OFSAA is very pleased to announce a new partnership with Baron as the Official Ring supplier of OFSAA championships and festivals.
The partnership between OFSAA and Baron Championship Rings signifies a shared vision to honour and celebrate the accomplishments of student-athletes within the Province.
“OFSAA is very pleased and eager to begin this new partnership with Baron,” said Nicole Clarke, Assistant Director of OFSAA. “We are certain that Baron will provide superior championship rings deserving of the achievements of our student-athletes and coaches. We are grateful for Baron’s support.”
“Baron is thrilled to support OFSAA as a Partner, this holds a significant place in our portfolio as a deep-rooted Canadian organization, based in Ontario.” said President of Baron, Drina Baron-Zinyk.
About Baron® Championship Rings:
As a Championship-focused brand, Baron® Championship Rings is relentlessly committed to designing and crafting superior story-driven products. Our mission is to create and deliver Championship Rings that embody the journey, moment, and legacy of our high school, college, and pro-market clients. Our People are the cornerstone of our success. We are dedicated to providing a positive and supportive work environment that fosters growth, development, and innovation.
We believe that when our employees thrive, so do our customers and partners. Our Process is designed to ensure that every Championship Ring we create is of the highest quality, from start to finish. We employ a meticulous approach to every step of the process, from design to production to delivery.
This attention to detail and commitment to excellence is what sets us apart.
Our Product is more than just a Championship Ring; it symbolizes achievement and excellence.
We take pride in creating Championship Rings that are not only visually stunning but also represent the hard work and dedication of the teams and individuals who earn them.
OFSAA is thrilled to announce a new partnership between OFSAA and Worldplay. Worldplay is now “The Official Live Streaming Service Partner of OFSAA.”
This partnership will bring online video streaming services to OFSAA indoor team championships, managed using the Vidflex™ video platform. This service will enable live streaming on mobile devices, tablets, and desktops. It’s a flexible Pay-Per-View subscription model that ensures a shared revenue venture for both parties.
But it’s more than just streaming; this partnership provides an opportunity for Worldplay and OFSAA to train and support students and teachers in the online video production process, enhancing the viewing experience for fans.
Moreover, OFSAA will use this partnership to offer development resources to athletes, coaches, and referees through full-game On-Demand video downloads during and after the championships.
In addition, every member school will have the ability to live stream their school tournaments and events on their own channel using the OFSAA video platform.
Get ready to catch all the live basketball and volleyball action on the new OFSAA-branded streaming platform, live.ofsaa.on.ca, starting from November 23rd to 25th!
About Vidflex™: Vidflex™ is a Worldplay service dedicated to providing the best online streaming solution for sports organizations across Canada. We specialize in streaming championships and league games. When you sign up with Vidflex™, you gain access to a custom-branded live streaming platform. We operate on a shared revenue model, ensuring a professional and seamless streaming experience for OFSAA and its fans.
MHSAA is excited to announce a new partnership that will see the Spalding Legacy TF-1000 Legacy ball becoming the official basketball of the MHSAA Provincial Basketball Championships. Thank you Spalding for your support of high school athletics!
Abby Melvin scored twice as the Halifax West Warriors edged the C.P. Allen Cheetahs 2-1 to defend their School Sports Nova Scotia Division 1 girls’ soccer championship on Saturday at Mainland North Common.
Reagan Wagg had the Cheetahs’ marker.
Wagg struck in the fourth minute for the Cheetahs, who carried the lead into the second half. Melvin tied the game in the 61st minute and put the Warriors ahead in the 68th minute. The championship is the 12th in 20 years for the Warriors.
In the bronze medal game, Citadel blanked Riverview 2-0.
In the boys’ Division 1 final, Citadel blanked C.P. Allen 3-0 while Halifax West dropped the Woodlawn Panthers 5-1 in the bronze medal game.
At the Division 2 girls’ championship, Halifax Grammar School Gryphons downed the Island View Devils 6-2 to take the banner. West Kings topped Breton Education Centre 2-0 for the bronze medal.
Host Sacred Heart defeated Annapolis West Education Centre 3-1 to win the Division 3 boys’ championship. West Bedford blanked Springhill 5-0 for the bronze medal.
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER: Cape Breton teams fall in Division 1, 2 semifinals
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The gold medal hopes for three Cape Breton high school soccer teams came to an end in School Sport Nova Scotia Soccer Provincial Championship action on Friday.
In Division 1 Girls action in Bedford, the Riverview Ravens fell 5-0 to the Charles P. Allen (CPA) Cheetahs, the championship hosts. Riverview will play the Citadel Phoenix for the provincial bronze medal on Saturday at 10 a.m. CPA will advance to the final at 12:30 p.m. where they will face the Halifax West Warriors.
