The St. Mary's Eagles, who I had moved up to #6 in this past week's junior girls' ranking, showed that they were certainly worthy of that over the weekend by capturing the tournament title at the Preston Junior Girls' Invitational.The 8-team draw opened up with a great match-up between the Eagles and CWOSSA #5 ranked North Park from Brantford.
Summer Pahl had a strong effort and the Eagles, who generally led by about 8-12 points for the majority of the game, captured a 38-27 victory.
St. Mary's then defeated host Preston (41-31) in the semifinals before knocking off Holy Trinity of Simcoe in the finals.
The North Park Trojans, meanwhile, rebounded to capture the consolation side of the bracket.
Here are some of the scores (as known) from this weekend:
First Round
St. Mary's 38, North Park 27
Preston def. Glenview Park
CWDHS 30, Forest Hts. 19
Holy Trinity (Simcoe) 32, Bluevale 25
Consolation Side - Semifinals
North Park 36, Glenview Park 13
Bluevale def. Forest Hts.
Championship Side - Semifinals
St. Mary's 41, Preston 31
Holy Trinity (Simcoe) 36, CWDHS 12
Consolation Final
North Park 28, Bluevale 11
Championship Final
St. Mary's def. Holy Trinity (Simcoe)
