WATERLOO, Ont. (November 2, 2013) – Cross-town rivals the Resurrection Phoenix and Sir John A. MacDonald Highlanders will meet for the fourth straight time in the OFSAA field hockey championship after winning their semifinal matches this morning to advance.

No 1 seeded Sir John A. MacDonald SS (Waterloo) edged No. 6 Pickering HS (Pickering)  2-1 with Taytum Clairmont and Nicole Woodcroft scoring for the Highlanders in the win.  Pickering’s Kendra Price opened the game scoring in the first half before Clairmont evened the score just three minutes later.

Host Resurrection CSS (Kitchener) advanced with a strong 3-0 win over Oakville Trafalgar HS (Oakville) in their semifinal match to advance. Katherine MacMillian netted the first two goals of the game to lead the Phoenix.  Hannah Askin also scored in the win.

This marks the fourth consecutive time that Sir John A. MacDonald and Resurrection have met in the OFSAA championship with Resurrection walking away as the champions the last three seasons.   Scores of the previous games have been 1-0, 4-0 and 1-0 in favour of Resurrection.

Resurrection is aiming for its fourth consecutive OFSAA championship and is looking to tie St. John’s Kilmarnock (Breslau, Ont.), Notre Dame CHS (Burlington, Ont.) and South Huron DHS (Exeter, Ont.) as the only four-time champions in OFSAA field hockey history.  If they succeed this afternoon they will also be the second school in history to win four championships consecutively joining St. John’s Kilmarnock as the only other team to do so. St. John’s Kilmarnock accomplished this feat from 2006-2009 just prior to Resurrection’s reign.

For their part, Sir John A. MacDonald enter play as the top ranked seed having won last week’s CWOSSA championship with a 1-0 over the Phoenix.  This is also the second time the Highlanders have been ranked higher than the Phoenix coming into the event.

Before the gold medal game, Oakville Trafalgar and Pickering will face off in the bronze medal game beginning at 12:00pm on St. David’s CSS Field.  The gold medal game goes at 1:30pm immediately following the bronze game.

The 2013 OFSAA Field Hockey Championship is jointly hosted by District 8 Athletic Association and Resurrection Catholic Secondary School in Kitchener – Waterloo.

This is the sixth time since 1979 that the region has hosted this event with the last coming in 2009. The region also hosted in 2005 (Kitchener-Waterloo), 2004 (Breslau), 1999 (Breslau) and 1988 (Waterloo).  It also marks the first time in District 8 Athletic Association’s 23-year history that the district or a school within its association has hosted an OFSAA level event.

To follow the 2013 OFSAA Field Hockey Championship in progress visit www.ofsaa.on.ca/field-hockey and go to the schedule & results page. Unofficial live scores along with goal scorers will be posted in realtime online in this section.  You can also follow directly at: http://www.mystatsonline.com/hockey/visitor/league/schedule_scores/schedule.aspx?IDLeague=5251&header=no&css=left

 

2013 OFSAA Field Hockey Championship
Kitchener – Waterloo, Ontario

Medal Round (Nov. 2)
GOLD MEDAL GAME: No. 1 Sir John A. MacDonald SS (Waterloo) vs. No. 2 Resurrection CSS (Kitchener) @ St. David CSS Field (1:30pm)

BRONZE MEDAL GAME: No. 6 Pickering (Pickering) vs. No. 3 Oakville Trafalgar HS (Oakville) @ St. David CSS Field (12:00pm)

Semifinal Results(Nov. 2)
SF1: Sir John A. MacDonald SS (Waterloo) def. Pickering HS (Pickering) 2-1
SF2: Resurrection CSS (Kitchener) def. No. 3 Oakville Trafalgar HS (Oakville) 3-0

Quarterfinal Results (Nov. 1)
QF1: Pickering HS (Pickering) def. Goderich DCI (Goderich) 2-1 (so)
QF2: Oakville Trafalgar HS (Oakville) def. Merivale HS (Ottawa) 5-0
QF3: Sir John A. MacDonald (Kitchener) def. Nelson HS (Burlington) 5-0
QF4: Resurrection CSS (Kitchener) def. Saltfleet DHS (Stoney Creek) 3-1

Final Pool Play Results (Oct 31-Nov. 1)

Pool A
GM 1: Sir John A. MacDonald SS (Kitchener) def. Ajax HS (Ajax) 5-0
GM 2: Saltfleet DHS (Stoney Creek) def. Clarkson SS (Mississauga) 5-3
GM 11: Clarkson SS (Mississauga) def. Ajax HS (Ajax) 2-1
GM 12: Sir John A. MacDonald SS (Kitchener) def. Saltfleet DHS (Stoney Creek) 6-1
GM 21 Sir John A. MacDonald SS (Kitchener) def. Clarkson SS (Mississauga) 5-0
GM 23: Saltfleet DHS (Stoney Creek) def. Ajax HS (Ajax) 5-0

* No. 1 Sir John A. MacDonald SS (3-0) and Saltfleet DHS (2-1) advance to quarterfinal games

Pool B
GM 3: Resurrection CSS (Kitchener) def. Havergal College (Toronto) 2-0
GM 4: Nelson HS (Burlington) def. Bill Crothers SS (Unionville) 2-1
GM 9: Nelson HS (Burlington) ties Havergal College (Toronto) 1-1
GM 10: Resurrection CSS (Kitchener) def. Bill Crothers SS (Unionville) 5-0
GM 22: Resurrection CSS (Kitchener) def. Nelson HS (Burlington) 4-0
GM 24: Havergal College ties Bill Crothers SS (Unionville) 0-0

*No 2. Resurrection CSS (3-0) and No. 7 Nelson HS (1-1-1) advance to quarterfinals games

Pool C

GM 5: Oakville Trafalgar HS (Oakville) def. Michael Power/St. Joseph CSS (Toronto) 3-0
GM 6: Pickering HS (Pickering) def. North Hastings HS (Bancroft) 5-0
GM 15: Oakville Trafalgar HS (Oakville) def. North Hastings HS (Bancroft) 5-0
GM 16: Pickering HS (Pickering) def. Michael Power/St. Joseph CSS (Toronto) 4-2
GM 17: Oakville Trafalgar HS (Oakville) def. Pickering HS (Pickering) 2-0
GM 19: Michael Power / St. Joseph (Toronto) def. North Hastings HS (Bancroft) 3-1

*No. 3 Oakville Traflagar HS (3-0) and No. 6 Pickering HS (2-1) advance to quarterfinals games

Pool D
GM 7: Merivale HS (Ottawa) ties Malvern (Toronto) 2-2
GM 8: Goderich DCI (Goderich) def. Regiopolis-Notre Dame CHS (Kingston) 2-0
GM 13: Merivale HS (Ottawa) ties Regiopolis-Notre Dame CHS (Kingston) 0-0
GM 14: Goderich DCI (Goderich) def. Malvern CI (Toronto) 2-1
GM 18: Merivale HS (Ottawa) def. Goderich DCI (Goderich DCI) 3-1
GM 20: Malvern CI (Toronto) def. Regiopolis-Notre Dame CHS (Kingston) 2-1

*No. 5 Goderich DCI (2-1) and No. 4 Merivale HS (1-0-2) advance to quarterfinals games