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Basketball, Game of the Week - Sunday, March 21, 2010 13:22 - 0 Comments

Redmen vs Ghosts…Episode 3

Jonas Emilsson
www.KramMag.com

Does everything really always happen in threes?

Probably not, but the old saying turned out to be true for the third installment of Redmen versus Ghosts battle this season.

To make things more interesting, each time the two teams squared off the game took place on the biggest of basketball stages as far as Calgary high school hoops is concerned.

First up, the final of the massive Calgary Basketball Classic pre-season tournament, which the Redmen won 96-50.

Next, a meeting in the division one championship final, which the Redmen won with a commanding 106-71 score.

The third and final meeting took place this Saturday in the 4A provincial championship game at the University of Lethbridge, and again the Redmen came away with a wide margin of victory to add to their seasons’ impressive haul of championship hardware.

This time the Redmen won 89-69.

Nebojsa Kuljic scored a game-high 21 points and Francis Cormier and Eli Prochnau scored 20 and 19 points respectively.

Josh Daniel and Eddie Asamoah each scored 16 points to lead the Ghost’s attack.

Despite the disparity on Continue…

Basketball, Basketball Playoffs - Sunday, March 21, 2010 13:03 - 0 Comments

Titans Capture Girls Provincial 4A Title

Jonas Emilsson
www.KramMag.com

Not only were the Harry Ainley Titan’s Plouffe sisters wreaking havoc on the announcers, they were also making things difficult for the Spruce Grove Composite Panthers.

The twin towers were a force in the senior girls’ 4A championship game, especially early where they paced the Titans to a 41-26 halftime lead before eventually capturing the provincial title with a commanding 80-50 win.

Michelle Plouffe scored 24 points, 17 of which came in the first half and sister Katherine added 16 points.  Forward Kirsten Peters added 20, also for the Titans.

Forward Cara Zamburek scored 13 points to lead the Panthers.

The Titans jumped out to an early lead, thanks in large part to their massive size advantage at pretty much every position.

By the end of the first quarter the already held a commanding 19-6 lead.

The onslaught continued into the second half, and just three minutes in he Titans’ lead extended to 52-26.

“I thought the girls came out strong, they started out really good, they were blocking out and playing good defense,” said Titans’ head coach Kristy Marsh.

By the time the third quarter ended, the Titans double-upped the Panthers’ 64-32. Continue…