Last week was a good time to be a sports fan from École secondaire publique Louis-Riel, as the school won not one, not two, but three city championships over a four-day span from Nov. 11-14.
The school’s senior boys volleyball team lead things off by winning the National Capital ‘AA’ championship with a straight set win over Samuel Genest on Nov. 11.
The next day, the Louis-Riel Rebelles senior girls basketball team won the National Capital ‘AA’ hoops title with a 45-30 win over the two-time defending champions from École secondaire Béatrice-Desloges.
The game was an extremely close affair through the first two quarters with both teams playing aggressive defence and preventing each other from getting a lot of decent looks.Even so, it was the Bull-Dogs from Béatrice-Desloges who had the upper hand at half time with an 18-14 lead, largely due to captain Alexia Schryburt’s four buckets, including a three-pointer late in the second quarter.
As the third quarter began, the Rebelles implemented a full court press which paid immediate dividends as the Bull-Dogs were forced into making a number of turnovers which Louis-Riel turned into easy baskets. As a result, the Rebelles went on a 13-1 run and ended up outscoring the defending champs 18-2 in the third quarter to take an insurmountable 32-20 lead.
The Rebelles would managed to stretch their advantage to 22 points by the midway point of the fourth quarter before cruising home to a 45-30 win.
Lydie Glory and Malya Gagnon each scored a team-high 12 points for the Rebelles, while Ketsia Nsoga added nine points and Lillianne Gover sored five. Joyce Dérival and Leil Batista also contributed on the score sheet with three points each and Zara Rozon added a free throw.
With the senior boys ‘AA’ basketball championship and the senior girls ‘AA’ volleyball championship already in the school’s possession, the Louis-Riel Rebelles junior boys soccer team beat the Merivale Marauders 4-0 on Nov 14 to win the junior boys Tier 1 title. Souleymane Diomande scored two goals for the winning side while Elias Martinelli and Bilal Mohamoud added a goal each.
Both the senior boys volleyball team and the senior girls basketball team must now prepare for their respective sports’ provincial championships.
The OFSAA ‘AA’ senior boys basketball tournament gets underway on Nov. 21 in St. Catherines, while the senior girls ‘AA’ volleyball championship starts the same day in North Bay. There are no provincial championship tournaments at the junior level.
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