Just For The Fun Of It

It has been brought to my attention that there was an error on the website schedule concerning games this week. That has been corrected now. The paper schedules distributed at the start of the season are correct. Here are the games for this week in the correct order.

Wednesday January 15

6:00 Sting vs Liberty

6:45 Storm vs Stars

7:30 Sparks vs Sky

8:15 Mercury vs Dream

Please share this post to get the word out as broadly as possible, and my apologies for the error and the confusion it has caused.

Results of Games Played Thursday, January 9, 2025

Golden Gals 30 (Harper Langridge 14, Everly Bell 6, Monroe McCall 6, Ava Kempe 2, Chloe Spencer 2); Tigers 17 (Emily Valletta 6, Zayla McKim-Moore 5, Avery Doering 4, Katie Best-Taylor 2)

Lions 22 (Claire Sweet 8, Delilah Reynolds 6, Ellie Bolton 4, Vanessa Marrison 2, Madison Garrett 2); Rebels 10 (Avelynn MacDonald 6, Rose Rooney 2, Lydia Stott 2)

Monarchs 20 (Gwendolyn Amos 4, Peyton Richardson 4, Clara McKeown 4, Mackenzie McCarthy 2, Ellie Gibson 2, Emma Harmsen 2, Ella Gallagher 2); Rockers 19 (Madeline Hall 6, Violet Cornelius 4, Zoe Marleau 2, Ainsley Kennedy 2, Reave Vandervelt 2, Ariana Mitchell 2, Neziya Poser 1)

Aztecs 28 (Mavis Cantarutti 12, Olivia Emery 8, Everly Campbell 4, Serenity Smith 2, Naomi Morrison 2); Slammers 10 (Kamila DaSilva 4, Delilah Quann 2, Isla Vignacourt 2, Hannah Goldie 1, Aubree Lawler-Running 1)

Results of Games Played Wednesday January 8, 2025.

Sky 26 (Lottie O’ Donnell 12 , Sadie O’Donnell 4 , Jouslynn Perrin 4, Ellery Sullivan 2, Hailey Hewett 2, Reece Menzies 2); Storm 20 (Evy Dixon 8, Adriana Bracciodieta 4, Taleah Blacklaw 4, Annalise Wordley 2,Amarachi Obilor 2)

Starzz 32 (Mayo Beiko 8, Mira Vanyolai 4, Taliyah Armstrong 4, Hailey Gundert 4 , Skylar Kirkland 4, Findley Dunlop 2, Willa Murphy 2, Stella Boussougou 2 Lillien Dennie 2); Sparks 17 (Brooklyn Freeman 4, Sydney Cox 4, Ava Schmidt 2, Ava Eileen 2, Miller Stevenson 2. Drianna Donelly 2, Claire Rix 1)

Dream 34 (Gabriella Mundacruz 20 , Abigail Cook 4, Monarch Malinowski 2, Brooklyn Knott 2, Maddalena Castro 2, Dani Faulkner 2, Hannah Hanwell 2); Sting 30 (Lily Ann Scott 12, , Aya Abdoulhafize 8, Maeve Huddle 4, Anastasza Windover 2, Isabele Cook-Dafoe 2, Hudson Mac Gregor 2)

Mercury 33 (Abigail Eamer 12, Kaydence Ryan 11, Abby Stott 8 , Emma Griffin 2); Liberty 31 (Hailey Henderson 14, Jaden Hope 6, Skyla -Marie Marchand 4, Charlotte Grundy 3, Hannah Spencer 2, Avery Serson 2)

Results of Games Played Tuesday January 7, 2024

Jayhawks 24 (Spencer MacGregor 10, Lincoln Henry 6, James Postma 2, Gerald Kelly 2, Davi Castro 2, Charlie Henry 2); Wildcats 18 (Thomas Morgenstern 10, Sebastian Menesses 4, Malcolm McLarty 2, Matteo Turner 2)

Hoyas 20 (Wyatt Petras 8, Litto Vieira 4, Leyton Locke 4, Ben McMillian 2, Zephyr Thompson 2); Mustangs 8 (Ryker Reis 4, Ahmad Abdoulhafize 4)


Wolfpack 18 (Blake Thomson 12, Mason Harr 2, Connor Burton 2, Jace Decaire 2); Huskies 14 (Ike Obilor 4, Simon McMillan 4, Miles Olner 2, Josh Shibley 2, Jesse Bullock 2)

Hoosiers 36 (Colt Denison 10, Kingslee Beushley 10, Owen Morris Pocock 8, Logan Gilbert 6, Hudsyn Gervais 2); Tarheels 16 (Jace Menard 6, Nathan Sitoski 4, Adam Perez 2, Airyck Miller 2, Evander Girard 2)

Results of Games Played January 6, 2025

Sixers 67 (Nathan Orr 8, Bacher Abdoulhafize 2, Dylan Johnston 16, Jacob Piat 2, Devon Johnston 2, Ruben Collins 3, Elliot Zouros 11, Carsen Webster 8, Heath Coombes 15); Bulls 59 (Colton Irwin 4, Jack O’Connor Wordley 6, Raymond Fiegen 5, Keoni Larson 6, Chase Leonardo 9, Cole Bransfield 2, Brady Warren 2, Wesley Black 16, Axil Fritz 9)

