Knights Take Hespeler Junior Tourney

The Bluevale Knights established themselves as a clear contender for the WCSSAA Junior Girls' basketball crown this past weekend, as they knocked off another top WCSSAA team, the Jacob Hespeler Hawks, on their homecourt in a hard-fought 36-30 game to capture the title at the Jacob Hespeler Invitiational tournament.

The Knights (2008 WCSSAA champions, 2009 CWOSSA qualifier) have quietly established themselves as a legitimate junior girls program in a short period of time.  Hannah Fishbein, whose sister Grace plays CIS basketball for Memorial University, had a game-high 16 points in the championship final. 

The Hawks, meanwhile, are no slouches themselves.  They returned a ton of talent from last year's 11-1 club, including star scorer Brooklynn Wright.  JHSS, in fact, is looking for their first ever basketball championship (boys or girls) and seem to be one of the early contenders again this season.

Here's a complete rundown of tournament scores:

First Round
Jacob Hespeler 46, Preston 30
JHSS:  Brooklynn Wright 14, Taylor Dennis 12
PHS:  Ashley White 10, Aubrey Formica 9

Southwood 38, Glenview Park 18
SSS:  Cali Doran 12, Kayleigh Hutt Taylor 6
GPSS:  Maggie Tucker 8

Elmira 22, Galt 16
EDSS:  Krista Weins 5, Tessa Charnuski 4
GCI:  Courtney Davis 8

Bluevale 56, Kincardine 12
BCI:  Natalie Bishop 16, Sarah Hamm 10
KDSS:  Vanessa Hodgins 3, Jean-Ann Keelan 3.

Second Round
Consolation Semifinal #1:  Preston 28, Glenview Park 22

Consolation Semifinal #2:  Kincardine 30, Galt 16

Championship Semifinal #1:  Jacob Hespeler 48, Southwood 24
JHSS:  Taylor Dennis 16

Championship Semifinal #2:  Bluevale 48, Elmira 37
BCI:  Natalie Bishop 20
EDSS:  Tessa Charnuski 16

Final Round
Seventh Place:  Glenview Park 41, Galt 12
GPSS:  Maggie Tucker 15

Consolation Final:  Preston 47, Kincardine 20
PHS:  Ashley White 24

Third Place:  Southwood 33, Elmira 20
SSS:  Abby Todd 16

Championship:  Bluevale 36, Jacob Hespeler 30
BCI:  Hannah Fishbein 16