Article content originally published in The Brantford Expositor on February 4, 2025 by Brian Smiley

Pauline Johnson Collegiate's Haris Jan drives to the net during his team's AABHN senior boys basketball game at home against McKinnon Park Secondary School on Tuesday. Brian Smiley Photo by Brian Smiley /Brian Smiley/The Expositor
A fourth-quarter surge by Pauline Johnson Collegiate on Tuesday at home helped push the Thunderbirds into the AABHN senior boys basketball quarter-finals.
Facing McKinnon Park Secondary School for the final playoff spot in the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk league, PJC (2-10) scored a 52-46 win against the Blue Devils (0-12) in the final game of the regular season to book their spot in the post-season.