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SG Basketball D2 : Rollin'

Erik Van Dyke
First Lea-Rose fires a trio of flawless shots. Then Rosy gets hot. Her teammates go nuts. Then Van, ice water in her veins, nails the target four times in a row. Pandemonium. And then Alex goes positively crazy on fire, with six consecutive perfect shots! Holy smokes, this team can’t miss!
 
 In all honesty, I cannot remember a more impressive display of shotmaking from a Stanstead basketball team than I witnessed last Thursday.
 
These girls can really bowl.
 
Yes, the aforementioned exhibition of precision and accuracy occurred not on the basketball court, but when the whole team went duck-pin bowling before our game vs Mont Notre-Dame. And what a time it was! I am sure the regular patrons of Salon de Quilles de l’Estrie won’t forget anytime soon the raucous group of high schoolers that filled the place with laughter, high fives, and unbelievable bowling – seriously, four games over 200?! If it wasn’t for Coach Van Dyke (wow, is he ever bad), we could hit the Pro Bowlers Tour with this group!
 
Incidentally, outside of one of the funnest (yes, it’s a word!) team-bonding events I’ve ever been a part of, there WAS some basketball played last week. In fact, your Spartans had three games back-to-back-to-back. Here’s how they did;
 
Tuesday vs Triolet(2): The first game in Mackay in quite a while, and you could tell the girls were happy to be home. They exploded out of the gate, scoring 27 points in a row before allowing our opponents to get on the scoreboard. 27-0 run to start the game! Les Harfangs were understandably shell-shocked by this, but they never stopped fighting and pressing. Final score 57-19 (yes, the San Antonio offense was working well!), with special mention to Rosema (10 pts on only 6 shots), Alex (fouling out midway thru the 3rd quarter? how?), and Player Of The Game Mackenzy St-Pierre (19 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls).
 
Wednesday @ Marie-Rivier: A fun trip with the D3 team, as we played back to back and were able to watch/cheer each other play. Our opponents, despite being junior-aged, were very tough. We had trouble breaking their press, they made athletic plays on defense, and they did everything full-speed ahead, with no fear. Midway thru the 2nd quarter we were down 10-9, but then our defense stiffened, and Kenz and Emily took over on offense. By the halfway point of the 3rd quarter Mackemily had scored 17 points in a row(!), essentially putting the game out of reach. Final score 42-23, which does not really tell the story of this tough, well-contested game. That Marie-Rivier team is going to be really good the next two years.
 
Thursday @ Mont Notre-Dame: Another fast start in this one, as the Red & White sprinted out to a 12-0 lead that ballooned to 25-6 at halftime. Rosema had a confident game playing quite a bit of point guard, Kenz stuffed the statsheet with 21 pts 6 rebs 4 blocks, and defensively, after pulling our wings in a bit more, we put on a clinic. Final score 39-17, which meant three straight quality wins in three days. And we all know what three in a row is called, right?
 
A turkey!
 
- Coaches Van Dyke & Wolfe
 
The year so far….
 
Overall Record: 23 wins 5 losses      
RSEQ League Play: 8 wins 2 loss
Points for per game: 37.9     Points allowed per game: 28.3
Stanstead Invitational Tournament CHAMPIONS
M.I.S. Tournament CHAMPIONS
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