Article By: Rob MasseyGUELPH — The Centennial Spartans felt the District 10 senior girls' basketball quarter-finals would be a good place to end their losing streak.
"This was a good time for it," Centennial coach Toffer Treiguts said. "We were on a four-game losing streak so this was a good time to get a win."
"We were kind of down on ourselves, but our coach really helped us pick each other up and really get pumped up for this game," Spartans co-captain Emma Cain said.
The Spartans had been cold at the end of the regular season, but opened the quarter-finals with a 42-34 victory over the Guelph CVI Green Gaels at GCVI Tuesday.
"It was two tough teams that battled," Treiguts said of the quarter-final. "We got some breaks and we got some shots to fall. That's what it came down to. Two tough teams and the last time we played, they beat us soundly. We knew that we needed to bring more effort and we brought more effort."
And that caused the game to become a very physical affair. Players ventured under the opposition's basket at their own risk.
"They're a strong team and we're a strong team and we went at it," Treiguts said. "Luckily, we got the breaks today."
"It was tough, but we kept pushing through it," Cain said. "We just kept playing our game."
The losing streak cost the Spartans a chance to host a quarter-final game as they finished fifth in the eight-team league at 6-8 while the Green Gaels were fourth at 9-5.
Centennial led the quarter-final throughout as the Spartans were up 6-4 at the end of the first quarter, 17-13 at the half and 28-24 at the end of the third quarter. The Green Gaels cut the gap to two points in the fourth quarter, but that was as close as they were to get.
Cain led the Spartans with 21 points while Hannah Newman had 13 and Emma Korol seven.
Ijeoma Staunton netted nine points for GCVI while Kashni Patel had eight, Sydney Wilson seven, Cally Strongman four and Huong Pham, Maddie Bauman and Tamara Peterson two apiece.
The Spartans will play at Bishop Mac in Thursday's semifinals.
"We just have to play our game and just keep going," Cain said.
St. James 46 Orangeville 12
Keely McVicar led St. James with 11 points while Donna Zen and Julia Toscan added seven apiece. Sam French and Jessica Gut had four each for Orangeville. St. James had finished first at 12-2 while eighth-place Orangeville lost all 14 of its regular-season games. St. James will host Ross in semifinal play Thursday.
Bishop Macdonell 46 Centre Wellington 27
Jess Morris hit for 14 points for Bishop Mac while Danielle Driscoll added 10. Chloe Trapp had a game-high 17 for Centre Wellington while Kristen Gora followed with four. Bishop Mac was second at 12-2 while Centre Wellington was seventh at 3-11.
JF Ross 57 Lourdes 45
Maddy Darling netted 17 points for Ross in the upset victory while Esna Bhatti collected 13. Monica Trimble struck for 27 for Lourdes while Charlotte Case had eight. Lourdes had finished third at 10-4 while Ross was sixth at 4-10.
D10 Jr. Girls Basketball
Lourdes 48 Centre Wellington 20
Rainey Psenicka and Natasha Martinez collected 10 points apiece for Lourdes while Brin Krueger had nine, Liz Endicott seven and Hannah McIntosh and Lauren Brombel six each. Averyl Banda-Ay led Centre Wellington with eight while Abby Clayton and Rebecca Bell each contributed four. Lourdes had finished first at 13-1 while Centre Wellington was eighth at 1-13. Lourdes will host Centennial in Thursday's semifinals.
Bishop Macdonell 42 Orangeville 18
Diane Priamo had 11 points for Bishop Mac while Joanna deJong and Christine Sullivan added six apiece and Sadie Scapinello had five, Tian Wood and Julia Hohdenadel four each and Leah Parisotto and Sophia Nash three apiece. Emily Spragge and Emma Wells had four each for Orangeville while Sarah Meyerink, Maggie Scaife, Sarah VanGalen, Leatte Laverty and Jessica White each chipped in with two. Bishop Mac had finished second at 12-2 while Orangeville was seventh at 1-13. Bishop Mac will host Ross in Thursday's semifinals.
Ross 55 St. James 17
Heather Anderson hit for 10 points for Ross while Ana Vuckovic had nine and Clare Sutherns eight. Kate Glaab collected eight for St. James while Von Davis netted four. Ross had finished third at 11-3 while St. James was sixth at 4-10.
Centennial 38 Guelph CVI 30
Carter Godman connected for 25 points for Centennial while Ashlan Best had eight and Lauren Zonneveld four. Jenna Falconer and Cassandra Reynolds had nine each for GCVI while Rachelle Clayton added eight. Centennial had finished fifth at 6-8 while GCVI was fourth at 8-6.
D4 Sr. Girls Basketball - Semifinals
Wellington Heights 40 Centre Dufferin 25
Nicole Bauman struck for 13 points for Wellington Heights while Mikayla Pletsch followed with 11. Micaela Pflance had 12 for Centre Dufferin while Andrea Kaehti contributed four. Wellington Heights had finished first at 9-1 while Centre Dufferin was fourth at 4-6. Wellington Heights will host Norwell in Thursday's final.
Norwell 23 Erin 19
Laura Rumph connected for 10 points for Norwell while Jen Oelschlagel added six. Becca Morrison had 10 for Erin. Norwell had finished second at 7-3 while Erin was third at 5-5.
D4 Jr. Girls Basketball - Semifinals
Centre Dufferin 40 Wellington Heights 35
Scoring details were not reported. Wellington Heights and Westside tied for first at 7-1 while Centre Dufferin and Norwell tied for third at 3-5. Centre Dufferin is to play at Westside in Thursday's final.
Westside 39 Norwell 27
Cassidy VanderByl led Westside with 13 points while Cassandra Hesselink had nine for Norwell and Regan Cook followed with eight.
