Wallaceburg Airhawks Find Silver Lining at OBA Provincial Championships
Wallaceburg Airhawks Major Midgets Win Silver - Submitted Photo
It was a bittersweet weekend for the Wallaceburg Airhawks this weekend as they took their game to Ottawa for the provincial championships, winning silver. The Major Midget Airhawks started the weekend off by losing to the Mississauga Monarchs (43 – 50) After beating the Guelph Phoenix (58 – 52) and Cambridge Centaurs (54 -49) they placed 1st in their pool. They then crossed over and beat the host team – the Glouster Wolverines (38-35).
That gave them the ticket to the Gold Medal game against London CYO. The Airhawks were heavily favored as they already had beaten London handily in a previous meeting. Despite outshooting London 3 to 1 the ball would just not fall for the Wallaceburg Airhawks. According to London’s coach London played their best game of the season.
The Airhawks won the silver medal and finished the season as the 25th best team in Ontario with a record of 30 wins and 15 losses. They won medals in every tournament they played in including two gold medals at Toronto tournaments. A season highlight was when they beat the Windsor Valiants in an exciting game at WDSS. The Valiants ended the season ranked 10th in Ontario.
The Wallaceburg Airhawks are coached by Tom Moynihan and Jeff Byrum and are grade 9 and 10 girls from 6 different Chatham-Kent High Schools. Results are listed below:
Wallaceburg Airhawks 43 – Mississauga Monarchs 50
Tamara Gamble 12 points, Lakesha Cato 8 points
Wallaceburg Airhawks 58 – Guelph Phoenix 52
Tamara Gamble lead the scoring with 10 points, and there were a bunch at 5 points
Wallaceburg Airhawks 54 – Cambridge Centaurs 49
Tamara Gamble 12 points, Emily Pepper 12
Wallaceburg Airhawks 38 – Glouster Wolverines 35
Emily Pepper 9 points, Tamara Gamble 7 points
Pictured Above:
Back row (l to r) – Sami Rhodes, Coach Bill Rhoads, Rachel House, Alicia Baertson, Mariah Tanner, Haley Sarapnickas, Kala Riley, Anique Daley, Coach Tom Moynihan, Coach Jeff Byrne, Middle row (l to r) – Sarah MacLachlan, Lakeisha Cato, Lindsay Elliott, Front Row (l to R) – Tamara Gamble, Megan North, Natalie Squazzin, Emily Pepper,