2010 Reach for the Top Nationals

2010 Reach for the Top Nationals
Edited by	Reach for the Top
Champion	Kennebecasis
Runner-up	Cobequid
Third	St. Paul's
Fourth	Gloucester
High scorer	individual scores not kept
Site	Toronto, Ontario
Field
Stats

The 2010 national finals of Reach for the Top were held May 29-31 in Toronto.

Participants

Alberta

• Harry Ainlay
• Old Scona

British Columbia

• St George's
• Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill made their fourth consecutive appearance at Nationals, three of those as provincial champion.

Manitoba

• St. Paul's
• Vincent Massey

New Brunswick

• Kennebecasis Valley
• Oromocto

KVHS has qualified for Nationals each year since 2004.

Nova Scotia

• Cobequid

Ontario

• Assumption
• Gloucester

Gloucester will make their fifth appearance at Nationals. Assumption declined their spot in the 2010 HSNCT after finishing as the Ontario runners-up in Provincials.

Quebec

• Dawson

Saskatchewan

• no representation

Tournament Results

A preliminary round-robin was held amongst all teams to determine seeds for the single-elimination playoffs. Kennebecasis Valley HS went undefeated through the round-robin.

First Round

• Sir Winston Churchill (8) d. Old Scona (9)

• Vincent Massey (7) d. Dawson (10)

• Assumption (6) d. Harry Ainlay (11)

• St. George's (5) d. Oromocto (12)

Quarterfinals

• Kennebecasis (1) d. Sir Winston Churchill (8)

• Cobequid (2) d. Vincent Massey (7)

• St. Paul's (3) d. Assumption (6)

• Gloucester (4) d. St. George's (5)

Semifinals

• Kennebecasis (1) d. Gloucester (4)

• Cobequid (2) d. St. Paul's (3)

Finals

• Kennebecasis (1) d. Cobequid (2)

Kennebecasis Valley HS won their first National championship, in their fourth consecutive top-3 finish. Cobequid improved on their 4th place finish from last year, and St. Paul's 3rd place was the best finish by a Manitoba team in the past decade.

Changes

Unlike previous years, no matches were televised for the national competition.