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Now granted, it was a rivalry game between Waterloo-Oxford and Elmira, but they've set the bar pretty high for the other stops to come.
With my wife out volunteering yesterday afternoon, I had my 9-month old son with me for the festivities and he decided to have a solid nap on our way over, meaning we didn't get into the gym until the second half of the junior game.
While driving around the area surrounding Elmira, it was something that was almost more akin to a "tailgate" type atmosphere with a BBQ going on, students walking between events (along with basketball, there was football at the field across the street).
School spirit (with fans from both schools) was definitely in effect as there were tons of students and teachers in school colours, face paint, and the like.
Also, full marks to Elmira for making the event accessible to its student body, given that a large chunk of their population take the bus to school. I noticed a flyer in a hallway indicating that yesterday, they were running a "late bus" to allow students to attend the athletic events.
Having always been one to complain from time to time about the lack of attendance during (regular season) games, it was awesome to see consideration given for those kids. Sure, football was the primary attraction, but the stands filled up nicely for the senior tilt after the football game had finished up.
After watching the finishing touches of Waterloo-Oxford's impressive junior victory, a 47-25 win over Elmira (both teams had entered the day undefeated in WCSSAA play), we settled in for the senior contest.
Senior Game - Elmira 45, WODSS 15
It was clear from the outset that Elmira's primary goal was to contain Waterloo-Oxford's main offensive threat, Emily Glendinning. They threw double (and even a triple-team or two) at her early on, holding her in check.
With a strong job on the defensive end leading to several opportunities in transition, Elmira was able to get on track offensively in the second quarter. In fact, over the final six minutes of the first quarter, and the first five minutes of the second, the Lancers went on a 20-0 run that was keyed particularly by the inside efforts of Karley Sider.
Sider was able to use her height advantage over the shorter Crusaders to pick up a couple interior buckets, and then displayed a nice mid-range game, hitting a contested jumper that gave Elmira a 22-3 lead.
Nicole Cressman, Elmira's other main offensive threat, hit a three-pointer that help put the finishing touches on a 26-7 first half.
WODSS started the second half strong, with Glendinning heating up a bit and knocking home a three-pointer that was part of a 7-2 Crusader start to the half, making the score 28-14 at that point.
Unfortunately for the 'Sader fans in attendance, that was as close as WODSS would get as Elmira's defense was on lock-down the rest of the afternoon --- they allowed just a single free-throw the rest of the way while scoring 17 points of their own for the 45-15 final.
Cressman was particularly impressive in that run, using screens effectively off the dribble to get into the lane and cash in a couple of lay-ups.
In total, Sider finished with 19 and Cressman 15 for Elmira; Glendinning had 11 for Waterloo-Oxford with Hadley Wagler and Kai Wilson scoring the other baskets.
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