Celtics 61 (Simon Drumm 7, JJ Stotz 10, Moxen Drew 4, Isaac De Los Santos Castillo 17, Bode Splinter 11, Greydon Malinowski 12); Hawks 53 (Mason Beleza 9, Colton Olner 4, Joshua Romero Brown 10, Oliver Moreland 3, Jasper Goreglad 2, Freddy Warren 21, Nicholas Tadeu 4)

Heat 59 (Yusuf Zaxif 2, Oliver Boal 2, Matthew Edmunds 10, Luca Lagvine 4, Coby Yonick-Mundacruz 6, Theo Sothman 8, Zacahry Griffin 4, Brady McKercher 8, Jacob Bell 15); Warriors 46 (Dylan Sutton 8, Noah Heisterkamp 18, Marlow White 1, Darius Atterberry 8, Charlie Bellemore 2, Mason Guindon 2, Chidiebube Obilor 1, Calum MacDonald 4, Brayden Babcock 2)

Results of Games Played Monday, January 6, 2025

Magic 34 (Liam Kirkpatrick 21, George Shayo 7, Sebastian Romero-Mathews 4, James Gowsell 2); Spurs 16 (Cecil MacKenzie 4, Noah McCarthy 4, Nate Tilley 4, Leland Hunt 2, Tahjae Daley 2)

Grizzlies 41 (Asher Lambert 15, Colby Lina 8, Tyler Tadeu 6, Henry Decouto 5, Judah Splinter 4, Jacob Turpin 2, Joey Chartrand 1); Suns 40 (Lucas Valente 14, moses Milkon 10, Saul Tiffay 6, Ryker Blacklaus 6, Dominic Boudreau 2, Felix Arnold 2)

Jazz 40 (Coen Valente 10, John Allen 8, Jack Rooney 6, Bentley Cornelius 5, Wynton Fisher 4, Jack Payne 3 Emmett Grant 2, Ashton Vivian 2); Orange 33 (Eli Sothmann 15, Logan Hollywood 10, Avery Boehme 2, Callum Peters 2, Levi Vanyolai 2, Devan Hunter 2)

Raptors 32 (Simon Broome 10, Christopher Mackenzie -Mills 10, Charlie LaBarge 6, Hayden Thain 4, Max LaBarge 2); Nuggets 23 (Jaden Huganas 7, Miles Cahill 6, Avery O’Connor 6, Mason Campbell 2, Lucas Breckenridge 1, Connor Warren 1)

Sunday night Graydon Garrett, a former player home from university for the holidays, stopped around our house with a friend for a nice visit, and to donate a basketball that we will use in the Graduate Division.
Thank you Graydon for your generosity, your support, and thank you for continuing to believe in what we do. You are a difference maker, and I appreciate you taking the time out of your time home to help our program.

The season that Don Petersen started our league,

the Syracuse Nationals beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 3 to win the NBA Championship.

It was the season that saw the introduction of the 24 second shot clock, Bob Pettit was Rookie of the Year, Bob Cousy led the league in assists, and Bill Sharman shot 89.7% on free throws to lead the league.

In the same season, San Francisco beat LaSalle to win the NCAA championship.

In Ontario, Western University won the Provincial Men’s Championship for the 10th year in a row. They would win one more before Queen’s won their first title. 1962 would be the first year for a national champion.

A nice preamble to add some historical perspective. In our 70 years of operation lots has happened in the basketball world, and we have had lots of changes in our program as well, with expansion, restructuring, the elimination of playoffs, and the switch to our new home.

Throughout our history we have done our best to maintain the principles and vision that Don Petersen had when he started the league – to provide a safe place to learn the game, and how much fun it can be to be part of a team. We have also strived to keep the program affordable for families thanks to the support we have from the ALCDSB and donations made by local businesses and supporters.

To all of our league families past and present, thank you for your support. Savour the magic of this special time of year and enjoy the break before we start up again in January.

Now that you have all likely been gifted, or soon will be gifted with a new calendar, mark Friday February 7th on it! Should you choose to use your phone, tablet, laptop or desktop, you can mark it there too!

On February 7th St. Lawrence College will be hosting our players, families and volunteers when the men’s and women’s basketball teams will be hosting La Cite in a double header with the women playing at 6 and the men at 8.

In conjunction with the games, St. Larry’s Pub will again be sponsoring a fund raiser for us, with details of that coming in the weeks ahead.

This is the latest example of the long partnership we have enjoyed with the St. Lawrence College administration and the Athletic Department. Thank you for believing in what we do for the children in the community and supporting that in your actions.

Yesterday we received a significant unsolicited donation to our program from Sean D. Sean is a former player that has brought his son to the league that he played in, and he has also joined us as a volunteer coach in the Little Guys Division.

Thank you Sean for believing in what we do for the children in our community. You lived Don Petersen’s dream as a player, and now you are helping keep that dream alive with your donation and giving back as a volunteer. You are a difference maker Sean, and we are grateful for that.