The winter athletics season has come to an end at the Prep. While this winter seemed long, it was a season of growth, teamwork, and fun for our Prep athletes.

Our eight Prep basketball teams had great seasons, and the U13 A team had a very strong finish. Led by Year 7 Form Adviser John Berney, the team won the CISAA championship with a spirited win over Crescent.

The Alpine team, made up of Year 7 and Year 8 students, had 4 training and race days over the season. They peaked at the right moment under Coach Nancy Preston, as the team won the overall CISAA Championship at Mansfield last week. The team was led by Addison Blott, who won the CISAA individual championship.

The Prep Swim team, made up of students in Year 5, 6, and 7, had an incredible season under Coaches Colalillo, Labancz and Trelford. Our Prep swimmers won each age category and the overall CISAA Championship. Congratulations!

The three Prep hockey teams had an exciting end to the season. The Year 5 and 6 team participated in the final CISAA tournament at UCC. The College hosted all 10 CISAA teams, and the Year 6 team (U12) secured third place after falling to a very skilled Aurora team in the semis. 

The U14 Prep hockey team, fresh off a Montreal tournament victory, had a strong end to the regular season by defeating Crestwood and UCC’s Year 8 team to secure third place in the CISAA standings. The Year 7’s defeated the Year 8’s again in the first playoff game to reach the Frozen Four in Aurora. In the semi-finals, the Year 7’s fell to a strong team from Bathurst and St. Clair but rallied to defeat Crescent in the bronze medal game. This was an incredible accomplishment for the team in a grade-8-dominated league. 

As the winter season comes to a close with warmer weather on the horizon, let's take a brief moment to celebrate all that was accomplished by our athletes. We had 14 competitive teams spend countless hours training and honing their skills from November to March to better themselves as individuals and as a collective. More than 270 individual fixtures were played — truly a busy season! 

Winter Highlights

Swimming: 

• Won Jr Boys, Sr Boys, Open Boys and Overall Boys CISAA championships and sent 22 athletes to OFSAA to represent the College

Basketball: 

• Hosted the annual Blue and White tournament, a junior event that saw some great competition come together

• Hosted the inaugural Larry Lajeunesse Tournament honouring an incredible person, teacher and coach

• U14 continued to develop and improve as the season went on, playing their best basketball in their last game, winning Bronze versus a tenacious Crestwood Prep team

• U16B tied for first in their division in the regular season, going 6-1, but falling short in a tough loss to TFS in the semi-finals

• U16A went undefeated in the regular season and won the championship

• Varsity basketball beat Crescent in overtime of the CISAA championships to take home the league trophy for the first time in 25 years

Alpine:

• Open Boys won Silver at CISAAs and sent the team to OFSAA where they won a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom

Squash:

• The U16 Squash team demonstrated the key fundamentals required to develop in any endeavour - a positive attitude and willingness to push themselves to develop. Their improvement throughout the season was outstanding

• Varsity squash won their 11th straight CISAA championship!

Hockey:

• JV Hockey had an outstanding season, making it to the CISAA finals, where they played a great game but ultimately fell short to RSGC in a shootout

• U14 and U16 came together as teams and showed incredible sportsmanship and dedication as they worked to improve and compete each and every day

• U15AAA travelled to Minnesota to compete against Shattuck St. Mary's (whose alumni include Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon and Macklin Celebrini)

• U16AAA made the finals of the Whitby Silver Stick and earned a spot in the OHL Cup, being played in Toronto at the end of March

• Varsity looks to win the CPSHA final tournament for the second year in a row. The team is also sending a group to compete at the Texas Shootout Showcase in Dallas