Just For The Fun Of It

Today we continue our series about the origins of the major awards that you will see presented at the banquet on March 2nd with the story behind the Gerry Besselink Award. We hope these features will help you understand the significance of these awards that have been a big part of our 70 year history.

Results of Games Played Tuesday February 18, 2025

Wildcats 20 (Thomas Morgenstern 14, Sawyer Rix 4, Oden Rising 2); Wolfpack 12 (Blake Thomson 4, Mason Hart 4, Oaken Hart-Hillier 2, Connor Burton 2)

Hoosiers 16 (Owen Morris Pocock 6, Jackson Reason 4, Colt Denison 2, Hudson Gervais 2, Lennox Denison 2); Mustangs 12 (Morrie Mignault 4, Ryker Reis 2, Kade Gibson 2, Cooper Adams 2, Ahmed Abdoulhafize 2)

Hoyas 36 (Wyatt Petras 10, Leyton Locke 10, Sebastian Wood 8, Zephyr Thompson 6, Colter Pedole 2); Jayhawks 16 (Spencer MacGregor 8, Mac Woods 4, James Postma 2, Lincoln Henry 2)

Huskies 23 (Josh Shibley 6, Ellis Simpson 5, Miles Olner 4, Ike Obilor 4, Owen Soucy 2, Carson Lina 2); Tarheels 16 (Adam Perez 6, Airyck Miller 4, Jacob Moniz 2, Nathan Sitoski 2, Bronson Derochie 2)

With last games of the season being played in the next few days in all divisions we thought a few details about the banquet would help with family planning for the event.

Timing and Location: Sunday March 2, 2025 at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Hall. Doors open at noon and we will start serving food shortly after that. The show starts at one and we usually wrap up by 3 pm.

Attendance: Space is limited at the hall, so we ask that NO MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE ATTEND WITH YOUR PLAYER. We encourage extended families to come to the last games of the season to support your players at these special games. If you want to drop off your player to attend the banquet on their own, please plan on being there by 3pm for your prearranged pick up. (We will not have supervision for this process)

Restricted Diets: We will have a limited number of Halal and vegetarian hot dogs available through the kitchen helpers. Please identify yourself to the people there for assistance. If you have gluten issues we ask that you please bring your own buns to the event.

Special Effects: For our opening we sometimes use special effects including strobe lights.

Family Reunification Post Banquet: Since the players sit apart from the adults, we ask that you preplan where to meet with your child after the event concludes. Our recommendation is that you meet at or near the ticket selling desks near the main entry doors if you have concerns.

Posters: There will be a number of posters on display at the banquet. We ask that you leave them in place until after the event, and then you are free to remove those containing photos of your child. 

Post Banquet Help: If you can spare a few minutes after the banquet to help with clean up that would be greatly appreciated.

Results of Games Played Monday February 17, 2025

Heat 75 (Oliver Boal 16, Matthew Edmunds 14, Luca Lagvine 4, Theo Sothman 26, Coby Yonick-Mundacruz 15); Warriors 58 (Dylan Sutton 2, Noah Heisterkamp 36, Charlie Bellemore 8, Aiden O’Connor 2, Calum MacDonald 4, Brayden Babcock 6)

Sixers 52 (Nathan Orr 6, Dylan Johnston 11, Jacob Piat 2, Devon Johnston 6, Ruben Collins 8, Elliot Zouros 8, Carsen Webster 11); Bulls 49 (Jackson Burtch 6, Colton Irwin 3, Jack O’Connor Wordley 13, Raymond Fiegen 2, Chase Leonardo 9, Brady Warren 6, Wesley Black 10)

Hawks 57 (Mason Beleza 7, Colton Olner 2, Joshua Romero Brown 15, Oscar Martinez Munier 6, Ayden Freeman 4, Freddy Warren 23); Celtics 55 (JJ Stotz 10, Isaac De Los Santos Castillo 20, Howie Moulton 13, Matthew Leveridge 5, Greydon Malinowski 7)

As we continue our series about the stories behind the trophies that you will see presented at our annual awards banquet March 2, today we are featuring the Lenny Falcoa Team of the Year Awards. We hope you have enjoyed this look at some of what makes the 70 year history of our league so special.

Today we continue our look at the stories behind the trophies that you will see presented at the banquet on March 2nd with the origin of the Trinity VanHeddegem Memorial. A reminder that a complete list of trophy winners can be found on our web site and can be sorted by trophy, year or winners name.

Results of Games Played Monday February 17, 2025

Jazz 38 (Jack Rooney 12, John Allen 8, Bentley Cornelius 8, Kale Svensson 4, Emett Grant 4); Nuggets 35 (Jaden Huganas 19, Miles Cahill 10, Zayden Dunford=Salter 4, Connor Warren 2)

Suns 64 (Lucas Valente 30, Moses Milkon 14, Lincoln Locke 10, Jack Lee 4, Dominic Boudreau 2, Ryker Blacklaus 2, Ben Arnold 2); Orange 43 (Avery Boehme 20, Logn Hollywood 15, Devan Hunter 8)

Spurs 29 (Kolton Buscaino 12, Will Huddle 8, Cecil MacKenzie 5, Noah McCarthy 2, Tahjae Daley 2); Raptors 28 (Simon Broome 10, Silas Vickery 6, Christopher MacKenzie-Mills 5, Hyden Thain 4, Lochlan Roberts 3)

Magic 37 (Emerson Cox 14, Sebastian Romero-Mathews 8, Jason Ventura 8, Liam Kirkpatrick 4, George Shayo 2, Bentley Babcock 1); Grizzlies 23 (Tajae Daley 7, Henry Couto 6, Kohen Pyke 5, Colby Lina 4, Joey Chartrand 1)

Today we continue our review of the major awards that will be presented at the year end banquet March 2nd with the Tony Pettitt Award. We hope that these reviews will help give some perspective to families about the significance of these awards.

Today we continue our look at the origins of the major awards that will be presented at the banquet on March 2nd with the Carm Londry Trophy. Past winners of this , and all awards can be viewed on our web site by clicking on the tab ABOUT and the Past Trophy Winners option from the drop down menu. There are sort options by year, Trophy and name.

As we start to wind down this 70th Anniversary season and head toward the year end banquet, we thought it would be good to revisit the origins of the special trophies and awards that will be presented there. Over the next ten days we will share with you those origins so can better appreciate the significant contributions of the recipients this year. As with all of our trophy winners you can search past recipients on our web site justforthefunofit.ca, click on the about tab and you will see Past Award Winners. the list can be sorted by award to see all recipients, by year, or by name.

Today we start with the Don “Pete” Petersen Award