The U12 Major Atom Girls take 4th at weekend OBA provincial championships in London.
LONDON -- The Oxford Attack Under 12 Major Atom Girls competitive basketball team finished with a 2-2 record and a respectable 4th place finish in Division 4 out of 7 at the Ontario Basketball Association provincial championships in London over the weekend. This first year travel basketball team finished their season with 17 wins against 11 losses and a solid provincial ranking of 25th out of 55 teams in Ontario.
The Attack girls opened the tournament with a thrilling victory 20 -17 over a taller and more experienced Brockville Badgers squad. Jaime Magoffin and Hannah Cowan led their team in scoring with 9 and 8 points respectively.
The Attack moved on to play the London 86ers and won convincingly 40 – 16. Beth Ewing had 7 points while Ashley Docherty and Alexis Birch each tallied 6 points for their team.
The Attack next faced their nemesis in the semi-finals, the Timmins Selects; whom the Attack had both beaten and lost too earlier in the season by only 3 points each time. The Attack fell 31 – 29 to the Selects. Emma Hagen-Johnson led the Attack with 9 points. Ainsley Docherty had 2 points.
The Attack played for bronze against a tough Tecumseh Saints squad and fell in overtime 29 – 24.
The Oxford Attack girls look forward to competing next season in the U13 bantam girls division.
The Woodstock Wolverines will face off against members of the Woodstock Police Service in the first annual Friday Night Lights Charity Classic on October 30th.
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