Tomorrow evening (Thursday, March 12th, 7:30pm) at the WCI main gym, local girls' hoop stars will again be in the spotlight with an NCAA "signing day" event and the announcement of local high school stars that have made the Ontario Provincial Team, as well as those that have received national team invites.First off, twins Courtney & Candice Wright will officially sign their NCAA D-1 scholarship offers from the University of Vermont; they'll be attending the America East institution starting this fall.
As we've mentioned here before, Vermont has certainly been a pipeline for Canadian talent, including local female talent Aaron Yantzi (WODSS) and May Kotsopoulos (WCI), who both had excellent Catamount careers.
As if that announcement wasn't enough, there's a couple of other exciting pieces of news to share after that.
Next on the table will be an announcement of four local girls that have been named to Team Ontario for basketball, which will then be followed by the announcement of three local players who are getting invites for the Team Canada Cadette and Junior National Teams (ranked in the top 20 players in Canada).
Lastly, the Tri-County AAU roster will be unveiled; the team will be traveling to several tournaments south of the border this summer to play in front of hundreds of college coaches and scouts.
Tri-County's Grade 9 & 10 girls' team is ranked 2nd in the province (JUEL league) and their grade 11 & 12 girls are ranked 1st. One of their grade 11 players, Kendra Van Leeuwen, who is among the top Canadian girls in her class and a member of Canada's junior national team, will also be in attendance tomorrow.
For more information, including their current rosters, news, and philanthropic efforts, you can check out the Thunder's website at TCBasketball.com.
Local basketball fans are encouraged to attend and support our area talent. There is no admission cost for this event.
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