St. Clair JUEL Primed For Playoffs

The St. Clair JUEL Basketball team had a huge final weekend of league play at the University of Windsor this past weekend. The team entered the weekend sitting at .500, but picked up three important wins to finish the season with a 10-7 record, good for 7th out of 18 teams entering playoffs.

In their opening game of the weekend facing the Windsor Valiants, St. Clair topped their opponent 80-45. Chatham’s Bridget Carleton had a spectacular game scoring 34-points, and adding 4 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 assists. Paige Johnston of Dresden scored 9-points in the game, while Dresden’s Aryn Finley had 6-points.

Facing Tri-County Saturday afternoon, the St. Clair team took home a 70-58 victory, with Carleton again topping local scorers, this time with 16-points. Anique Daley of Chatham scored 6-points and had 5-rebounds in the win, while Finley had 2-points and an incredible 12-rebounds.

St. Clair’s third game of the weekend was against a tough Hamilton Transway team, which they edged out, winning 66-61. Bridget Carleton led St. Clair with 23-points and 11-rebounds. Anique Daley had 4-points and 8-rebounds in the win.

The St. Clair JUEL team will now prepare for the JUEL Championship weekend, May 10-12 in London.