Central And Vanier Defeat Opponents In Wednesday Junior Basketball Action - a wrapup story
Photos and Story by Robert Thomas
It was the best of times for Central Collegiate junior boys and junior girls basketball teams as they were victorious in Wednesday evening league play.
It was also a good outing for the Vanier Spirits junior girls team as they defeated the visiting Cornerstone Christian School junior varsity team avenging a triple overtime loss from the last time the two teams met.
Here is a rundown of the game reports we received - our photo feature game is the matchup between the Cyclones Gold team versus the Vikings Red team.
Central Gold 125 - Vanier Red 21
The Vanier Red team were up against a faster, larger and skills based Central Gold team and found themselves our matched.
The Vikings were shortbenched a couple of players during the game due to illness.
The end of the First Quarter saw Central with a 32 - 3 lead.
The score at Half Time was Central 64 and Vanier 10.
The Third Quarter score was Central 95 and Vanier 16.
The Final Score was Central 125 and Vanier 21.
Despite being over matched in the game the Vikings continued to press forward with their fans erupting in applause when they scored a perfect two points - to move to 16 points - on a breaking play and then out rebounding the Cyclones to make the third quarter hoop.
The Cyclones for their part managed on many occasions to break up Vanier's drive down the court often deep on Vanier's end.
Fast breaks, positional play as well as using their size advantage to win the rebound matchup were keys to Central's victory.
Despite the challenges the Vikings morale - both on court and on the bench - was good throughout the game.
A short bench also added some fatigue.
Top Scorers For Central
Chase Seabourne - 25 points
Max Simmons - 17 points
Rhett Prior - 17 points
Ben Ansell - 11 points
Top Scorers For Vanier
Raphael Ferrin - 6 points
Brody Rogers - 6 points
Dane Warren - 5 points
Central Cyclones 57 - Briercrest College Cougars 43
It was another W in the win column for the Central Cyclones junior girls as they defeated the visiting Briercest Athletics Cougars 57 to 43.
Top Scorers For Central
Leiah Delizo - 16 points
Brooklyn Watterson - 13 points
Shaylan Constable - 12 points
Top Scorers For Briercest
K Thiessen - 24 points
G Eissett - 5 points
Vanier 45 - Cornerstone Christian School/Riverview Collegiate 29
The last time the Vanier Spirits junior girls team faced the Cornerstone Christian School Falcons Junior Varsity girls team it was the South Hill squad winning in triple overtime.
On Wednesday evening Vanier won in regulation time.
The Halftime Score : CCS 13 @ Vanier 22
Vanier top scorers :
Gracelyn Blanchard 12
Madeline Cruz 11
Kensington Demassi 10
CCS top scorers :
Jorja Seida-Ruthuen 12
Ademide Adewumi 5
Payton Fisher and Madison Smith with 4 each
