Toilers Net Victory Against Vikings In Senior Boys Basketball Season Opener
In a hotly contested and highly emotional game the Peacock Toilers defeated the visiting Vanier Vikings 72 - 65 in the opening game of the high school senior boys basketball season.
The game saw the Toilers hold the lead in all three quarters.
The score was 19 Peacock - 12 Vanier after the first quarter, 42 Peacock - 34 Vanier at the half and 60 Peacock - 47 Vanier at the end of the third quarter.
The Toilers victory was led by 14 points by Mac Simpson. Other high scorers for the Toilers were 13 points each for Kal Houghton and Makungu Mutabazi.
The next senior boys basketball game is Tuesday December 13th at 7:30 pm when Peacock tips off against Central. The game will be at Central Collegiate.
Central Defeats Vanier In High School Junior Girls Basketball Season Opener
There was a large crowd that came out Monday night to see the Central Cyclones defeat the Vanier Spirits 46 - 32 in high school junior girls basketball action.
The game saw the Cyclones carry the lead in all four quarters against the Spirits with the scores being 14 Central - 10 Vanier after the first quarter, 23 Central - 18 Vanier after the second quarter and 32 Central - 28 Vanier after the third quarter.
Although the final score does not show it the Spirits played a very strong third quarter and after a series of unanswered baskets at one time briefly trailed the Cyclones by a single point.
Vanier Spirits Defeat Visiting Peacock Toilers In Junior Girls Basketball Action
To a loud and obviously largely pro home team crowd the Vanier Spirits defeated the visiting Peacock Toilers 42 - 29 in high school junior girls basketball action on Wednesday evening.
Led by 15 points by Kensington Demassi the Spirits won a hard fought battle against the Toilers.
The top point getter for the Toilers was Nevaen Toupin with nine points.
The Peacock Toilers junior girls team was in action on Thursday night versus the Central Cyclones.
Up to then, the win gave the Vanier Spirits a 1 - 1 record while the loss gave the Peacock Toilers an identical 1 - 1 record.
Junior High School Basketball Brief For Week One
A summary of the games for high school junior basketball received but were unable to attend.
Monday December 5th - Junior Boys
Vanier 40 at Central Cyclones Red 101
Leading scorers Central:
Chase Seaborn 28
Elijah Juan 20
Keaton Belsher
Josh Sazon 9
Leading scorers Vanier:
Marky Salva 9
Zayden Anderson 6
Monday December 5th - Junior Girls
Peacock Toilers - 51 at Cornerstone Falcons - 46
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I hope it helps create more attention to the league and the sport so more people get out to watch, cheer or even just talk about it over a friendly cup of coffee.
