In a game of runs, it was the Tecumseh Vista sr. boys basketball team that sprinted over the finish line first. The Vortex beat Sarnia's Great Lakes 51-44 to claim the SWOSSA championship and punched their ticket to the OFSAA tournament March 6th in North Bay.
"Thankfully, we showed how we can stay calm and rise to the occasion to go on a final run," said head coach Melanie Cardinal. "I am so incredibly proud of how my team maintained their composure and how they dug deep to get the win."
The teams' were neck and neck at the half with the visiting Vortex leading 27-26. TVA came out strong in the third and outscored the Wolfpack 16-9 and clamped down in a tough 4th quarter to prevail.
Graduating senior Filip Malovic and Kaiden Wilson led the way with 12 points for Vista. Luka Knezevic pitched in 9 points.
We had some players step up big time including Murray McIndoe who scored critical 4 points in the last minute of the game which forced Great Lakes into fouling us to get the ball back.
I’m so excited to see how far we can go at OFSAA with the talent that we have and all the hard work they’ve put in but even more so than that, I’m so happy to get to continue this season with this team because it is such a great group of players.
