Ridley College Prep Boys Basketball Wins 2026 NPA National Championship

For Immediate Release

St. Catharines, ON — Ridley College is thrilled to share that its Prep Boys basketball team won Canada’s National Prep Association (NPA) championship over the weekend. The game, held at Humber College on Saturday, March 28th, was a tightly contested battle between Ridley and King Heights Academy (KHA) of Thornhill, Ontario. Ridley defeated KHA by a final score of 98–84.

On the road to the playoffs, Ridley defeated Brampton City Prep in the quarterfinal by a score of 81–67. The boys followed it up with a resounding victory over regional rival Fort Erie International Academy in the semifinals, defeating them 100–81.

Ridley was led by finals MVP Caleb Roberts ’26, originally from Chatham-Kent, Ontario, who finished the game with 27 points on over 41 per cent shooting.   

This is the first-ever NPA National Championship for Ridley College.

The team is coached by former Niagara River Lions Head Coach Victor Raso and follows up on last year’s first-ever Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association championship.

“I am incredibly proud of our Prep Boys. They embody everything it means to be a Ridley College student-athlete,” says Coach Raso. “To see them reach their full potential as a group and become National Champions is truly a storybook ending to many of their Ridley College careers.”

If you would like to schedule an interview with Head Coach, Vic Raso, please email [email protected]  

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CONTACT 

For more information, please contact: 

Ben Hughes

Communications & Content Officer

Ridley College 

Phone: (905) 684-1889 x2260

Email: [email protected]  

Website: www.ridleycollege.com  

BACKGROUND 

Ridley College is an independent day and boarding school located in St. Catharines. It is one of Canada’s oldest independent schools, representing over 60 countries in its student body of approximately 840 students from JK to Grade 12. Ridley College is a leader in positive education and wellbeing education, teaching the habits of mind, body and spirit so that students are primed to flourish — now and long after graduation. The school’s motto, “Terar Dum Prosim,” meaning, ‘May I be consumed in service,’ links human flourishing to contributing to the lives of others.