HT feels pain on the court in OFSAA consolation final

Squaring off against E.S. Paincourt for the second time at OFSAA, the senior boys basketball team from Holy Trinity was looking to win again as they had done in the opening match on Monday, despite struggling from the free-throw line and with turnover.

However, in the consolation final today, HT trailed for much of playing time, dropping a close one, 30-28, to settle for second place in the relegation bracket.

The boys survived sending a Paincourt player to the foul line with 4.7 seconds left.  As he failed to capitalize, that gave the Falcons one last chance at the tie. 

Matt McRae had it, moving the ball up court, firing it at the buzzer only to have it clank off the rim. Kevin Aleinik was the team's top scorer with 11 points in the contest.

In the gold medal final, defending champion Academie Mere Teresa Jaguars from Hamilton put on an offensive clinic, pounding Kenora's St. Thomas Aquinas High School Saints 96-48 to retain the provincial A title.