Tartan girls heading to OFSSAA
The Wallaceburg Tartans are off to Huntsville this week, where they are set to compete in the OFSAA ‘AA’ senior girls basketball championship.
The Tartans are the #5 seed in the tournament, and will open up against the #17 seed Fenelon Falls at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning.
Wallaceburg clinched a third straight OFSAA birth, after winning the ‘AA’ SWOSSAA championship, beating Essex in the final last week, 46-26. Check out the game recap and photos, here: Tartans capture SWOSSAA hoops crown, heading to OFSAA
Janine Day, the Tartans head coach, told the Sydenham Current she believes this year’s squad has what it takes to capture the provincial crown.
“It’s a good group… we’ve lost five games this year and we’ve been ranked in the top four the last two years. Obviously, I’m hoping for that, but whatever happens then we’ll take our seed and do our best there,” Day said.
“I think the biggest thing at OFSAA is grinding… to make it to the Saturday, you have to win five games. That’s tough. Just keeping the kids focused and realizing that there are going to be ups and downs in the game, but you have to play to the buzzer.”
Watch for updates on the Tartans progress in the tournament, which runs from November 23-25.
Here is a look at the bracket:
Tartans off to Windsor for SWOSSAA football final
The Wallaceburg Tartans are headed to Windsor today (November 23) for the SWOSSAA ‘A-AA’ senior football final.
The game will be held at the University of Windsor Stadium, with kick-off scheduled for 4 p.m.
The LKSSAA varsity football champions will battle a team from the Windsor and Essex County senior football league.
Kings top Blades
The Dresden Kings ended a two game losing streak on Friday, Nov. 17 with a 7-2 win over the Blenheim Blades.
Nolan VandenBoorn and Geoffry VandenBoorn each had 2 goals and 1 assist to lead the Kings.
Jeff Williams, Noah Fox and Will Tetzlaff also scored for Dresden, who improved to 13-6-1-1, 3rd in the West Stobbs Division standings of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
Brendan Johnston was stellar between the pipes, making 41 saves.
The Kings visit Petrolia on Thursday, before hosting Lakeshore on Friday at Dresden Arena.
Lakers skid at 15
The Wallaceburg Lakers are looking to stop the bleeding on Wednesday night, when they host Mooretown at Wallaceburg Memorial Arena.
Puck drops at 7:30 p.m. against the Flags.
The Lakers have lost 15 straight games, and own a 1-17-0-0 record on the season, last place in the West Stobbs Division standings of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
