The Haldimand Huskies Major Bantam Girls basketball team kicked off the New Year this past weekend by participating in the Brantford CYO tournament, and came away with one win and two losses.
The first game saw the Huskies tip off against their Hamilton rivals, Blessed Sacrament. It was a series of unfortunate events as the girls managed to put up a number of shots but failed to put points on the board. At half the Yellow Jackets from Hamilton, led 16-10 and eventually went on to take the win with a 27-18 score. Scoring for the Huskies were Sadie Martin for 4pts, Emily Gill 4pts, Kelsey Toner 4 pts, and Olivia Athanasiou, Alex Walewski and Leigha McCoppen each netting 2 pts.
Saturday morning proved to be a much better outing as the girls rose to the occasion as they matched up against the host team Brantford CYO. There was lots of enthusiasm on the Huskies bench as they started out strong and never looked back. They led the whole game and were able to hold off their opponents in the final minutes to savour a 32-25 victory! Tough defence and strong drives to the basket inspired the Huskies. Shayla Cole, Krista Vanderzanden along with point guard Sadie Martin slowed down the offensive attack of the CYO girls. Rookie teammate Nicole Shea netted a key 2 pts early in the game to keep the offensive attack alive! Emily Gill added in 12 pts, Kelsey Toner hit for 7, Alex Walewski 5pts and Leigha McCoppen, Morgan Hopkins and Olivia Athanasiou netting 2 pts each.
The late game on Saturday had the Huskies tip off against the ABC Magic of Ancaster. The Huskies played with lots of determination and heart as they were matched up against AAA team, of which our local girls are ranked AA. In a hard fought game, the Huskies netted 32 points, but not enough to outscore their opponents who put up 60 pts. Nonetheless, there were memorable moments as Krista V. drove hard to the basket late in the 3rd to keep up the momentum and earn her 2pts. Emily Gill hit for 3 pts late in the game; Sadie Martin played a strong game and added in 6 pts; Kelsey and Alex worked the boards and hit for 7 and 9 pts respectively. Morgan, Shayla, Nicole, Olivia and Leigha added in a strong effort to round out the defence for the Huskies. The Huskies finished the tournament with a 1 and 2 record and left their opponents with some battle wounds as they ended a tough weekend of basketball.
Great job girls!
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