At the Breton Education Centre in New Waterford, the host Division 2 Boys BEC Bears dropped their semifinal on Friday afternoon 4-0 to the Sommet Cougars. BEC will play the Mosaique Mustangs for bronze at 10 a.m. Saturday. Sommet will get a shot at provincial Division 2 gold at 12 p.m., when they face the West Colchester Coyotes.
At the Division 2 Girls championships in Auburn, the BEC Bears were downed 3-1 by the Island View Devils on Friday. BEC will play the host West Kings Wolverines for the bronze medal on Saturday at 10 a.m. Island View advances to the gold medal game against the Halifax Grammar Gryphons at 12 p.m.
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Breton Education Centre, Baddeck Academy to host high school soccer provincials this week
SYDNEY, N.S. — The Breton Education Centre Bears and Baddeck Academy Broncos will host School Sport Nova Scotia soccer provincial tournaments this week.
The Bears will host the Division 2 boys’ tournament today and Saturday at MacKinnon Field in New Waterford.
École Secondaire du Sommet of Halifax, École secondaire Mosaïque of Dartmouth and South Colchester Academy of Brookfield will also be in the tournament.
BEC will open the tournament at noon today against Sommet, while Mosaïque and South Colchester will play at 2:30 p.m.
The bronze medal game will be Saturday at 10 a.m. followed by the championship game at noon.
Meanwhile, in Baddeck, the Broncos will host the Division 3 girls’ tournament at Stephen MacDermid Memorial Sports Field.
Joining Baddeck Academy in the tournament will be Oxford, New Germany and Tatamagouche.
New Germany and Oxford will play at 12 p.m. followed by Baddeck and Tatamagouche at 2:30 p.m.
The bronze medal and championship games are slated for Saturday at 10 a.m. and noon respectively.
In other provincial tournaments this week, Riverview High School will be in Bedford for the Division 1 girls’ event. The Ravens will open its championship hunt against the host Charles P. Allen at 2 p.m today.
Halifax West and Citadel are also in the Division 1 tournament.
In Division 2 girls’ action, BEC will travel to Auburn for their provincial tournament. The Bears will play Island View of Eastern Passage at 12 p.m. today.
Halifax Grammar School and West Kings are also taking part in the event.
The junior varsity girls’ provincial championships were held last weekend in Wolfville. Riverview claimed the silver medal at the tournament.
– Jeremy Fraser is the sports reporter for the Cape Breton Post. Follow him on X (Twitter) @CBPost_Jeremy.
OFSAA 2023 Cross Country Individual and Team Champions
OFSAA 2022 Cross Country Championships
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
NOVICE GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL
Rebecca Pribaz, Northern Secondary School
Kate Nagy, Newmarket High School
Micah Carswell, École secondaire catholique Père René-de-Galinée
NOVICE GIRLS TEAM
École secondaire catholique Thériault, NEOAA
St Maxmilliam Kolbe Catholic High School, YRAA
Northern Secondary School, TDSSAA
JUNIOR GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL
Eleanor Voykin, Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
Riley Innes, Sir William Mulock Secondary School
Keiva Birmingham, Northern Secondary School
JUNIOR GIRLS TEAM
Holy Names Catholic High School, SWOSSAA
Collingwood Collegiate Institute, GBSSA
I E Weldon Secondary School, COSSA
SENIOR GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL
Emily Cescon, De La Salle College
Stephanie Bertram, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute
Hanna Hollins, Dunbarton High School
SENIOR GIRLS TEAM
Vincent Massey Secondary School, SWOSSAA
Malvern Collegiate Institute, TDSSAA
Northern Secondary School. TDSSAA
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SILVER
NOVICE BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL
William Thomas, Riverdale Collegiate Institute
Timothy Woods, Denis Morris Catholic High School
Emmett Leary, Georgian Bay Community School
NOVICE BOYS TEAM
Dundas Valley Secondary School, SOSSA
Neil McNeil High School, TDCAA
St Marys District Collegiate and Vocational Institute, WOSSAA
JUNIOR BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL
Brody Clark, Milton District High School
William Scharf, Riverdale Collegiate Institute
Jack Gregory, Napanee District Secondary School
JUNIOR BOYS TEAM
Neil McNeil High School, TDSSAA
Colonel By Secondary School, NCSSAA
Sir Winston Churchill, SOSSA
SENIOR BOYS’ INDIVIDUAL
Ian McAllister, London Central Secondary School
Travis Gaffney, St Mary Catholic High School (EOSSAA)
David Jiang, Upper Canada College
SENIOR BOYS TEAM
Glebe Collegiate Institute, NCSSAA
London Central Secondary School, WOSSAA
Neil McNeil High School, TDSSAA
PARA ATHLETEC MALE
Anthony Cigan, St Joseph’s Catholic High School (SWOSSAA)
Ali Mussa Ali, Bluevale Collegiate Institute
