The Grand River Renegades took home the school's first-ever Senior CWOSSA title (Girls or Boys') over the weekend, besting the WCI Vikings 49-35 in the "AAAA" CWOSSA Senior Girls' Final.The Rens were clearly the class of the four-team field, winning all three of their games by double-digits at an average margin of nearly 20 points per contest.
In their opener, Grand River defeated the D8 champ, St. Benedict, 54-36. Maya Day knocked home 19 points with Nymuoch Teny adding 11. Kayla Leusink (14) and Afifa Salaad (9) were the top scorers for the Saints.
This moved the Rens through to the semifinals, where they took on Guelph Centennial. The Rens used their athletic advantage to jump out to a lead early, and didn't look back in a 55-32 win.
Day led the way again for the Rens, pouring in 25 points but also adding 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Nancy Michael chipped in 12 points and 9 rebounds, while Teny had 8 points and Tara DeBoer 7.
For Centennial, Emma Cain had 7 points and 4 rebounds while Megan Paddock had 6; Hannah Newman and Carter Godman both had 5 each.
The Spartans had clipped WCI, 44-42, in the other Senior first-round game, with Godman scoring 14 and Cain adding 11 to overcome a 24-point outbust from WCI's Kaylee Anagnostopoulos.
WCI would eliminate St. Benedict in a 47-39 battle on Friday evening, with Anagnostopoulos scoring 18 and Danielle Sauve adding 17. Kayla Leusink (12) and Afifa Salaad (8) were again the Saints' leaders.
In Saturday morning's semifinal, the Vikes got revenge on Guelph Centennial, winning 63-45 and securing yet another OFSAA "AAAA" appearance. Sauve and Anagnostopoulos both had 18 points in the win, while Godman (14) and Newman (9) led Centennial.
The CWOSSA "AAAA" final saw Grand River open up a 27-16 halftime lead with the Vikes in some serious foul-trouble, including star Kaylee Anagnostopoulos, who had 4.
It was a double-digit lead they wouldn't relinquish, as they basically maintained that margin throughout the second-half en route to the victory.
Three Rens --- Maya Day (16), Tara DeBoer (10) and Nancy Michael (10) --- hit double-figures for Grand River, while Anagnostopoulos led WCI with 19.
At AAAA OFSAA, which takes place in Guelph this week, Grand River will enter as the #7 seed, and WCI will be seeded #9 in the 16-team field.
