November 17, 2022 · 0 Comments
By Brian Lockhart
The Orangeville District Secondary School Bears Junior girl’s basketball team is heading into the District 10 playoffs after finishing the regular season in first place with 20 points, dominating the high school basketball courts this season.
The Bears are undefeated winning ten games in a row.
Throughout the regular season, the squad has averaged an impressive 54 points per game while allowing an average of 30 points per game against them. They have played a consistent game all season.
There are six schools entered in the District 10 junior girls basketball competition this year. With the Bears on top, the squad from Bishop Macdonell from Guelph is in second place with a 7-3 record and 14 points. They are followed by John F. Ross CVI, also a Guelph team with a 5-5 record and ten points for the season.
Centre Wellington finished in fourth place with a 4-6 record.
With the regular season over, the teams will head into playoff mode with the first games getting underway on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Both ODSS and Bishop Macdonell will get a bye in the quarter-final round.
The quarter-final will match Guelph Collegiate with Centre Wellington, and Centennial Collegiate with John F. Ross. The winners of those games will advance to the semi-final and be up against ODSS and BMAC.
The ODSS semi-final game is scheduled to take place in the Orangeville gym on Thursday, Nov. 10.
After the semi-final, the two remaining teams will play for the District 10 championship on Saturday, Nov. 12.
The championship game will take place at the University of Guelph.