax West | Charles P Allen High School |
| SILVER | Horton High School | Citadel High School |
| BRONZE | Auburn Drive High | Millwood High School |
| ANITQUE BRONZE | Citadel High School | Horton High School |
| GIRLS DIVISION 2 | BOYS DIVISION 2 | |
| GOLD | West Kings District High School | West Kings District High School |
| SILVER | Amherst Regional High | Forest Heights Community School |
| BRONZE | Cole Harbour District High School | Sacred Heart School of Halifax |
| ANITQUE BRONZE | Cole Harbour District High School | |
| GIRLS DIVISION 3 | BOYS DIVISION 3 | |
| GOLD | Shelburne Regional High School | Hants North Rural School |
| SILVER | Springhill Junior/Senior High School | Lockeport Regional High School |
| BRONZE | Oxford Regional Education Centre | St Mary’s Bay Academy |
| ANITQUE BRONZE | West Bedford High School |
SSNS 2024 SENIOR BASKETBALL PARTICIPANTS
| GIRLS | BOYS | |
| DIVISION 1 | Auburn Drive High | Citadel High School |
| Citadel High School | Horton High School | |
| Halifax West | Millwood High School | |
| Armbrae Academy | Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High | |
| North Nova Education Centre | Cobequid Educational Centre | |
| Memorial High School | Armbrae Academy | |
| Horton High School | Charles P Allen High School | |
| Cobequid Educational Centre | Breton Education Center | |
| DIVISION 2 | North Kings Education Centre | West Kings District High School |
| École secondaire du Sommet | Strait Area Education and Rec Centre | |
| West Kings District High School | Sacred Heart School of Halifax | |
| Strait Area Education and Rec Centre | South Colchester Academy | |
| Amherst Regional High | Forest Heights Community School | |
| Central Kings Rural High School | Amherst Regional High | |
| Cole Harbour District High School | Cole Harbour District High School | |
| Breton Education Centre | Barrington Municipal High School | |
| DIVISION 3 | West Bedford High School | River Herbert District School |
| New Germany Rural High School | Oxford Regional Education Centre | |
| Shelburne Regional High School | Lockeport Regional High School | |
| Baddeck Academy | Pugwash District High School | |
| Springhill Junior/Senior High School | West Bedford High School | |
| Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre/Academy | St Mary’s Bay Academy | |
| Oxford Regional Education Centre | Hants North Rural School | |
| École Beau-Port | Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre/Academy |
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PROVINCIALS: CPA boys complete threepeat, Horton wins girls banner
The threepeat is complete for the C.P. Allen Cheetahs.
The Cheetahs beat the Citadel Phoenix 84-68 in the School Sport Nova Scotia Division 1 boys’ provincial championship game at Horton High School on Sunday to claim their third straight banner.
The Cheetahs also beat the Phoenix in last year’s final and defeated the Halifax Grammar School Griffins in 2022 to win the school’s first-ever provincial boys’ basketball title.
Tournament MVP Mason Thurber was the top scorer for CPA in the gold medal game with 25 points and Jude Cameron (17) and Riley MacQuarrie (15) also hit double digits. Leading Citadel were: Kanan Christmas (21), Peter Napier (15) and Brycen Clark (13).
Only three other schools have ever won three or more straight Division 1 boys’ basketball titles: Auburn Drive (2013, 2014, 2015), St. Patrick’s (2003, 2004, 2005) and Queen Elizabeth (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986).
The Millwood Knights claimed their second straight bronze medal with a 77-49 win over the host Griffins. The Knights also edged the Griffins in last year’s third-place game.
Biori Twishime (16 points) and Fabian Colley (10) led Millwood and Sam Moore (12) and Decklin Palmer (10) were the top scorers for Horton.
West Kings edged Forest Heights Community School 72-69 in the Division 2 championship game at Saint Mary’s University.
In Division 3 play, Kouper Densmore went off for 40 points on his home court to lead Hants North to a 108-67 win over Lockeport in the championship game. Avery Lloyd scored 24 for Lockeport.
Saint Mary’s Bay beat West Bedford 93-68 to take the bronze medal.
At the girls’ Division 1 championship at Memorial High School in Sydney Mines, Eva O’Brien scored 20 points as Horton downed Halifax West 65-46 to win gold.
Ali Oluyole added 15 for the Griffins and Isobel MacDonald had 12, while Halifax West’s Olivia Logan led all scorers with 21. It’s the second straight silver medal for Halifax West.
Auburn Drive 64, Citadel 55: Nashya Brooks had 16 points and Courteya Oliver-Fraser 14 to deliver a bronze medal for the Eagles.
Stella Niedermayer paced the Phoenix with 14 points.
West Kings beat Amherst Regional High School 69-55 to claim the Division 2 title at Sacred Heart in Halifax. Results from the Division 3 tournament were unavailable.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Horton Griffins win Division 1 girls’ provincial championship in Cape Breton
SYDNEY MINES, N.S. – The Horton Griffins wrapped up the weekend by winning a provincial title in Cape Breton.
Horton defeated the Halifax West Warriors 65-46 to claim the School Sport Nova Scotia Division 1 girls’ basketball provincial championship at Memorial High School in Sydney Mines on Sunday.
Eva O’Brien led the way with 20 points while Ali Oluyole had 15 points and Isobel MacDonald chipped in with 12 points for the Griffins.
Olivia Logan had a game-high 21 points while Ava McNutt had nine points and Maria Davignon and Ally McLean both had six points apiece for the Warriors.
In the bronze medal game, the Auburn Drive Eagles of Westphal beat the Citadel Phoenix of Halifax 64-55 to claim the third-place medal.
The host Memorial Marauders went winless at the event. The team lost 68-29 to North Nova of New Glasgow on Friday, 74-50 to Armbrae of Halifax and in the placement game on Sunday 72-33 to Cobequid Educational Centre Cougars.
Division 1 Boys
The Charles P. Allen Cheetahs of Bedford beat the Citadel Phoenix in the championship game 84-68 at Horton High School in Wolfville.
The Breton Education Centre Bears, who were expected to represent Cape Breton at the tournament, pulled out of the tournament after the team was involved in a three-vehicle accident on Friday morning.
Division 2 Boys
West Kings of Auburn, Kings County, beat Forest Heights Community School of Chester Basin 72-69 in the championship game at Saint Mary’s University, hosted by Sacred Heart School of Halifax.
The Strait Area Education Recreation Centre Saints of Port Hawkesbury went winless at the tournament. The club forfeited its first game on Friday to West Kings before losing 74-60 to Barrington on Saturday and 79-65 to Amherst in the placement game on Sunday.
Division 2 Girls
West Kings downed Amherst Regional High School 69-55 to win the championship title.
The Breton Education Centre Bears posted a 1-2 record at the provincial tournament in Amherst.
BEC lost 57-40 to Cole Harbour on Friday before beating Strait Area Education Recreation Centre of Port Hawkesbury 65-20 on Saturday. The club lost to Northeast Kings Education Centre 53-38 in the bronze medal semifinal.
Strait Area Education Recreation Centre forfeited its first game of the tournament to West Kings. The team was expected to play in the placement game on Sunday, but the result was not made available by tournament organizers.
Division 3
Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre/Academy was scheduled to play in the division 3 boys’ tournament in Kennetcook, but no score results were provided by tournament organizers.
Meanwhile, Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre/Academy, Baddeck Academy and Ecole Beau-Port were scheduled to play in the Division 3 girls’ tournament at West Bedford High School, but no score results were provided by tournament organizers.