Monday, March 3, 2018: The 2017-2018 indoor school cricket season begins today in Ontario’s Peel Region as students return after the spring break. The Senior Boys tournament opens the season today with three games. Tuesday (March 4) sees first two games of the season in the Varsity Girls competition and four games are scheduled in the Junior Boys event.
The tournament is a competition operating under the banner of the Region of Peel Secondary Schools Athletic Association (ROPSSAA). ROPSSAA competitions include schools that operate under the banner of the Peel District School Board, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board and some independent schools within the Peel Region.
Competing Schools – Varsity Girls
The Varsity Girls tournament has eight competing teams, two more than last year. The teams are divided into two groups, “North” and “South”, each with four schools. Three schools that did not field a girls team last year are participating this year: Castlebrook Secondary School (SS), Louise Arbour SS and North Park SS.
One of last year’s participants, T.L. Kennedy SS, who were beaten in all five group games, is not in the field this year but will, hopefully, return in a future year.
North: Castlebrook Secondary School (SS), Sandalwood Heights SS, Humberview SS and Louise Arbour SS.
South: North Park SS, Father Michael Goetz Catholic SS, Heartlake SS and Mentor College.
Competing Schools – Junior Boys
The Junior Boys tournament has nine competing teams, two more than last year. There is a North Division with four schools and a South division with five schools. Port Credit SS and Jean Augustine SS participated last year but are not in this year’s Junior Boys competition. Four schools in this year’s South Division did not play last year, namely Applewood Heights SS, Stephen Lewis SS, T.L. Kennedy SS and Glenforest S.S.
North: Castlebrook SS, Central Peel SS, North Park SS and Sandalwood Heights SS.
South: Applewood Heights SS, Stephen Lewis SS, T.L. Kennedy SS, Turner Fenton SS and Glenforest S.S.
Competing Schools – Senior Boys
There are 23 schools, divided into four regional divisions in this year’s Senior Boys competition. The Senior Boys four regional divisions are North, North Central, South East and South West.
The North Division has 5 participating schools and the other three regions each have 6 participating schools.
North: Louise Arbour SS, Castlebrook SS, Heart Lake SS, North Park SS and Sandalwood Heights SS.
North-Central: Brampton Centennial SS, Turner Fenton SS, St Francis Xavier CSS, St. Joseph CSS, Central Peel SS and Lincoln M. Alexander SS.
South East: Glenforest SS, Gordon Graydon SS, Mentor College, Port Credit SS, TL Kennedy SS and Father Michael Goetz.
South West: Rick Hansen SS, Meadowvale SS, Clarkson SS, John Fraser SS, Stephen Lewis SS and Erindale SS.