Article By: Mark Bryson
GUELPH — The Grand River Renegades have already made history.
They're now hoping to add to it.
The Waterloo County champions have advanced
to the quarter-final round at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic
Associations quad-A senior girls basketball championship after scoring a
56-40 victory over the Father Michael Goetz Gators of Mississauga on
Thursday night.
In winning both of their games on the
opening day of the 16-team tournament, they became the first basketball
team from Grand River — boys or girls — to win at OFSAA.
Maya Day paced the attack with 20 points and
Nyamuoch Teny added 16 as the seventh-ranked Renegades earned a Friday
afternoon date with second-ranked John Paul II of Toronto.
"Getting the first OFSAA win for Grand
River, we made a big impact for our school this year," said Day.
"I think if we go into the next game with
confidence and without being nervous ... I think we'll have a good
game."
The young Renegades arrived at OFSAA with a
roster that includes five Grade 11 starters in Teny, Nyasha Mombeshora,
Tara DeBoer, Day and Nancy Michael.
Grand River also called up five junior-aged players for tournament.
A.B. Lucas of London and Innisdale of Barrie
are the only other teams that came to OFSAA without a fourth- or
fifth-year player on their rosters.
"We've had our moments but as the year has
gone on, we've become more disciplined and we work extremely well as a
team," said Day. "We are a young team but we don't play like a young
team."
The Waterloo Vikings are headed to the
consolation side of the tournament after falling 44-36 to Sarnia
Northern on Thursday night.
The Vikings fell 64-32 to St. Edmund Campion
of Brampton in their opener as Kaylee Anagnostopoulos led WCI scorers
with 17.
The Renegades opened the tournament with a 38-23 win over Earl Haig of North York.
Teny led Grand River with 18 points, while Michael had eight and Day had six.
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