Boileau blazes at squash tourney

Steve Boileau adopted the philosophy that if you win all your games, scoreboard watching becomes irrelevant.
A round-robin event usually compels participants to keep a close eye on what’s going on around them—even if they’re not playing at a particular juncture.
But Boileau eliminated all manner of doubt as to who the king of the court was when he swept all four of his best-of-five matches without losing a game to capture the overall championship at a junior squash tournament Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre.
Boileau earned the maximum 12 points (one point per game) by sweeping Brian Glavish, Cole Derksen, and Ross Kircher, as well as Kenora’s Chris McCaffry, by identical 3-0 scores to win the ‘A’ event.
Glavish beat Derksen and Kircher 3-0, and McCaffry 3-1, to finish second with nine points. Derksen, meanwhile, disposed of McCaffry and Kircher by 3-0 margins to finish third with six.
McCaffry got past Kircher 3-1 to take fourth with five points while Kircher ended up last (one point).
But after getting a second chance to play because of a last-minute cancellation, Kircher capitalized on his opportunity to take the three-player ‘B’ event title.
He blanked Kevin Gruttner and Kenora’s Eric Wendendorf by the same 3-0 score to earn the maximum six points. Gruttner topped Wendendorf 3-1 to finish second with three points while Wendendorf was last (one point).
The ‘C’ event was the most populated division with six players taking part in a two-pool format, where all matches were three-game affairs.
Joel Skirten won Group 1 with six points after a 3-0 win over Shannon Darby and a victory by default against Samantha Mueller.
Darby was second in the group with two points after a 2-1 win over Mueller, who wound up last with one point.
In Group 2, Anniss Seid blanked Rory Bagacki and Brooke Fontana by 3-0 counts to earn the maximum six points. Bagacki shut out Fontana 3-0 to take second with three points while Fontana finished last (no points).
That set up the ‘C’ final between Seid and Skirten, with Seid coming through for the 2-1 win.
In the third-place final, Bagacki downed Darby 2-1 while Mueller edged Fontana 2-1 to win the battle for fifth place.
He was outnumbered gender-wise, but Scott Parsons didn’t back down from his female opposition as he grabbed the ‘D’ event crown.
Parsons beat Anika Alexander 3-0, then nipped Jillian Gustafson 2-1 in the ‘D’ final. Gustafson earlier had blanked Sarah Bagacki 3-0 to qualify for the final.
That left Bagacki to face Alexander in the ‘D’ consolation final, with Alexander coming out on top by a 2-1 score.
The next event at the squash courts will be the annual Boxing Day Challenge men’s tournament on Friday.