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Bears move on to semi-final

February 18, 2015   ·   0 Comments

The Orangeville District Secondary School Bears cleared another hurdle with a 5-2 win over Bishop MacDonell Catholic High School during Division 10 playoffs on Thursday, February 12, at Tony Rose arena in Orangeville.

After taking a bye in the opening round due to their first place regular season standings, the Bears met BMAC in the quarter-final game on Thursday.

BMAC came to the game after ending the regular season in ninth place with a 5-7 record and going on to win 7-2 over Wellington Heights Secondary School in the opening round on February 10.

The Bears took an early lead in Thursday’s game then scored two more in the second period before BMAC could respond to get on the scoreboard.

Returning for the final period, the Bears notched a couple more for insurance and left with the win and the right to advance to the semi-final round.

The win, while well fought, wasn’t a huge battle for the Bears who are undefeated for the season and outplayed BMAC for most of the quarter-final game relying on a steady offence and a defence who kept BMAC to the outside when in their own zone.

“Sometimes when you win a lot of games you nit-pick,” Said Bears head coach Justin Davis on reviewing the game. “I don’t think it was our best effort, but sometimes it’s just about getting to the next game, and we did that. There’s somethings we have to fix, but we haven’t played in a while because of exams. We can get better, that’s for sure.”

The team will return to the ice for one practice before returning for the semi-final match the following Wednesday.

“We’ll practice Tuesday, and we’ll be ready to go Wednesday,” Davis said. “The way it works this year, you have to win the Division 10 championship to go to CWOSSA.”

In other quarter-final Division 10 action, Centre Wellington District High School won 4-1 over Westside Secondary School.

John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute won 5-2 over Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute. St. James Catholic High School won their game 4-2 to eliminate Norwell District Secondary School.

The Bears will now go on to play their semi-final game against John F. Ross on Wednesday, February 18, at Tony Rose arena.

The game is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start.

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