Leah Coon and her St. John's College Green Eagles teammates have been in the strange position of being the hunter opposed to always being the hunted all season.
With a 33-22 victory over the Assumption College Lions Thursday in their Brant County junior girls basketball semifinal, they're one step closer to catching the team that they've been chasing all season long.
“It's a different feeling than last year, but I think losing has given us a different outlook on things,” the Eagles' Leah Coon said. We've had to fight for it this year, and I think that's the best thing that's happened to us.
“We're a lot different because we're the team trying to catch someone,” she said. “We have a lot more energy. We get a little flustered sometimes but I think we'll do well.”
Coon said it was important to have a strong semifinal game. “We know we've beaten them before but we knew we had to go out and play our game and that's it,” Coon said. “We didn't want to worry about what they were doing or worry about playing in the final against North Park. We just had to play our game.”
While the Green Eagles have put together a strong 8-2 record, they've played second fiddle to the front running and undefeated North Park Collegiate Trojans.
In the other semifinal at NPC, the Trojans did their part to make the final the one Coon and her teammates hoped for thanks to a 39-15 win over the Paris Panthers.
“It's going to take a lot of hard work,” Coon said. “They have an amazing starting line. Hopefully we can tire them out through our hard work.
“We know we can beat them because it was that close (the last time they played) and know it's within our reach. We just need to go out and play hard.”
Results
SJC 33, ACS 22.
SJC: Lauren deMonorency 10, Alex Girardi 6, Jen Garner 4, Nicole Harrison 4, Rebecca Mackinnon 3, Zoie Porteous 2, Leah Coon 2, Sam Dupont 2.
ACS: Atlanta Crosy 6, Chelsey Murray 6, Tatum Osborne 4, Tanisha Osborne 2, Mayahla Markell 2, Jordyn Beda 1, Julia Taylor 1.
NPC 39, Paris 15.
NPC: Gabrielle Marton 19, Halle Sitarski 10.
Paris: Alicia Kipp 4, Courtney Boehmer 4.
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