After a disappointing league loss on Thursday afternoon to the Cameron Heights Golden Gaels, the Jacob Hespeler Hawks promptly put that in the rearview mirror by going 3-0 and capturing the championship at their home tournament this past weekend.The Hawks defeated Kitchener Grand River 46-31 in the championship final, with Jasmine Ramcharan pouring in 29 points for the victors. Caroline Lorkovic netted 10 for GRCI, with Nyamuoch Teny adding 8.
"She (Ramcharan) was the difference," said Grand River head coach Scott Reynolds, whose squad did a decent job of mitigating the damage caused by JHSS forwards Candice and Courtney Wright.
The Hawks defeated JF Ross (37-28) in one semifinal, while the Renegades came back from a halftime deficit and took out the KCI Raiders 34-26.
In the first round, scores were Jacob Hespeler 46, Forest Heights 13; JF Ross 56, Galt CI 14; Grand River 48, Kincardine 24; and KCI 32, Southwood 16.
Over on the other side of the bracket, Forest Heights took the consolation title with a 37-32 win over Cambridge Southwood. The Trojans demolished Galt (41-11) in one semifinal while Southwood got past Kincardine (43-29) in the other.
The Ghosts nipped Kincardine 25-22 in the 7th place game.
