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Outstanding effort for Parkland Pacers Sr. Girls
submitted Coach Wanita Willcott
The Parkland Pacers senior girls team traveled
to Spruce Grove on the January 14th weekend
for what turned out to be a very strong
basketball tournament.
They came up against two provincially ranked
teams after winning their first game against
Lloydminister Comprehensive School on
Friday.
Their first game on Saturday was against
Strathcona Christian School from Sherwood
Park. This team is considered to be one of the
best in the province for 3A schools. They have
beaten huge 4A schools this year like Ross
Shepard and Bev Facey. They are ranked
(unofficially) as top three.
PCHS played amazing against Strathcona. A
regular game was not enough as the score was
Back row (L to R) Coach Willcott, Kelly Reid, Kassidy Bush, Kaylee Marfleet, Brooklyn 51-51 after four quarters of play, sending both
Blundell, and Tori Correia. Paige Manning, Sarah Wild, Kennedy Claridge, Lexi Abbott, teams into overtime.
Kayleigh Pacholok, and Avery Pelz. With just 12 seconds left in overtime, the score
was 61-56 for SCA. I called a time out to plan a
HRH Junior A teams come out 3 point play. Kayleigh Pacholok sank an
amazing 3 pointer with 7 seconds remaining
putting the score at 61-59.
strong but miss their mark A full pressure was then applied with the clock
stopped. SCA managed to inbound the ball and
we had to quickly foul to stop time.
by Mikaela Kuefler In the girls game, HRH struggled against Unfortunately, they got both their free throws
HCHS as HCHS dominated the court. HCHS had and won the game. It was an outstanding effort
The Holy Redeemer High School Junior 'A' by the Pacer girls. One that will likely get them
Boys and Girls teams hosted their league game accurate passes, good ball handling skills, and provincially ranked later next week.
were aggressive.
against Harry Collinge High School on January In the second half, HRH came out flat and Next up was the third place match. This was
12. wasn't playing as aggressively as they had in past
During the boys game, HRH came out tough in games. HCHS had strong defence and kept HRH against the home team St. Peter the Apostle
the first half but got behind HCHS when they out of the key, making HRH play their outside School, who are considered in the top 8th in the
had difficulty hitting baskets. “The boys did what game. HRH had a difficult time making a lot of province. It was a very close game but the girls
they were supposed to but their shots weren't their shots. Final score was 52-27 for HCHS. were just too exhausted from the previous game
going in. They missed way too many shots. “They played well. It was a clean game of to pull out the win. The final score was 43-41 in
Frustration set in, making it worse,” said HRH basketball,” said HRH girls coach Christina another nail-biter.
boys co-coach Melody Thebeau. Chase. The Pacers took fourth place but they earned a
In the second half, HRH played with a bit more ton of respect from the best teams in the
The HRH Junior 'A' girls and boys basketball
intensity but were missing a few key players. team play their next home game January 31. province!
HCHS continued to have the lead but HRH
fought to take it, managing to come back six
points. The score was close but near the end, a
player from HCHS hit a player from HRH in the Austin W. (15)
chin with his elbow and knocked him to the defends as Rhyker
floor. No foul was called. Upset, HRH had a L. (9) cuts off the
difficult time shooting accurately and didn't pass pass during the
the ball around as often as they had earlier. Final Holy Redeemer
score was 45-40 for HCHS. High School Junior
“They're a good team. They're physical, 'A' Boys game
aggressive and beat us inside. We could have against Harry
won based on the amount of shots we had but we Collinge High
didn't hit anything,” said HRH boys coach Mike School on January
McAndrews. 12 at HRH.
“We could have played better. We have lots of photo Mikaela
injuries and shots weren't going in. The second Kuefler
half was better because we didn't have a very
good start,” said player Anthony Warren.
