CECI defeats WCI in the TVRA South-East 1A junior girls' basketball final
Thursday, November 8, 2018
j Central Elgin Titans, TVRA South-East A junior girls basketball champions are, from left, front - Faith DeVries, Tori Baker; second row - Iman Zebian, Cheyenne Neil, Kiki Wilson, Olivia Ryder, Tayah DeSousa, Madeline Miskelly, Emily Burton; back row - co-coach Sarah Osborne, Breanna Walker, Camryn Roth, Paige Gillespie, Sherah Kuiper, Frankie Fulton, Aya Zebian, co-coach Shannon Swift
By Rob J. Ross
ST. THOMAS - The Central Elgin Titans are heading to WOSSAA.
Sherah Kuipers and Faith DeVries dropped 11 and 10 points, respectively, to lead the Titans over the Woodstock CI Red Devils, 41-28, in the Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) South-East A junior girls' basketball final, Tuesday, at CECI.
"We started really well and went up 12-4 in the first quarter. Smothering defence and great offensive and defensive boards (strong rebounding by Kuipers)," Titans coach Shannon Swift said. "We went really cold in the second quarter only scoring two points."
The Titans led 14-11 at half.
"The second half of the game we were much better. We moved the ball really well on offense, waiting for that open shot," said Swift. "We started breaking their full-court press and continued with the excellent defense and rebounding (with) WCI sometimes not even getting a shot off or many times only one shot."
Camryn Roth chipped in with six points for the Titans and Kiki Wilson and five points.
The Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA) tournament is Tuesday, November 13th, hosted by the TVRA Central Division A champion.