No, it's not a misprint ---- nor are we in Fall 2010 already. The Mercury's newest HS sports reporter, Brandon Dubs, will be offering weekly columns on the high school sports scene in Guelph on Tuesdays. This initial installment is his take on the junior girls hoops' scene over the past several years.
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Junior girls’ basketball has been a roller-coaster ride for teams in Guelph.
Bishop Macdonell, Our Lady of Lourdes, Guelph CVI and the St. James Lions have all had their share of success in the District 10 championships.
The Bishop Macdonell Celtics won it back in 2006 when they upset the then undefeated Centennial Spartans 48-47 in the finals. Lourdes won its championship the following year, while going 14-3 on the season. GCVI’s 2008 season saw the Gaels win 17 straight games on their way to the championship. The St. James Lions won three straight playoff games, after only winning nine times in the regular season, to win their lone championship, 49-46 over the Ross Royals in November.
The Lions were almost forgotten until this year’s come-from-behind season. They won a championship but never posted more than nine wins in the regular season in four years — a mark the other squads easily achived.
GCVI’s junior girls team is defined by their perfect season in 2008 when they built their strongest team in four years. The Gaels only won 28 games in that span, but with a perfect season to their name, GCVI only sits behind Lourdes and Bishop Mac for District 10’s most dominant basketball team.
In 66 games played, Lourdes won 51. The Crusaders showed that they could win; seven playoff victories and their average margin of victory being a league-high 17 points. Combined with the Celtics, these two teams have won 100 games in just four seasons. The Celtics have finished first in the regular season twice, with a league-best record 13-1 coming in 2009. Bishop Mac outscored their opponents on average 43-28 and won five of their eight playoff games.
These two teams played each other nine times over the course of four years, and the Celtics have been the victor in six of those match-ups. With similar records, and only a two-point difference in the average margin of victory, the Celtics have shown when they play the Crusaders that they are the better team.
With four teams each winning a championship, St. James and GCVI haven’t shown the same dominance as the Crusaders or Celtics. Lourdes is good, but when these two teams squared off, the Celtics showed up and made the best argument for most dominant program in District 10. With two championships and 100 wins between them, it has been proven that the road to the District 10 title goes through Bishop Mac and Our Lady of Lourdes.
Brandon Dubs is a recent Guelph high school graduate. He’ll offer weekly columns about the local high school sports scene on Tuesdays. He can be reached at dubsbrandon@gmail.com
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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