Niagara Juel Prep has impressive weekend
Last weekend was a breakthrough one for the Niagara Juel Prep girls basketball team.
Niagara defeated Hamilton Transway 68-66 and the Durham City Chameleons 63-62 to record a perfect weekend.
“This weekend was huge for our team but also for our program. Knocking off Hamilton Transway and Durham City Chameleons, who have a history of powerhouse programs, is an incredible achievement,” Niagara Juel head coach Kristy-Anne Wytenburg said. “I’m very proud, especially of our Niagara Juel Prep veterans, Olivia (Bittman), Keira (Teske) and Shorleigh (Burrows). They have individually taken huge strides in their development since the beginning of their rookie season.”
Wytenburg was thrilled with her team’s play.
“We have tasted winning, we were defensively sound and our offence finally clicked in full tilt,” she said. “It was a weekend to celebrate but we’re quickly shifting to what’s next and how we are going to handle our next opponent.”
Against Transway, Niagara built quarter leads of 19-7, 33-28 and 48-39 to record the victory.
Top performers for Niagara were: Teske (Governor Simcoe) with 21 points and 10 boards; Emma Venditelli (Myer) with 16 points and 15 rebounds; Burrows (Eden) with 15 points; and, Rozlyn Ciocca (Saint Francis) with nine points and five rebounds.
In the victory over Durham City, Niagara trailed 14-9 after one quarter and 29-21 at the half before a 26-17 advantage in the third quarter put it in position for the victory.
Leading the way for the local squad were: Burrows with 24 points; Ciocca with 22 points and six boards; Venditelli with six points and 16 rebounds; and, Anya Namestnik (Sir Winston Churchill) with six points and seven rebounds.
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Niagara’s Juel team had a 1-2 weekend to fall to .500 on the season at 4-4.
Niagara lost 56-46 to Kingston, defeated Oakville Vytis 57-54 and lost 78-39 to Durham City.
Against Kingston, Niagara shot 18 per cent in the game. The game was tied 14-14 after the first quarter before Niagara led 27-25 at the half. Kingston outscored Niagara 31-19 in the second half to record the win.
Leading the way for Niagara were: Brookelyn Keltos (Churchill) with 16 points; Jamie Addy (Governor Simcoe) with nine points and six rebounds; Annika Rigby (Eden) with nine points and five boards; and, Kaitlyn Brophy (E.L. Crossley) with five points.
Against Oakville Vytis, Niagara built quarter leads of 19-11, 33-24 and 44-35 to record the victory.
Topping the stat sheet for Niagara were: Addy with 11 points and 12 rebounds; Keltos with 11 points and six boards; Joanna Smith (Holy Trinity in Simcoe) with eight points; Yemi Oladipo (Churchill) with seven points and eight rebounds; and, Brianna Davis (Blessed Trinity) with seven points and five rebounds.
Durham City defeated Niagara by building quarter leads of 16-4, 29-23 and 49-28.
Niagara was led by Smith with 21 points and Ava Stranges (Saint Paul) with four points.