Mohanad Kuhail, St Joseph’s Catholic High School (WOSSAA)
PARA ATHLETE FEMAL
Ella Heeler, Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School
Faith Magyar, M M Robinson High School
Ziva Calder, Georgetown District High School
École secondaire catholique Thériault, NEOAA
Dundas Valley Secondary School, SOSSA
Holy Names Catholic High School, SWOSSAA
Neil McNeil High School, TDSSAA
Vincent Massey Secondary School, SWOSSAA
Glebe Collegiate Institute, NCSSAA
Click here for the list of participants by age group
What a day! At the OFSAA XC provincial championships the Neil McNeil xc team won its THIRD CONSECUTIVE OVERALL BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP! All 18 athletes left Centennial Park with a medal. The senior boys placed 3rd, the novice boys placed 2nd, and the junior boys won! This is quite an amazing accomplishment and the coaches are extremely proud of this entire team! Congratulations on a great season! #brotherhood#OFSAA#OFSAAXC#OFSAAXC2023#makinghistory
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Mustangs repeat senior girls’ title at OFSAA cross country while Knights claim junior girls crown
Author of the article: Jim Parker • Windsor Star Published Nov 05, 2023
Freshman Anieu Chan helped the Massey Mustangs defend its team title in the senior girls’ division at the OFSAA cross-country championships on Saturday in Etobicoke. PHOTO BY DAN JANISSE /Windsor Star
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It was a title defence for the Massey Mustangs and a first for the Holy Names Knights on Saturday.
The Mustangs repeated as team champions in the senior girls’ division while the Knights claimed the school’s first-ever division title taking the junior girls’ title at the OFSAA cross-country championships at Centennial Park in Etobicoke. St. Joseph’s Anthony Cigan earned the area’s third gold medal by taking the mixed para 4km race.
“To do it again is amazing,” 17-year-old Layla Masse, who was the first Massey runner across the finish line, said of the repeat. “Everyone was so dedicated to pushing and meeting expectations of last year.”
Three Massey runners returned from last year’s championship team in Masse, who placed 23rd over the 6km course in 23 minutes and 14.11 seconds, Ella Heredi, who was 30th in 23:24.94, and Julia Scarrow, who was 55th in 24:08.54. Massey’s other scoring runner was Grade 9 student Anieu Chan, who was right behind Masse in 24th place in 23:14.67. Vivian Hu, who was 207th, rounded out the team.
“The biggest challenge at being at OFSAA was the competition and the course and I couldn’t have done this without my amazing teammates,” the 14-year-old Chan said. “I just feel like we’re a team and we just wanted to keep pushing. I’ve never experienced an event like this.”
In a race that started with 275 runners, Masse said it was a matter of team members picking each other up along the way.
“Anieu and I helped each other,” Masse said. “There was a point where I caught up to her and she was hurting and I said, ‘Do it for the team’ and then, when I started hurting, Anieu pushed me on. It was great that we pushed each other to the end of the line and Ella came up and pushed us, too.”
Massey’s team score of 132 was 72 points ahead of its closest rival and the Knights were just as dominant in winning the junior girls’ title with 115 points, which was 79 points ahead of the second-place team.
“I was hoping for this to happen,” said the Knights’ Sophia Prantera, who led the team with a sixth-place finish overall over the 5km course in 17:26.43. “We were fifth last year (in the novice division) and we were hoping for it.”
The 15-year-old Prantera called it a challenging course.
“The course was so hard,” Prantera said. “There was so much gravel, my feet were killing me.
“You never know how a race is going to go and I’m super excited. Usually at the start, you can tell how it goes. At the start, I got out in third place and I knew it was going to be a good race.”
Kacie Gelinas was 23rd in 18:24.51, Makenna St. Louis was 39th in 18:50.81 and Emily Owen completed the team’s four scoring runners with a 47th-place finish in 19:10.74. Lyla Mascaro, who was 191st, rounded out the team.
“It means so much because I’ve been training,” Prantera said. “I could never imagine this happening. My team, they worked so hard to get us first place, which is amazing.
“Honestly, I was so tired (at the end) I just laid on the floor and, as teammates came through, someone said, ‘We won’ and we all started jumping around.”
Cigan was able to defend his title over the 4km race in a time of 14:39.96, which bettered his winning time of 17:53.53 from a year ago.
Meanwhile, the Villanova Wildcats finished seventh in novice boys’ team competition led by Colin Antonucci, who was 48th over the 4km course in 14:02.08.
