The St. Anthony’s Saints Jr. B Girls won third place at a Three Hills tournament on Saturday, January 12, 2013.
The Saints came out in their first game with great defensive pressure early on and kept the game close against a talented Deer Meadow squad. However, the Saints could not get the offence going from the second quarter on and lost 31-8.
In the second game of the six-team tourney, the Saints faced Bassano and found their scoring touch and fastbreak offence, cruising to a 34-16 victory. High scorers for the Saints were Hannah Reed with eight points, Rachel Graf with seven, and Courtney Till netted six.
The win put the Saints into the third place game (finished in second place in their pool of three teams) against the Hanna Hawks.
The Saints had just recently travelled to Hanna for league play on Thursday, January 10 and suffered a lopsided 33-13 loss to the Hawks. The Saints were up for redemption and used a patient offense lead by a game high 24 points from Rachel Graf to bring home the bronze defeating Hanna 46-27.
Strong play by all players was crucial to getting the victory. Hannah Reed chipped in with 11 points and Rachel Ranger had six. The Saints next game is Thursday, January 17 when they travel with the Jr. Boys to Morrin for league play.
The Saints won third at a tournament in Three Hills last Saturday. They are (back; l-r) Ana Importa, Rachel Ranger, Rachel Graf, Kayla Finkbiner, Hannah Reed, and head coach Gavin Makse, with (Middle; l-r) Jerizza de Guzman, Sasha Wright, Sydney MacDonald, Kally Weeteringen, Kassidy Powell and(Front; l-r) Payton Zacharuk, Megan Boland and Emma Rowbottom. Missing are Karyna Ainscough and Courtney Till.
