SWOSSA Junior
Semi Finals
Basketball
February
25, 2009
by Kyle
MacKinnon
Northern
Vikings vs Chatham Ursuline Lancers
DWC
The Northern Vikings had one
mentality going into this season "DWC."
'Defense Wins Championships.'
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"Our defense creates our
offence," Northern head
coach Jason Cain said
after his team cruised
to a 55-33 victory over
Chatham's Ursuline
Lancers in the
SWOSSAA junior 'AAAA'
semi final game.
"Defense wins games."
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And it
was that defense that caused many
turnovers for the Vikings. Their
stifling defense also reeked havoc
for the Lancers shooters.
Rob
Hardick of the Vikings came
up with four key blocks down the
stretch to solidify the victory. "We
played well as a team," he said. "We
just have to have fun and stick to
our game plan."
Three Northern players (Hayden
Auterhoff, Tom
Dowding and Brad
Dafoe) had 10 points each.
The Vikings will travel to Windsor
next Wednesday to compete, in the
SWOSSAA final.
Cain said, "It’s an opportunity for
us to measure ourselves against
them."
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