Senior: Lancers Take Hard Road to Victory at Hespeler Tourney

Winning pretty is overrated.

Just ask the Elmira Lancers, who came away victorious in the Senior version of the Jacob Hespeler Invitational touranment held over the weekend.

The Lancers won their three tournament games by a combined 13 points en route to the title.  They knocked off Orangeville Westside in the first round (32-31), Kincardine DSS in the semis (32-27) and then Waterloo Bluevale (32-25) in the championship tilt.

The Lancers were led in scoring by '09 WCSSAA all-star Lydia Frey, who had a solid weekend including a 17-point performance in Elmira's opening round game.  Of course, as you can tell by the above scores, they definitely went to work and ratcheted things up on the defensive end --- allowing just one team to crack the 30 point mark.

The win marked the second consecutive weekend that Elmira has won a tournament championship.  They took the Kincardine DSS "Knights Classic" last weekend (article from last week's Kincardine Independent to be posted shortly).

Here's a complete rundown of the scores:

First Round

Bluevale 36, Jacob Hespeler 29

BCI:  Elissa Dent 7, Deanna Papp 5

JHSS:  Sarah Couchman 6, Sarah Guttin 5

Grand River 46, Preston 28

GRCI:  Kailey DeBoer 13, Candice Scott 9

PHS:  Kirsten Leach 13, Kelly McCooloch 5

Elmira 32, Westside (Orangeville) 31

EDSS:  Lydia Frey 17

ODSS:  Brooke Rowland 11, Ivana Juric 7, Sam Mikulik 7

Kincardine 39, SJAM (Waterloo) 32

KDSS:  Marissa Jolley 20

SJAM:  Malena McCrossan 18

Second Round

Consolation Semifinal #1 - Preston 46, Jacob Hespeler 20

Consolation Semifinal #2 - Westside 54, SJAM 18

Championship Semifinal #1 - Bluevale 49, Grand River 30

Championship Semifinal #2 - Elmira 32, Kincardine 27

Final Round

7th Place Game - Jacob Hespeler 26, SJAM 18

Consolation Final - Westside 26, Preston 25

Third Place Game - Grand River 42, Kincardine 34

GRCI:  Esther Peters 16

Championship Final - Elmira 32, Bluevale 27