D8 Junior: Upstart Cavs Might Be The Team To Beat

The Woodland Christian Cavaliers are a team on the rise.

The Cavs have been steadily ascending the District 8 Junior basketball standings the past couple of years; in 2014, the Cavs were an 0-10 team but improved to 5-5 last season.

This year, the Cavs are the lone remaining unbeaten team in the D8 Junior circuit with a 3-0 record.

More impressive?  The Cavs haven't even played the last-place Rockway Flames just yet, posting wins over larger AA/AAA schools, including defending champion Resurrection, St. Benedict, and St. David.

The game against Resurrection (who are currently in second place with a 2-1 record) wasn't as close as the 28-22 final score might indicate.  In fact, the Cavs nearly pitched a shutout through two quarters, going into the halftime break up 16-1.<

Sydney VanderHoef and Jenna Duimering are a couple of club-level talents that form a dynamic duo for the Cavs.  They've combined for 62 of the Cavs' 88 points to date, a 70% clip.

If those two can continue their torrid pace, there's no reason to doubt that the Cavs have a solid chance at capturing the school's first girls' basketball title in school history.  In fact, Woodland has only ever won one D8 basketball title, a midget boys' basketball title way back in the first year of District 8 (1991).

The Cavs should also be favoured to stop another drought -- the school, despite some recent success at the Senior level (2012 & 2013 CWOSSA "A" champions) has never won a Junior Girls' "A" title.

At any rate, it's been an impressive start to date and definitely a team to keep an eye on as the season progresses!