Wallaceburg Airhawks win Durham City Slam Basketball Classic

Basketball Wallaceburg Airhawks Major Midget Girls

Back row (l to r) Coach Jeff Byrne, Coach Bill Rhoads, Kala Riley, Haley Sarapnickas, Emily Pepper, Tamara Gamble, Rachel House, Anique Daley, Sarah MacLachlan, Sami Rhodes,  Lakeisha Cato, Coach Tom Moynihan Front Row (l to R) Alicia Baertson, Megan North, Mariah Tanner, Lindsay Elliott
Absent – Natalie Squazzin

Wallaceburg, ON – Basketball Wallaceburg continues to shine across Ontario as the Major Midget Wallaceburg Airkawks travelled to Toronto to win the Durham City Slam Classic basketball tournament. The team went undefeated, including two difficult wins against Toronto, one in the finals, to take home the top prize.

Wallaceburg is known as a little town with a big basketball program, and they keep getting bigger with each success. Along with the Chatham-Kent Wildcats basketball organization, Basketball Wallaceburg is building a basketball success story in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

Airhawks 64 – Newmarket IEM 40 – only 7 Airhawks played due to a big WDSS volleyball tournament.

Airhawks 48 – Sudbury 10

Airhawks 43 – Toronto Triple Threat 39

Airhawks 50 – Durham City (Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa) 46

Airhawks 34 – Toronto Triple Threat 25 – Championship Game

Airhawk Lakiesha Cato was named the tournament MVP.

The Wallaceburg Major Midget Airhawks are undefeated in 8 games. This Airhawk team features girls in Grade 10 & 9 from 6 different high schools in Chatham-Kent.