EAGLES JUNIOR CLASSIC INVITATIONAL BASKETBALL

October 2-3 @ Horizon

Eight schools from the city, Manitoulin and North Bay took park in this tournament on the weekend. All games were held at Ecole Secondaire Catholique l'Horizon.In the opening game Friday in front of the entire student body at Horizon, the host Eagles lost 30-24 to Algonquin of North Bay. A collection was made at the door with each student paying 2,00$ with a total of 250,00$ collected going towards the Alzeimer society.

Other results in pool round robbin were the following; Lo-Ellen 28Confederation9/College Notre Dame 51, McDonald Cartier 9/Champlain 33, Manitoulin17/College Notre Dame 42, Horizon 5, Algonquin 32, MacDonald Cartier 8/Confederation 50, Champlain 29/Lo-Ellen 54, Manitoulin 11/Horizon 35, MacDonald Cartier 19/Confederation 36, Manitoulin 7/College Notre Dame 30, Algonquin 23
    

Consolation final
Confederation  VS Algonquin
 
Algonquin started slowly than errupted for several baskets on their way to a 38-15 victory to capture the bronze medal
       

Championship game
Notre Dame Alouettes VS Lo-Ellen Park Knights
 
This was a classic titanic struggle between two city powerhouses which figure to meet in the city championship later this Autumn.They fought a see-saw battle throughtout in a very defensive match up.The Alouettes took a 20-11 lead at the half but the Knights fought back with great character on several steals and turovers to tie it at 28 with 1 minute left in the contest.Late in the final moments Amber Houle(tournament MVP) went tothe line for fopul shots and also scored a key baskets in the final seconds to give Notre Dame the championship 31-28.Houle was the top scorer for the winners collecting 14 points with Rebecca Johnston getting 13 for the Knights.Other members of the winning gold medal team were: Stephanie Cyr,Christina Vachon,Stephanie Fournier,Jesica Lanteigne,Sophie Lalonde,Melanie Vaillancourt,Cassy Watt,Courtny Conaty,Katrina Lafortune and Holly Stevens.They were coached by twelve year veteran Bob Blanchard.
 

 
 Round robbin pool game results: Algonquin 23 Lasalle 41;Scollard Hall 18 Lockerby 46;O'Gorman 34 St Mary's 41;Huntsville 42 St Basil; 39;Chippewa 31 Lasalle 45;Innisdale 39 Lockerby 44;O'Gorman 30 Algonquin 45;HUnstville 52 Scolard Hall 44;St Mary's 32 Chippewa 39;Innisdale 41 St Basil 45;Hunstville 21 Lockerby 33;O'Gorman 21 Lasalle 48;Algonquin 18 St Mary's 36;St Basil 53 Scollard Hall 27;Innisdale 34 Hunstville 45;Chippewa 45 O'Gorman 30;St Basil 44 Lockerby 33;St Mary's 24 Lasalle 64;Algonquin 46 Chippewa 29.

Championship game
Lasalle and St Basil(Soo)
 
Lasalle started early, leading 12-9 at the quarter, then dominated the rest of the way both defensively and offensively to capture the gold medal with a 46-37 victory. Top scorer was Lisa Furchner with 17 points while Lara Silin had 11 for St Basil. The tournament MVP was Lisa Furchner from Lasalle Sec,

Story courtesy of Roger Legendre