Brant News: Week 2 a Test For Eagles

By:  Jason Teakle

The second week of the Brant County high school senior girls’ basketball season will go a long way to determining early favourites.


The St. John’s College Green Eagles and Assumption College Lions are tied atop the standings with 2-0 records, while the North Park Collegiate Trojans and Brantford Collegiate Institute Mustangs sit at 1-1.

The Green Eagles, winners of five-straight county championships, will see where they stand with Week 2 games against the Trojans and Lions.

“It’s going to be an exciting and competitive league this year with several teams that can beat each other on any given night,” Green Eagles coach Matt Lynch said. “We are moving into two big games against the Trojans and Lions to see where we stand.”

The Green Eagles opened the season with a 61-16 victory against the Pauline Johnson Collegiate Thunderbirds and a 55-18 win against the Mustangs on Tuesday.

The Lions kept pace with a 46-39 win against the Trojans and a 54-10 win against the Thunderbirds.

Following the loss to the Lions, the Trojans rebounded with a strong game against the Paris District High School Panthers on Tuesday.

The Trojans beat the Panthers 41-18.

Trojans head coach Andrea Hawkins said she was impressed by her team’s performance.

“They moved the ball well,” Hawkins said. “My kids played good defence and made adjustments when I asked them to.”

North Park’s Abbey Sayles said her team has been working hard on its offence, with some rookie players added to the senior team this fall.

“We wanted to get our offence down so if we subbed one of the new players in they would know the plays,” Sayles said. “We worked our offence really well.”

The Panthers opened their season with a loss 50-9 against the Mustangs last Thursday.

Despite two losses to open the season, Panthers head coach Dani Hawkins said the team had a good showing in its second outing.

“We are working on boxing out, our help-side defence and looking to attack the basket on offence,” Hawkins said. “We showed improvement in all areas (Tuesday).”

Thursday’s games have the Green Eagles playing the Trojans,the Thunderbirds playing the Mustangs and the Lions taking on the Panthers.

Next Tuesday’s contests feature the Panthers at Thunderbirds, Green Eagles at Lions and Trojans at Mustangs.

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