Storybook Season Continues as Saints Capture OCAA Title

Staff Reporter

The St. Clair College Saints have claimed the OCAA Men’s basketball championship.

The 2023 edition featured a clash of the titans between the St. Clair Saints (17-3) and the George Brown Huskies (20-1). The Saints hoped to capture their first OCAA Championship since 1967-68

The script was written months ago when St. Clair College was selected as the host for the 2023 OCAA Men’s Basketball Championship; win gold on your home floor and avenge the heartbreak of the 2022 finals.

The storybook season for the St. Clair Saints continued in the OCAA and it was one for the record books.

All season long the Saints felt like a team of destiny, building towards defending their homecourt at the Final 8 championship and they did not disappoint the capacity crowd. The Saints dominated from the opening tip, never trailed in the contest, and for the first time in 55 years the St. Clair Saints captured the OCAA Championship in blowout fashion with a 106-77 victory.

The final horn sounded, and the St. Clair Saints were crowned OCAA Champions as they defeated the George Brown Huskies 106-77.

Shak Pryce (Pickering, ON) was named Tournament MVP and was joined on the tournament All-Star team by teammates Chad Vincent-Simon and Terence Williams (Windsor, ON). Rounding out the tournament All-Star team were George Brown Huskies Robert Ocampo and Caldre Campbell (North York, ON) along with Mohawk’s Jerry Jr. Mercury (Scarborough, ON).

Both teams will now advance to the 2023 CCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship hosted by SAIT from March 16-19 with the hopes of bringing home a Canadian Championship back to Ontario for the second consecutive year.

Robert Ocampo was named Player of the Game for George Brown. Chad Vincent-Simon was named Player of the Game for the St. Clair Saints.