The Loyola hawks of Oakville took home their second straight halton championship in a close game that went down to the wire in OT capped by Mike Andrews putting the nail in the coffin with an exclamatory jam!! I believe the score was 48-43 in favor of Loyola.. the refs were BRUTALLL for at least 97% of the game. Loyola persevered and dug deep, proving that they are the TRUE champions of HALTON!

LOYOLAS SOFT

http://www.thestar.com/sports/highschool/article/770615--high-school-male-athlete-of-the-week

Good job

As for Magic, thanks for your insightful and intelligent comments you are true to form....stick to commenting on REDA and last years Assumption team as you have done in the past.

Loyola demonstrated some real grit last night as they defeated Nelson. In the past 10 years Loyola were the whipping boys for Nelson as they always seem to fight it out for Halton's AAA rep.

Some observations.

It was ironic that Loyola used the methodical slow down game against Nelson as this has been one tactic Stacey has used for years. Nelson had to abandon the zone and this played into Loyola's strenght as Persutti, L'Africain and others were able to penetrate, score and draw fouls.

Nelson very seldom beats itself with careless turnovers, although Loyola also gave the ball away, it was Nelson that committed crucial turnovers when the game was on the line.

I didn't think that Nelson could be beat on the boards but I felt that last night Loyola marginally did. Loyola's big man(Andrews?) as well as Boney came up with key offensive rebounds and crucial put backs.

Campbell had a good game for Nelson but Marshall was kept in check, a good game but not a dominate one, Nelson's shooter(name?) had on off night by his standards and it impacted on the result.

For me, after watching Nelson play for years, they appeared to be the team that rushed and could not execute when it really mattered. That being said they could have easily
won if Loyola had buckled like so many other teams have done in the past when the game was on the line.

One man's opinion.......

george wrote:

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As for Magic, thanks for your insightful and intelligent comments you are true to form....stick to commenting on REDA and last years Assumption team as you have done in the past.

Loyola demonstrated some real grit last night as they defeated Nelson. In the past 10 years Loyola were the whipping boys for Nelson as they always seem to fight it out for Halton's AAA rep.

Some observations.

It was ironic that Loyola used the methodical slow down game against Nelson as this has been one tactic Stacey has used for years. Nelson had to abandon the zone and this played into Loyola's strenght as Persutti, L'Africain and others were able to penetrate, score and draw fouls.

Nelson very seldom beats itself with careless turnovers, although Loyola also gave the ball away, it was Nelson that committed crucial turnovers when the game was on the line.

I didn't think that Nelson could be beat on the boards but I felt that last night Loyola marginally did. Loyola's big man(Andrews?) as well as Boney came up with key offensive rebounds and crucial put backs.

Campbell had a good game for Nelson but Marshall was kept in check, a good game but not a dominate one, Nelson's shooter(name?) had on off night by his standards and it impacted on the result.

For me, after watching Nelson play for years, they appeared to be the team that rushed and could not execute when it really mattered. That being said they could have easily
won if Loyola had buckled like so many other teams have done in the past when the game was on the line.

One man's opinion.......

who kept marshall in check george?? in fact you missed the best defender of the game, the difference maker on both ends of the floor.

So you agree, Marshall was kept in check?

Thanks Luc.

get off loyolas jock lololol ahahaha

I agree that it is a nice display of brotherly loyalty to boost your own brother,Luke.

But doing it under a cloak of annonymity kind of cheapens the process.

Also- somewhat pathetic to be living vicariously through your younger brother.

george wrote:

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So you agree, Marshall was kept in check?

Thanks Luc.

your welcome Colin.

The difference in that game IMHO were two things -- Michel had a bad shooting day and Andrews had a big game on the offensive glass.