780-725-9381 4826 3rd Ave., Edson
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
PAGE 26 MONDAY JANUARY 23, 2017 MONDAY JANUARY 9, 2017 PAGE 23
T he Weekly ANCHOR
S ports
Outstanding effort for Parkland Pacers Sr. Girls
submitted Coach Wanita Willcott
The Parkland Pacers senior girls team traveled
to Spruce Grove on the January 14th weekend
for what turned out to be a very strong
basketball tournament.
They came up against two provincially ranked
teams after winning their first game against
Lloydminister Comprehensive School on
Friday.
Their first game on Saturday was against
Strathcona Christian School from Sherwood
Park. This team is considered to be one of the
best in the province for 3A schools. They have
beaten huge 4A schools this year like Ross
Shepard and Bev Facey. They are ranked
(unofficially) as top three.
PCHS played amazing against Strathcona. A
regular game was not enough as the score was
Back row (L to R) Coach Willcott, Kelly Reid, Kassidy Bush, Kaylee Marfleet, Brooklyn 51-51 after four quarters of play, sending both
Blundell, and Tori Correia. Paige Manning, Sarah Wild, Kennedy Claridge, Lexi Abbott, teams into overtime.
Kayleigh Pacholok, and Avery Pelz. With just 12 seconds left in overtime, the score
was 61-56 for SCA. I called a time out to plan a
HRH Junior A teams come out 3 point play. Kayleigh Pacholok sank an
amazing 3 pointer with 7 seconds remaining
putting the score at 61-59.
strong but miss their mark A full pressure was then applied with the clock
stopped. SCA managed to inbound the ball and
we had to quickly foul to stop time.
by Mikaela Kuefler In the girls game, HRH struggled against Unfortunately, they got both their free throws
HCHS as HCHS dominated the court. HCHS had and won the game. It was an outstanding effort
The Holy Redeemer High School Junior 'A' by the Pacer girls. One that will likely get them
Boys and Girls teams hosted their league game accurate passes, good ball handling skills, and provincially ranked later next week.
were aggressive.
against Harry Collinge High School on January In the second half, HRH came out flat and Next up was the third place match. This was
12. wasn't playing as aggressively as they had in past
During the boys game, HRH came out tough in games. HCHS had strong defence and kept HRH against the home team St. Peter the Apostle
the first half but got behind HCHS when they out of the key, making HRH play their outside School, who are considered in the top 8th in the
had difficulty hitting baskets. “The boys did what game. HRH had a difficult time making a lot of province. It was a very close game but the girls
they were supposed to but their shots weren't their shots. Final score was 52-27 for HCHS. were just too exhausted from the previous game
going in. They missed way too many shots. “They played well. It was a clean game of to pull out the win. The final score was 43-41 in
Frustration set in, making it worse,” said HRH basketball,” said HRH girls coach Christina another nail-biter.
boys co-coach Melody Thebeau. Chase. The Pacers took fourth place but they earned a
In the second half, HRH played with a bit more ton of respect from the best teams in the
The HRH Junior 'A' girls and boys basketball
intensity but were missing a few key players. team play their next home game January 31. province!
HCHS continued to have the lead but HRH
fought to take it, managing to come back six
points. The score was close but near the end, a
player from HCHS hit a player from HRH in the Austin W. (15)
chin with his elbow and knocked him to the defends as Rhyker
floor. No foul was called. Upset, HRH had a L. (9) cuts off the
difficult time shooting accurately and didn't pass pass during the
the ball around as often as they had earlier. Final Holy Redeemer
score was 45-40 for HCHS. High School Junior
“They're a good team. They're physical, 'A' Boys game
aggressive and beat us inside. We could have against Harry
won based on the amount of shots we had but we Collinge High
didn't hit anything,” said HRH boys coach Mike School on January
McAndrews. 12 at HRH.
“We could have played better. We have lots of photo Mikaela
injuries and shots weren't going in. The second Kuefler
half was better because we didn't have a very
good start,” said player Anthony Warren.
780-725-9381 4826 3rd Ave., Edson
