The District 8 junior girls' basketball season tipped off on Monday afternoon, with a full slate of games (4 games among the 8 teams). On the junior side, last year's defending champions, the Resurrection Phoenix, were in mid-season form offensively as they pumped home 60 points in a 60-36 victory over the Monsignor Doyle Mustangs.
Individual scoring details weren't available; however, the combined offensive output of 96 points topped any combined output from a D8 regular season game during the last two seasons (2011 & 2012).
The team that Resurrection defeated in last year's final, the St. David Celtics, also got off to a 1-0 start with a 36-19 win at Rockway. Megan Goar (11) and Ciara Dunne (8) led the way for St. David, while Katarina Klassen (10) and Jamie Torrence-Perks (5) were the top Rockway scorers.
The largest school in CWOSSA, St. Mary's CHS, survived a scare from one of the smallest, Woodland District, in a 23-21 nailbiter. Iman Ahmed (SMHS) and Becca Sanchez (WCHS) both had 6 points each in the contest.
The other junior game saw St. Benedict and returning star Afifa Salaad knock off PRDG 54-14. Salaad had 17 points for the Saints, while Julia Mascarenhas notched 13. Megan Boucher had 5 for the Chevaliers.
