Senior Boys Basketball 2002 KASSAA - EOSSAA Champions
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The Traditional Team Picture at Bartlett.

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2001-2002 Varsity Boys Basketball Team
Number	Number	Player	Position	Year in School
11	11	Junior Romero	G / F	4
12	12	Tom Deir (captain)	G / F	4
13	13	Chris Gencarelli	G	4
14	14	Jan Arp	G	3
15	15	Conor Williamson	G / F	4
20	20	Romain Landu	G / F	3
24	24	Dave Keo	G	4
32	32	J. P. Morgenstern	F	3
33	33	Bryan McMillan	G / F	4
34	34	Parrish Offer (captain)	F	4
40	40	Kyle Haslam	F / C	5
44	22	Ron Carquez	C	3
45	45	Brad Quist	F / C	4
		Mr. Ed Kenney
		Mr. Glen Williamson
		Mr. Henri Mayer

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Courtesy the Kingston Whig Standard

By Patrick Kennedy
March 1, 2002 - 7:00:00 AM
http://www.thewhig.com/content.asp?contentid=577

Local Sports - A couple of packs of two-legged Panthers squared off on the Regiopolis-Notre Dame hardcourt yesterday afternoon and, as with their four-legged jungle namesakes, the more populous pack prevailed.
A full complement of Regi Panthers took advantage of an understaffed St. Joseph's Panthers team to flatten the Cornwall cats 81-63 in the Eastern Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association AAA basketball final. The victory propels the Kingston area titleholders into next week's Ontario championship tournament beginning Wednesday in Ottawa. "Our strategy was to run that team ragged," said Regi guard Ton Deir, who enjoyed his best game of the post-season with 22 points. "They didn't have a lot of bodies, so we knew if we kept running and pressing that they'd tire out eventually." Bryan McMillan, whose seven three-point buckets highlighted Regi's rout of Queen Elizabeth in Monday's high school varsity city final, retained the hot hand. The 17-year-old nailed five three-pointers yesterday, part of a team-best 26-point performance. In all, Regi drained eight three-pointers including a pair by Deir and one by Romain Landu. The latter said Regi obviously likes that long-distance feeling. "We have shootarounds 15 minutes before practice and after practice, and that's all we do is shoot threes," said Landu, who had seven assists in a well-rounded outing. "They practise nothing but [threes]," chuckled Regi coach Ed Kenney. "Even the centres practise shooting threes; which play a big part in our offence."
When St. Joseph's faxed Kenney a list of eligible players, the sum total stood out like a bulbous beak, said the Regi benchboss. "We knew coming in that they only had eight players, but we didn't know they'd be as athletic as they were.St. Joseph's played a strong game, but they wore down as the game progressed."
Things went from bad to worse for the short-handed Panther club. Starting centre Jordan Wheeler fouled out late in the third quarter and two teammates played the entire fourth period with four fouls apiece. "When their big guy fouled out in the third quarter, that put a lot of pressure on their No. 13," observed Kenney, referring to slick six-foot-two forward George Girgis, whose game-high 28 points included an impressive slam-dunk between two Regi defenders in the late going. Girgis acknowledged that the thin bench hurt his squad, though perhaps not nearly as much as the team's plethora of turnovers and missed chances. "A team with eight players that plays a team with 13 players is always going to have its work cut out. It's not that we're missing players; it's been that way all year.
"We were very impatient and we rushed far too many shots, but [Regi] also played very tough defence and penetrated very well on offence."
Added Cornwall coach Dave McCabe: "Our strong suit is defence, but we didn't have it going [yesterday]. Regi penetrates exceptionally well, gets the ball out and moves it around quite effectively. We usually give up less than 50 points &endash; not 81. Regi's defence just wore us out."

Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 7:00:00 AM
Local Sports - This time there would be no Belarussian ending for the Queen Elizabeth Raiders. At last night's high school varsity basketball championship at packed Bartlett Gym, the unsung, unlikely finalist, who captured four of their last five league games and toppled two roundball giants to reach Bartlett, fell 76-41 to the Regiopolis-Notre Dame Panthers.
"There was no way we were taking Q.E. lightly," confirmed Regi co-captain Tom Deir. "They beat two teams that we couldn't beat all year, so we had to be ready to go right from the start."
They were.
Ten seconds after tipoff, Bryan McMillan drew first blood for the victors, draining a long-range bucket for a lead Regi never relinquished.
The 17-year-old, dubbed "Lights Out" by teammates, didn't stop there. McMillan hit four more three-pointers before the half ended, none of which kissed the rim.
"That kid hitting those threes from the corner, he put on quite a show," conceded Q.E. coach Mike Shkimba, whose shooters, conversely, started the game a frigid 1-11 from the field.
Lights Out wasn't finished. With Regi ahead 40-18 at the break, McMillan started the second half by launching a perfect bomb from three feet beyond the arc &endash; and nothing but net. He hit his seventh three in the fourth quarter to finish a dazzling 7-9 from three-point land; a game-high 23 points overall.
"McMillan was unconscious," said Q.E.'s splendid guard Lucas Allen, who netted 17 points in a losing effort. "When you see one guy burying a team like that, it gets the entire team down. We never recovered."
Ironically, Regi coach Ed Kenney pointed out that McMillan "hadn't hit a shot in practice" the last three days.
"The big difference in Bryan this year is his chin never goes down," said Kenney. "If he misses a shot, he forgets about it and goes at it again. That wasn't always the case." McMillan agreed, citing support from teammates as inspiration. "When your teammates and coaches are encouraging you to shoot, it helps your confidence.
"When you get into a groove like I did," he added, "you just want the ball. It feels great."
Parrish Offer, as has been his wont throughout the post-season, turned in another dominating performance for the winners. He collected 16 points and 11 rebounds.
"Parrish saved his best basketball of the season for the playoffs," lauded McMillan. "He was our leader every game."
The victory ended an 11-year senior title drought for Regi, which hosts St. Joseph's of Cornwall on Thursday (2 p.m.) for the right to represent Eastern Ontario at the the provincial AAA tournament.
The Raiders were seeking their first varsity crown in 18 winters. A modest 4-5 during the regular campaign, Q.E. stunned the roundball ranks with back-to-back upsets of the top two playoff seeds. It disposed of the 8-1 Ernestown Eagles in quarter-final play, then flew past the formidable Frontenac Falcons (9-0) in last week's semifinal conquest &endash; the same day Belarus bumped off the Swedes in Olympic shinny.
As for next season, the Panthers are arguably a good bet to repeat. All five starters are back, and a deep Regi bench &endash; "the real key to our success," said Kenney &endash; loses just one player.

Panthers 59 Blazers 45 - At Regiopolis Notre Dame, 17 offensive rebounds helped power the Panthers to a semifinal decision over the Bayridge Blazers and a berth in Monday night's title tilt at Bartlett Gym. Parrish Offer's 19 points paced the victors, who led by four at halftime and by 13 following a 16-7 third quarter. The ball-hungry centre also pulled down 16 rebounds, seven of which followed off-target Regi shots. Bryan McMillan added a dozen points and Romain Landu 10.
"Bayridge is a bigger team but we're quicker, which really helps our rebounding," Offer explained. "Our little guys were jumping into openings under the basket and getting rebounds.
"We like to say that defensive rebounds come from hard work, but offensive rebounds come straight from the heart," added Offer. "We played this game with a lot of heart."
After a 14-11 first-quarter jump, the Blazers gradually wore down under the relentless Panther press and smart transition game. In periods 2 and 3, the turnover-prone visitors were outscored 32-16.
"That's where I think we lost it &endash; on turnovers," suggested Bayridge forward Joel Pettis, whose 10 points were two fewer than Adam Asquini's team-high total. "You can't keep turning the ball over to a team like Regi and expect not to pay.
"They're a lot faster team," Pettis added. "To have any chance, we had to play hard, consistent basketball for the entire 32 minutes. We didn't."
Regi pulled away early in the third quarter. Landu's three-point shot kick-started an 11-3 run.

Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 7:00:00 AM
Local Sports - A season that started with much promise and optimism ended in convincing defeat for Kingston Collegiate's varsity basketball club.
|Yesterday at Regiopolis Notre Dame, the Blues' bid to salvage a mediocre regular season was buried &endash; the Blues along with it &endash; in a 55-42 quarter-final loss to the quick-paced Panther pack. Kingston, picked by several coaches in a pre-season poll as the team to topple this year, opened the campaign tight and never did unwind. It dropped three of its first four and finished 4-5.
Still ...
"We came in here believing we could beat Regi, but for the most part we ended up beating ourselves," commented KC guard Mark Wallen on a torrent of KC turnovers. "We didn't execute and we gave the ball away too many times." Three of those giveaways, in the waning minutes of the opening half, were pivotal. With the visitors nursing a three-point lead, Regi rumbled into the dressing room on a 10-0 run. Bryan McMillan, bed-ridden by the flu the past few days, showed no ill effects. He hit a game-high 19 points for the winners including a quartet of buckets from beyond the arc. During that decisive half-ending 10-point run, the smooth-shooting forward drained a field goal and back-to-back three-pointers.He subbed in three minutes into the second half and immediately knocked down a three, then another less than a minute later.
six offensive boards
The most potent Panther, however, was Parish Offer, who netted 15 points and collected a dozen rebounds, including six offensive boards.
Offer said a Panther practice is akin to a game in terms of raw intensity.
"We were hustling and diving for balls against KC, but we do that in practice, too," said the athletic centre. "We play hard and run hard all the time. "We like winning."
Added McMillan on his teammate: "Parish knew he was due for a huge game and [yesterday] he really stepped it up and made a lot of big plays." While neither team shot well from the foul line, KC's 11-for-24 performance hurt worse than Regi's equally dismal 5-for-11 showing.
The loss was a bitter pill for KC graduating forward Dom Conacher, an ex-Panther. "You wouldn't believe how much I really wanted to beat those guys. After playing [for Regi] for three seasons, it would have been nice way to go out. "The fact is we were not up to the challenge," added Conacher, who accumulated just four points. "They outran us, they're in better shape than us, they have two or three good shooters and they play amazing defence."
The Panthers were their usual tenacious selves on defence. They hounded Blues ball-handlers incessantly, pressure that oftentimes resulted in a turnover.
thievery
Indeed, during one 30-second span of thievery in quarter three, Regi guard Dave Keo recorded two steals and had a hand in a third. He converted one himself and dished off to a teammate for another basket that pushed the Panther lead to 13. The Blues, to the man, looked shell-shocked.
Panther desire and determination &endash; though not their shooting accuracy &endash; was never more evident than during two successive third-quarter possessions. The Panthers grabbed four straight offensive rebounds before converting, then hauled down three more boards on the next possession and came away empty.

02.10.02

Game One	8:30	TISS	Regiopolis	61-37 win
Game Two	11:30	Regiopolis	Arnprior	80-38 win
Game Three	2:30	Merivale	Regiopolis	72-38win

KASSAA Record 4-1 Overall 11-4

01.09.02

12.16.01 (bm)

17th Annual Ed Bush Memorial Tournament -- Ogdensburg, New York

Friday, November 30, 2001
6:30 Massena vs Regiopolis-Notre Dame
8:00 Carthage vs Ogdensburg Free Academy

Second Team listed is home team and wears "white" uniforms.
(RND Varsity Players: Remember to bring both your Garnet and Gold Jerseys)

Saturday, December 1, 2001
3:30 Varsity Consolation Game
5:00 Varsity Championship Game

There will be a Championship plaque, Pinkerton Sportsmanship Awards (one from each team),
an All-Tournament Team, and a MVP.

The Tournament is held at:
Ogdensburg Free Academy
1100 State Street
Ogdensbury, New York, 13669
Phone 315-393-0900 Fax 315-393-7412

The RND Varsity Team will leave for the tournament at 4:00 on Friday from the Cowdy St.
entrance of the school. Remember to bring some picture identification for the border.
Players should also bring something to eat in preparation for a 6:30 game time.

If RND players, parents and guardians have any questions please contact Coach Ed Kenney
at home 382-1870, school 542-1902 or by e-mail rnd_athletics@hotmail.com

A practice schedule for Late November and Early December is posted on the RND Scoreboard web site. Click on Interim Practice Schedule November 14 to November 30
Planning for the basketball season is well under way. The Varsity Panthers have confirmed invitations to compete at the following tournaments.

Players should make plans with any other interests to ensure they are able to attend all practices, tournaments and games. A season long practice schedule is also available. Link to Practice Schedules on the RND Scoreboard Web Site.