KITCHENER — A first-time champion will
be crowned in the Waterloo County senior girls basketball league.
The Waterloo-Oxford Crusaders will face
the Jacob Hespeler Hawks in Wednesday's final at Preston High School as
both teams won semifinal contests on Saturday night at Cameron Heights
Collegiate Institute. The Crusaders scored a 47-35 win over the
three-time defending champion Waterloo Vikings and the Hawks recorded a
47-38 win over the Cameron Heights Golden Gaels.
The Crusaders are now 13-0 on the
season, a record that includes a 41-32 win over Jacob Hespeler on Oct.
10. The Hawks are 11-2 and will be clear underdogs on Wednesday, a fact
that means nothing to Waterloo-Oxford's Alisha Glendinning.
"You have to block out what's happened
in the past and go into this knowing you're playing a good team and to
give it everything you've got," said Glendinning.
Teammate Tess Pettigrew concurs.
"We can't be overconfident because then you won't play your best," she said.
Pettigrew and Glendinning led the
Crusaders on Saturday night with 16 and 12 points respectively and Maddy
Horst added 10.
Kaylee Anagnostopoulos had 16 and
Danielle Sauve had 12 for the Vikings, who trailed 29-19 at the break
and were unable to close that gap in the second half.
Winning the school's first-ever senior
title would be a very big deal for Glendinning, who was part of W-O's
junior team that recorded a perfect season two years ago and won the
WCSSAA crown over WCI in the final.
"We went undefeated in Grade 10 but this
would mean so much more to all of us to do it as seniors because for
some, this will be the last time they play competitive basketball," she
said.
The Wright twins led Jacob Hespeler
against Cameron Heights as Courtney had 21 points and Candice added 18.
Nina Farkic and Shama Saleh led the Gaels with 12 and seven points respectively.
The Grand River Renegades will meet the
KCI Raiders in the junior final as both teams scored semifinal wins on
Saturday.
Maya Day scored 21 and Nyasha Mombeshora
chipped in with 10 as the Renegades beat the Sir John A. Macdonald
Highlanders, while Michaela Schlumberg had 14 points as the Raiders
slipped past Jacob Hespeler 25-15.
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