(OTTAWA, ONT.) – Team Ontario Black edged out Team Ontario Red in an all-Ontario final, securing a 36–31 victory at the 2025 Junior East Championship on Sunday at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre in Charlottetown, PEI.
Simon Mazi-Keep led the charge for Ontario Black with a game-high 25 points, while Tyler Bickford added six in the winning effort.
“It was a great team win for us,” said Ontario Black head coach Josh Davies. “We went through some adversity early in the tournament, losing a game to Quebec, and then we learned from that, we regrouped, and we took all our lessons into this game; we played a solid team game.”
Tournament MVP Desmond O’Shaughnessy, the Junior East Championship’s leading scorer, paced Ontario Red with 24 points in the gold medal game, while Tayler O’Shaughnessy added seven.
“Really proud of our Ontario program as a whole, having both Ontario Red and Ontario Black teams in the gold medal game,” Davies added. “Our program has shown a lot of growth, and we’re just looking forward to working in the next two years moving towards the Canada Games.”
Team Quebec Blue topped Quebec White 41-34 in Sunday’s all-Quebec bronze medal game.
Six teams with athletes from Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec competed in the 4×4 tournament, sanctioned by Wheelchair Basketball Canada (WBC) and presented by ParaSport and Recreation PEI. The Junior East Championship marks the second competition in the 2027 Canada Games cycle. Quebec City will host the 2027 Canada Winter Games from February 27 to March 14, 2027.
Final Standings
- Ontario Black
- Ontario Red
- Quebec Blue
- Quebec White
- Nova Scotia
- New Brunswick
MVP and All-Stars
MVP – Desmond O’Shaughnessy (Ontario Red)
All-Star – Simon Mazi-Keep (Ontaro Black)
All-Star – Kayla MacKinnon (Nova Scotia)
All-Star – Thai Milton (Ontario Black)
All-Star – Lionel Boutin (Quebec white)
Complete tournament results can be found here.
About Wheelchair Basketball Canada
Wheelchair Basketball Canada (WBC) is the national sports governing body responsible for the organization of the sport in Canada. It is a non-profit, charitable organization committed to excellence in developing, supporting, and promoting wheelchair basketball programs and services from grassroots to high performance for all Canadians. Wheelchair basketball is a fast-paced, hard-hitting, competitive sport in which Canada is held in high esteem worldwide for winning six gold, one silver, and one bronze medal over the last nine Paralympic Games. WBC will host the 2026 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships from September 9-19, 2026.
For more information on WBC, please visit Wheelchairbasketball.ca, or follow along via social media on Facebook, X, and Instagram.
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