LOCAL TEAMS COLLECT 3 MEDALS AT HURON
LAKERS TOURNAMENT
Local teams earned
gold, silver, and bronze medals at this past weekend’s
Huron Lakers Major Midget and Junior Girls Basketball
Tournament.
In the Junior
division, the St. Clair Colts captured gold with a 46-44
win over the London Ramblers when Kaitlyn Paulley
converted 2 free throws with 2 seconds remaining in the
game to end a close fought final. Paulley, named the
tournament MVP, contributed 22 points in the win. Riley
Williams also chipped in 8 for the winners.
Earlier in the day,
St. Clair defeated the St. Christopher Lady Storm in the
Semi-Final game 51-42. The Lady Storm went on to take
home the bronze medal in the Junior division with a
53-51 victory over the London Flames. In the bronze
medal game, Carly Litrenta and Kelsie McEwan led the
Lady Storm with 12 points.
In the Major Midget
AAA division, Sarnia Valhalla cruised to the Gold Medal
with a 57-21 trouncing of the North Toronto Huskies.
Valhalla went undefeated through the round robin portion
of the draw by defeating Brantford and Strathroy, and
then soundly defeated Ancaster 65-43 in the semi-final
to advance to the final. In the final, Valhalla was led
by Jenna Graham with 14 points and tournament MVP Laura
Dally contributed 10. The bronze medal was won by
Windsor who recorded a 51-43 victory over Ancaster.
The Major Midget A/AA
division was taken by the London 86ers in a triple
overtime thriller over the London Flames 46-45. The
bronze medal in the Major Midget A/AA draw went to the
East Elgin Eagles who toppled the Ingersoll X-Plosion
24-20. The Huron Lakers team failed to advance to the
medal round.
Huron Lakers Girls
Basketball Club is a non-profit organization established
to promote the development of girls basketball in the
County of Lambton and is open to all girls in the county
regardless of where they go to school. A grade 1-4
House league will be starting the week of April 16th.
For information and to register, visit
www.huronlakers.on.ca
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